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A review by kieralesley
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Comic Book by Lee C.A., Wendy Xu, Leighton Gray, C. Spike Trotman, Vernon Shaw, Josh Trujillo
4.0
Adorable.
A collection of short tie-in stories for the dating sim Dream Daddies where you play as a new dad to the neighbourhood getting to know other single dads. The setting and stories are cheesy and adorable and tropey and queer and fantastic. Everyone’s living happy, functional solo-dad lives. Their kids are different ages and the parenting isn’t sidelined, it’s a part of the setting and characters and we get to see them facing parenting challenges (e.g. the competitiveness in Fair Deal) and mostly winning at being supportive, caring dads while still being themselves. It’s refreshingly non-toxic and sweet.
There’s very little on-page romance in this collection, it’s much more about fun side adventures with the characters than about them hooking up. It’s probably deliberate so as not to crowd the game content too much.
I haven’t played the game, but I didn’t find that hindered my enjoyment of the stories or understanding of the characters, setting and interactions. I may have to check out the game now because I really loved this gang. Brian is my fave.
I liked that the art styles changed each story and found I enjoyed all of them. My favourites were Much Abird About Nothing and Dungeons & Daddies.
The only rough patch for me was Let the Right Dad In, which I think needed a bit more context for Robert than I, as a non-player had.
A shamelessly cute and fun jaunt!
An advance copy of this book was kindly provided by Oni Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
A collection of short tie-in stories for the dating sim Dream Daddies where you play as a new dad to the neighbourhood getting to know other single dads. The setting and stories are cheesy and adorable and tropey and queer and fantastic. Everyone’s living happy, functional solo-dad lives. Their kids are different ages and the parenting isn’t sidelined, it’s a part of the setting and characters and we get to see them facing parenting challenges (e.g. the competitiveness in Fair Deal) and mostly winning at being supportive, caring dads while still being themselves. It’s refreshingly non-toxic and sweet.
There’s very little on-page romance in this collection, it’s much more about fun side adventures with the characters than about them hooking up. It’s probably deliberate so as not to crowd the game content too much.
I haven’t played the game, but I didn’t find that hindered my enjoyment of the stories or understanding of the characters, setting and interactions. I may have to check out the game now because I really loved this gang. Brian is my fave.
I liked that the art styles changed each story and found I enjoyed all of them. My favourites were Much Abird About Nothing and Dungeons & Daddies.
The only rough patch for me was Let the Right Dad In, which I think needed a bit more context for Robert than I, as a non-player had.
A shamelessly cute and fun jaunt!
An advance copy of this book was kindly provided by Oni Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.