#kimiko does cancer

[neverthetwinsshallmeet]

#QueerYourYear prompt 44: A book published by Arsenal Pulp Press

I’m not super familiar with Arsenal Pulp Press’s catalogue, so I picked up Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza largely because it was available at my local library and I enjoy works of graphic nonfiction. Written by Tobimatsu and illustrated by Geniza, it’s a memoir charting Kimiko’s experience with breast cancer after being diagnosed at age 25. 

Medical memoirs aren’t an area I’ve particularly read in and I genuinely think the last cancer-focused work I read might have been The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (now THAT’S a throwback), so I came into this memoir without a ton of background in cancer narratives. Kimiko Does Cancer follows the author’s experience through her initial diagnosis, treatment, and the aftermath as she negotiates how cancer has altered her body and interpersonal relationships.

Tobimatsu intentionally sets her memoir apart from other cancer stories and their relentless focus on positivity and healing. Instead, she’s candid about the toll that treatment took on her body and her relationships, especially the side effects she’s left dealing with even after her treatment ends. Tobimatsu, who is also a masculine-present Japanese Canadian lesbian, also didn’t see herself in mainstream cancer stories and found herself alienated as a queer, mixed-race person navigating her diagnosis, doctors’s assumptions, and cancer support groups. Geniza’s art is a good match to the story, the muted color palate palate and expressive figures that compliment Tobimatsu’s writing.

Kimiko Does Cancer is quite a short graphic memoir (106 pages), but it packs a lot into those pages, as Tobimatsu is frank and reflective on her experience with cancer. While I likely wouldn’t have picked this graphic memoir up without QYY to encourage me, I found it a thoughtful and worthwhile read.

[libraryleopard]

Graphic memoir

Explores the author's experiences after being diagnosed with breast cancer at at 25

Pushes back against popular cancer narratives of toxic positivity by frankly exploring the impact it had on her body and relationships

Also discusses her experience as a Japanese Canadian, masculine-presenting lesbian seeking treatment and support

Candid and thoughtful

[ficyorick]

theres some things that annoy me about the writing in the boys (2019-) but one thing that RLY peeves me is how the characters in the show swear up and down that injecting adults with V (the proper V) always turns out bad and then in the show it never does. everyone's FINE. kimiko is fine when she re-takes it, butcher doesn't explode when he takes it (has side-effects but related to the temp v cancer), zoe is not an adult but she also survives and becomes a supe, hughie's dad would've probably been fine were it not for the fact he was brain dead in the moment of injection.. it feels like there's no actual risk to taking V so im glad that ashley's fate seems to hint at some SERIOUS v-related side effects

[plasticfangtastic]

being annoying about the s4 trailer part 2

but with spoilers--

lowkey feel that the Sunhee cancer thing its for Butcher's between the spoilers and this scene

i have no doubt in my mind his cancer will gain superpowers....

i also feel like we will hear about the cheating of Becca during a conversation with him and Joe, I don't think Hughie will be the one to learn the truth if I'm a 100% honest and if he does he might actually chastisize him for it, I also can't tell if Joe its FBI/CIA or a Lawyer.

Back to Kimiko and Zoe fighting I guess that's how they tried getting Neuman to talk with the boys for a deal and it all went terribly bad for them, there's also this little tidbit of why would Homelander tried to kill Neuman and she looks for help from Stan and why would she do that? I think she will try to manipulate Homelander in the one way that almost guarantee to fuck the lives of any woman who touches him... unless that's Ryan in a school uniform in that second pic...

I literally have no idea whose blood this might be... perhaps the riot grows out of control and Homelander finally gets to laser everybody he likes for once...

alternatively... and that's just me... but what if this is the aftermath of him fighting Carnage/Venom Butcher and my boy is just so glad that him and Butcher will be able to keep fighting as equal... plsu the blood looks so much stickier than usual comapare to other homelander covered in blood scenes(... but my eyes might just be fucking with me as I'm fairly blind y'all should see how thick my glasses are)

i genuinely think he will give Compound V to Butcher bcuz I still believe Butcher wouldn't do it to himself V24 was different it was just a taste of it but Homie doing it to him... well even his own mind had him giving him feedback on the matter in the shape of Homelander

oh altho he could be getting the V from this Jitter Bean smuggling operation incase it's not for cocaine... frenchie and kimiko finds some V and give it to Butcher... altho if y'all wanted to infect society with a deadly supe virus maybe poisoning a very popular chain of coffee's beans might be an easy way to infect the population, likewe got a Jitter Bean cafe in Godolkin, maybe there's one in Vought's tower too.

