[Comicsstudiessociety] IJOCA reviewer desired - MATTHIAS LEHMANN’S LGBTQ+ GERMAN GRAPHIC NOVEL PARALLEL

Mike Rhode mrhode at gmail.com
Tue Mar 21 09:58:47 EDT 2023


The book has been claimed, thank you.

Mike

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 9:54 AM Mike Rhode <mrhode at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an ARC. write to me directly please.
>
> Mike
> mrhode at gmail.com
>
> From the PR:
>
> ONI PRESS TO RELEASE MATTHIAS LEHMANN’S CELEBRATED HISTORICAL LGBTQ+
> GERMAN GRAPHIC NOVEL PARALLEL
>
>
> The Newest Addition to Oni Press' Celebrated Line of Queer Stories
>
> Releases in Time for Pride Month, June 13, 2023
>
> PORTLAND, OR (March 21, 2023) –
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Wu4a0nBvsAdCHRG_LVj33rNop3Rc8Lw7dJqOeQ39TY3s75CrUfl-s4H0podFT1P2r4bNFDfOwW5Kpg_y6cDGj6a9LKRx81JlOVTytywuz7z-UrEmaOKUvXv1zKTro5KfsFaMlroJj5liyDpCA49-AQ==&c=CJnNBmEfHHRudpoggyic1KCDf8JksPXkhZ1CNf8NnhKWFG33KMktpg==&ch=UOekymM3yS-vAhILOaUV3_5PB66262wlSHIPzuLnTJ_cmLAL9WdK-g==__;!!KGKeukY!ydjisy8H1--6Vd7vsvPgiYJWdMDkKJUCNYV5e2cCvsVKwKREMxZB4jrME0gD7Pvrif53nWKQKRY93cAD-Jw9NOASDI4$ >Oni
> Press
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Wu4a0nBvsAdCHRG_LVj33rNop3Rc8Lw7dJqOeQ39TY3s75CrUfl-s4H0podFT1P2r4bNFDfOwW5Kpg_y6cDGj6a9LKRx81JlOVTytywuz7z-UrEmaOKUvXv1zKTro5KfsFaMlroJj5liyDpCA49-AQ==&c=CJnNBmEfHHRudpoggyic1KCDf8JksPXkhZ1CNf8NnhKWFG33KMktpg==&ch=UOekymM3yS-vAhILOaUV3_5PB66262wlSHIPzuLnTJ_cmLAL9WdK-g==__;!!KGKeukY!ydjisy8H1--6Vd7vsvPgiYJWdMDkKJUCNYV5e2cCvsVKwKREMxZB4jrME0gD7Pvrif53nWKQKRY93cAD-Jw9NOASDI4$ >,
> the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book and graphic novel
> publisher, is proud to announce the release of the 2018 finalist for the
> Berthold Leibinger Foundation comic book prize, Parallel, from creator Matthias
> Lehmann (Hwy. 115, La Favorita). The English-translated softcover is
> available June 13, 2023. Ginco Award-winner Lehmann deftly explores his own
> complicated family history—a relative who lived with the complexities of
> being gay at a time when queer relationships were forbidden. Parallel
> examines a life torn between longing for a family and simultaneous desire
> for gay love in 1950s Germany.
>
>
> Taking place between the end of World War II and the 1980s, Parallel chronicles
> Karl Kling's efforts to comply with social norms in order to keep his
> sexuality a secret. It also paints a picture of a life torn between
> conformity and rebellion, and the cruel realities of twentieth-century
> German society, where homosexuality was proscribed and punishable until
> 1994. Matthias Lehmann poignantly depicts the story of a decades-long
> yearning to live an open and free life, and the price Karl and those he
> loves paid for it. It is also a story of finding the courage to finally
> tell the truth no matter the obstacles . . . or the cost.
>
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