world building — Blog — Comics & Queeries

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To foster awareness, appreciation, and discussion of queer sequential art and its creators

Mission

To become an educational resource of queer experiences, storytelling, and critical theory

All tagged world building

Jan 24
Jan 24 Sprigs of Life

In an attempt to understand it and make our peace with it, countless stories about the death and afterlife have been told and retold, with each of them employing different perspectives and techniques to give shape to the shapeless. This is where symbolism comes into play.

Nov 21
Nov 21 The World that Gender Roles Built

Esteban

Cosmoknights

No text is created in a bubble; it is a response to the reality that created it. As such, a story about rigid, alien depictions of gender roles could actually be closer to home than at first glance.

Jun 8
Jun 8 Do Show, Do Tell

Esteban

A Royal Affair

In many science fiction stories, some creators rely on “info dumps,” large portions of text that describe or explain the world to the reader either through direct narration or by proxy through a character by means of dialogue. “A Royal Affair” does neither.

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Jan 24 Jan 24 Sprigs of Life

Nov 21 Nov 21 The World that Gender Roles Built

Jun 8 Jun 8 Do Show, Do Tell

Who are you?

Jan 24
Jan 24 Sprigs of Life

Nov 21
Nov 21 The World that Gender Roles Built

Jun 8
Jun 8 Do Show, Do Tell