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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Awkwardly paced. Apparently in issues it alternated between the two Hawkeyes, and I wish they'd kept that format, combining Kate's story with the forthcoming Clint-focused Rio Bravo. The bantering duo thing just works better.
This volume is overly reliant on the reader enjoying the "I'm so zany" stumbley efforts of Kate. I enjoyed her more as a foil for Clint, zipping into his orbit while still being her own Hawkeye. Losing both the buddy comedy and the superhero-ing? Mleh.
This volume is overly reliant on the reader enjoying the "I'm so zany" stumbley efforts of Kate. I enjoyed her more as a foil for Clint, zipping into his orbit while still being her own Hawkeye. Losing both the buddy comedy and the superhero-ing? Mleh.
After following Clint Barton for the last three volumes with Kate Bishop relegated to essentially a side character, Kate goes out on her own adventure in L.A.
What was great here was developing Kate’s character and having her come into her own a bit. Prior to this story, the run has treated her as an independently-minded, talented, strong, a bit stuck-up rich girl. Here she essentially loses her money, her stability, and her confidence and has to claw her way to try and survive in the city of angels. She’s hilarious and witty with a relentless optimism and bullheadedness that is very fun to read and I’m glad she got so much attention in this story.
Unfortunately the stories told here just don’t quite do it for me and ultimately leave me wanting to go back to what’s happening in New York, which sucks because I really like the idea of focusing on her for a bit. The overarching story in this book just seems very muddled, confusing, and disjointed never quite reaching the same carefree heights as the first two volumes of this run. There is a pretty funny idea interwoven here about the sort of immortal youthfulness that seems to permeate all of L.A. and the story about Will Bryson (a clever stand-in for Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys) was fun if a little random with an ending that fell pretty flat for me.
It was a good book that I really wanted to like more but unfortunately has hit the brakes a bit for me in a series that I was full-steam-ahead on.
What was great here was developing Kate’s character and having her come into her own a bit. Prior to this story, the run has treated her as an independently-minded, talented, strong, a bit stuck-up rich girl. Here she essentially loses her money, her stability, and her confidence and has to claw her way to try and survive in the city of angels. She’s hilarious and witty with a relentless optimism and bullheadedness that is very fun to read and I’m glad she got so much attention in this story.
Unfortunately the stories told here just don’t quite do it for me and ultimately leave me wanting to go back to what’s happening in New York, which sucks because I really like the idea of focusing on her for a bit. The overarching story in this book just seems very muddled, confusing, and disjointed never quite reaching the same carefree heights as the first two volumes of this run. There is a pretty funny idea interwoven here about the sort of immortal youthfulness that seems to permeate all of L.A. and the story about Will Bryson (a clever stand-in for Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys) was fun if a little random with an ending that fell pretty flat for me.
It was a good book that I really wanted to like more but unfortunately has hit the brakes a bit for me in a series that I was full-steam-ahead on.
The first two volumes of Hawkeye are just amazing, both narratively and visually. But starting with issue 12, it all fell off a little. It's still good, but not breathtaking. The Kate in LA plot is fun and has a great moment or two, but feels pretty slight compared to what came before.
So it turns out that this story does connect to the earlier issues, but it took a while for the story to develop.
Aunque el arte acá no es tan consistente y algunos momentos de la historia parecen ser de relleno la verdad es que el personaje de Kate Bishop tiene un carisma tan especial que mantiene el interés del lector. Eso sumado al ejercicio narrativo de intercalar pasado, presente y futuro en algunos momentos claves del volumen.
I feel like I should like this more, but I'm not reading Hawkeyes for Kate Bishop, I'm here for Clint Barton. Clint is mentioned but not in this trade at all. If this continues I shall not continue.
It's been a while since I read the first two volumes so it took me a while to get re-used to the style of the artwork but the story was great and I loved that this volume focussed on Kate more (as much as I love Clint and the Clint and Kate banter).
Kate Bishop is a gift. Not only is she an interesting, hilarious, unique character worthy of having her own series, but she is also great in relation to other characters. Seeing her team up with people (whether that be the young avengers, Clint Barton, or her new friends in LA) is always a delight.
Kate reads like an actual teenage girl superhero and it is amazing. I think this issue was fun and was surprising and was very true to the Kate Bishop that Matt Fraction has established over his series. I loved reading it, definitely recommend it!
Kate reads like an actual teenage girl superhero and it is amazing. I think this issue was fun and was surprising and was very true to the Kate Bishop that Matt Fraction has established over his series. I loved reading it, definitely recommend it!
This book was a mother's day present from my eldest, who knows about superheroes and is awesome at choosing presents. I love Kate Bishop as a hero, she has a great heart and is interesting, and just the right amount of clever/powerful. I also really like the structure of the story, which is not entirely linear, and a little bit confusing, just like life.