All the books I read in June!

This is an unshackled, raw, and difficult, itchy, discomforting, gnarly expression of war.

But, what this comic does best is set up not just the romantic relationship between Batman and Catwoman cuz that's been on again, off again forever, but actually taking that relationship extremely seriously because, I mean, eventually, it's not a spoiler to say because it's on bookshelves everywhere, Batman and Catwoman have a wedding. That's what this is building towards.

Like, it was really beautiful. It's drawn by Jorge Jiménez, and he's got a new costume and a new Batmobile, and that's all great, but I don't actually remember what happened in it.

And so Batman and Superman swim to Aquaman's realm at the bottom of the ocean to try and sort all of this out, and it's resolved in like three issues, and I really enjoyed it. This is a good time.

The book, like all of Johanna's other works, is also gay and the topic of homosexuality as it pertains to religious faith and dogma, it's all in there and I had such a good time reading this. Apparently, according to someone I was talking to, this book hasn't been as well received as her other books, and I genuinely don't understand why.

That's a good book. I didn't finish it, obviously, but it's it's it's good.

My god, I loved Sex Criminals when it was running like 10 years ago. That comic was so much fun.

But the best thing about this book is its character work. The dialogue and writing and relationships between these characters is electric.

So, go check out that video if you want to know more, but this book really is wonderful. I understand why it won the Women's Prize.

I adored this book. It's just not written very well. I keep saying that because a book is written and so you'd hope that the writing is solid.

In terms of the character dynamics, it really does feel like The Secret History, which I'm not the biggest fan of, but I do applaud its character work, having a close-knit group of horrible people.

I've done a deeper dive video into it that you can go check out, but this really is a fantastic work of liminal horror.