#Mis (h) adra

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Today's disabled character of the day is Isaac Hammoudeh from Mis(h)adra, who has epilepsy and is visually impaired

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[Image Description: Drawing of a boy with white hair with pink roots. He is standing in front of pink doors with his eye closed. He has a white eye patch over his left eye and a purple sweater with pink stripes. Around him are blue strings with beads. He has a light skin tone.]

[re-readingcomics]

Comics Read 04/29-05/13/2024

I am still behind in my self-assigned reading writing assignments. I have a huge back catalog that I have barely made a dent for months. My desire to write about everything I read and my desire to read everything I buy are at odds. 

Weeks ago I read Parenthesis by Élodie Durand. It is a memoir in which the author calls herself Julie. Either Élodie or Julie is actually her middle name, as she needs the distance to tell her story. The story is about the time in her life she developed seizures due to a small, cancerous tumor in the her brain.  

This is the second comic book I’ve read that is about the experience living with seizures. The first was Mis(H)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata. While it has been about five years since I read that, I am still certain they are very different, and not just because over the course of Parenthesis she gets cured, which doesn’t happen in Mis(H)adra. The latter about a male student and he is isolated by both his medical conditions and immigration experience. Parenthesis’s Julie lives in Paris with most of her family nearby and only travels as far as Marseille for an experimental treatment that works, but things get worse before the get better.

The idea behind this books is that the mostly blocked this part out of her life, because it was such a painful experience. Now she is trying to make sense of it with the help of her family and the art she made at the time. It’s fascinating and sad and the art has a lot of variety. 

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🍉 Queer Palestinian Books for Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

🍉 Want to add a bit more diversity to your TBR? Consider reading one of these queer books by Palestinian authors for Pride Month!

🏳️‍🌈 Fiction 🍉 The Skin and Its Girl - Sarah Cypher 🍉 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat 🍉 Belladonna - Anbara Salam 🍉 A Map of Home - Randa Jarrar 🍉 Muneera and the Moon - 🍉 Guapa - Saleem Haddad 🍉 The Ordeal of Being Known - Malia Rose 🍉 The Philistine - Leila Marshy 🍉 Hazardous Spirits - Anbara Salam 🍉 From Whole Cloth - Sonia Sulaiman

🏳️‍🌈 Graphic Novels 🍉 Mis(h)adra - Iasmin Omar Ata 🍉 Where Black Stars Rise - Nadia Shammas & Marie Enger 🍉 Confetti Realms - Nadia Shammas 🍉 Nayra and the Djinn - Iasmin Omar Ata 🍉 My Mama's Magic - Amina Awad 🍉 Squire - Nadia Shammas & Sara Alfageeh

🏳️‍🌈 Non-Fiction/Memoirs 🍉 Are You This? Or Are You This? - Madian Al Jazerah 🍉 Love is an Ex-Country - Randa Jarrar 🍉 This Arab is Queer - (ed) Elias Jahshan 🍉 Decolonial Queering in Palestine - Walaa Alqaisiya 🍉 Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique - Sa'ed Atshan 🍉 Between Banat - Mejdulene Bernard Shomali

🏳️‍🌈 Poetry 🍉 To All the Yellow Flowers - Raya Tuffaha 🍉 The Specimen's Apology - George Abraham & Leila Abdelrazaq 🍉 Birthright - George Abraham 🍉 The Twenty-Ninth Year - Hala Alyan 🍉 Blood Orange - Yaffa AS 🍉 Who is Owed Springtime - Rasha Abdulhadi 🍉 Shell Houses - Rasha Abdulhadi 🍉 Halal If You Hear Me - (ed) Fatimah Asghar & Safia Elhillo

🍉 None of us are free until all of us are free. 🏳️‍🌈

[silver-stargazing]

The definition of "good" varies person-to-person and while we definitely need more epilepsy representation overall, I've been going through some epilepsy media and there are some certified gems out there. The problem is that the vast majority aren't in mainstream media so very few people know about them.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite epilepsy representations:

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, a really fun queer romantic adventure book set in 1800s Europe. The love interest has epilepsy and he's a pretty awesome guy.

Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata, a graphic novel by an author with epilepsy about a young Arab-American man managing undiagnosed epilepsy and all the related stress in college.

