A review by montycello
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Comic Book by Lee C.A., Wendy Xu, Leighton Gray, C. Spike Trotman, Vernon Shaw, Josh Trujillo

3.0

Having never fully played Dream Daddy (though I know the concept and the general gameplay), I was pleasantly surprised by the contents of the short stories contained in the graphic novel adaptation. The stories focused on the dads of the game, but while the game made a play of having the user-generated dad date one of the seven dads, the Dream Daddy graphic novel turns the focus to the different personalities of the dateable dads. You get a chance to see the dads as they are with their kids, at their jobs, or just plain having fun. What I enjoyed in particular was that while the book was not without romance, most of the issues focused on inter-personal issues with the dads, such as competition using their children or one targeting another over a misunderstanding. I especially appreciated, as someone who hadn't actually played the game, that I could still understand the different personalities of the dads and grow to appreciate them individually. However, I didn't give this a super high rating because there were certain aspects that I felt closed off from (such as some of the kids' personalities) becuase I hadn't played the game before reading the book.