Reviews

Womanthology: Heroic by Joamette Gil, Mado Pena, Ming Doyle, Kayla Cagan, Fiona Staples, Stephanie Buscema, Lauren Burke, Jill Pantozzi, Stacie Ponder, Gail Simone, Katie Shanahan, Amanda Mcmurray, June Brigman, Chrissie Zullo, Martel Sardina, Nei Ruffino, Kelly Thompson, Mariah Huehner, Maura McHugh, Tanja Wooten, Jessica Hickman, Trina Robbins, Kimberly Komatsu, Rachel Autumn Deering, Megan Brennan, Stephanie Haas, Samantha Newark, Bonnie Burton, Suzannah Rowntree, Anya Martin, Danielle Soloud, Mary Bellamy, Janet Lee, Amanda Deibert, Sarah Becan, Sarah Elkins, Colleen Doran, Rachel Pandish, Jenna Busch, Lois van Baarle, Nicole Falk, Jenn Corella, Barbara Randall Kesel, Kate Leth, Valia Kapadai, Jessica Deering, Ann Nocenti, Thalia de la Torre

saidtheraina's review

2.0

Gahblaghbawa!!!!!!!!
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I'm freaking heart-broken about this. I was SO excited to see it when it came. The cover is knockout, and I love love love the idea - a bunch of woman getting together to do a Kickstarter to do a women-run comics anthology in full color, in a collective, collaborative way.

Again, this is full-color!

I'm pretty crest-fallen to find that this is one anthology I just can't bring myself to finish. It's due at the library, several times over, and I'm just not motivated to keep reading. I haven't really enjoyed any of the stories. Some of the pin-ups are pretty cool, but both the storytelling and the art feels weak. At least in the first third.

An extra star bc the concept is so awesome.

chelseakamm's review

 The comics were too short and disjointed. I couldn’t enjoy them at all. There was also too much going on with the ongoing story at the bottom of each page and different author profiles. 

justiceofkalr's review

2.0

Okay, conceptually I am in love with this. In terms of actual execution of that concept... not so much. Yay for a whole huge full color collection of comics by all female creators! Including a section for aspiring creators and tips throughout the book! But. The biggest problem for me was that this tried to hard to pack everything in. There are so many awesome creators here but the extremely short format just leaves most of the works feeling way too abbreviated. Lots of them feel cut-off mid-story or even just make no sense because of the shortness. Even the strip that runs at the bottom for the whole collection feels way too short.

hawkietta's review

1.0

I wanted to like it. I really REALLY tried. There's so much talent on display in this collection that it really is kind of a shame the way it was presented. The creators would have been well served by looking at how other short story collections are arranged and taken note. Perhaps the editors were of the mind that being a collection of comics rather than written pieces exempted them from any expectation of order or logic in how their submissions were compiled. It really does the fantastic work of the artists involved an injustice. I got bored.

nkives's review

3.0

As with any anthology there are hits and misses, but I'm not sure this has as many hits as I would have liked. I donated to the kickstarter for this a while ago as it seemed interesting.

magpie_666's review

3.0

I didn't buy this because I thought I was going to love all of the stories, I bought it to support the idea behind it,a celebration of women in the comics industry.
And I got exactly what I was expecting.
I really enjoyed looking at the artwork, some of it was stunning and all of it was much better than anything I could draw.
I didn't enjoy the stories quite as much, but they only had a few pages each so you can't expect to enjoy them all.
I hope the ladies behind this project are happy with what they have achieved, it is a lovely book.

rremer's review

3.0

Lots of interesting stories throughout, some I def wish were longer. I do think due to the volume of the book a few of the sections suffered. Overall I enjoyed it and I also found a few new women authors whose work I should check out.

jmanchester0's review

5.0

So many good comics! So many good creators! I don‰ЫЄt even know where to start.

It‰ЫЄs a fantastic collection of creativity! There‰ЫЄs so much in this 300+ pages, it‰ЫЄs almost overwhelming. Comics, profiles, ‰ЫПHow To‰ЫЄs‰Ыќ. It might be better to keep this tome on your shelf and take it down from time to time. It might be better in doses rather than trying to binge the whole thing at once.

Either way, check it out.

peyton_'s review

4.0

Womantholoy: Space and Womanthology: Heroic are collections of short stories (in the graphic novel format) by female graphic novelists, artists, and cartoonists. They provide a broad array of different styles, tastes, and formats. I really enjoyed sampling each of the different authors: how they drew, wrote, and coloured their stories. The collections are separated by topic (note the subtitles “space” and “heroic”) that create an over-arching theme. These themes can then by explored in a variety of ways be the different artists.

nerdella_reads's review

5.0

Most of the stories in this book were written and drawn well, and the overall content was interesting enough to keep my attention. It was nice, for once, to be able to read a comic book and not have to roll my eyes every 30 seconds at how the female anatomy was drawn and posed. The variety of storytelling and art styles were also awesome.