Episode 113: Check, Please!

Published: Nov. 12, 2021, 6 a.m.

Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0agree that this graphic novel will make your heart fill with love and warm fuzzy-ness.\xa0Check, Please!\xa0is\xa0book 1 in\xa0Ngozi\xa0Ukazu\u2019s\xa0absolutely fabulous comic about a young southern gay man who is a figure skater who goes to college on a hockey scholarship in the Northeast. Book 1 covers his freshman and sophomore years. We absolutely LOVE this graphic novel (like\xa0gajillions\xa0of other people do) and we love all the warm\xa0fuzzies\xa0it gave us. This is how we wish the world could be.\xa0

Find\xa0Ngozi\xa0Ukazu\xa0at her website.\xa0

You can find\xa0Check, Please!\xa0as\xa0a print book all over (libraries and to buy), but you can also read it on\xa0Tumblr\xa0HERE.\xa0

It took the world by storm!\xa0

Shout-outs:\xa0Lise\xa0watched the movie\xa0Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, which is about two Icelandic musicians who are best friends\xa0who call their band\xa0Fire Saga. Their dream is to be in the Eurovision competition. Stars Will Ferrell and Rachel\xa0MacAdams. Andi points out the grim\xa0Reddit\xa0forum\xa0HermanCainAward, but notes that the forum is trying to get people to vaccinate against COVID and also does good works, like raising a bunch of money for vaccines.\xa0And that\u2019s really what\xa0vaxxing\xa0is trying to do\u2014keep you safe so you\u2019ll be around a while for your friends and family.\xa0