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This is a very different kind of comic. Elan Meets Rafa isn’t fantasy, superhero, or yaoi/anime. It is a simple story about two boys finding love amid cultural and class differences. Volume One: To free himself from his wealthy father’s demands, Elan leaves everything behind to start a new life. He quickly finds that he…
This is a very different kind of comic. Elan Meets Rafa isn’t fantasy, superhero, or yaoi/anime. It is a simple story about two boys finding love amid cultural and class differences. Volume Two: In a violent neighborhood, amid mysterious agendas, friendship blossoms between innocent, quiet Elan and warm, out-going Rafa when Elan trades the danger…
Elan gets a job and begins to discover his place in this new world, as Rafa discovers a place in his heart for the enigmatic young man who shares his apartment. Also, butts! – such cuuuuuute butts!
Elan struggles to reconcile his affection for Rafa with what he hears about Rafa’s past while Rafa tries to come to terms with his deepening love for Elan, who keeps his past hidden. Also, shampoo mohawks!
Elan and Rafa have reached an impasse – both are sure that the other will leave and neither can speak the love they feel – when outside forces suddenly interrupt their affair. Also, no one ever listens to the cat.
Separated from Elan by an act of violence and Elan’s controlling father, Rafa finally learns the secrets that Elan never shared. Meanwhile, damaged in body and sick in spirit, Elan convalesces in his father’s home under the suspiciously watchful eye of the butler. Also, one tiny stray kitten and some German philosophy.
Haunted by the memories of their time together, Elan and Rafa try to pick up the pieces of their separate lives and make sense of what has happened to them. Also, a bad penny and a pretty bird.
Elan’s memories of Rafa, and his dreams of reunion, sustain him as he prepares to finally confront his father. In the meantime, Rafa has become convinced that Elan’s only chance at happiness lies in Rafa letting him go. Also, sliver fox alert!
With poetry, therapy, and a colossal dose of obstinacy, Elan and Rafa continue to avoid each other while living in the same neighborhood. While Elan gets closer to the downtown bartender, an uptown journalist gets uncomfortably close to Rafa. Also, Carlos’s voltage meter, Elan’s cat, George’s favorite telenovela, and Rafa’s vivid imagination.
Confronted with overwhelming evidence and a multi-page handwritten confession, Elan begins to believe that Rafa may actually still like him. In the meantime, Rafa decides to woo his erstwhile lover with a fancy meal and a little patience. Also, Mujercita’s new friend, Murakami’s old one, and the bed that manages to hold them all.
Tender confessions and sublime love-making are all well and good (Actually, they are amazingly well and good.), but Rafa and Elan must still navigate the world outside of their little apartment and its bed full of cats. Also, lost buttons, lost hearts, lost tempers… and lost pants.
Elan and Rafa’s future hinges on confronting the trauma of Elan’s past. Will Rafa be the man Elan needs? Will the neighborhood ever accept Elan as one of their own? Will Carlise manage to find a dance partner? Will Elan ever remember the names of Rafa’s sisters? Also, yelling, cussing, hugging, kissing, fisticuffs, music, family,…
