Episode 105: The Hazards of Love by Stan Stanley

Published: July 9, 2021, 5 a.m.

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Andi and\\xa0Lise\\xa0rave the hell out of this amazing first volume of Stan Stanley\\u2019s\\xa0The Hazards of Love, which follows a\\xa0nonbinary\\xa0teen,\\xa0Amparo\\xa0Uribe, who ends up agreeing to a bargain with a shitty cat that allows the latter to take over the teen\\u2019s life and body and sends the now exiled teen\\u2019s spirit to Bright World, where they are a seriously marginalized human trying to survive in systems of debt and ever-changing rules that subject them to constant threats. But formerly\\xa0Amparo\\xa0(they lost their name when they agreed to the bargain) is working to find a way out. Wonderfully layered, meta-meanings, queer rep, gorgeous artwork and writing, dark humor, and fantastical beasts and Bright World denizens \\u2013 Stanley explores what it means to be who we are, and what comes to define us.\\xa0

The first volume collects the first 12 issues of the comic and we can barely stand waiting for the next issues\\u2026\\xa0

Find more info about the volume\\xa0at\\xa0Indiebound.\\xa0

And at\\xa0Simon & Schuster\\xa0

Stan Stanley\\u2019s\\xa0website\\xa0\\u2013 we\\u2019ve heard she\\u2019s a devilishly handsome woman of science\\u2026\\xa0

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