frenzy | What are you reading Wednesday? (for the last 2 Wednesdays)

what have you finished reading?

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang (Author), Gurihiru (Illustrator) - So, this graphic novel was based on a /real/ radio show involving superman. I had no clue. At any rate, superman smashes the racists, and the racism-curious kid, whose dad was The Big Racist, decided to reexamine his prejudices. It has all the superman stuff I hate, but knowing that it came from a real radio program changed my view.

Battle Angel Alita 3 by Yukito Kishiro - I'll be honest, this manga is so action packed that its hard to know where Alita is or what she's doing, but the art is gorgeous and the action is cool. I'm sure I'll pick up the 4th volume from the library soon.

Boy Island by Leo Fox - I pre-ordered this almost a month ago and finally got around to reading this. Its so so good and a great trans allegory. Tbh I love everything leo fox has made at this point, and I'd buy anything he made at this point.

Bottom's Up! by Barbara Benas - This is a short indie comic about a food blogger, but it went surreal pretty quickly, and while I loved the art, I found the story a little hard to follow. I suppose I could re-read it, but I'm fine. Milk, not a milkshake, but thats OK. If every porkchop were perfect we wouldn't have hotdogs.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer by Faith Erin Hicks (Author), Michael Dante DiMartino (Author), Bryan Konietzko (Author), Peter Wartman (Illustrator), Adele Matera (Illustrator) - This Avatar comic tries to square the circle of Uncle Iroh, a war criminal who should be tried for his crimes, and how he became a different person after his son died. It also involves him apologizing to the bounty hunter... whose name i'm forgetting... which is good because they treated her like shit when they paid her to capture Aang. I love the exploring and world builing the ATLA comics keep going. The Legend of Korra comics really just haven't compared. I heard they've announced a new Korra comic tho, so hopefully its good.

What are you currently reading?

Tank Girl: King Tank Girl by Alan Martin (Author), Brett Parson (Illustrator) - You know, each Tank Girl comic is kinda the same. It took forever to even find this comic and I'm just kinda bored with it. I kinda hope they take a break for a while. I mean, its fine, it just isn't anything new.

Full-metal Indigiqueer: Poems by Joshua Whitehead - This poetry book is about squaring the analog and the digital (heh...) and its really good. It does a lot of playful stuff with form. I've been reading this poems inbetween commercials when watching (american) football, which tbh, is the perfect format for a poem or two.

Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath by Otamere Guobadia - This poetry book is PHENOMENAL. I bought it thanks to fucking instagram of all things. I read a poem and it hit like a semi and I found the author and their first book. I read some of the other sample poems, which also were gorgeous, haunting, delightful, and ... every emotion! I had to buy their poetry and I'm glad I did, because holy shit this is a book of fucking bangers. If you love poetry, look into this one.