just want it to spread joy,” says Alice Oseman, “and be this show that young LGBTQ+ people can watch when they just want to feel happy and seen.” The British author is, of course, talking about the first-ever live-action adaptation of their treasured graphic novel Heartstopper, which lands 22 April on Netflix. “I started creating Heartstopper for fun because it made me happy. And then, as it grew and grew, I started to realise it was making a lot of people happy as well.” Leading up to its release on the streamer, Heartstopper fans have been bombarding Netflix with comments on social media under all of their posts, whether it’s related to the show or not, (playfully) demanding to see official stills, teasers and more content from the highly-anticipated queer teen romance. Joe Locke and Kit Connor, who play
