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tawfek's review
3.0
We are going somewhere the story is evolving!
Penny is badass i love that the next issue is about her.
I didn't really like the essay this time it had a lot of hard words and i wasn't in the mood to translate every five seconds lol
I hope its not always feminist essays, because most of the time it will be the same subject the same talk, they should mix it up interviews with different women perhaps, or maybe interviews with the creative team.
Penny is badass i love that the next issue is about her.
I didn't really like the essay this time it had a lot of hard words and i wasn't in the mood to translate every five seconds lol
I hope its not always feminist essays, because most of the time it will be the same subject the same talk, they should mix it up interviews with different women perhaps, or maybe interviews with the creative team.
ula_j's review against another edition
5.0
Love this series and buying issue 3 basically as soon as I can get to a comic book shop.
caitcoy's review against another edition
4.0
SO MUCH BETTER.
I was pretty torn on the first issue of this series. I liked the premise but wasn't in love with the message overwhelming the story. This second issue does a much better job interesting the reader in the story of these non-compliant women.
Issue 2 picks up with Kamau Kogo who has been blamed for Marian's death in the prison. The powers that be offer Kam the "opportunity" to put together a team of women to fight for what appears to be entertainment purposes.
I'm a sucker for ridiculous prison fights so I have to admit that I like where this is going. And the interactions between Kam and some of the other women, particularly Meiko and Penny, build their personalities in a much more interesting way than the first issue. Which honestly wouldn't be hard since there was next to no character development in the first issue. It's hard to cram a whole lot into 32 pages but I was very happy to see more character development in this one.
As a side note, Penny Rolle is fast becoming one of my favorite characters. I love how completely unapologetic and badass she is. There's a page where she's just refusing to follow orders and kicking ass in the background and it's way more entertaining than the conversation between Kam and another fellow non-compliant, Violet that's going on in the foreground. Penny's been an interesting character from the beginning so I'm excited to see more of her in the next issue.
Even if you weren't a huge fan of the first issue, I'd still recommend reading this one. The issues with the message overwhelming the story were resolved (at least for now), the characters finally start to get interesting, and the essay at the end of the comic is fantastic. It's definitely a series that I'll be keeping up with!
I was pretty torn on the first issue of this series. I liked the premise but wasn't in love with the message overwhelming the story. This second issue does a much better job interesting the reader in the story of these non-compliant women.
Issue 2 picks up with Kamau Kogo who has been blamed for Marian's death in the prison. The powers that be offer Kam the "opportunity" to put together a team of women to fight for what appears to be entertainment purposes.
I'm a sucker for ridiculous prison fights so I have to admit that I like where this is going. And the interactions between Kam and some of the other women, particularly Meiko and Penny, build their personalities in a much more interesting way than the first issue. Which honestly wouldn't be hard since there was next to no character development in the first issue. It's hard to cram a whole lot into 32 pages but I was very happy to see more character development in this one.
As a side note, Penny Rolle is fast becoming one of my favorite characters. I love how completely unapologetic and badass she is. There's a page where she's just refusing to follow orders and kicking ass in the background and it's way more entertaining than the conversation between Kam and another fellow non-compliant, Violet that's going on in the foreground. Penny's been an interesting character from the beginning so I'm excited to see more of her in the next issue.
Even if you weren't a huge fan of the first issue, I'd still recommend reading this one. The issues with the message overwhelming the story were resolved (at least for now), the characters finally start to get interesting, and the essay at the end of the comic is fantastic. It's definitely a series that I'll be keeping up with!
steponitjenn's review against another edition
5.0
I love this comic. I've never read a comic issue by issue before so I'm starting to see the advantage of having a lot of time to let each piece of the story settle before I move on to the next. AND: The feminist essays at the end of every issue. So important.
ria_mhrj's review
3.0
Loving the inclusion of essays at the end of each issue. Still a bit confused as to what's going on... but I'll go with it.
nathaniel_1206's review
4.0
This book is different - I mean that positively - and while the plot is slightly clearer, it's craploads of entertaining. I'm still in.
littlebird113's review
5.0
Utterly brilliant. And the Leelah nod on the back cover was perfect.
Yep, I'm sold.
Yep, I'm sold.