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The desire to categorize is a deeply-rooted part of human nature. To this day, understanding how difference can be grouped together helps us make sense of chaotic world. However, people have also inevitably created categories for other people based on different criteria, such as, homeland, religion, and sex and gender.
An iconic element of comics, known to even those who don’t really read them, is the use of panels. What happens when a creator decides to remove those margins, though? When the action is simply too great to be contained by simple box?
She’s a seamstress, and he is the crown prince of Belgium. There are countless stories that start similarly, with this odd-couple dynamic of clashing social status and upbringing.
How does Bitty fit into gender performance then? Bitty’s overarching character arc in Check, Please! is finding inner and external acceptance with who he is.
The newest members of the Samwell men’s hockey team - Hops, Bully, and Louis - had been slowly introduced in previous chapters as side and background characters. It isn’t until “Haze by Hazewest” that they are given names and a proper introduction as the story focuses on their hazing.
The chain of command of the Samwell men’s hockey team has certainly changed in attitude during Bitty’s time there.
Among queer people, you will frequently hear the phrase “chosen family,” a group of people, unrelated by blood, who have come together as a surrogate family.
It wasn’t until recently that Ngozi pointed out the obvious: there are no thought bubbles in Check, Please! It’s one of those knee-jerk reaction moments where you immediately swear you saw one, but then reality sinks in: it’s true.
Like many others, Bitty’s time at college is ultimately a time of self-discovery.
In a comic about a chatty blogger and a very rowdy hockey team, a chapter that features no speech bubbles whatsoever stands out as much as Jack’s banana yellow sneakers.
From a tense captain/rookie start, to amicable teammates, to full-blown lovers, Bitty and Jack’s relationship is an emotional roller coaster, but when did that first big drop happen?