Staff Pick
Yes, Roya is a smart and sexy graphic novel about love and comics from the always fabulous Spike Trotman. Set in the early 1960s, we follow a young artist who's trying to get his career off the ground when he gets the opportunity to meet his cartoonist hero. He's shocked to discover that his hero's comics are secretly all the work of his "wife" Roya — who is actually his Domme. What follows is our protagonist's relationship with them both — exploring the realities of sexism, racism, and homophobia in a repressive society and the high-stakes risk of being yourself anyway. More than anything, Yes, Roya is about surviving through transgressive subtext in both life and art — and, yes, the hot sex that happens in between. Recommended By Cosima C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
An erotic graphic novel created by and for women, Yes, Roya is a period piece set in 1963 California. It features a three-way femdom relationship between one woman and two men. Written with humor and humanity, and drawn with effervescent charm, this is a BDSM story that skips the leather-and-chains pageantry often expected of such kinks, and focuses instead on the true bonds between the three partners.
Yes, Roya has already garnered enthusiastic praise and great reviews, including the greatest compliment a fetish book can receive: I didn't know I was into this kind of thing, but I am now