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directorpurry's review
2.0
CW: gore, death of a child, (mentioned) rape/sexual assault of a minor, sexualization of a minor, ableism (kind of?)
It took me reading the post script to realize that this comic, while the idea belonged to Neil Gaiman, the stories themselves were written by someone else.
That definitely made a lot more sense to me, because I spent the first half of the comics being completely mystified at this weird change in tone of Gaiman's writing style. Like, I found the premise very interesting, but the overall execution was definitely not my vibe. So the fact that he came up with the concept but didn't actually have a hand in the writing made way more sense.
Like I said, the concept is very cool - the personification of Lady Justice comes to wronged women and offers them assistance in revenge as long as they help her seek justice. It could be a very toxic system to explore, but it was really used very loosely on these pages.
They spent a lot more time on the sexy ladies shooting. Which, I guess if you're into that kind of thing, they did very well. But I am definitely not.
I was also really troubled by the second story arc, which was mostly about gang violence. The main girl is wearing like a cut off t-shirt with excessive amounts of under-boob, which, again, is fine if you're into that, except it was revealed in chapter two she was still in high school. Gross.
So, not really my vibe, but it was pretty cool to see Gaiman's ideas explored by other writers!
It took me reading the post script to realize that this comic, while the idea belonged to Neil Gaiman, the stories themselves were written by someone else.
That definitely made a lot more sense to me, because I spent the first half of the comics being completely mystified at this weird change in tone of Gaiman's writing style. Like, I found the premise very interesting, but the overall execution was definitely not my vibe. So the fact that he came up with the concept but didn't actually have a hand in the writing made way more sense.
Like I said, the concept is very cool - the personification of Lady Justice comes to wronged women and offers them assistance in revenge as long as they help her seek justice. It could be a very toxic system to explore, but it was really used very loosely on these pages.
They spent a lot more time on the sexy ladies shooting. Which, I guess if you're into that kind of thing, they did very well. But I am definitely not.
I was also really troubled by the second story arc, which was mostly about gang violence. The main girl is wearing like a cut off t-shirt with excessive amounts of under-boob, which, again, is fine if you're into that, except it was revealed in chapter two she was still in high school. Gross.
So, not really my vibe, but it was pretty cool to see Gaiman's ideas explored by other writers!
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