#Castle Swimmer Vol. 1

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Review: Castle Swimmer Vol. 1

Writer/Artist: Wendy MartinPublisher: Ten Speed GraphicReleased: October 22, 2024Received: NetGalleyFind it on Goodreads | More Graphic Novels Summary: Kappa is the Beacon, a fact known well before his birth. Every culture and city has its own legend about Kappa. Some believe he’ll come and bring with him good fortune. Others think he’ll be what they need to change their lives forever. It’s…

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What Castle Swimmer Merch do you see yourself making in the future??

I’ve already preordered Vol. 1 but I crave more… whatever you make I’ll definitely buy :)

I’d like to make stickers, pins and charms! But I have yet to figure out how to set up a shop and mail things out etc. I’ve never sold anything before.

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Castle Swimmer Vol. 1 has an interesting concept and some good moments but overall, rather slow

Castle Swimmer Vol. 1 has an interesting concept and some good moments but overall, rather slow #comics #graphicnovel

From the moment Kappa tumbles into existence on the ocean floor, his life’s purpose is already decided for him: He is the Beacon, a light to all sea creatures, and destined to fulfill their many prophesies. In high demand and under immense pressure, Kappa quickly realizes that fame and glory are small compensation for a life of predetermined self-sacrifice. Episodes 1-19 of Webtoon’s Castle…

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LGBTQ+ book recc master-list:

(Cause the last time I did this was in 2018 and a LOT of great queer books have been published since then)

Lesbian:

1) The lies we tell ourselves by Robin Talley

2) Girl <3 Girl by Lucy Sutcliffe

3) As I descended by Robin Talley

4) Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson

5) Our own private universe by Robin Talley

6) Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan

7) Giant days by Allison, Sarin, Fleming, and Cogar

8) Princess Princess by Katie O’Neill

9) Goldie Vance by Hope Larson

10) CREMA by Johnnie Christmas

11) High class homos by Momozerii

12) You should see me in a crown by Leah Johnson

14) Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me by Mariko Tamaki

15) Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson

16) Girl from the sea by Molly Ostertag

17) Hani and Ishu’s guide to fake dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

18) The good girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

19) The love curse of Melody McIntyre

20) Always human by Ari North

21) Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

22) I think I love you by Audriane Desombre

23) Tell me again how a crush should feel by Sara Farizan

24) Who I was with her by Nita Tyndall

25) She drives me crazy by Kelly Quindlen

26) Some girls do by Jennifer Dugan

27) Trouble girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

28) Royals duology by Rachel Hawkins

29) Patience and Esther by Sarah Winifred Searle

30) Margot & me by Juno Dawson

31) The henna wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Gay:

1) Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

2) Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

3) Simon VS the homosapiens agenda by Becky Allbertalli

4) Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green

5) I’ll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson

6) Hold me closer by David Levithan

7) Two boys kissing by David Levithan

8) Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe (+ unreleased sequel) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

9) Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan

10) The raven king by Maggie Stiefvater

11) Blood bank by Silb

12) Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman

13) Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

14) Openly Straight by Bill Konisberg

15) Honestly Ben by Bill Konisberg

16) The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

17) Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

18) Any way the wind blows by Rainbow Rowell

19) Date me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye

20) Sonnet by Emily Cheeseman

21) Castle Swimmer by Wendy Lian Martin

22) Tripping over you by Owen White

23) Starfighter by Hamlet Machine

24) Long Exposure by Kam Heyward

25) Obliviously in love by Jiaoski

26) I’ll be home for Christmas by Mason Denver

27) Liebestrasse by Greg Lockard

28) Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu

29) Always raining here by Bell

30) I was born for this by Alice Oseman

31) Red white and royal blue by Casey McQuiston

32) The gravity of us by Phil Stamper

33) They both die at the end by Adam Silvera

34) Dreamer trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater

35) If this gets out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich

36) Fifteen hundred miles from the sun by Jonny Garza Villa

37) You spin me right round by David Valdes

38) As far as you’ll take me by Phil Stamper

39) Darius the great is not okay (+ sequel) by Adib Khorram

Bi:

1) Leah on the offbeat by Becky Albertalli

2) Odd one out by Nic Stone

3) We are young by Cat Clarke

4) Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

5) Everyday by David Levithan

6) Paris Syndrome by Lisa Walker

7) Beneath the citadel by Destiny Soria

8) Ship it by Britta Lundin

9) Home and away by Candice Montgomery

10) Ink Mistress by Audrey Coulthurst

11) Reign of the fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

12) The Gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue by Mackenzi Lee

13) The gentleman’s guide to getting lucky by Mackenzi Lee

14) The doctors are out by Blauerozen

15) Fence by C. S. Pacat

16) Be more chill by Joe Tracz

Trans:

1) George by Alex Gino

2) The art of being normal by Lisa Williamson

3) The Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan

4) What we left behind by Robin Talley

5) Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

6) If I was your girl by Meredith Russo

7) Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart

8) I am J by Cris Beam

9) Symtoms of being human by Jeff Garvin

10) A + E 4ever by I. Merey

11) All I am by Chaaistheanswer

12) The weight of them by Noelle Stevenson

13) Dream Daddy vol 2 by Lee C.A.

