Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Comic Book
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 6/2/2022
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 6/2/2022 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this ex-library softcover from an online seller. It's based on a visual novel, a dating sim in which the characters are single fathers who are all gay or bi or pan. (The game has stellar reviews; I might try it some time.) This book is a collection of standalone stories, each themed on a different character.
Later: I really enjoyed this collection, which is for the most part very upbeat and sweet; a few steamy kisses here and there, and some imagined horror-from-the-shadows once or twice, but overall very light-hearted. There's the trip to the school reunion, dads battling over their kids' entries in the school science fair (with both dads being over-the-top competitive, to the point of depriving the kids of all the fun AND all the learning; luckily they fix things before the end), and the "let's make a film" story with warring internet subcultures in play.
One of my favorites is "Let the Right Dad In," which opens with black-and-white scenes of a long-haired vampire approaching the scruffy-bearded protagonist Robert. Cut to the alarm clock and a sunny day at a barbecue, where Robert is introduced to Damian Bloodmarch, who... looks and dresses very much like a Hollywood vampire, long flowing hair, ruffled neckcloth, waistcoat, cape, black-tinted fingernails... Despite appearing in full daylight, Damian still rouses Robert's suspicions, and he goes into full vampire-hunter/stalker mode, peering through Damian's windows (to see him telling off his rebellious teenaged son) and drinking blood-red liquid. (We get to see the label on the bottle - it's elderberry concentrate.) This all ramps up to what might be a stake-in-the-heart situation - or, as it happens, the revelation that Damian volunteers at a local animal shelter on his days off, wearing much more practical garb and offering Robert an adorable big-eyed puppy.
And my very favorite story here: "Dungeons & Daddies," in which (surprise!) the guys gather to play D&D; we get to see the players bickering and challenging the DM, and there are also scenes of the guys in character - also bickering, of course, but more stylishly.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the visual novel, with some entertaining tidbits.]
Later: I really enjoyed this collection, which is for the most part very upbeat and sweet; a few steamy kisses here and there, and some imagined horror-from-the-shadows once or twice, but overall very light-hearted. There's the trip to the school reunion, dads battling over their kids' entries in the school science fair (with both dads being over-the-top competitive, to the point of depriving the kids of all the fun AND all the learning; luckily they fix things before the end), and the "let's make a film" story with warring internet subcultures in play.
One of my favorites is "Let the Right Dad In," which opens with black-and-white scenes of a long-haired vampire approaching the scruffy-bearded protagonist Robert. Cut to the alarm clock and a sunny day at a barbecue, where Robert is introduced to Damian Bloodmarch, who... looks and dresses very much like a Hollywood vampire, long flowing hair, ruffled neckcloth, waistcoat, cape, black-tinted fingernails... Despite appearing in full daylight, Damian still rouses Robert's suspicions, and he goes into full vampire-hunter/stalker mode, peering through Damian's windows (to see him telling off his rebellious teenaged son) and drinking blood-red liquid. (We get to see the label on the bottle - it's elderberry concentrate.) This all ramps up to what might be a stake-in-the-heart situation - or, as it happens, the revelation that Damian volunteers at a local animal shelter on his days off, wearing much more practical garb and offering Robert an adorable big-eyed puppy.
And my very favorite story here: "Dungeons & Daddies," in which (surprise!) the guys gather to play D&D; we get to see the players bickering and challenging the DM, and there are also scenes of the guys in character - also bickering, of course, but more stylishly.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the visual novel, with some entertaining tidbits.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Reservation Rd in Andover, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, June 25, 2022
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Reservation Rd in Andover, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, June 25, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (6/25/2022 UTC) at Little Free Library, Reservation Rd in Andover, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book in this new-to-me and diversity-welcoming Little Free Library on this lovely day, while in town for the Pride celebration. Hope someone enjoys the book!
[See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2022 June Pride LGBTQ+ challenge. **
