#Jul Maroh

[yourdailyqueer]

Jul Maroh

Gender: Transgender non binary (they/them)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: Born 1985 

Ethnicity: White - French

Occupation: Writer, illustrator

[proceduralbob]

Clem, what's horrible is that people kill each other for oil and commit genocide, not that they give their love to someone. What's horrible is that we're taught that it's bad to fall in love with someone who's the same sex. Because -- you are in love with her, right?

Blue is the Warmest Colour, Jul Maroh

[waywordsstudio]

Review: "Blue is the Warmest Color" by Jul Maroh -

Maroh's story is well-told and finely illustrated, if filled with fairly predictable homophobic responses and tensions; flawed, perhaps, by its final third that disrupts the pacing and storytelling.

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[Mi hai donato l'oceano][Alex Sanchez][Jul Maroh]

Jake Hyde non sa nuotare, ma brama comunque l’oceano che sembra avergli portato via il padre. Nel deserto del New Mexico, incontra Kenny Liu, ribelle capitano della squadra di nuoto, che lo aiuta ad accettare se stesso e i suoi poteri.

Jake Hyde: un viaggio di scoperta e identità tra il deserto e l’oceano Titolo: Mi hai donato l’oceanoScritto e illustrato da: Alex Sanchez e Jul MarohTitolo originale: You Brought Me The OceanEdito da: Panini ComicsAnno: 2024Pagine: 208ISBN: 9788828790235 La trama di Mi hai donato l’oceano di Alex Sanchez e Jul Maroh Jake Hyde non sa nuotare, ma brama comunque l’oceano. Lo stesso oceano che…

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Title: You Brought Me the Ocean

Author: Alex Sanchez, Jul Maroh

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2020

Genres: fiction, graphic novel, LGBT+, comics, romance, fantasy

Blurb: Jake Hyde doesn't swim...not since his father drowned. Luckily, he lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which is in the middle of the desert. Still, he yearns for the ocean, and is determined to leave his hometown for a college on the coast...but his best friend Maria wants nothing more than to make a home in the desert, and Jake's mother encourages him to always play it safe. There's nothing safe about Jake's future, not when he's attracted to Kenny Liu, swim team captain and rebel against conformity, and certainly not when he secretly applies to Miami University. Jake's life begins to outpace his small town's namesake, which doesn't make it any easier to come out to his mom, or Maria, or the world...but Jake is full of secrets, including the strange blue markings on his skin that glow when in contact with water. What power will he find when he searches for his identity? Will he turn his back to the current, or dive headfirst into the waves?

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Fées des Sixties: Les disparitions d’Imbolc

Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part – Fées des Sixties: Les disparitions d'Imbolc Première d’une série, Fées des Sixties est une BD qui repose sur un concept simple: Londres, les années soixante, et des fées qui coexistent avec les humains. #fantastique #bd

[nemosisworld]

On ne choisit pas de qui on va tomber amoureux et notre conception du bonheur s'impose à nous-même selon notre vécu.

Jul Maroh

Ph. Kimiyasu Kai

[spade-riddles]

I had an epiphany of sorts. Or rather maybe found something interesting.

I just discovered the Blue is the Warmest Color graphic novel by Jul Maroh. I have ordered it to fully explore it, but have been pouring over reviews and photos of pages from it and I'm like woah. It's a lesbian coming-of-age/coming-out/love story, originally published in French, and the main character is named Clementine. 🍊 The story is being told through her journals. In the novel, the past is in greyscale and color appears when Clem sees Emma for the first time - Emma's hair is blue and blue is the color of happiness in the past writings.

There's a love triangle. Chase two girls, lose the one.

"Love catches fire, it trespasses, it breaks, we break, it comes back to life...we come back to life." 🤷🏻‍♀️ Just one vaguely familiar excerpt.

The author is a redhead, which I thought was interesting (ATW:TSF).

It's just a little coincidental that her name is Clementine in the book... 🍊🤡

I wonder if this is a book that Taylor has on a shelf somewhere. 📘 We know our girl reads.

Maybe I'm wrong...but is anything ever accidental?

