I Just Read About That…

SOUNDTRACK: hiatus.

[READ: June 2023] Dancing on the Volcano

I feel like I haven’t really enjoyed that many books from Oni Press lately.  Although this one was pretty great–welcome back!

In 2004. Floor de Groete started a site doyouknowflo.nl where he published a daily comic.  he wrote about himself and his boyfriend Bas.  He loved doing it but he wanted to talk about more than just his daily life. So in 2012 he wrote this full graphic novel.  And now it is getting translated into English by Laura Watkinson.

The first chapter shows Floor (I love that he makes himself so very tiny) with a very large man, Sander.  They are working together to write an article about a volcano.  Floor is supposed to take pictures, but he is also greatly missing Bas.  It’s the first time they’ve been apart.  Sander, loves this trip and doesn’t care about Floor’s feelings at all.  Floor is easily aggravated and not afraid to let Sander know it.  Flo keeps thinking about how there’s only a few days left of the trip but he keeps missing out on all of the amazing things that Sander is enjoying (which makes him even more angry).

The parts of the book are separated by different colored pages.  Part two has them back at home, Flo and Bas together, but things seems less rosy than they might be.  Their mutual friend Tom is coming over and Tom reveals that things may not be perfect between Flo and Bas.

The third part shows Flo on a trip to New York where the club scene is overwhelming him, but he sticks to his guns and his Bas (more or less).

The Epilogue shows bas’s side of the things while Flo was away.  Showing that maybe things aren’t always equal.

You can read more of Flo’s exploits on his personal site doyouknowflo.nl

I likes this story (and Flo’s art) so much I’m following him on Instagram now.