Found this article about queer fat male representation in comics specifically, and brings up some good general points about rep

I also read Nimona last night! I didn't take notes on length/pacing because it's almost 300 pages long therefore not that useful to the length of mine. But it was really good, and I loved how it started as a silly, simple story, but by the end it all tied together and was a really well rounded and emotional story (I cried)