Fast Color (2018), a really awesome POC-lead indie superhero film, the lead character has an unspecified seizure disorder. I do not understand why this film was completely ignored because it is really good from start to finish.

Electricity (2014), a film about a British woman with epilepsy heading to London to search for her brother. Does a great job of showing little details about the epilepsy experience like having to fill an emergency prescription of meds if your luggage is stolen or being frustrated that you can't take a bath without someone there.

We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker, a look at a new futuristic implant technology and how it impacts society through the eyes of one family. The family's activist daughter has epilepsy and it's really cool how they incorporate that into her activism, how it leads to her being more socially conscious and such.

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, classic Russian drama about a young man with epilepsy visiting his relatives and becoming entangled in various romantic and emotional relationships. I'm contractually obligated to include this because it's one of my favorite books but it is truly neat to read arguably the first positive epilepsy representation and how it gets so much right (the author also having epilepsy will help with that).

Under the Lights (2022), a short film made by Miles Levin (who has epilepsy himself) about a teen with epilepsy struggling to go to prom. It's really well-made and it's free to watch on Youtube!

Man I want more good epilepsy representation

[silver-stargazing]

Epilepticon Day 3: Favorite Epileptic Representation

If you’d asked me “What is my favorite epileptic character?” a few years ago, I would’ve had no answer. Now, thanks in large part due to epilepticon, I not only know several epileptic characters but I have a whole list of favorites:

Prince Myshkin from The Idiot. While most Victorian books cast epileptics as deviants and criminals, Myshkin was the original sympathetic epileptic hero. He’s also just a very interesting and complex character, being a 100% Russian Sad Boy™  over his epilepsy one minute and then talking about the pure ecstasy that happens when he experiences a seizure the next minute. His story line is a roller coaster of emotions and I loved every moment of it.

Angie from The Sacred Disease. We don’t often talk about the experiences of epileptics who go off their medications but I think it’s really important to discuss. Angie’s story does a great job of illustrating both why someone would choose to stop their meds while still addressing the risks of doing that.

Isaac Hammoudeh from Mis(h)dra. He’s got a fascinating story and is probably one of the most relatable epileptic characters, dealing with college, family issues, and trying to obtain a consistent supply of meds.

Ruth from Fast Color. I am just a sucker for stories where epileptic characters struggle only to come out on top and Ruth has to go through some of the toughest battles. Also, she has super powers but they’re not related to lightning or electricity. She has the ability to cause earthquakes, which is just so cool.

Ollie Paulot from Because You’ll Never Meet Me. I’ll be honest, I haven’t read this book’s sequel yet. But from the first book alone, we have a fully realized teen character who is funny, outrageously confident, and willing to go to great lengths to help his friends. Very solid rep.

Emma Cooper from Throat. She’s a teenage epileptic space cadet vampire who plays soccer in her free time. I almost feel like any future rep should just pack it in. No way will this be topped.

[nightmaretour]

I just finished Mis(h)adra and holy shit, it's so good! The art is incredible. Beautiful. I can't even describe how much I love it. The depiction of epilepsy is so much better than I could ever have imagined for something put on paper, I just love it. The story of living with epilepsy, dealing with the medical system and learning to live with it is so real and relatable. It's actually made by someone who has epilepsy. The only thing I dislike about it is that there isn't more of it. 100% recommend, please read it

[iasminomarata]

Today marks Mis(h)adra’s 2nd anniversary in print 💜

I really can never truly express in just words the feeling of happiness that swells in my heart when I think about the journey that this comic has taken me on. When I nervously posted the first few pages online all the way back in 2013, I never would have guessed that it would become such a guiding light in my life — but it has. Not only has making the comic given me more happiness and better health, I have had the opportunity to meet so many kind people, so many readers with so many experiences that have enriched my own life. Sometimes, when I hold the book, it still feels so surreal; I still feel my heart beating the way it did when I first opened up the box two years ago that contained the first copies, which is pretty amazing.

To this day, whenever someone comes up to me at a con, or even so much as messages me, to tell me that they read and resonated with Mis(h)adra, I have to hold back from tearing up; it means so much to me, and I cherish every kind word that comes my way about this comic.

