Hey all! I haven’t posted October reviews and now it’s December soo… In my defense, November was super busy as we were getting ready for Fanexpo..! Ultimately, I decided to just bundle October & November reviews in with the December schedule. It’ll be at the end, so feel free to check it out after scrolling through this month’s events. I think I’ll do this moving forward to cut down on the amount of posts I have to make on here. Lol.
Notes regarding programming @ Sour Cherry Comics:
Coming out of Fanexpo the first week of December we have cancelled all the first week events that typically occur (first Thursday Sewing Night, first Saturday Poetry group, First Sunday all-genre writing @ Sprocket.. Rescheduled/postponed!)
Additionally, we are making some changes to the regular scheduling. We will continue to have the following: Sewing Nights, Powerpuff Poetry, All-Genre Writing Workshop @ Silver Sprocket, Creative Non-Fiction. We will be getting rid of/replacing: Book Club, Short Story Workshop, Handlettering 101. We will be adding: Draw Jam!
DECEMBER:
Saturday, Dec. 3 @ 3:00 pm: LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE at the Roxie! One-time screening with the cast & crew, don’t miss it! We will have a small table at 3:00 pm before the show to sell some of the comics for the signing and Q&A afterwards. Get your tickets today!
Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 4-8 pm: Mission Mini Comix with Ivy Rose! Interested in making a mini comic/zine, or just wanna hang out and draw? Come on down and hang out with the Mission Mini Comix group in a super chill and lowkey environment. Eventbrite link is live!
Saturday, Dec. 10 from 1-5 pm: Black & Pink Letter Writing! The lovely folks from B&P Bay Area Chapter: Flying Over Walls will be joining us from 1-5pm so come on down and write a birthday card to one of our queer/trans incarcerated comrades! (supplies provided) – be sure to also check out the graphic novels, zines, and books from A.B.O Comix! ABO Comix is a publisher that works with incarcerated queer/trans comrades and produces their art, writings, etc – all profits go to supporting the prisoners. Read more here.
Sunday, Dec. 11 @ 7:00 pm: All-Genre Writing Group at Silver Sprocket (1018 Valencia st) – timed writing exercises, brainstorming/outlining and optional sharing.
Tuesday, Dec. 13 @ 6:30 pm: Creative Non-Fiction workshop & writing group
Thursday, Dec. 15 @ 8:00 pm: Queer Bedtime Stories at Milk SF – doors open at 7:30 pm. Come by for a cute n’ cozy time. Poetry/fiction/etc open mic. Contact @ queerbedtime on instagram for more information.
Saturday, Dec. 17 @ 7:00 pm: Full Queer Wrestling Watch Party Pt. 2: Holiday Edition! Never before seen footage from the Bay Area’s own FULL QUEER WRESTLING! Did you miss the last watch party? Don’t miss this one, it’s cute as hell! Snacks provided. Be BOOST’D for COVID ahead of time! RSVP on Eventbrite.
Monday, Dec. 19 – HAPPY HANUKKAH!
Weds., Dec. 21 from 5 – 8pm: New Year VISION BOARDING! Do you want to set intentions for 2023? Put those intentions on paper visually and create a collage with what you’d like to manifest for the next year. Bring your own newspapers, magazines and visuals that you’d like to include. Some will be provided, as well as paper, scissors, glue, decorating materials, and boards of various sizes (you can also bring your own or use something else ie., a journal). RSVP on Eventbrite (donation based).
Friday, Dec. 23 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm: Draw Jam! Tickets will be available on Eventbrite.
HOLIDAY HOURS:
Saturday, Dec. 24 (XMAS EVE): 12-3 pm
Sunday, Dec. 25 (XMAS) – CLOSED
Monday, Dec. 26: CLOSED (ish)
Tuesday, Dec. 27: CLOSED – shopping by appt only (email sourcherrycomics@gmail.com)
Wednesday, Dec. 28: CLOSED – shopping by appt only (email sourcherrycomics@gmail.com)
Saturday, Dec. 31 (NYE): 12-4 pm
Sunday, Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day) – 12-6 pm
Reviews from October & November:
This was cute, but not exactly my type. It reminded me of Ouran High School Host Club but with a female maid cafe instead of the boys. I have been told it does get explicitly gay in later volumes.
If you love the Harley Quinn Animated Series you MUST be reading the comics! I am still making my way through the Eat! Bang! Kill! Tour (it’s been a rough few months but that collection is in my emotional support stack of books and comics next to my bed) and I just started this series and it’s super cute. It is very relevant to the show and makes a great companion. I seriously recommend picking it up!
Okay so I obviously picked this up because sexy cover and I’m a simp, and was pleasantly surprised that the entire contents is a gory horror fest of this girl murdering disgusting men. I will likely not pick up future issues however because it doesn’t seem to have any coherent plot and one was enough. Would watch a movie about this though.
This was sooo good. I was absolutely obsessed with Sabrina: The Teenage Witch as a kid (both animated + live action with Melissa Joan Heart) and Salem was always my favorite.
Well listen. If you’ve been here long enough, you know I love deranged women. Punchline is essentially a Harley Quinn knockoff but she is still fun and all the covers are hot so, I’m seated and listening. I also really love that all of these current Gotham storylines are intertwined (recently got into the new Catwoman run).
THIS IS THE CUTEST YURI I HAVE EVER READ!!! I have 15 more copies on order right now and I swear to god if you like yuri you NEED to pick it up. It’s so good. It’s everything I want in a yuri manga, I’m not even joking. I NEED you all to read this.
Interesting take on Sleeping Beauty. Appears that it is also potentially going in a gay direction. I will be tuning in for future issues… Unfortunately I get all of my Diamond shipments at the end of the month juuuust after this release so I have to wait another month (same with Lovesick.)
This was great! I made a huge mistake not ordering more! It’s gay, it’s fun, it’s got a little mystery and intrigue.. Yeah I am seated and tuning in to the future issues.
Really cute yuri – I’m glad I was finally able to get vol 1 in the store after staring at vols 2-3 for so long. Lol. It’s about a pair of girls who hook up after a night at a club (sober actually!) and the ~shy~ one gets into DJ and VJ-ing thanks to Kei, her new flame.
Too many words for a comic in my opinion. The last page is what grabbed me but it took way too long. Also it’s about possession, exorcism and Brits – so really not my cup of tea. But if you liked Sandman, maybe this might be the comic for you?
Finally finished Junji Ito’s Deserter story collection which is a collection of his earlier works – absolutely genius as always.