14) Fluidum by Layla E.

15) Magical boy by The Kao

16) The passing playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

17) Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky

18) The deep and dark blue by Niki Smith

19) Cemetary boys by Aiden Thomas

20) All boys arent blue by George M. Johnson

21) Detransition, baby by Torrey Peters

22) Felix ever after by Kacen Callender

Other/ambiguous:

1) Dear Evan Hansen the novel by Val Emmich (Connor describes his sexuality as something fluid)

2) The lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy by Mackenzi Lee (Felicity is implied aro/ace) (sequel to the gentleman’s guide but I’m not sure it can be read as a stand-alone)

3) The Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan

4) The Trials Of Apollo series by Rick Riordan

5) How they met and other stories by David Levithan

6) Deadpool comics (pansexual)

7) Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

8) Final Draft by Riley Redgate (pansexual)

9) Lets talk about love by Claire Kahn (ace/biromantic)

10) Lost on plant earth by Magdalene Visaggio

11) Youth by Curt Pires

12) The backstagers by James Tynion IV

13) Loveless by Alice Oseman (aro/ace)

14) Six of crows (+sequel) by Leigh Bardugo

15) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

16) How they met and other stories by David Levithan

17) Rock and riot by Chelsey Furedi

18) Kiss number 8 by Colleen A.F. Venable

19) This is how you lose the time war

20) Upright women wanted by Sarah Gailey

21) The wicker king by K. Ancrum

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🐝 Read me first! 🐝

Hello, welcome to my blog! I’m Avery, and I’ll be your guide today!

I’m an traditional and digital artist, as well as a webcomic author. Later in this master post you’ll find links to my socials and work, so please check them out (as I’m more active there than on here)! I’m working on commission opportunities but I’m open to selective art trades and collabs! Thanks for reading this blurb about myself, now into the good stuff~

🐝 Things I like/fandoms 🐝

I’m multi-fandom and I do a TON of fanart, so here’s a brief list (that’s subject to change over time) of the fandoms I’m in right now:

Video games

Yakuza series— played 0, Kiwami, 3, 4, 5, and am playing 7

Metal Gear Solid series— played 2, 3, 5, and Revengance

Red Dead Redemption series— played 1 and 2

Ace Attorney series— played 1, 2, 3, and 4

Resident Evil series— played 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8

Ōkami

OFF

Hades

ANCH

Manga

Vagabond series— on chapter 101

Berserk series— somewhere at the end of the Golden Age Arc

AKIRA series— on Volume 5

Junji Ito books— I’ve read Museum of Horror, Remina, Venus in the Blindspot, Uzumaki, Tomie, and Shiver

Demon Slayer series— read vols 1-13

Full Metal Alchemist series— read vols 1-12

Anime/TV

Berserk (1997)

Cowboy Bebop

FMAB

Demon Slayer

Dororo (2019)

Devilman Crybaby

Mob Psycho 100

Yuri!! On Ice

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Samurai Jack (all seasons)

Smiling Friends

YOLO Crystal Fantasy

(A ton of other cartoons that I’m too lazy to list)

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The Good Lord Bird

Squid Game

Breaking Bad (I’m on season one)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (all seasons)

Stranger Things (all seasons)

Good Omens

Anime/Movies

AKIRA

Almost every Studio Ghibli film

Perfect Blue

Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

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The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs

The Iron Giant

Most Pixar, Dreamworks, and Disney (even though I’m not a big fan)

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The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, The French Dispatch

Inglorious Bastards, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Django Unchained

Princess Bride

Blazing Saddles, 4:10 to Yuma, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Tombstone

Like A Dragon— yes, the Yakuza movie lmao

Every Marvel movie

Every DC movie

Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Full Metal Jacket, Midway, Dunkirk, 1912, pretty much every war movie lol

Books

The Good Lord Bird

Good Omens

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (1-3 and Graphic Novels)

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar

Space Boy series— all

Castle Swimmer

Novae

🐝Socials🐝

Sorry I couldn’t figure out links :(

@averydavery.png IG | @averydavery84 Twitter | @Moonshot_Sputnik AO3 | @averydavery Webtoon*

*My Webcomic is called Stung! It’s the aesthetic of this blog too!

