Some time ago an online graphic novel entitled Khaos Komix recently finished updating, and I finished re-reading it in one fell swoop.
Khaos Komix is a graphic novel told in eight parts by eight different characters revolving around LGBTQ issues as a whole. Through the narration of each character the inner thoughts, feelings, and stories of each is revealed and they discover themselves and fall in love. The story takes place in England as the characters take on the fight to get them to where they want to be.
The comic, revolving around angsty youth certainly has some notable language, as well as trigger plot-lines, and some occasional sexual content. The side stories of the comic are sometimes more graphic, but are easy to skip over and simply move on to the next character's story. The art occasionally falters in my opinion, but the story-telling and writing is always brutally honest to each character it is being told from. The story carries all the hilarity of friendship and misunderstandings, and all the terror of having no idea who you are and how to become the person you want to be, as well as the grief of unrequited love, and and the dismay of it being requited.
Regardless of whether one enjoys Tab's unusual art style, I feel if the reader has any experience with the LGBTQ community it would be an extremely personal read. From the doubts experienced in falling in love with your best friend, to the bullying, and the confusion, and the bigotry it shows all the beauty and ugliness of growing up and living while questioning the worth of your identity.
I would definitely say that Amber's story and Tom's story were my favorites, though I loved all of them. Jamie's story was extremely difficult for me to read, as was Charlie's really, just, the vivid detail Tab goes into regarding the trauma of their lives is very hard to handle, but it's a valuable read, that gives a highly personal view into the worlds of eight very different people who are so very human, in all the beautiful foibles and connotations of that word.
Total Pages: 573
Number of Flying Platypus Tea Cups: 8/10
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