*There's also a movie made based off that graphic novel, but the director was awful to the main characters and created the intimate scenes for his own gaze instead of portraying the love story. And also the main character was named Adèle instead of Clementine in the movie.

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[vintagebooksdiary]

Books 📚

Dear and Glorious Physician (1959) - Taylor Caldwell

The Notting Hill Mistery (1862) - Charles Felix

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You - Peter Cameron

Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier

La Casa y el Cerebro - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Al Sur de la Frontera, al Oeste del Sol - Haruki Murakami

Tokyo Blues - Haruki Murakami

Por favor vuelve a casa - Christine Nostlinger

Orlando - Virginia Woolf

El Azul es un Color Cálido - Jul Maroh

Un Mundo Feliz - Aldous Huxley

El Aroma de las Especias - Charlotte Betts

Codename Villanelle - Luke Jennings

No Tomorrow - Luke Jennings

Tomates Verdes Fritos - Fannie Flag

Paper Girls - Brian K. Vaughan

Roan Rose - Juliet Waldron

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

Solitaire - Alice Oseman

La Sombra de Diana - Annabel Carrazán Remersaro

Kafka A La Orilla - Haruki Murakami

No me olvides - Alix Garin

Annie on my Mind - Nancy Garden

[byneddiedingo]

Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux in Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)

Cast: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing,  Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou, Mona Walravens, Alma Jodorowsky, Jérémie Laheurte, Anne Loiret, Benoît Pilot. Screenplay: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix, based on a graphic novel by Jul Maroh. Cinematography: Sofian El Fani. Film editing: Sophie Brunet, Ghalya Lacroix, Albertin Lastera, Jean-Marie Lengelle, Camille Toubkis

Though it was cut down by its team of five editors from 800 hours worth of footage, it's still at least half an hour too long. And considering the controversies that have arisen since its release, including charges of abuse by the director of not only the lead actresses but also the crew, the sex scenes inevitably have something exploitative about them. But Blue Is the Warmest Color remains exceptional in large part because it's one of the most intimate portraits of a human relationship on film. The jury at Cannes was right in citing not only the director but also the two actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, when it gave the film the Palme D'Or. Exarchopoulos in particular demonstrates a rare courage, not for exposing her body but for allowing the rawness of her emotions to show forth. There are moments when her character, Adèle (Kechiche changed the character's name from "Clémentine" when he cast her), becomes almost pitiable in her helpless infatuation with Seydoux's Emma, Exarchapoulos's fresh beauty becoming disfigured in her portrayal of Adèle's suffering at the inability to make the kind of fusion she desires with Emma. It's a fable about the limitations of love that transcends sexual orientation. The film's NC-17 rating once again demonstrates the wrong-headedness of the American ratings board's approach to sexuality, as opposed to its blithe acceptance of any extreme of violence in film.

[foreverinastory]

🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! Happy Pride! We have several fun genre lists heading your way this month. All of these lists will feature between 10-20 books and all books on it will have under 5,000 Goodreads ratings, with a handful on each being under 1,000! Our goal is to introduce you to new books you might have never seen otherwise. These will be a mix of indie and traditional books; and range in age category! Our next list is Superqueero books!

This is for readers who love books like Hero by Mike Perry, I am Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, and X-Men or Avengers comics! For this list, we defined superhero books as books that take place in a relatively urban area where the MC fights crime, wears a costume, or has powers/abilities beyond those of ordinary people. 

Do you have any others you would add to this list? Authors please feel free to self-promote your superqueero books in the comments!

Follow along with #RCPride2024 to find all our themed lists and reels to come this month!

Books Listed: 

Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

I am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki, Art by Yoshi Yoshitani

Masks: Rose of Heroes by Hayden Thorne

Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod, Art by Jess Taylor

Trial by Fire by Lore Graham

Aquaman: The Becoming by Brandon Thomas with Art by Olortegui, Von Grawbadger & Lucas

Scatter by Molly J. Bragg

New Mutants 31 (2019-2022) by Charlie Jane Anders, Art by Jiménez Alburquerque, Stein & Brandt

Draw the Line by Laurent Linn

The Power of Mercy by Fiona Zedde

Silhouette by Robin Hale

Cute Mutants Volume 1 Deluxe Edition by SJ Whitby

No More Heroes by Michelle Kan

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez, Art by Jul Maroh

Song: Superhero Origin Story - Global Genius

[waywordsstudio]

3 Word Review: “Blue is the Warmest Color” by Jul Maroh -

Drenched in sentiment and angst, undeveloped in its abrupt final act, Maroh's work is nonetheless beautifully rendered.

