Book Review: ‘Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology’ Edited by Sfé R. Monster
It’s an odd phenomenon that, somehow, the queer character seems to always be left out of the adventure narrative. Be it sci-fi, fantasy, or even a dystopian narrative, you’ll find that LGBT protagonists are nowhere to be found. Each of these genres are typically riddled heteros played by nondescript white romantic leads in their movie adaptations–a Chris Pine or Rachel McAdams. What Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology aims to accomplish, and succeeds at, is representation in an underrepresented area. This beautiful collection of comics, edited by Sfé R. Monster, gathers a huge diversity of styles and narratives. […]