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"When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. This Jackpot Edition contains over SIXTY PAGES of bonus material, including the talents of MARGUERITE BENNETT (Batwoman) and newcomer BEVERLY JOHNSON, SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie) and PAULINA GANUCHEAU (Zodiac Starforce), award-winning historical romance author ALYSSA COLE's comics writing debut with SHAE BEAGLE (MOONSTRUCK), GAIL SIMONE (CROSSWIND) and MARGAUX SALTEL (Superfreaks), and AMANDA DEIBERT (Wonder Woman '77) and CAT STAGGS (CROSSWIND), with illustrations from MEGAN HUTCHINSON (ROCKSTARS) and ARIELA KRISTANTINA (InSeXts). Plus a sneak peek of BINGO LOVE, VOL. 2: DEAR DIARY, with an afterword from GABBY RIVERA (America)."--back cover.
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Marguerite Bennett is an American comic book writer. She has worked on
Bombshells, Angela, Josie and the Pussycats, and her creator-owned books
InSeXts and
Animosity. Her work has been recognised for her depiction of female relationships, and her representation of LGBTQ stories and characters earned nominations for a GLAAD Media Award in 2016 and 2017.
Tee Franklin is a Queer disabled Black woman who writes comics: “The Outfit” (
Nailbiter #27), “A Blazin'” (in the Ignatz award-winning
Elements Anthology), "Tears" (in the Eisner-winning and New York Times best-selling
Love is Love), and Inclusive Press' Queer romance graphic novella,
Bingo Love. Franklin won the 2017 Queer Press Grant for
Bingo Love and raised almost $60,000 for this graphic novella via Kickstarter. She fights for inclusion in comics, no matter the risks, as she hopes that the next generation of marginalized comic creators won't have to put up with what's been happening for the past 75-plus years.
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2019, Texas Library Association's Maverick Graphic
Novel Reading List
Amazon Book
Review's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of
2018
NPR's Best Books of
2018
Newsweek's Best Comic Books of
2018
The Advocate's Best LGBTQ
Graphic Novels of 2018
Book Riot's
Best Comics of 2018
Autostraddle's
50 of the Best LGBT Books of
2018
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray
met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their
families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families.
Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church
bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these
grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage.
This Jackpot Edition contains over SIXTY
PAGES of bonus material, including the talents of MARGUERITE BENNETT (Batwoman)
and newcomer BEVERLY JOHNSON, SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie) and PAULINA
GANUCHEAU (Zodiac Starforce), award-winning historical romance author ALYSSA
COLE's comics writing debut with SHAE BEAGLE (MOONSTRUCK), GAIL SIMONE
(CROSSWIND) and MARGAUX SALTEL (Superfreaks), and AMANDA DEIBERT (Wonder Woman
'77) and CAT STAGGS (CROSSWIND), with illustrations from MEGAN HUTCHINSON
(ROCKSTARS) and ARIELA KRISTANTINA (InSeXts). Plus a sneak peek of BINGO LOVE,
VOL. 2: DEAR DIARY, with an afterword from GABBY RIVERA
(America).