[proceduralbob]

Whatcha reading?

Tagged by @withswords

Currently reading: Three things, I am reading The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Start-up Delusion by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell, the audiobook of Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up A Wizard by Tom Felton, and Jodi Picoult's second novel Harvesting the Heart. I also read Blue is the Warmest Colour by Jul Maroh the other day and this just reminded me I haven't made a #books i read in 2023 post about it yet.

Last song: I couldn't even begin to tell you. The other day I went for a walk and someone was playing that song that I exclusively associate with the movie Bring It On on a portable stereo.

Last movie: Jurassic World: Dominion. Now I am free and never have to watch it again.

Currently Working On: I'm rewatching The Wire and I'm up to season 4! I'm also always working on my Unknown Armies game which I run every week! And a secret project to be announced at some point.

Tagging: @plasticoctopus, @official-blue-team, anyone else who wants to do it!

[king-sassy08]

Does anybody have any reading recommendations? I don't read outside of the required readings for school because I'm always busy, but I'm joining the university reading group again and need to have a couple suggestions for us to read. Preferably something fiction ?

Right now I'm considering One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan.

Other authors we've read include:

-Junji Ito

-Ursula K. Le Guin

-Haruki Murakami

-Om Prakash Valmiki

-Joann Sfar

-Jul Maroh

-Lauri Kubuitsile

-Jorge Borges

I'd appreciate any authors or works yall can suggest!

[theblackwidowolf]

After a year of reminiscing over Jul Maroh's 12/12/2021 interview in San Francisco at the California College of Arts, I've finally built up the courage to post a piece I had drawn on the exact same day/year for the amazing graphic novel "Blue is the Warmest Color" I had read and had signed by one of my favorite comic artist @julmaroh themselves! Blue is The Warmest Color is a bittersweet tale which tells the tale of young girl Clementine's awakening in lesbian identity. It takes you on an emotional rollercoaster and puts you in the intimate boots that walk through the complexities of love in queer perspective. It tackles many issues and philosophies with moving quotes from characters navigating pride, passion, heartbreak, and more. Blue is the Warmest Color is a must-read. It was an honor to meet you and I am so happy I got the opportunity to talk to you all the way from France at the interview in my city, let alone have you sign one of my favorite comics I had been obsessing over for so so so long. Thank you for coming to SF! ●●● #blueisthewarmestcolor #lebleuestunecouleurchaude #julmaroh #lgbtq #lgbtqartist #lgbtqcomics #birdart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1DE7DOkP5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[floraenox]

Yesterday, I finished a graphic novel/comic called You Brought Me the Ocean written by Alex Sanchez and illustrated by Jul Maroh (who also created Blue is the Warmest Color). The comic is a short YA queer romance/coming-of-age type story with a bit of a supernatural twist. The comic is also set in the DCU, which I wasn't expecting, so I had to do a double-take when I first saw DC IP characters casually appear on the page, lol.

The protagonist, Jake, is a high school student aspiring to be an oceanographer. The story follows his struggles with his sexuality, his friendships, his family, and his discovery of a strange power he has upon contact with water. I do love the use of his water manipulation powers as metaphor for the development of Jake's inner strength as he navigates these struggles and comes to understand truths about himself and his origins. I also really love Jul Maroh's gorgeous artwork; the bold, wavy lines and airy color intensity gives the comic a soft, ethereal quality.

The pacing can be a bit odd at times, and the dialogue is a mixed bag of poignant turns of phrase and somewhat clunky "after school special" type quotes, which I guess make sense, considering Sanchez has a guidance counselor background. The age range is also very much in the realm of teens, so I don't really have much of an issue with the story having that kind of voice.

Nonetheless, it was a nice change of pace this month. I'm always happy to see people writing and creating queer fiction for young people.