Side by Side: The Journal of a Smalltown Boy
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Illustrator: MiokiEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06
ISBN: 3861878909
Number of pages: 120
Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh
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Book Review: sweet, sexy story
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazon kept including this book in its "recommendations" to me but I always put off reading the reviews and otherwise "researching" the book because its cover was, well, a bit off-putting. But a few weeks ago, I finally read the 5 or 6 reviews and was convinced to buy the book. I'm glad I did and can only echo the praise of the other reviewers.
The artwork is detailed and realistic while exuding a warmth that makes the two main characters come across as my dear friends whose joy and happiness is important to me. The story and the artwork are beautiful, sweet and sexy. But with all of the graphic intensity of the love-making (Yes. Love-making. The intimacy of the nude scenes between Ev and Rick is much deeper and more meaningful that "just sex."), the artwork never seems to go beyond the bounds of what is right and true. I was never made to feel like a voyeur or "Peeping Tom."
Through everything, the boys manage - somehow - to maintain some very real sense of wonder at the miracle of love and even a real sense of innocence on some level. At the same time, the artist manages to convey the boys' twinkling-eye humor and whimsicality. I was so impressed with this book, I read it twice on the day it arrived. Please ... let's have more from this artist/author.
Summary of Side by Side: The Journal of a Smalltown Boy
SIDE BY SIDE is the story of Evan and Rick. Fast and close friends since their kindergarten days in a small town their friendship evolves into the love of their lives. They move to the big city where they meet Billy and Charlie and these four friends are soon inseparable. Mioki presents a moving portrait of gay life with all its highs and lows. Drawn in a sure style and masterfully incisive, Mioki's comic is a joy to read, is moving and the sex also doesn't get short shrift. A charming comic for the young and the young-at-heart.Graphic Design Books
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