Great webcomic about a queer black girl in an all-white christian camp

April 1, 2022 5:31 AM

As the Crow Flies Welcome to Camp Three Peaks. A rustic, Christian summer retreat for teenage girls! A week of hiking, adventure, and communing with the God of its 19th-century founders… a God that doesn’t traditionally number people like 13-year-old Charlie Lamonte among His (Her? Their? Its?) flock.

The only black camper in the group, and queer besides, she struggles to reconcile the innocent intent of the trip with the blinkered obliviousness of those determined to keep the Three Peaks tradition going. As the journey wears on and the rhetoric wears thin, Charlie can’t help but poke holes in the pious disregard this storied sanctuary has for outsiders like herself—and her fellow camper, Sydney.
Also available for purchase.

posted by signal (6 comments total)

Caveat lector: it's ongoing, but there are 291 pages so far.
posted by signal at 7:54 AM on April 1, 2022

Oh hey, this'll be neat to check back in on! I ran into it a while back, but lost the track when there was an extended hiking sequence which was lovely, & would be just fine once collected, but was hard to follow on a serial page release schedule.
posted by CrystalDave at 8:44 AM on April 1, 2022

it's ongoing

NOW YOU TELL ME.
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:12 PM on April 1, 2022 [3 favorites]

It was published in 2017, but it's not finished? I can't tell if it's still being updated or not, the author's twitter doesn't mention it. I think the published book has more pages, but it's unclear, and all the reviews say it sort of ends on a cliffhanger, but it's been years and there's not a sequel planned.

I think this might be an abandoned project.
posted by Dynex at 12:29 PM on April 1, 2022 [1 favorite]

Thanks, that was neat!
posted by sneebler at 6:25 PM on April 1, 2022

All kidding aside, this was super beautiful and also heart wrenching. Thank you for posting.
posted by Too-Ticky at 11:52 PM on April 1, 2022