Lis and Nathaniel take a look at a story about animals and witches with one of the most effortlessly inclusive narratives either has seen in some time.
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Impressive Podcast. Most impressive. This sounds like a cool slice of life comic. Surprised she worked with home girl. But, yeah folks just being folks is kind of cool. I don’t know much about magic. Me and my family had the prolific dreams. But, never trusted myself with learning magic. Is it real? Posably. I’m not sure. There are many things science can’t explain. But, i haven’t seen any magic that would be ware I’m like ah that works. Any way. I remember the story of the kid who thought she was a witch and thought her cat talked to her. Sadly her thoughts on wicen were a bit wizard of Oz bit. I’ve known a few wicans some good some a bit oy. Not evil…but, oy. But, enough good ones. Seems the witch next door in this is a good one. Em as for seeing magic. Well, it’s a comic. Maybe her magic will build to something. Heck I liked the caft…sorry. So who knows? Maybe that’s why they showed some real magic. I know one person who makes art from animal bones and sales them. Just not on line.
And I knew a girl whom had a dog with a leg that stoped growing and he walked fine. So this dog seems fine. Not sure about age of the lady and Snap’s grand mother. In the 30s? Is this story in modern time? How long did Snaps Granny wait to have her mom? My Ganny was in the 30s. And she was a kid. And I’m 47 years old. So the age seems off a bit. Still seems like a cool comic. The Lady next door the witch kind of looks like the witch from the cartoon on HBO that Dan Aykroyd did a voice in. He voiced a guy whom with his girlfriend get the witches wand and opps turn them selves and others into different stuff till the witch who’s a socialite returns and turns them back to human. Annoyed at them. She was a decent person just left the wand ware they could get it. Any way they end up at a party and every one wants her to turn them into stuff. She smiles and agreas. And that was the end of it. Any Way the drwaing reminds me of that cartoon. Anyway back to this comic. Snap’s friend ship with Lulu seems cool.
Glad they treat her as a character well. And her others stuff is her just as a person and not the bonk on the head narration of her being Trans. And that just part of her life. Ok enough about Lulu. I wonder why Snap calls her self snap dragon? I notice the Deer behind her and how the Bucks antlers look similar to her hair style. At first I thought the buck was a spirt animal. And not in the image. But, not sure ware the story takes place. Can’t wait to hear the next podcast.
Thanks for the great review. I’ve suggested to my daughter that she give Snapdragon a try, if she comes across it. She recently read and enjoyed The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag, which sounds like it might have some similar themes, even if the genres differ a bit. Snapdragon seems to fall more under magical realism, while Witch Boy seems to have more traditional fantasy elements. Of course, I say that having read neither of the books myself. So, take my observations for what they’re worth (i.e., not very much).
As always, I look forward to the next episode.
For your general enjoyment and edification, the premise of Witch Boy is that a young boy wants to study witchcraft, which is a pursuit reserved solely for girls, while boys are trained to become demon hunters. So, the book’s main theme revolves around a search for identity, while dealing with societal norms. Again, this may have nothing to do with the themes in Snapdragon, but it sprang to my mind as I listened to the episode.
I know this is terribly late compared to when the episode aired, but as promised in my feedback to Faith, I have finally read Snapdragon. On the surface, I don’t think I have a lot to say, but let’s see.
First off, the artwork is adorable. It’s somewhere between Steven Universe and She-Ra in tone and style, and I loved both of those shows, so very enjoyable for me.
The characters are so delightful. Jacks is just a cool ol’ witch. Snap is a firecracker. Lou/Lulu is so sweet and lovable. And Good Boy is the bestest good boy!! Oh, my heart!
For the story, I also was enjoying it before real magic came into play. Honestly, it didn’t need the addition to hold my interest. It didn’t bother me overly much either. I just had fun with it. And it gave the setup for one of my favorite panels, “Ooooh, this IS a perfect stick!” Seriously, how great was that!
Now the bit which I’m sure I’ll munge all up because I’m ignorant. Jacks and Lulu’s portrayals are so good, and their stories are just about the best part of this book. I especially like Lulu getting to be themself, in a gradual, natural, and not combative way. The gradual acceptance by Lulu’s family was beautiful to see. As a boring cisgender male WASP, does it strike home? No of course not. But can I identify with how it moves someone who’s been in Lulu’s shoes? Absolutely! I was totally thinking “awwwwww!” at the Thanksgiving scenes. So sweet!
So in case it wasn’t obvious, I really liked Snapdragon. Thank you so much for covering it, my punchers.
P.S. and this is kinda personal, so feel free to leave it out of the recording if you want, but I’m fine with it. I hope my kids will try this book, but I haven’t had great luck getting them to read books I like. They’ll gladly let me borrow books *they* like, but you know, teenagers. But one really should read it, because *big breath* they (the kid’s pronoun) came out as gender-neutral this year and are dealing with plenty of struggles. So I’d really like them to give it a try, ah well. I’m doing my best to be supportive and helpful, since I want my kiddo to be happy and know I love them always. Ok, I’ll stop or I’ll make myself cry and you don’t wanna see that. (written medium, Tim.) Oh you know what I mean! Take care, Vera and Lis.