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Daytime Charts 3/3

Artist Record Label 1 CAVEBOY Night In The Park, Kiss In The Dark Self-Released 2 KOKO NEETZ I.T.T.I.P. Admirable Traits 3 PAPOOZ Night Sketches Half Awake 4 MARINA Love Atlantic 5 LOVING If I Am Only My Thoughts Last Gang 6 BAD SOUNDS Escaping From A Violent Time, Vol. 1 [EP] Theory 7 HAZY SEAS, THE The Hazy Seas Self-Released 8 CHASTITY BELT Chastity Belt Hardly Art 9 TURNOVER Altogether Run For Cover 10 JAY SOM Anak Ko Polyvinyl 11 BASEMENT REVOLVER Wax And Digital [EP] Sonic Unyon 12 STRANGE RANGER Remembering The Rockets Tiny Engines 13 JUDE SHUMA From The Garage [EP] Self-Released 14 BODYWASH Comforter Luminelle 15 BABE RAINBOW, THE Today 30th Century 16 MARIKA HACKMAN Any Human Friend [EP] Sub Pop 17 SOCCER MOMMY Color Theory Loma Vista/Concord 18 ROSEY DUST Keep for life Self-Released 19 DAYGLOW Fuzzybrain Self-Released 20 RUSSIAN BATHS Deepfake Good Eye 21 TY SEGALL Deforming Lobes Drag City 22 PALACE Life After Avenue A/Fiction 23 FYOHNA Radio Sampler [EP] Self-Released 24 HANA VU Nicole Kidman/Anne Hathaway Luminelle 25 KATE TEAGUE Kate Teague [EP] Muscle Beach 26 CHARLY BLISS Young Enough Barsuk 27 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB Everything Else Has Gone Wrong Mmm... 28 BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT At The Party With My Brown Friends Saddle Creek 29 MATT MALTESE Krystal 7476 30 POW Shift Castle Face

TOP ADDS

1 PURR Like New Anti- 2 APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY Love Thy Neighbor [EP] AntiFragile 3 TENNIS Swimmer Mutually Detrimental 4 ALA.NI ACCA Self-Released 5 JANE HERSHIPS The Home Record Self-Released 6 BLANKS Blanks [EP] Self-Released 7 SOCCER MOMMY Color Theory Loma Vista/Concord 8 KYLE FORESTER Hearts In Gardens Self-Released 9 BOY ROMEO Pure Soul Self-Released 10 KEVIN KRAUTER Full Hand Bayonet

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Playlist for 7/26/19

Mr.Oizo- Intra (Mr.Oizo)- ED REC vol.2

Mr.Oizo- All Dry-Ed Rec 100

Fukkk Offf- I Give You Bass- Fukkk Off-Single

Duck Sauce- Big Bad Wolf( Gesafelstein Remix)- Big Bad Wolf

Lindstrom,Todd Terje- Lanzarote-Lanzarote

Big Black Delta- Overlord- Tragame Tierra

The Chemical Brothers- Galvanize-Push The Button

Etienne De Crecy- No Brain- No Brain EP

Neon Indian- C’est La Vie (say the casualties!)- VEGA INTL. Night School

Discodeine- Plum Blossom- Swimmer

Sebastian- Beograd- Beograd**

Kraftwerk- Spacelab(2009 Remastered Version)-The Man Machine(2009 Remastered Version)

Thieves Like Us- Maria Marie- Bleed Bleed Bleed

Crystal Castles-Knights- Crystal Castles

Jean-Michel Jarre- The Time Machine- Electronica 1: The Time Machine

Mr.Oizo- Flat Beat- Flat Beat

Duck Sauce- Chariots of the Gods (feat. Rockets)- Quack

Lindstrom- Faar-I-Kaal- Smalhans

Big Black Delta- Side of the Road- Big Black Delta

The Chemical Brothers- Hey Boy Hey Girl- Surrender

Etienne De Crecy- Math-After EP1

Gorillaz- DARE(DFA Remix)- D-Sides

Neon Indian- Smut!- VEGA INTL. Night School

Discodeine- Aydin- Swimmer

Sebastien Tellier- Skatesteak- Steak

Breakbot- Back for More- Still Waters

Thieves Like Us- Headlong into Night- Play Music

Lindstrom- Ra-Ako-St- Smalhans

Big Black Delta- Into the Night- Big Black Delta

The Chemical Brothers- Don’t Think- Further

Sebastian- Thirst- Thirst**

Etienne De Crecy-Party- After EP4

Neon Indian- Dear Skorpio Magazine- VEGA INTL. Night School

Discodeine- Liquid Sky-Swimmer

Duck sauce- Goody Two Shoes- Quack

Thieves Like Us- Shyness- Again and Again

L’lmperatrice- Sonate pacifique-Sonate pacifique-EP