Their stories are cute, eerie, and often dark, but almost always hopeful at their core. Today, Keezy writes, draws, and designs their own young adult comics. Although their art is self-taught, they credit Digimon, Hiromu Arakawa, Trina Schart Hyman, Arthur Rackham, and Studio Ghibli as important influences. Any opportunity to con their teachers into letting them illustrate a book report instead of writing one was taken.
They grew up drawing on their walls, stealing a few extra chapters by nightlight after bedtime, making graveyards for lost animals in the forest with their brother and sister, and adding monsters and flowers to the margins of every homework assignment. However, in the end, I was satisfied with how everything turned out.Keezy Young is a queer comic artist and illustrator from the Pacific Northwest, currently in Seattle, WA. Just because I understand doesn’t mean, I don’t wish those twenty pages had been used elsewhere. I was overall pleased with how it developed and the pace, but there are a few places where I wish things were fleshed out or explained more and then there is the extra sort of separate quest at the end, which I personally would have rather been used for more development inside the main story, but I can understand why it existed. I can’t say too much about the plot of this story without giving it away. Basically, let’s just say, that I’m here for the whole aesthetic of this graphic novel. I actually love going for walks through cemeteries and this one is particularly heavenly. I really love the cemetery scenes, perhaps I am just weird like that. There are a ton of charming pictures of plants and natural spaces interspersed throughout. It’s a little ramshackle in most of the pictures, but it has a cozy vibe that I love. However, this is an easy recommendation from me.Īs you can see from the above illustration, it is an adorable world. The story is cute too, but it has a few moments of convenience and there are a few places where things could have been explained more. I love the color pallet, the gorgeous art, and the quirky characters. Behold my surprise when I saw it available on Netgalley! I was super excited to be able to dive into this beautifully rendered world. What cuties! I have seen this graphic novel floating around different places for a few years now, but have never had the chance to pick it up. When Blue learns that Hamal’s gift may be endangering him, Blue decides he must protect Hamal at all costs, even if it means having to leave him. As their relationship develops into something more, Blue realizes that he can never be truly connected to Hamal. You learn one thing and you think you understand how it all works.”īlue has been living as a ghost for a year when he meets Hamal, a gardener with the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. “You always assume everybody plays by the same rules.
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