Thank you, always, to everyone who has read Mis(h)adra. I am, and always will be, eternally grateful to my readers, and will always carry this comic as a light with me on my continuing journey.

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Check out some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup #comics #comicbooks

The weekend is almost here and we hear there’s a movie called Captain Marvel opening! Who’s seeing it this weekend? Sound off in the comments and let us know what you thought of it! While you wait for the work day to end and the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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Physical Disability/ Chronic Illness Book Masterlist

Quick Key:

🌻= found on Readanybook for free

🍄= I’ve read and recommend

🥀= on my tbr list

Fantasy:

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Hemophilia) (Loss of certain mental faculties due to injury) 🌻

One for All by Lillie Lainoff (POTS) 🍄

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Reading disability) (Character that uses a cane) 🍄🌻

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Reading disability) (Character that uses a cane) 🍄🌻

The Moth Girl by Heather Kamins (Fantasy chronic illness) 🥀

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Cerebral Palsy)

Graphic Novels:

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (hard of hearing mc) 🥀

The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann (Clubfoot)(Down Syndrome) 🥀

Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata (Epilepsy) 🥀

Historical Fiction:

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Clubfoot) 🌻🥀

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath (deafness)

Literary Fiction:

Unbroken: 13 stories starring disabled teens written by an assortment of disabled creators edited by Marieke Nijkamp (Wheelchair User)(Unspecified Mental Illness) (Blind MC) (Anxiety) (Chronic Pain) (Schizophrenia) (MC with a Cane) (Bipolar II) (IBS) (Cerebral Palsy) (Autistic MC) 🍄

Turning by Joy L. Smith (Wheel Chair user) (Spinal injury) (Stutter) (Brain Injury) 🥀

Electricity by Ray Robinson (Epilepsy)

Horror:

The Call by Peadar O'guilin (disability as a result of complications from having polio as a child) 🥀

Mystery:

Silent Fear by Lance Morcan (Deaf MC’s) 🥀

Russian Dolls by Cristelle Comby (Blind MC)

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly (amputee)🌻🥀

Poetry:

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (below the knee amputation as a result of a car accident) 🍄🌻

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (Mother with Leukemia)

Romance:

The War Within (character in wheelchair) 🍄🌻

Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (cerebral palsy)

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (MC with prosthetic limb)

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Chronic Pain)

Science Fiction:

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (character with chronic immune deficiency) (character with prosthetics)

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (uses a cane and a wheelchair due to foot binding) 🍄

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis (epilepsy? Kinda) (Amputee MC) 🌻🥀

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Accepted Character 1/4/2024

Sonia from Silly Sundays

Charlotte Webber (Sun Spider) from the Marvel universe

Black Spot Pete from the Sly Cooper

Wally/Waldo from Where's Wally/Waldo

Hana from I Was the Final Boss

Jacqueline Hart (Jacky) from Jacky Ha Ha

Olivia from Fear and Hunger 2

Jimmy Woods from The Wizard

Shuutarou Shimazaki (Shu) from Silver Nina

Phog Christoph from Xenoblade Chronicles X

Siroc from Legend of Zelda

Bowie from Final Zone II

Isaac Hammoudeh from Mis(h)adra

Susanna Kaysen from Girl, Interrupted

Tsugu Miikura from The Golden Sheep

Adunni from The Girl with the Louding Voice

Ola from Tre Nøtter til Askepott

Castor from Firebuds

Pemberly from Time Tourist Outfitters Ltd.

unnamed doll from Miniland

Jack Coll from Father Brown

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November #bookcovercrush: Mis(h)adra

For this month’s installment of #bookcovercrush, we talked to epileptic author/ illustrator Iasmin Omar Ata about their design process for Mis(h)adra, which was originally a monthly web-comic. The book follows the daily life of a young Arab-American epileptic named Isaac, who wants nothing more than to be a functional college student. 

“I worked very closely and freely with the concepts of color, light, and symbol to convey the experience of living with epilepsy,” Ata says. “Instead of straight-up saying in a block of text that epilepsy can be scary, dangerous, and depressing, I wanted the reader to feel it in their heart and in their hands.”

