
Strange Bedfellows
A Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 4, 2025
In this stunning graphic novel by two-time Ignatz award–winning graphic novelist Ariel Slamet Ries, Oberon must choose between fantasy and reality when he develops the ability to conjure his dreams in real life—including the facsimile of the boy who got away.
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- Who it’s for
- A queer-leaning genre blend that reads briskly and leaves room to linger.
- Genres
- YA LGBTQ+ Comics, YA Fantasy Comics, YA Sci-Fi Comics
- Published
- HarperCollins, March 4, 2025
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In this stunning graphic novel by two-time Ignatz award–winning graphic novelist Ariel Slamet Ries, Oberon must choose between fantasy and reality when he develops the ability to conjure his dreams in real life—including the facsimile of the boy who got away. In the not-too-distant future, most of humanity resides on its last-ditch effort at utopia: Meridian, a remote alien planet where you’re more likely to be born superhuman than left-handed.
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None of that is important to Oberon Afolayan. Since his mildly public breakdown, his whole life seems to be spiraling out of control—from dropping out of university to breaking up with his boyfriend, it seems like only a karmic inevitability when he wakes up one day with the ability to conjure his dreams in the real world. Oberon’s newfound powers come with a facsimile of his high school crush, Kon, who mysteriously dropped off the face of the planet almost three years ago and who is a little more infuriating (if not also infuriatingly hot) than Oberon remembers. Kon makes it his mission to turn Oberon’s life around, and while they struggle to get a handle on his powers and his disastrous personal life (not to mention the appearance of strange nightmare creatures), it turns out this dream version of Kon has secrets of his own—dangerous ones. Oberon might have more on his plate than he originally thought, but is giving up his dreams—even the one he might have accidentally fallen in love with—the only way to find happiness in reality?
Genre Crossings
A queer-leaning genre blend that reads briskly and leaves room to linger.
Come here for
- queer fantasy with sci-fi edges
- romance, boys, and comic-book momentum
Expect
- graphic-novel pacing
- fantasy and sci-fi in the same pocket
Where it sits
| YA LGBTQ+ Comics | 52% |
|---|---|
| YA Sci-Fi Comics | 52% |
| YA Fantasy Comics | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Sci-Fi Comics
- YA Coming-of-Age Comics
- YA Fantasy Comics
- YA LGBTQ+ Comics
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- YA Romance Comics
- Contemporary YA Fantasy
- YA LGBTQ+
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Authors
- Ariel Slamet Ries
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 4, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Sci-Fi Comics