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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
Read Harder Challenge - Read an all-ages comic.
Hilarious occasionally, typo'd here and there, and definitely aimed a younger crew of readers who need subversion in their comics literature, this is worth a look. It's not sophisticated or brilliant, but it somewhat required in the morass of male heroes. A lark, this is. Essentially, the lesson "you decide who you are" writ large and for six-to-ten-year-olds. Nice Skullkickers crossover bit at the end, too.
Favorite part = 3: On Sexism in the Armor Industry
BEHOLD, THE WOMEN WARRIORS COLLECTION!
BEHOLD, THE WOMEN WARRIORS COLLECTION!
♥ this book! delightful and fun and fierce. I love Adrienne and Bedelia as characters and I am 100% looking forward to going on this quest to save Princess Adrienne's sisters with them! This is a great series for kids! Oh! Also the dragon is totally adorable ♥
This is amazing! Don't wait for Prince Charming - save yourself!
An fun all-ages story that contains some necessary criticism of princess tropes, comics, and fantasy stereotypes without turning into femininity-bashing or losing its charm.
Princeless volume 1 - Jeremy Whitley & M. Goodwin One of the problems with getting into graphic novels is that you keep discovering stuff you'll probably like, as it gets recommended to you or wins awards alongside stuff you already read. Princeless is a prime example of this, though it's actually aimed at a younger audience than myself and is certainly something I would have loved to have been around when I was that age.
Essentially, Princeless takes the basic fairytale story of the princess in the tower, who needs to be rescued by a handsome, dragon-slaying prince, and slaps it about a bit. For starters, it's set in a kingdom where all of our protagonist's sisters are also currently stuck in towers and there seems to be a serious shortage of acceptable princes. Adrienne gets fed up with hanging around and rescues herself, as she has already cultivated a good relationship with the dragon guarding her and together they decide to subvert the plans Adrienne's family have for her, firstly by rescuing all her other sisters.
Along the way, in a quest for better-fitting armour, Adrienne ends up with a sidekick - Bedelia is the blacksmith's daughter, who has secretly been making all the armour in recent years, including a series of sets of armour for women warriors that makes fun of the comic-book chainmail bikinis so beloved by some artists and game designers. By the end of volume 1 of Princeless, Adrienne has a suit of armour that actually covers her entire body and an arse-kicking sidekick as they set out to rescue Adrienne's sisters.
I'm looking forward to reading volume 2 of Princeless and seeing where the story goes next...
Essentially, Princeless takes the basic fairytale story of the princess in the tower, who needs to be rescued by a handsome, dragon-slaying prince, and slaps it about a bit. For starters, it's set in a kingdom where all of our protagonist's sisters are also currently stuck in towers and there seems to be a serious shortage of acceptable princes. Adrienne gets fed up with hanging around and rescues herself, as she has already cultivated a good relationship with the dragon guarding her and together they decide to subvert the plans Adrienne's family have for her, firstly by rescuing all her other sisters.
Along the way, in a quest for better-fitting armour, Adrienne ends up with a sidekick - Bedelia is the blacksmith's daughter, who has secretly been making all the armour in recent years, including a series of sets of armour for women warriors that makes fun of the comic-book chainmail bikinis so beloved by some artists and game designers. By the end of volume 1 of Princeless, Adrienne has a suit of armour that actually covers her entire body and an arse-kicking sidekick as they set out to rescue Adrienne's sisters.
I'm looking forward to reading volume 2 of Princeless and seeing where the story goes next...