Strange Bedfellows

paperback / Graphic novel Synopsis In two-time Ignatz Award–winning graphic novelist Ariel Slamet Ries's Strange Bedfellows, Oberon is finding his way back after a very public “breakdown,” but when he develops the ability to conjure his dreams in real life, including a facsimile of his high school crush, he might have more on his plate than he originally thought.  In the not-too-distant future, most of humanity resides on its last-ditch effort at utopia: Meridian, a remote alien planet where you’re more likely to be born superhuman than left-handed.  None of that is important to Oberon Afolayan. Since his mildly public breakdown, his whole life seems to be spiraling out of control—from dropping out of university to breaking up with his boyfriend, it seems like only a karmic inevitability when he wakes up one day with the ability to conjure his dreams in the real world.  Oberon’s newfound powers come with a facsimile of his high school crush, Kon, who mysteriously dropped off the face o