“I fashioned a visual vocabulary consisting of sharp knives with ever-watching eyes (representing physical danger and the feeling of always being watched), bright hues of cyan and red (representing mental/emotional danger and high anxiety), and long chains (representing feeling trapped). Through this, I could express to readers the spectrum of sensations that accompany epilepsy with a raw power that wouldn’t be possible through just words.”

On the process leading to the final cover

“The image that’s now on the book cover was originally a spot illustration/cover for the chapter in which Isaac begins to experience his non-convulsive seizures. The imagery ended up being so striking that [it] was unanimously suggested to be the cover for the full book.”

“The lettering is based on my own handwriting, which seemed appropriate since it's such a personal story.” 

Images courtesy of Iasmin Omar Ata and Gallery 13, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.  Printed with permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

-- Sydnee, Arts Desk News Assistant 

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Epilepticon Day 3

While it can be hard to find good representation, that doesn’t mean it’s not out there. Tell us about your favorite epilepsy rep, either in original works or fanfiction, or if you’ve never found any, tell us about a character you like to headcanon as having epilepsy or who you relate to because of your epilepsy, even if they’re not epileptic.

I have to admit i rarely seek out media with explicit epilepsy representation. A lot of times this is, because it makes me uncomfortable to read/see people having seizures in fiction, because it just hits too close to home and I get into a very weird headspace, ruminating on my past seizures and what happened all around that time. Those years specifically weren't great in many ways for me, so I try not to dwell on them. It is something I am kind of slowly testing the waters with and having found and being sent various fanfics with good representation has been incredibly pleasant and lovely. I have not found this in published work yet, except for MIS(H)ADRA by IASMIN OMAR ATA. To this day I would do a lot to get my hands on a physical copy and I will make sure to get one once I finally have a part-time position secured.

It's been a long time since I've read it, but it drew me in and it was the first time I had actually found representation in any media. Let alone a comic that talks about epilepsy. I am absolutely headcanoning Fitzroy Maplecourt from TAZ Graduation as epileptic though. I know this might be a bit simple?, but I think the "wild magic" trait in DnD has a very nice flavour to it where it does usually not "go away" like that and even though the random outbursts of magic in the game are linked to the magic superpowers, I think the impact and repercussions of the way the mechanic works, is severe enough to feel properly disruptive.

Especially when you play with a more drastic scale wild-magic table in DnD that is truly life-threatening to your character (or others) at times, it recreates a true sense of risk and caution, that is very familiar.

With Fitzroy: Having a character that had his dreams sort of "ripped from him by uncontrolled magic" feels like a classic (?) epilepsy narrative. I'm... not a huge fan of how the "magic situation" got resolved in canon (would have liked more ... time? slightly different spin on it), but also I am just picturing Festo as Fitzroy's neurologist/pharmacist so.. uh yay for ... medication.. (though unconventional and definitely not implied by canon this way, this is just me justifying the HC). Fitzroy is not: "Oh magic powers neat! I just gotta get that wild stuff under controll uwu!!!" he is more like "i hate my magic (epilepsy) and I hate that i have to deal with it - i want it to be gone" and he can't make it go away, but he can learn to understand and accept himself, his boundaries and that he is worth so much no matter what. Especially with Fitzroy's magic outbursts being very constant and all the time in the beginning of the story and then later being less often / more controlled, it feels like a journey of slowly getting your meds and having less seizures. :'D That's maybe the briefest way i can put it.

[journeyintotheshelves]

Tuesday’s Treats is a weekly blog post dedicated to newly released books that I’m most excited for. (Books are in no particular order.)

All books featured this week will be released: OCT. 3rd (Part 1)

9. The Tiger’s Daughter (Their Bright Ascendency: 1): K. Arsenault Rivera (goodreads) (book depository)

As the Hokkaran empire grew, a darkness within their people grew with it, and now their border is falling as demons appear. The nomadic tribes Qorin retreat to save themselves, and it’s up to the Qorin warrior Barsalayaa and warrior empress O-Shizuka to save the fate of the world.

I’ve heard some really mixed reviews about this book, so I’m interested to see what I think once I get to it.

