A review by sallysocker
Sunstone, Vol. 1 by Stjepan Šejić

4.0

This is the first comic I read from Stjepan and I really enjoyed it. I found him thanks to his wife Linda Ŝejic who is also an illustrator and her works Blood Stein and Punderworld are some of my favorites. Although the topic of this book was a lot different from hers, the lightness and humor of it was very much the same. I like how similar they are in their art and writing, since I’ve read all of Linda’s books and really want to continue reading something similar. 

Can’t say I’ve ever read anything like this before since erotica isn’t really my thing, but I am pleasantly surprised by it. It isn’t just filled to the brim with mindless illustrations of two women fucking, but a story about two well written women finding each other through their shared interests. It’s a pretty sweet story. I love how Stjepan capture the characters anxiety and nervousness at meeting each other and trying something new through the volume, it really helps to bring them to life. How he hasn’t just created two shells of people to use as props for this erotica. And the way he portray BDSM as something that needs much consent is amazing. It’s sad that my standard is so low that I get happy by someone writing non exploitative relationships, but unfortunately I’ve read my fair share of horrible romances.
Anyhow, I’ll definitely continue this series and check out his other works as well.