[cyclone-rachel]

thoughts on The Boys season 4

Episode 4:

Okay so I assume Project Odessa is important

Oh, it’s just Homelander with a cake

I see, he doesn’t use his real name

He’s gonna kill them all, isn’t he

Oh no, is the cake poisoned

aw fuck what is inside Butcher

Ghost Becca again!

Hughie needs a hug

oh my god

How dare, Marie and the others are heroes

How did Annie just get in there?

Hell yeah, Annie

I’m so glad there’s a healthy M/M relationship on this show, it’s nice to see

oh shit never mind

cover your ankles, Frenchie

That’s not good

God I love Sage, I support women’s wrongs

fuck you, Firecracker

I don’t think calling them “patriots” would fly in new york

You should just tell them

Oh fuck, that guy, I forgot he was alive

Homelander what are you doing

Is he trying to make the point that they don’t remember anything they did to him

Fucking hell

aaaah hey Hughie and Kimiko!

Good question

oh no is someone going to take one of them out

He has a point

And this is the first time he’s told anyone?

wait who’s the sniper

Or snipers I guess

Love Kimiko using the notes app

I’m obsessed with her using office supplies as weapons

Very true

That’s a good question

Of course it was in Florida

Feels accurate

Uh-oh

Okay fuck this guy

Firecracker is full of shit

Oh no so everyone’s gonna hate her now

Of course it has a Confederate flag on it

A-Train get out of there

Surprised Homelander has his own place

Oh wait it is probably just in Vought tower

So I guess they have a deal

He became Homelander at 16?

Goddamn

Now Hughie’s covered in blood

Good, Kimiko’s just fine

This is her friend?

oh no, she was a bully too

is that a bedazzled gun

noooooooo

how did she even get those

oh yeah, get out of there

hell yeah!

So that was what he was planning on

Uh-oh

At least take out the cameras first

Billy what did you do

That’s just what he does

Goddamn, again

But he was nothing but a failed experiment, right?

Oh good, he tells him

again, healthy communication, here for it

even if it leads to things like this

Flavortown!

oh they’re gonna show that

Oh she gets off from that?

Girl you’re the vice president

Awww nice

Okay there’s our healthy relationship

Everyone hates Annie now I guess

Oh no

Oh shit it mutated his cancer

Hughie what are you going to do

Oh he did it?

Damn Homelander what did you do

Looks like the cover of a metal album

[bookclub4m]

Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics

This episode we’re discussing the format of Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics! We talk about what we even mean when we say “non-fiction,” comics vs. graphic novels, art vs. writing, memoirs vs. other stuff, and more. Plus: It’s been over 365 days since our last gorilla attack!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Join our Discord Server!

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Moi aussi je voulais l'emporter by Julie Delporte

This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte, translated by Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen

Sông by Hài-Anh and Pauline Guitton

Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza

Why I Adopted by Husband by Yuta Yagi

The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint by Ylva Hillström, translated by Karin Eklund

Go to Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood by Lucy Knisley

Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive by Peter Dunlap-Shohl

My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by Monzusu, translated by Ben Trethewey

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone by Joseph Tychonievich and Liz Kozik

Other Media We Mentioned

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home (musical) (Wikipedia)

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Mattias Ripa

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

Displacement by Lucy Knisley

Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned and Judd Winick

Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer by Sylvie Rancourt, translated by Helge Dascher

Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley

The Mental Load by Emma

The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

What Is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy by Rokudenashiko

Homestar Runner

Button Pusher by Tyler Page

Last of the Sandwalkers by Jay Hosler

Clan Apis by Jay Hosler

Ping-pong by Zviane

Dumb: Living Without a Voice by Georgia Webber

When David Lost His Voice by Judith Vanistendael

Blankets by Craig Thompson

Smile by Raina Telegmeier

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey

Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth

Links, Articles, and Things

Harvey Pekar (Wikipedia)

Joe Sacco (Wikipedia)

Japanese adult adoption (Wikipedia)

In the name of the queer: Sailor Moon's LGBTQ legacy

The Spectre of Orientalism in Craig Thompson’s Habibi

Cultural Appropriation in Craig Thompson’s Graphic Novel Habibi

35 Non-fiction Graphic Novels by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

This Place: 150 Years Retold

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis & Gianluca Costantini

Nat Turner by Kyle Baker

The Talk by Darrin Bell

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

I’m a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De la Cruz

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Joel Christian Gill and Ibram X. Kendi

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez

The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Man, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito: a Graphic Memoir by Shing Yin Khor

Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju

In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee

This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer

Steady Rollin': Preacher Kid, Black Punk and Pedaling Papa by Fred Noland

Citizen 13660 by Mine Okubo

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore

Kwändǖr by Cole Pauls

Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez

Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the "Comfort Women" of World War II by Han Seong-Won

Death Threat by Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee

Palimpsest: Documents From A Korean Adoption by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom

Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank "Big Black" Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, and Derrick Barnes

The High Desert by James Spooner

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker

Feelings by Manjit Thapp

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson

Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly and Braham Revel

Bonus list: 21 Non-Fiction Manga

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[makeshiftlove]

💥 COMING UP THIS THURSDAY 7PM EDT OCT 1st 

Join us for the IG Live book launch of Kimiko Does Cancer 😀 There will be a reading, convo and Q+A 🌌 Hear us talk about comic collaboration, process and what we learned along the way 🤩 Honestly it feels weird to be celebrating online but 😉 safety first!

Kimiko Does Cancer on Instagram: http://instagram.com/kimikodoescancer FB: http://facebook.com/kimikodoescancer Twitter: http://twitter.com/kimikotobimatsu Tumblr: @kimikodoescancer Website: kimikodoescancer.com

[kimikodoescancer]

[Excerpt] When cancer meets relationship troubles...

[paulsemel]

In my interview with writer Kimiko Tobimatsu and artist Keet Geniza about the graphic novel memoir, "Kimiko Does Cancer," they explain how the former's story became personal for both of them.

📖🔬

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

[victorian-nymph]

Obsessed with the fact every single season ending has everyone getting a somewhat happy ending like it's not ideal but it's at least bittersweet and then there's Butcher who appears to only be getting worse.

Season two finale for everyone else: The Boys criminal records are cleared and work legitimately for the government Kimiko and Frenchie are happy, Hughie and Annie are together also Hughie has (what he thinks) is a legitimate job. MM is reunited with his wife and daughter.

Season two finale Butcher meanwhile: His wife, who he went into a downward spiral for a decade trying to find turned up alive only to be killed shortly after, making it all meaningless, he still has the objective to take down Homelander but even if he does get justice it won't bring back Becca.

Season three finale for everyone else: The Boys after a contentious time are reunited, Annie and Maeve have left the seven with Maeve being able to slip away and live a quiet life with her girlfriend who she's now back with, MM's relationship with his daughter has throughly improved and he's able to be honest with her about things, Hughie evaded any side effects of temp-V and his relationships with his friends have improved, Kimiko has her powers restored after reconciling with herself over them. They have an objective of taking down Neuman but the gangs all here, yay!

Season three finale for Butcher: The little purpose he had for not spiralling, the child that he promised his wife that he would look after, apparently went down the youtube alt-right pipeline and sided with his biological father and also the worst person alive, also from too many temp-V injections Butcher appears to have brain cancer and less than two years to live. This man hasn't caught a break since 2011.

