Courtesy of Oni Press, AIPT can share a preview of How Could You, a new queer coming of age tale coming out December 17th. Crafted by Ren Strapp, the humorous graphic novel spotlights four college upperclassmen navigating morally gray decisions regarding the relationships in their life—friends, lovers, exes, roommates…
“Every year of college is a discovery into some new form of heartbreak,” says Ren Strapp. “It’s your junior year, your girlfriend left you and your best friend is graduating at the end of the year. You’re caught between moving on and praying things will stay the same. It’s your junior year, and you left your girlfriend in America to go to France with a girl who gives you butterflies, but she won’t look you in the eye. It’s your sophomore year and changing your mind feels like shame. It’s your senior year, and you still don’t fit in anywhere. You look to graduation for salvation.
So what’s How Could You about?
Falling in love? Scary. Falling for your best friend? Terrifying. Naming all the ways your heart hurts? Impossible. College upperclassman Molly Song is set on getting over her ex this semester, but it’s hard when she dumps you via email and posts all over social media about cozying up with her study-abroad roommate. Molly convinces her friend, Lou Kingston, that they should go to parties and find rebound girlfriends, but with only so many eligible lesbians in their college circle, the two best friends end up vying for the same girl’s attention. Soon, Molly learns to be careful what she wishes for when she starts to develop real feelings for someone she’s not sure feels the same way
Meanwhile, Molly and Lou’s exes, Yona and Olene, have left their pasts behind as they study abroad in France. Together they see springtime in Marseille, find new friendships, and uncover new personal truths. Will their whirlwind trip bloom into a whirlwind romance, or will their journeys to self-discovery put them on different paths entirely? College is a time to find yourself, but what could you stand to lose along the way?
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