Jeremy Sorese

An absolute visual feast, though I think at times the scope and ambition of the work outpaced its storytelling. I was reminded, in that sense, of the [b:The Gilda Stories|1063142|The Gilda Stories|Jewelle L. Gómez|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387702004l/1063142._SY75_.jpg|1049755], which also is both hugely ambitious speculative storytelling and a queer narrative that can by nature rely less on cultural shorthand, and in holding these two difficult show more things together sometimes ends up doing more telling-than-showing. I do think it is significantly more successful than The Gilda Stories, both because Sorese is such a masterful artist that his technical virtuosity on that front can sometimes make up for some clunky exposition, and because there have been an intervening thirty years or so of queer storytelling language development. I particularly loved the section where Sorese, via some cool older lesbians, attempts to explain the nature of the Internet to someone from a post-Internet era. That was perhaps one of the most affecting parts of the book to me. show less

Seventeen writers and artists contributed to this collection of short Steven Universe tales, and while it has its ups and downs, it was a passably amusing Steven fix for me.

The first half collects the Greg Universe Special and so has lots of father and son stories. It includes an outing to the Cookie Cat movie, referencing the single line that convinced me to keep watching Steven Universe beyond the mediocre first episode: "He left his family behind!" The second half is the Steven Universe show more 2016 Special, set at the Big Donut and featuring lots of stories about yummy doughnuts.

It's all very nice, if nonessential. show less

I recently got wrapped up in the Steven Universe animated series and picked this up from the library to give me a little fix between binges. It starts out okay, wondering why Steven doesn't go to school and what happens when he gives it a try. But the story just falls apart in the end.

The dialogue is occasionally awkward, and the text is poorly proofread. The art at least does a fair enough job of catching the likenesses.

This was disappointing, but I'm jonesing pretty hard, so I'm going to show more try some of the other Steven Universe graphic novels and hope they're better. show less

I love the Steven Universe animated show, but the stories in this comic book collection were just too frantic and juvenile for me. Coleman Engle's stylized art didn't entirely gel with how I see Steven and the Crystal Gems. None of it's really bad, but it was not what I was hoping for when seeking a Steven Universe fix.