{"product_id":"queer-compassion-in-15-comics-andrew-thomas-9781643150574","title":"Queer Compassion in 15 Comics","description":"This unique comic anthology takes its readers on a journey through different art styles and queer perspectives, from first Prides to multi-generational friendships to finding community among chosen families. The comics in \u003ci\u003eQueer Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e offer kaleidoscopic insight into the colorful, heartbreaking, empowering, funny, and diverse lives of queer people around the world by centering compassion as a way to inhabit and build community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These comics are created by queer artists for queer audiences and with the intent for queer self-expression and representation. Social science researchers spoke to diverse members of LGBTQ+ communities to explore their beliefs about and experiences of compassion. Fifteen queer comics were commissioned to illustrate those stories, making the process of creating each comic a unique collaboration between researchers and artists, blending data exploring the meanings of compassion for queer folks with the creativity, passion, and understanding of a queer comic artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These stories reflect not only the harsh realities that many queer people face but they also uplift queer voices, illustrate strength, and capture queer resolve to make life more compassionate. Queer people, living in a cis-heteronormative world, often face experiences of marginalization, discrimination, stigma, trauma, and invisibility in everyday life. \u003ci\u003eQueer Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e shows that its titular emotion can be the bridge that brings understanding and creates community connections -- a bridge that is particularly needed at this time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164315057X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643150574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lever Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.63h x 6.61w x 0.71d","brand":"Andrew Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966511280383,"sku":"9781643150574","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0155c35-5c8f-4b3e-a99f-c69a4d796c7e.jpg?v=1711160059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queer-compassion-in-15-comics-andrew-thomas-9781643150574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}