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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Imagine Ally McBeal or Bridget Jones with superpowers, and you have a sense for where this fits in the pop culture firmament. Given the author's roots in cartooning, the comic strip style and rhythms aren't a surprise, but it also lends the story an all-ages gentleness and good humor that's missing from most "realistic" superhero tales. It's the rare superhero tale that gives equal weight to the civilian and super alter egos, and weaves its many subplots between the two identities together quite well. It's also the rare female driven superhero tale that isn't an excuse for oversexualized costumes or generic superhero antics in which the hero's sex is irrelevant. Underneath the breeziness of a superhero chick lit surface, there's ample material for rich discussion of gender roles, politics and pop cultural depictions thereof.
Chick lit superhero story! Got exactly what I expected.
If you're into superheroes with anxiety disorders this one is for you! Starling a volunteer for a crime fighting non-profit juggles her work and superhero duties alongside family dramas and attempting to date. My favorite part of this collection was the artwork, the full color illustrations are great. Very much a longer comic narrative arc with a heavy sequential arts movement of the story over the page.
First graphic novel I've ever read. It went really fast. Enjoyed the breezy but interesting concept. Super powers would be great.
I wanted to like this graphic novel about an everyday woman who moonlights as a superhero, and finds the superhero part of her life the more annoying, more than I ended up doing. Lots of feminist humor in both Stossel's art and in her story (love the sequence where our heroine rejects several overly revealing potential superhero costumes before settling on her own signature style), but Amy's own ability to assert herself on the job in the face of a bullying male colleague comes rather late in the game (and gets undercut by the arrival of potential boyfriend/famous wrestler, whose presence woos her potential clients as much as Amy does). The romance storyline also proved pretty bland, relying too heavily on overheard conversations rather than honest discussions for its HEA. Still, a pleasure to read a graphic novel featuring a female protagonist older than a teenager...
Being a superhero is logistically tricky! You have to leave at a moment's notice, whenever disaster strikes!
Amy finds herself needing to save the world all the time in the middle of important events. This has lead to her gaining a reputation as a flake, and her career is on the line!
Interesting concept, but ultimately a meh for me. Not particularly illuminating or memorable.
Office Space (the annoyance, not the hilarity) + Sex & the City (less shoes) + Superheroics
Which might sound awesome, but lower your expectations or you might be disappointed.
Amy finds herself needing to save the world all the time in the middle of important events. This has lead to her gaining a reputation as a flake, and her career is on the line!
Interesting concept, but ultimately a meh for me. Not particularly illuminating or memorable.
Office Space (the annoyance, not the hilarity) + Sex & the City (less shoes) + Superheroics
Which might sound awesome, but lower your expectations or you might be disappointed.
fast-paced