Alice Oseman's second Heartstopper volume continues the story of Charlie and Nick in comic form, with the drawing carrying as much of the feeling as the dialogue does. The series began online before reaching print.
Panels are clean and uncluttered, expressions do the heavy lifting, and the pacing leaves room for silence in a way prose rarely manages. The volume deals with friendship, first relationships, coming out and the ordinary pressures of school life, treated warmly but without pretending the difficulties away. Readers new to graphic novels find the format easy to enter, and the volumes are short enough to finish quickly.
What the reading offers:
• Sequential comic art where expression carries much of the emotion
• Continuation of a series first published as a webcomic
• Warm treatment of friendship, identity and school life
• An accessible entry point for readers new to comics
Suited to teenagers, graphic novel readers and young adults collecting the series in order, available from Boipoka.
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