Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition

TW: dementia, death of a loved one Rep: Queer, Pansexual This was such a fun read and I was swooning over Hazel and Mari! This is an important story because every LGBTQ+ coming out story is different and many come out later in life. The illustrations were STUNNING and seeing a Black woman with a darker skin tone is very important because they are often overlooked due to colorism. I really enjoyed Hazel & Mari's story & I was not expecting that ending :/

loved reading about 2 queer Black women's love story as they aged! so much queer stories and media are focused on under 30s aged people, and it was welcomed to see how queerness doesn't have an age limit. loved the graphics and bonus stories too! definitely recommending to all the Black queer women I know and love.

I want there to be about 75 volumes in this series. I loved the stories, the artwork, the bonus images. It's just beautiful!

I read the first edition, and tried to hold out to read this expanded edition before valentine's day, but I could not wait. I read it all in one setting. This book expands a bit more on some details not covered in the first book, such as Hazel's husband and paints a bit more into Marie's backstory. I do wish to read a bit more about Marie, because her life is not covered nearly as much as Hazel's. Overall, this is a great edition, and a must read, for fan's of the first edition.

Bingo Love was cute (and surprisingly emotional) and the bonus stories were a great addition to develop the characters. CW: homophobia; infidelity; death; religious bigotry

This was a very sweet story. I love the families that were created in this book and everyone was very well written. Seeing stories written about the older generation of lgbt+ folks is so refreshing and we need more happy stories. Plus these old gals are super adorable and share my love of bingo.

Amazing book, has parts that would be shocking but great artwork.

Have a box of tissues because it has sad parts but it is ultimately triumphant.

A beautiful story about a couple who have loved each other since they were teenagers, but due to societal disapproval, only get to be together in their senior years. Wonderful art as well and lots of extra content in the Jackpot Edition.

Gostei muito de Bingo Love, ainda mais porque mesmo sendo uma história que lida com assuntos sérios (não vou citar pra não dar spoiler), ela é muito otimista. Tem alguns pontos tristes mas não é pesada. Amei!.

I knew this book was going to be something special before I even read it. It's a graphic novel about a mixed race queer couple who meet at a Bingo Hall as teens, become best friends and then their friendship develops into romance. They are then separated by their families when they are spotted kissing and pushed into marrying men. Years later they accidentally bump into each other at the same bingo hall and rekindle their love in their old age. This novel does not shy away from the realities of family expectations, relationship issues, body positivity, the health problems that can develop in old age and the attitude towards the queer community especially in the 60's. I'm so glad I made sure I got the jackpot edition because it has so much more bonus material and after the way the story ends I was an emotional wreck so this really helped to kind of calm me down a little! I loved that the extras are also collaborations from other artists. Mari and Hazel are wonderful 3D characters who are funny and imperfect and beautiful. Their actions aren't always morally the best but they accept that and grow because of it. I've seen some reviews calling the dialogue a little stilted, I personally didn't get that impression but maybe it's because the author is trying to fit a whole lifetime into so few scenes? There are a lot of declarations of love in the comic but I also really appreciated how in the Jackpot edition there is a story about Mari working too much and the pair starting to become distant and then having to overcome that. This story is beautiful, raw, real, heartbreaking, sweet, funny, empowering and has very diverse representation. CW: war, homophobia, dimentia, infidelity

A great story and lovely illustrations.

Já é uma das melhores HQs que li esse ano, sem palavras para o trabalho maravilhoso que Tee Franklin e os artistas convidados fizeram aqui! Espero com expectativa o volume 2.