[libraryleopard]

April reads

asterisk designates a read

Thieves by Lucie Bryon

Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth edited by Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza

Among Others by Jo Walton

If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So

Manywhere: Stories by Morgan Thomas

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve*

High Risk Homosexual by Edgar Gomez

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Sensible Footwear by Kate Charlesworth

Please Don’t Hug Me by Kay Kerr

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

When I Grow Up I Want To Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

We Had No Rules by Corinne Manning

The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Dani, and Tamra Bonvillain

The Queen of Air and Darkness by T.H. White

Homie by Danez Smith

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood*

[anunvalidcritic]

The Boys: SN2.7

(DISCLAIMER: MY OPINION IS MY OWN AND CAN BE DEEMED INVALID TO THOSE WHO DON’T CARE FOR IT.) 

Sorry for the delay but I’ve been really busy with work and I haven’t gotten much sleep due to this but nonetheless I was able to finish it and upload the commentary.

               BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICK MAKER

(Photo Credit: @01091006)

Alright we’ve got ourselves a grown ass man whose clearly obsessed with STORMFRONT

Ik he’s gettin’ tired of seeing/doing the same shit over and over again

Maybe he’s one of the meme makers

Yep called that shit again

He better not become some fucking murder... smdh

“Congress?? Please what a bunch of corrupt cunts they are.” - BUTCHER

(this line hit a little too close to home iykyk)

This congresswoman looks familiar... I can’t put my finger on it though

Alright so whose that ringing BUTCHER’s line?? (That’s a long ass number too)

“Mom I don’t want a fucking unicorn frappe.” - ANNIE

Bro wtf?!!!!!

“And Serge... no abandoning your post this time.” - MALLORY

rip to BUTCHER’s father

BLACK NOIR didn’t have to go in on ANNIE like that

ICONIC DIALOGUE

LAMPLIGHTER - “Okay. Different strokes, man.”

HUGHIE - “Please don’t say that in this context.”

“You know this isn’t healthy, man. Y-You can’t watch porn while the... sun’s out.”- HUGHIE

LAMPLIGHTER = ARSONIST

I like how HUGHIE said “nevermind” just to continue with his story.

LOL THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN HOMELANDER TALKING ABOUT ANNIE AND HUGHIE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN IS PURE GOLD

“Come on do you want me to cuck? Or be the guy who fucks the wife?” - HUGHIE

“Yeah, come on. Let’s go fuck the wife. Con-sensually.” - HUGHIE

You know I never truly understood why the nickname “Billy” went with the name William.

ICONIC DIALOGUE

SAM - “What, no hug?”

BUTCHER - “You step one inch closer, and I’ll kill you quicker than that fucking arse cancer.”

SAM - “I bet you would.”

ROFL The way he slapped his finger away

Beating the shit out of your kids does not equal “tough love”

Sooo.... LENNY committed suicide...

Wow, well I’ll be damned tha nazi bitch has a heart

I haven’t seen MAEVE use her powers in a minute!! That poor table.

Wait why is DR. VOGELBAUM in a wheelchair??? Ig HOMELANDER really did fuck his ass up.

Wow I really forgot M.M’s gov name is MARVIN.

FRENCHIE reminiscin’ -- You know i still remember when FRENCHIE said his dad smothered him with a hello kitty duvet lol

Watch me fuck around and learn KIMIKO’s sign language

Fish Bowl = Fixing Grievances

Bruh this whole church is toxic

“And boom, bitchies!” - LAMPLIGHTER

“Your America’s second favorite lesbian couple, after all.” - ASHLEY

Whose the first?... Ellen and Portia??

“Ashley for once in your life be a fucking human being.” - MAEVE

Their watching a lego movie of the Blindside

... I think we all know HOMELANDER is lying to BECCA. He’s gonna snatch that little boy up in the middle of the night.

BUTCHER a whole maniac

Why do I feel like LAMPLIGHTER is gonna step HUGHIE up...

👀...

HUGHIE RUN!!!

My mouth is really ajar looking at this hand scene

She’s walking a little too slow for me... I foresaw that shit!

BLACK NOIR is strong af! Jesus he’s throwing her around like a dog that vigorously shakes its head with a toy in its mouth.

