DC Pride: 2023

A necessary and endlessly fun story where chosen family takes the form of Harley and Ivy modeling a healthy love for a confused Crush. This creative team and this trio has so much potential that I hope we can see them meet again. Read Full Review

After another trip around the sun, DC returns to Pride Month with another magnificently written collection of stories celebrating the queer characters of the DCU. The creative team-ups are equally as exciting as those on the page. An absolute must read and must celebrate book. Read Full Review

For the third year in a row, DC has celebrated Pride Month with an oversize one-shot that puts its LGBTQ+ characters front and center. And, in addition to the issue once again being packed with solid stories and art that put the characters first in an authentic and humanizing way, it's an issue that feels timelier and more necessary than ever. Read Full Review

DC Pride 2023 has been a lighthearted and hopeful look at the queer side of the DC universe giving all of us the optimistic take that the world both needs and deserves. Read Full Review

As with any anthology, DC Pride 2023 has its weaker moments as well. Not everything feels completely in sync with the format of a short-form comic book story, but theres more than enough here to make for an inspiring series of stories told from angles not often found on the pages of a mainstream comic book. The whole thing feels like it was pulled from a parallel dimension that might have had a more inclusive mainstream comic book industry stretching all the way back to the Golden Age. As always--its really nice to see the mainstream embrace a bit more of the full spectrum of human experience. Read Full Review

The collection concludes with a series of touching and informative essays in tribute to comics creator Rachel Pollack and a preview of the upcoming Dreamer graphic novel Bad Dream. As a package, DC Pride 2023 delivers in spades. Comics, essays, and art all come together in an important collection at a time when simply talking about queer people is becoming more and more politically risky. Read Full Review

Add in a powerful intro by Phil Jimenez, and a heartbreaking text tribute to Rachel Pollack, and you have a recipe foronce againone of the best anthologies DC has ever put out. There isn't a bad story in this. Read Full Review

DC Pride 2023 #1 is a strong anthology with many highs that more than make up for the small stumbles within. I don't think there's a story worth skipping inside and I found myself introduced to a few characters that would have likely slipped past my radar otherwise. There's heart, excitement, and joy contained within the stories inside, but, as Phil Jimenez's foreword reminds us, there's a genuine threat emerging in the form of hundreds of legislative bills aimed directly at removing rights from the LGBTQIA+ community in the United States. As the list of banned books in some school libraries grows, it's become more apparent than ever that stories contain power and that everyone's story deserves to not just be told, but heard. Read Full Review

REYNARD

May 30, 2023

At the end of the day, I express great pride in saying that I spent $10 on this book solely for the Grant Morrison story. And you know what, it was totally worth it. And it said to be continued at the end! Please Moz! Multiversity Too! Also, that Rachel Pollack tribute was beautiful. I wish DC would do that for more creators when they pass instead of just one page ad. Having writers recount stories and their own experiences with the deceased I feel allows the readership to unlock a new dimension of that writer, and truly cement them in the tapestry forever. The people who make these books are just as important as the characters that appear in them, and I would love to see more of their stories told.

KittyNone

May 30, 2023

I finished Morrison & Sherman's story and was practically ready to just come here and say that everything after that paled by comparison right then and there, but if nothing else in this comic was quite as incredible as that, some of these stories actually did hold their own. The usual problem with these anthologies is that the limited space and remit leaves a lot of creators doing overly didactic stories full of lifeless exposition on LGBT+ experiences and heavy-handed metaphors, and this one is no exception, but there's also some real gems in here. In particular, AL Kaplan & Andrew Drilon are creators I'd never heard of before whose art was on par with Sherman's and whom I'd like to see much more from, and Cantwell & Partidge's Jon/Jo hn teamup was a small delight. And I really appreciated the extended remembrance of the great Rachel Pollack, even if DC only seems to remember Coagula when it's time to do a Pride anthology. There are the usual duds and disappointments that any anthology is bound to contain, but all in all this year's Pride special exceeded my expectations. Love's Lightning Heart: 10 & Baby Makes Three: 6 Hey Stranger: 5 Subspace Transmission: 9 Anniversary: 4 Lost & Found: 8.5 Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: 7 The Dance: 7.5 My Best Bet: 9 more

BillyBat

Jun 03, 2023

Like all "Queer" anthologies by DC or Marvel, it doesn't deserve such a high score by critics. As usual, some authors are clearly underwhelming, for example, the Midnighter story, one of my favorite hero, was abysmal (and I could never get used to Leah Williams' style) but there are a few stories that are clearly Beautiful, powerful and particularly emotional: Grant Morrison (even if, as usual, I didn't understand everything, and it's cool) Cantwell, a few newcomers... Clearly the best "DC PRIDE" anthology.

Psycamorean

May 07, 2024

This site needs a purge, and has for a while.

Tempra16v2.0Turbo

May 31, 2023

The way DC is trying to sell Bi Tim Drake is the worst possible way. Midnighter and Apollo is cringe.

Briton

Jun 04, 2023

Yet more repulsive identity politics from DC.

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mundiday - Jun 22, 2023

no

Silver Rocket

May 31, 2023

Those are the sons of Clark and Bruce? Wow.