COVID Chronicles is an anthology of comics focused on life during the pandemic. They were written by an international group of authors between March and October 2020. The art ranges from clean and colourful to raw, rough and emotional. I loved it. It was also a really interesting way to look back at our seemingly universal opinions and feelings when so much was unknown - including the ETA for the vaccines. I hope there will be another volume that covers October onwards. 

One of the Good Ones focuses on some very important themes - social justice, BLM and police brutality, grief, and the sometimes fragile relationship between sisters. It’s a powerful story and very well written, but there was a ‘thriller-lite’ twist about halfway through that turned it all upside down. The twist seemed very out of place in the story and I feel like it kind of cheapened the emotional journey the characters were going through. It also ended quite abruptly, and in a way that requires the reader to massively suspend disbelief. Honestly, if that twist hadn’t been included, I think this book would be a solid 5 stars - but YMMV. 

This is an adorable fantasy with witches, werewolves and tons of super positive LGBT+ representation. The illustrations are so cute too.