STARLIGHT bro I’m gonna need you to get the fuck up! Don’t let this dude choke you out!

... once again... fuck almond joy’s

Y’all can do this reunion shit later. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE BUILDING!

ICONIC DIALOGUE

M. M. - “Kid, you are fucking unbelievable. All you had to do was watch porn.”

HUGHIE - “I didn’t know he was gonna set himself on fire?!?.”

I think we all knew this church for supes was all kinds of fucked up. But this whole scenario of EAGLE hunting his partner dressed up as a deer is on the stranger side to things. 

Why tf did ANNIE’s mom look at KIMIKO like that?!?!

HOMELANDER lookin’ sick af!

BRUH IS THAT FUCKING CINDY!!!!????

“Oh, shit.” - THE DEEP

_______________

episode 6 here. Once again I’m sorry for the delay in the post. I’ll have to figure out my timing better. But on a lighter note... EPISODE 8 WILL BE THE LAST FOR THE SEASON!!! We already know it got confirmed for a season 3 so this last episode better fucking bring it!

[thestrandedrpg]

SWAN

Name: Elizabeth “Libby” Blum Birthdate: June 12th 1943 Years on Meridium: 30 Group: Castaways Attunement: Earth Gender: Cisgender female (she/her)

“How we need another soul to cling to.” ― Sylvia Plath

BIOGRAPHY

TW: Cancer mention in the first paragraph.

Like a blind man may not know he is blind until the world informs him, a mistake does not know she is a mistake until she is told. And told. And told. You were not planned and your frigid family rarely let you forget it. Though you coveted their love, your forced removal from their household at the age of eighteen was a blessing in disguise. Your move across the country to join the ranks of student protestors brought you freedom, a sense of newfound identity, and the love of your life. That life was on an upward track for many years – but time sours all things. The marriage began to dissolve and your breast cancer diagnosis only helped that process along. Just as your relationship, your body, and seemingly your life felt as if they were truly failing you, fate had one last laugh: a routine hike by the riverside with your family ended with you tumbling into the water. The rock on your scarred chest that pressed the air from your lungs took your consciousness as well. When it returned, you were on a strange beach and utterly alone. 

Days blurred into months as you scouted the shore and the jungle for a means of getting home to your family. But the solitude didn’t last. Just before your island tenure reached a year in length, a woman found you. Kimiko, she introduced herself as, and led you back to a small group of fellow island dwellers. Unable to stomach returning to your solitary ways, you stayed. Your group both grew and shrunk over the years, your losses brought on more often than not by the unfortunate circumstances of the jungle. But no loss was as crushing as that of Kimiko. By then, you’d spent twenty-two years with the woman – she’d been everyone’s sounding board. Somehow, in her wake, all eyes turned to you. For the past eight years, you have served as the ersatz head of this this small group. But that voice still whispers in the back of your mind: was their choice of leader a mistake?

CONNECTIONS

Sage: Yours is a story that concluded long ago – isn’t it? After all, your years of marriage with Sage were about to come to a close. If the ground had not crumbled beneath you that day and sent you to this watery grave, you would have gotten a divorce. One that you had demanded after your simmering bitterness finally boiled over. But you’ve had three decades to stew. To grieve. To chastise your own impulses and imagine your husband raising your three girls alone. Without you. Little did you know, of course, that he followed you down that same river path. That you have both been living mere miles apart, breathing the same air, for thirty years. Has absence made your heart grow fonder again? Time will tell.  

The Castaways: Though the label is one that the larger group of Meridiumers will curate, you do take some pride in this small group of Labyrinth survivors. Smaller than it used to be, to your chagrin, but they’re your people. For thirty years now, they’ve been your reason for survival. In them, you find connection. You keep Starlight safe. You laugh and learn alongside Atlas. You mourn and celebrate with Hope. At least among these people you feel necessary. You feel wanted.

STATUS

Swan is taken. Her FC is Jessica Chastain.

