Bingo Love
Bingo Love is a 2018 lesbian romance graphic novel written by Tee Franklin and illustrated by Jenn St-Onge and Joy San. It follows two women in their 60s who rekindle their teenage love for each other.
Bingo Love
- Creator
- Tee Franklin
- Date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Image Comics
- Language
- English
- Genre
- romance comics · LGBT comic
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Bingo Love is a 2018 lesbian romance graphic novel written by Tee Franklin and illustrated by Jenn St-Onge and Joy San. It follows two women in their 60s who rekindle their teenage love for each other.
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• Letterer — Cardinal Rae • Artists — Jenn St-Onge • Writer — Tee Franklin • Origisbn — 978-1-5343-0750-6 • Publisher — Image Comics • Date — February 14, 2018 • Colorist — Joy San • Editor — Erica Schultz • Pages — 88
Plot
Plot
Hazel and Mari, two teenage Black girls in the 1960s, meet at a church bingo hall in 1963 and fall in love. They secretly become girlfriends, but are exposed and forced apart by their families. Decades later, when they are grandmothers in heterosexual marriages, the two run into each in another bingo hall and discover they still have feelings for each other.
Development
Development
Franklin was inspired to create the work after seeing a commercial about heart health featuring two older Black women. The book was originally funded on Kickstarter, raising close to $60,000. It was also chosen for Prism Comics' 2017 Queer Press Grant. An expanded edition of the original book titled Jackpot Edition containing extra content from guest artists, as well as a sequel titled Bingo Love Vol. 2: Dear Diary focusing on Mari’s granddaughter going through her grandmother’s journals, was announced in 2018. Jackpot Edition released in November 2018.
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Reception
Bingo Love was given a starred review by the School Library Journal. It was also reviewed by Publishers Weekly. The Advocate included in a list of the Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018, stating who the book showed both how homophobia "can disrupt lives" and how it "cannot stop the hands of fate or prevent true love from finding fruition". It also emphasized the book's depiction of "dark skin, black hair, full figures [and] visible stretch marks" for the main leads. Autostraddle named it one of the Best LGBT Books of 2018, describing it as "ungodly adorable". According to Comic Book RoundUp, the book has a review average of 8.6 out 10 across 18 critical reviews. Cartoonist Lawrence Lindell cited Bingo Love as an inspiration for creating his own "Black queer story", which became the 2023 graphic novel Blackward. Awards and honors • Year — Award/Honor — Result — Ref. • 2019 — GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book — Finalist • 2018 — Virginia Library Association Graphic Novel Diversity Award - Adult — Won • NPR's Best Books — Included
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- 1.Mey. Drawn to Comics: "Bingo Love" Is a Black Queer Romance That Lasts a Lifetime and Will Make Yours Better. Autostraddle. 2018-02-27.
- 2.McMillan, Graeme. How ‘Bingo Love’ Became One of 2018’s Most-Buzzed-About Comics. The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-02-01.
- 3.Kaplan, Avery. Queerness in Comics: Grab your card for BINGO LOVE. The Beat. 2020-05-21.
- 4.Jusino, Teresa. Tee Franklin Honors Queer, Black, Older Women in Bingo Love. The Mary Sue. 2017-04-14.
- 5.Crist-Wagner, Keri. Bingo Love: Back this Kickstarter!. BOOK RIOT. 2017-03-20.
- 6.Here is 'Bingo Love,' the black, queer romantic graphic novella. PhillyVoice. 2018-02-12.
- 7.Johnston, Rich. Gail Simone Jumps On Board The Bingo Love Bandwagon As Tee Franklin Wins The Prism Comics Queer Press Grant. bleedingcool.com. 2017-04-10.
- 8.Terror, Jude. Bingo Love 2 Coming in 2020 from Tee Franklin and Beverly Johnson. bleedingcool.com. 2018-06-22.
- 9.McMillan, Graeme. Queer Romance Hit ‘Bingo Love’ to Return With 2 New Releases. The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-06-22.
- 10.Arvedon, Jon. Image Comics' October 2018 Solicitations. CBR. 2018-07-24.
- 11.SLJ. Bingo Love by Tee Franklin SLJ Review. School Library Journal.
- 12.Bingo Love by Tee Franklin. www.publishersweekly.com.
- 13.The Best Books We Read in 2018: Graphic Novels Advocate.com. www.advocate.com.
- 14.Casey. 50 of the Best LGBT Books of 2018. Autostraddle. 2018-12-03.
- 15.Bingo Love #1 Reviews. Comic Book RoundUp.
- 16.To Be Young, Awkward, and Black. Kirkus Reviews.
- 17.Puc, Samantha. Here Are the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards Comic Book Nominees. The Beat. 2019-01-25.
- 18.Hilgenberg, Josh. Here are your 2018 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award winners. The Beat. 2019-08-02.
- 19.Goldfarb, Alice. NPR's Book Concierge. NPR.org.
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