

Writer Amy Chu once again reminds us that Poison Ivy's research had been stolen at the time of the first death in the series. When we first see Ivy, she is marveling over her two baby hatchlings, Rose and Hazel. We find out that Grimley is dead on the first page of this issue and the police are back at the Botanical Gardens where Ivy works investigating his death. Grimley get attacked and found out that Poison Ivy's plants she was keeping at home were giving birth to some humanoid plant babies. Interview with Holding On creators Sophia N.At the end of the previous issue, we saw Dr.Interview with Artist Sabina Hahn April 29, 2023.Interview with Author Lionel Hart May 3, 2023.The Geeks OUT Podcast: Strange New Daddy May 4, 2023.Interview with Author & Illustrator Dominic Evans May 5, 2023.Interview with Writer & Drag Queen Dan Clay May 6, 2023.It shames me to see some of the actual creators having issues with this. If people are not rallying around these stories and these creators, there’s something really wrong with this community. Especially some of the reactions to the trans community in particular, in terms of creators, is outrageous. We are in this weird time where there are certain stories that… look, I can say this as an incoming CBLDF member, that the very idea that there is pushback on some of these stories based on sexual orientation or that reference anything, is ridiculous.

And I also like to think that all the stories are equally well-developed. We should not be like “oh this character’s this or that.” All characters should be represented.

You know what I’m saying? All stories should be mainstream. I’d like to get to a point where all stories are all valid and represented well, rather than being like “oh, this is the LGBTQ story.” It should be taken for granted. AC: Oh, I think it’s great! I mean, there’s obviously room… the thing that annoys me of course is tokenization.
