Grand Slam Romance Book 1: A Graphic Novel: Volume 1

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Storytelling team Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhouss first Grand Slam Romance is a queer, full-color graphic novel thats equal parts romance, softball, and drama, where the balls are fast, the smooches are spicy, and the girls . . . magicalnow in paperback

Mickey Monsoon is the hotshot pitcher for the Belle City Broads, and their team is poised to sweep the league this season. But Mickey is thrown off their game when Astra Maxima shows up to catch for the Gaiety Gals, the Broads fiercest rival. Years ago, Mickey and Astra were best friends . . . and maybe more. That was until Astra unceremoniously dumped Mickey to become a softball wunderkind at a private girls school in Switzerland. Now, Astra is flirty, arrogant, and reckless on the fieldeverything the rule-abiding Mickey hates.

Astra thinks Mickeys cute and wants to fool around, despite their rocky history and the trail of jilted softballers that Astra leaves in her wake. Too bad the only thing Mickey wants is vengeance for their broken heart and wounded pride! But even they have to admitAstra is a certified babe. And thats not all: Astra isnt just a softball superstar, shes a full-fledged magical girl.

Full of wet mitts, hard hits, and a bevy of softball-playing babes, Grand Slam Romance: Book 1 is a flawless home run that is sure to knock readers out of the park.

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Ollie Hicks is a Black British comics creator and editor who lives in the UK and has Jamaican heritage. They have a PhD in comics studiesfocused on 20th-century British and American girls comicsfrom the University of Dundee, which is gently gathering dust. They like to write funny gay stories with their funny gay wife, Emma Oosterhous. Grand Slam Romance is their debut graphic novel. Emma Oosterhous is a cartoonist, animal enthusiast, and lesbian from Colorado. In 2018, she earned a Marshall Scholarship and then an MDes in comics and graphic novels from the University of Dundee. She now lives in the UK, where she makes comics with her wife, Ollie Hicks. Grand Slam Romance was her debut graphic novel.