Wuvable Oaf

by Ed Luce

Wuvable Oaf [2008] (Collections and Selections — Collection 1)

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Like Sex and the City but with adorable, ex-wrestler hairy gay men (or bears), Wuvable Oaf is Luce's debut graphic novel. This book fills a romance comics hole by portraying a likeable gay male character that is both fully realized and relatable. Mostly playful, but sometimes serious, Wuvable Oaf captures the levity of loneliness. Luce delivers a rom-com that would leave Zack Galifianakis and Zooey Deschanel feuding over who got to play Oaf in a hypothetical movie adaptation. Oaf is a large, show more hirsute, scary-looking ex-wrestler who lives in San Francisco with his adorable kitties, and listens to a lot of Morrissey. The book follows Oaf's search for love in the big city, especially his pursuit of Eiffel, the lead singer of the black metal/queercore/progressive disco grindcore band Ejaculoid. Luce weaves friends, associates, enemies, ex-lovers, and the pasts of both men into the story of their courtship. Like Scott Pilgrim, Love and Rockets, and Archie, Wuvable Oaf explores the joys and pains of romantic conquests, set against the backdrop of the San Francisco scene. After decades of comics about boy-loves-girl, Luce finally gives readers of all orientations some insight into man-loves-man. Oaf's silly, sweet, and sometimes sexy stories will win over everyone's heart. show less

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Oh my god, what did I just read? And how soon can I get more of it? From the cover to the description, this should be nothing but ridiculous. It's goofy, gross and garbled, yet somehow it all makes sense and is romantic as hell.
Strange, gross, fascinating
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I don't even know what to make of this. Gross, bizarre, with characters who were naive, charming, sullen, and also bizarre. Some of them were kinda gross, too, I guess.

It wasn't that I kept reading because this was a train wreck, and yet, I kinda get that sense: why did you read some of those pages? Why did you keep reading?

And i loved it, unapologetically. It was all that and it was just a whole lot of fun. There are lots of cats, and dolls, and tons of dudes having sex with each other, or talking about having sex with each other. I can't even find the proper words to explain this at all.

I would definitely pick up something else by this author, just to see if he show more could keep this balance of, y'know, everything up for a second volume or new storyline.
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Een verrassing in de LGBTQ-bundel van Humble Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/). Zo kleurrijk als de voorkant, zo zwart-wit is de verdere inhoud getekend van deze bizarre maar ook liefdevolle strip.

De hoofdpersoon is een grote, harige man met een liefde voor kleine, kale mannen, voor poezen in het algemeen en muziek uit de jaren tachtig waarbij Morrisey niet ongenoemd mag blijven.
Met de harigheid wordt op verschillende manieren gespeeld zoals bijvoorbeeld het afscheren en daar knuffelpoppen mee opvullen. Of wat te denken van een over de top baardenwedstrijd?

Oaf wordt verliefd op de voorman van de heavy metalband Ejaculoid. Tijdens de ontwikkelingen tussen deze twee komen in een snel tempo allerlei personages voorbij en worden de show more achtergronden van al deze personen toegelicht. Soms lijkt het op een bij elkaar geraapt zooitje maar uiteindelijk komt alles toch bij elkaar.

Terwijl ik het las vroeg ik me meerdere malen af hoe deze strip nu bedoeld is. Is het een parodie? Is het voorlichting? Is het nostalgie naar de jaren tachtig? Is het komisch bedoeld? Maar hoe zit het dan met hartverscheurende geschiedenis van Oaf die als kind weggedaan wordt door zijn ouders omdat hij niet aan de verwachting voldoet? Ik vind het wel prettig dat dit wat vaag voor me blijft. Zo kan ik het ervaren puur zoals het is zonder begrenzende kaders.
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Original publication date
2015
Dedication
For Mark...

For Matt...

For my parents, who put a pencil in my hand as soon as I could hold it and kept it there.
Original language
English

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LGBTQ+, Graphic Novels & Comics
DDC/MDS
741.5Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsDrawingComic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
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PN6728 .W88 .L93Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Collections of general literatureComic books, strips, etc.
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