Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Comic Book

by Leighton Gray, Vernon Shaw

Overview

“The perfect dose of dreamy and adorable.” - Nerdophiles

As seen on The Daily Dot, Engadget, Pride, i09 and more, the Dream Daddy comics are now collected in a trade paperback!



Oni Press presents Dream Daddy, a comics series based on the acclaimed Game Grumps visual novel video game!

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator invites the player to Maple Bay, where they play as a single Dad new to town and eager to romance other hot Dads. The comic series tells five standalone stories, each focused on different Maple Bay Dads, their kids, and their relationships with one another. Dive into entirely new stories featuring the backstories and adventures of your favorite Dads, told by game co-creators Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw, along with the comic industry's top indie talent like C. Spike Trotman, Josh Trujillo, and Kris Anka!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620106310
Publisher:	Oni Press
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	625,623
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw are the co-creators and co-writers of Dream Daddy: a Dad Dating Simulator. Both reside within walking distance from each other in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Leighton is currently the art director for the Fullbright Company while Vernon is a creative producer at the Let's Play channel Game Grumps. Both were listed in 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 for games and enjoy watching French neo-extremist horror movies as much as anyone can "enjoy" watching them.

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2019

A feast of all manner of meet-cute scenarios, based on the cult hit video game Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, which allows players to romance gay single dads, gets served up in this affable comics anthology. Each standalone story, put together by rotating artists and writers, teams up two or more of the dads from the game—jock dad Craig, preppy dad Joseph, brainy dad Hugo, goth dad Damien, and on and on—in gentle narratives of romance, parenting, and small-town life. The dads attend a class reunion, make a video together, and work on school science fair projects, with occasional help from their supportive kids and their sardonic female friend Mary. Despite the wink-nudge premise of a neighborhood inhabited almost entirely by hot, single gay men, the seduction never gets much steamier than kisses and lingering shots of dads taking their shirts off. The art varies in style, but is generally chipper and cartoony, featuring racially diverse characters. Aimed squarely at fans of the game, the authors don’t always introduce the characters and their backgrounds, instead hopping right into the mild beefcake action. But it’s nevertheless enjoyable, light fare, offering eye candy for any reader eager for more upbeat queer-focused fiction. (May.)

Publishers Weekly