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A review by jdcunegan
Sunstone, Vol. 1 by Stjepan Šejić
5.0
I'll be frank: I only picked this up cause of the artist.
Stjepan Sejic is one of my go-to artists for comics, so when I heard rumblings that he'd penned and drawn a story that wasn't superheroes or high fantasy (both of which I enjoy, mind you), I was intrigued. But... erotic rom-com with a BDSM backdrop?It's the sort of thing I didn't know I needed until I held it in my hands.
Ally and Lisa meet in this volume, introducing themselves in-person after months of chatting online. They're adorable in their interactions with each other, even at this early state, and while the rom-com angle might not be revolutionary, the fact that it's a female-female pairing with a heavy dose od BDSM makes it feel that way.
I'm not up on BDSM, so I'll let others speak on how Sunstone depicts it. From what I can tell, though, this seems to be far better than a certain inexplicably popular series of novels revolving around the color gray (or is it grey?).
The art is as beautiful as I would expect from Sejic, and he's surprised me with his writing chops. Like I said, nothing revolutionary here, but Sejic displays a fair bit of wit and he manages to get us invested in Ally and Lisa from the get-go.
All in all, this is a strong introduction to what I hope is a great series.
Stjepan Sejic is one of my go-to artists for comics, so when I heard rumblings that he'd penned and drawn a story that wasn't superheroes or high fantasy (both of which I enjoy, mind you), I was intrigued. But... erotic rom-com with a BDSM backdrop?It's the sort of thing I didn't know I needed until I held it in my hands.
Ally and Lisa meet in this volume, introducing themselves in-person after months of chatting online. They're adorable in their interactions with each other, even at this early state, and while the rom-com angle might not be revolutionary, the fact that it's a female-female pairing with a heavy dose od BDSM makes it feel that way.
I'm not up on BDSM, so I'll let others speak on how Sunstone depicts it. From what I can tell, though, this seems to be far better than a certain inexplicably popular series of novels revolving around the color gray (or is it grey?).
The art is as beautiful as I would expect from Sejic, and he's surprised me with his writing chops. Like I said, nothing revolutionary here, but Sejic displays a fair bit of wit and he manages to get us invested in Ally and Lisa from the get-go.
All in all, this is a strong introduction to what I hope is a great series.