Bingo Love Volume 1

By Tee Franklin

Book Overview

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.

From TEE FRANKLIN (NAILBITER's "THE OUTFIT," Love is Love) and JENN ST-ONGE (Jem & the Misfits), BINGO LOVE is a touching story of love, family, and resiliency that spans over 60 years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534307508
• ISBN13: 9781534307506
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Image Comics
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11

Customer Reviews

I’ve literally never had a book make me bawl my eyes out like this before (spoilers)

So, I know it’s a joke in queer spaces that people lose their minds over ‘old man yaoi’ or ‘old women yuri’. I enjoy the nuances those kinds of memes create. Having a story like this really just shows that queer and LGBTQIA+ people are just regular people in love. The FIRST page already had so much depth to its story. Hazel straight up admits that she had to hide who she fell in love with because it was the 60s and she’s BLACK. I also enjoy that Hazel is of a darker skin tone than the other black people in the school. I feel like that doesn’t happen very often. I just love to see more representation. Hazel gets caught kissing Mari, so Mari is sent away. Hazel is forced to marry a man. She ends up loving him, but not in the same way or as strongly as with Mari. They have three kids. She names her daughter Marian after Mari. This just absolutely BROKE my heart. And a few panels below that, she says, “. . . Creating clothes was my only escape. I dreamed that I was with Mari and she was my model. I created beautiful pieces for Mari to wear on our dates. She looked gorgeous as always.” This absolutely broke me. There are so many people who have to live this reality right now. It was obviously way worse back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but it’s deplorable that it's still someone’s world. Another thing, breastfeeding isn’t treated like it's some weird thing and I love that too. PLEASE read this book. It’s so emotional and realistic that it hurts.