Also returning are William Gao, Tobie Donovan, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Sebastian Croft, Rhea Norwood, Olivia Colman as Nick's mother Sarah, and Jenny Walser. Netflix has already confirmed that the entire main cast of Heartstopper is coming back, including Kit Connor and Joe Locke, who play Nick and Charlie, the show's main couple. If you’re looking for a good graphic novel series with excellent LGBTQIA+ representation, I highly recommend Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper series.YouTube Icon YouTube Icon Who is in the cast? Oseman’s artistic style is kind of this soft, watercolor-y style and I love it. And the artwork in the novels is really beautiful.

There is so much in Heartstopper for teens to relate to. There are currently four published Heartstopper books, and they include themes of friendship, love, coming out, loyalty, mental illness, and life in general. Sometimes young adult love stories feel a little too…meet cute?…but that is not the case in Heartstopper at all. The story of Charlie and Nick is very sweet and very realistic. Heartstopper is an ongoing webcomic, so technically not a graphic novel, but it takes the form of a series of graphic novels in its physical form. Then, she self published the first volume of Heartstopper before it was finally picked up by a publisher and more widely distributed. Oseman always wanted to tell their backstory, so she started a webcomic on Tumblr to do just that. Charlie doesn’t think he stands a chance, but he’s falling hard for Nick…could their friendship become something more?Ĭharlie and Nick started out as minor characters in Alice Oseman’s debut novel Solitaire. Charlie knows he deserves better, so he breaks things off with Ben, but it isn’t easy. Nick is a rugby player who is a year ahead of Charlie in school, but when they are assigned seats next to each other in class, they quickly become friends. Charlie is in a secret relationship with a boy named Ben, who is publicly dating a girl, and who treats Charlie horribly. He’s openly gay, since being outed the year before, but most of the other students at the school have accepted it and moved on. Graphix.Ĭharlie Spring has been having a less than stellar year at Truham Grammar School for Boys, but the bullying has ended, at least.

Heartstopper. Tom 3 by Alice Oseman