[biandlesbianliterature]

Danika reviews Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu, illustrated by Keet Geniza

Danika reviews Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu, illustrated by Keet Geniza

Kimiko Does Canceris about about a queer, mixed-race woman getting breast cancer. This is a short book, only 106 pages, and it moves quickly: the first page is about Kimiko finding a lump above her breast, and then it moves through her diagnosis, treatment, and the aftermath. Tobimatsu explains in interviews/articles that she wanted to write this book because the mainstream narrative around…

[priceonlinein]

#priceonline #india #shopping Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir ...

[bookclub4m]

Episode 205 - Favourite Reads (and Media) of 2024

 It’s episode 205 and time for us to talk about our favourite reads of 2024! We discuss fiction and non-fiction books we read for the podcast, plus comics, videos, music, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

Check out Hark! Jam's holiday music podcast!

Favourite Fiction

For the podcast

Anna

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence (Episode 200 - Library Fiction)

Jam

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking)

Matthew

The Sixth Gun Omnibus, vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree, and Tyler Crook (Episode 201 - Weird West)

Meghan

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Episode 203 - Dark Academia)

Not for the podcast

Jam

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

Matthew

Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day: And Other Tales of the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard, narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith

Meghan

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

Anna

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Trailer

Favourite Non-Fiction

For the podcast

Matthew

I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher (Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction)

Meghan

Telling It to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court by Arthur J. Ray (Episode 197 - Law & Legal Non-Fiction (for the layperson))

Anna

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (Episode 194 - Indie Publishers)

Jam

Why I Adopted My Husband: The True Story of a Gay Couple Seeking Legal Recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi (Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics)

Not for the podcast

Meghan

Secret Gardens by Jennifer Potter 

Anna

Bunker: Building for the End Times by Bradley Garrett

Jam

Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans

Matthew

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Other Favourite Things of 2024

Anna

Cats

Buldak Cream Carbonara

Go Go Town!

Jam

Diceomancer

“California” by Chappel Roan

Galway Food Tour

Matthew

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny Nicholson

Giant Days by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Lissa Treiman

Spy x Family by Tetsuya Endo

Matthew talked about this and Giant Days in Episode 193 - Spring Media Update

Spy x Family / Designer Chairs

Meghan

Living Small - Laura Fenton (series: Small Takes)

BBC: The Secret History of British Gardens with Monty Don

Dwell magazine

Runner-Ups

Jam

Books for the podcast

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Episode 204 - Cozy Fantasy)

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance)

Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante (Episode 194 - Indie Publishers)

Picture Books

I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake

100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle

Games

Wingspan (both board & Switch Edition)

Crossword puzzles

Movies/TV/Video

Delicious in Dungeon

I Saw the TV Glow

Robot Dreams

Gastronauts

I Want to Tell You About My Favorite Fight Scene 

Anna

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (Episode 201 - Weird West)

Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza (Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics)

Matthew

[Tumblr won't let us post the full lists because they're too long, check the podcast site to see them all.]

Video Essays

Alpha Protocol Retrospective | An Extremely Comprehensive Critique and History

Reform!

X Men Video Game Retrospective | A Complete History and Review 

DB2024 - The Taco Bell "Wedding" in Decentraland

The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse

The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft

The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games

Meghan

French

Balcons by Marianne Brisebois (contemporary fiction)

Cariacou by Olivier Lussier (poetry, prose)

La véritable histoire de la maison mobile des Miller by Dave Eggers (childrens, illustrated)

Fiction

The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (horror, translated)

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (cosy fantasy, series)

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (supernatural)

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (time travel)

The Gathering by C.J. Tudor (horror, vampires)

Bride by Ali Hazelwood (supernatural romance)

The Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (horror, series)

Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante (contemporary)

Frontier by Grace Curtis (scifi, western)

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (horror)

The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan (weird, translated, series)

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (scifi, spy thriller)

Roaming by Jillian Tamaki by Mariko Tamaki (graphic novel, new adult)

Nonfiction

Instructions for Travelling West by Joy Sullivan (poetry)

Island Home: a Landscape memoir by Tim Winton (essays, memoir, Australian)

Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place by Daniel Coleman (essays, history, Canadian)

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