Fantasy, LGBTQIA+; Tor Books, Paperback (US)

10. 27 Hours (The Nightside Saga: 1): Tristina Wright (goodreads) (book depository)

27 Hours follows a group of teens as war begins when chimeras start to attack colonies on the moon Sahara.

At first I was really excited about this book because of the great diversity and action, but I did read a review that shed some light on a few problematic aspects of it regarding imperialism that I found really interesting, so it should be interesting to read it through that lens now.

YA Science Fiction, LGBTQIA+; Entangled: Teen, Hardcover (US)

11. Strange Fire (Anchor & Sophia: 1): Tommy Wallach (goodreads) (book depository)

Tommy Wallach’s latest novel, Strange Fire, is an ambitious and different dystopian that I’ve ever seen before. The first generation of man was plagued by greed of various kinds, and it is said that the Lord sent his Daughter to rid the world of the sinners. Now, there is the Descendancy: a new civilization that was founded on the belief that the past can never be repeated. But there is a community that’s trying to rediscover the technology of old, and this seemingly small revolt sparks a holy war and will change the fate of all humanity.

This book grabbed me the moment I found out that it’s for fans of City of Ember (which was one of my favorite books growing up), and I cannot cannot wait to read this one.

YA Dystopian; Simon & Schuster, Hardcover (US)

12. The Last Namsara (Iskari: 1): Kristen Ciccarelli (goodreads) (book depository)

Asha, the princess of Firgaard, has grown up listening to the legends of the Namsara and the Iskari, the light and dark of of her land. But all legends have a seed of truth to them which Asha learns once she becomes a feared dragon slayer and, in turn, becomes the next Iskari. Even though she can kill a dragon, she can’t free herself from her arranged marriage to a cruel commandant. But when she’s offered a chance at freedom in exchange for the head of the most powerful dragon in the land, she leaps at the chance. But as she journeys on her quest with the help of a secret friend, she learns a lot more about herself, love, and the truth about the Iskari.

YA Fantasy; HarperTeen/Hardcover (US)

13. Mis(h)adra: Iasmin Oma Ata (goodreads) (book depository)

Nothing seems to be going right for Isaac: his doctor’s won’t listen that his medication doesn’t work, his schoolwork is overwhelming, his family doesn’t take his condition seriously, and his social life has fallen to the wayside. Mis(h)adra is an own voices novel about an Arab-American college student with epilepsy as he tries to live his day to day life.

Contemporary Fiction, Graphic Novel; Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster , Hardcover (US)

14. From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars (goodreads) (book depository)

A collection of stories from 40 authors about Star Wars — aka: one of my favorite movie series ever — is just what my nerd heart has been waiting for.

Science Fiction, Short Story Anthology; Del Rey/Random House, Hardcover (US)

15. The Wizards of Once (The Wizards of Once: 1): Cressida Cowell (goodreads) (book depository)

For as long as anyone can remember, Wizards and Warriors have been on opposing sides: Wizards with their magic and Warriors without. But Xar, son of the King of Wizards, can’t access the magic he’s supposed to have, and Wish, daughter of the Warrior Queen, has a magical object that she shouldn’t have. When they meet in the dangerous wildwood, both searching for a witch to help them, Xar and Wish find themselves thrown together on a path that may just change both of their lives — and their worlds — forever.

Middle Grade Fantasy; Little, Brown/Hachette, Hardcover (US)

16. Top Ten: Katie Cotugno (goodreads) (book depository)

Ryan and Gabby were the unlikeliest of friends, and definitely the unlikeliest of lovers, but over the course of their 4 years of high school, that’s exactly what happened. Now, as their graduation looms nearer, they reflect on their years of friendship and love in the one way they know how — in a top ten list.

YA Contemporary Fiction, Romance; Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins, Hardcover (US)

17. William Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken: Ian Doescher (goodreads) (book depository)

This combines my two loves: Star Wars and Shakespeare. Need I saw more?

Science Fiction, Classic Retelling; Quirk Books, Hardcover (US)

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New Releases: Don't Miss Out On These Books by Asian Authors Releasing In October!

New Releases: Don’t Miss Out On These Books by Asian Authors Releasing In October!

