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Jem and the Holograms Vol. 1: Showtime
by Sophie Campbell, Kelly Thompson
Jen and the Holograms has clearly been produced and constructed to include all of the elements that will make it a hit both with today's younger girl comic readers as well as women who remember the original Jem TV series fondly. However, I generally mean that in a good way. This was fun to read; I think that it was rebooted well; and younger girls will definitely love it.
The series includes girls not only of different races, body types, and fashion, but personalities. As is the appeal of boy bands, Jem and the Holograms contains a large enough cast of "category" characters that readers and have their favorite.
The colors are bright and the art alternates between pretty standard 6-8 panel pages and chaotic music performance scenes. I'm *really* not a fan of pink, and it's everywhere in this comic, but it generally seems fun (for a comic oriented towards a younger crowd), rather than off-putting. There is a little bit of the Bratz doll aesthetic going, but it works.
Plot-wise, this is a battle-of-the-bands competition with two romantic comedies and a mean girls dynamic thrown in. I hope that, in future issues, that more time is spent on the sisters' relationships (and Jerrica's self-actualization) and less on the romantic relationships. (Does it pass the Bechdel test when two or more women talk about something other than a man, but only because it's a female love interest because Kimber and Storm are attracted to women?). Although it might take out some of the love-to-hate a mean girl opportunities, it'd be nice to flesh out the character of Pizazz and not have her just be a villain.
Thanks to NetGalley for the free review copy.
The series includes girls not only of different races, body types, and fashion, but personalities. As is the appeal of boy bands, Jem and the Holograms contains a large enough cast of "category" characters that readers and have their favorite.
The colors are bright and the art alternates between pretty standard 6-8 panel pages and chaotic music performance scenes. I'm *really* not a fan of pink, and it's everywhere in this comic, but it generally seems fun (for a comic oriented towards a younger crowd), rather than off-putting. There is a little bit of the Bratz doll aesthetic going, but it works.
Plot-wise, this is a battle-of-the-bands competition with two romantic comedies and a mean girls dynamic thrown in. I hope that, in future issues, that more time is spent on the sisters' relationships (and Jerrica's self-actualization) and less on the romantic relationships. (Does it pass the Bechdel test when two or more women talk about something other than a man, but only because it's a female love interest because Kimber and Storm are attracted to women?). Although it might take out some of the love-to-hate a mean girl opportunities, it'd be nice to flesh out the character of Pizazz and not have her just be a villain.
Thanks to NetGalley for the free review copy.