A review by f18
Twisted Romance Volume 1 by Alex de Campi, Various

fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

I don't mind short stories in a comic anthology, but I do wish most of the written stories had been a bit shorter and many of the comics had been a bit longer. I think it would have evened out the pacing of the book (see: Enough Space for Everyone Else).


2.5 - Old Flames written by Alex de Campi, illustrated by Katie Skelly
cw: blood, murder

1 - Leather & Lace by Magen Cubed
cw: blood, murder, appropriation:
Spoilerstereotypical depiction of wendigo


3 - Red Medusa written and illustrated by Sarah Horrocks
great art, so short im not sure what happened
cw: fire, gore, grief, possible suicide


4 - Twinkle & the Star written by Alex de Campi, illustrated by Alejandro Gutiérrez 
cw: fatphobia, (imaginary) sexual content

2.5 - Back at Your Door by Vita Ayala
cw: way too much kissing without asking first... well any is too much but i can brace myself against one

2.5 - Would You Even Know It? written and illustrated by Meredith McClaren

3 - Invincible Heart by Alex de Campi, illustrated by Carla Speed McNeil 
cw: violence

3.5 - The Last Minute by Jess Bradley
cw: suicide mission

4 - Olivia Lies, Pierced written and illustrated by Margaret Trauth

4.5 - Treasured written by Alex de Campi, illustrated by Trungles
cw: abusive relationship, slight gore

4.5 - Unbound by Naomi Salman
didnt love how delio "figured out" lees gender
cw: consensual bondage/ropework, sexual content

2 - Legacies written and illustrated by Sarah Winifred Searle
the intention is that the mc will be an anti-imperialist monarch? with such little else to go on it just feels gross