A warm welcome to October, everyone! The team at Lit CelebrAsian are super excited for some truly fantastic books coming out this month – I certainly know that I am. To ensure that you are up to date with some upcoming releases – and also to get you excited! – I am proud to present the following list of books by Asian authors releasing in October. Note: This is just a small sample of releases out…

[silver-stargazing]

Disability Pride Month must be smiling at me this year because I finally discovered the kind of epilepsy representation I’ve always been looking for: epileptics in comics and graphic novels created by people with seizures and/or epilepsy.

Anyway, please read Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata if you get the chance. The story follows Isaac, an Arab-American in college, as he manages his epilepsy and deals with a lot of related issues such as drinking at parties, repeatedly missing class because of seizures, not having a support system, and trying to get medication refills when you can’t technically prove to your doctor that you have epilepsy.

The book is also just visually stunning and I’ve truly never seen better visual representation for epilepsy. I especially loved the running theme of representing the ongoing threat of auras and seizures as knives constantly hanging around Isaac.

[Image ID: A 3 panel excerpt from Mis(h)arda:

Panel 1: Isaac, a man who is the main figure in all three panels, is sitting at a classroom desk, staring distantly while three knives with eyes circle around him. Three speech bubbles, one for the off-screen teacher and the other two for two off-screen students, are behind him, the teacher’s speech is heavily obscured by the knives. Teacher says, “You all have the study guide already so if you stick to that you’ll be (...) But just so you (...) there will be multiple choice (...) questions.” First student says, “They say he has a drug problem or something and almost failed out.” Second student says, “No way!”

Panel 2: Isaac has an annoyed look on his face and tries to wave away the knives. Teacher and First student are still off-screen, their speech bubbles appear behind Issac with Teacher’s bubble still partially obscured. Teacher says, “There will be a decent amount of questions about the chapter on gender politics in the countries of the (...) so make sure you don’t skip (...) one.” First student says, “Yeah, he might be the only one in our class to not walk at graduation.”

Panel 3: Close-up view of Isaac as he watches the knives disappear. He is visibly sweating and appears frustrated. Second student says (off-screen), “Makes sense. I mean, look at him. He always looks like he’s on something.”

/End ID]

As a general warning, there is a pretty big TW for eye trauma. Isaac also experiences a lot of ableism and racism from the medical community, which can be triggering.

[re-readingcomics]

Comics Read from 7/15 -7/19/2019

I realize that I failed to put up a what I’ve been reading for the first time post last week. I feel kind of bad about it, despite probably being the only person disappointed by this. Do without further ado, the list:

Pearl #11, still enjoying this, especially with the return of the Endo twins. Not sure I get where it’s going, but as someone who primarily sees it as a book to let Michael Gaydos draw whatever he likes, I’m here for it.

Mis(h)Adra This semi autobirographic/officially fictional comic by Iasmin Omar Ata about being an epileptic college student is a lot to take in. Not finishing it within the week that ended 7/21 is part of why this update is delayed. It really gets at how overwhelming living with a disability is and the difficulty of avoiding triggers and trying to be a social college student.  The art is very design based and finds interesting ways of depicting seizure s and their predictive auras. I’m very interested in what other epileptics and medical professionals think of it. I’m trying to convince my Dad, a neurologist (albeit one who doesn’t specialize in epilepsy) to read it and give his opinion. I may do a follow up if he ever does.

The Books of Magic #10, pretty good depiction of Tim realizing that he’s dangerous in the types of situation that will lead to very bad decisions. DC announce republishing some fo the original run later this year and I’m thinking of trying it because I like this run so much.

Invisible Kingdom #5, Beautiful surprise temporary victory. I’m login to need to re-read the whole arc before the second one comes out.

Lazarus Risen #2 - First, I’m disappointed with myself because I bought all of the Source Book in individual issues but have only read about one and a haf because they feel like text books. I’ve never been a gamer, until Lazarus started making them I didn’t know what a source book was. So now that Lazarus as moved from being a monthly to a quarterly with more content and more of that content is sourcebook like, I find myself feeling kind of alienated from it.  Its a surprisingly strong feeling because everything in this change of format and focus emphasizes a communal experience and I’ve always struggled with sharing experiences like this. It didn’t help that of the comic section too large a chuck was devoted to a fight scene.  I hope to finish the other one and half issues of source books before the next quarterly issue.