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A review by mwren707
Slam! Vol. 1, Volume 1 by Pamela Ribon
4.0
I enjoyed this book, and was choking back tears thinking about my former derby-playing ex girlfriend. This captures the comaraderie she wistfully talked about, the dedication to your team and craft, and the enthralling action that captivated me whenever I got to watch bouts with her. Life is beautiful and messy, and Slam digs into both aspects on and off the track.
The art is beautiful. It does a great job of capturing real life action without ever feeling too super-hero-y. The hits, spills, and bruises are all captured perfectly, and it feels real.
The plot follows a realistic arc for better or worse. The pacing feels fine as each individual issue sees things play out in pretty real time. A date, a few practices, work in between, minor drama revealed and wrapped up. Overall I wish that the first volume collected a few more issues so that it felt like the meta-plots in each issue weren’t carrying the book as much as a larger overarching plot. Derby has seasons, and it felt like full arc would have encompassed a full season, including a championship bout. It seems like a collection of the first two volumes would probably do a better job of capturing a full season’s worth of plot, but this book was definitely good enough to make me eagerly anticipate Vol 2.
The art is beautiful. It does a great job of capturing real life action without ever feeling too super-hero-y. The hits, spills, and bruises are all captured perfectly, and it feels real.
The plot follows a realistic arc for better or worse. The pacing feels fine as each individual issue sees things play out in pretty real time. A date, a few practices, work in between, minor drama revealed and wrapped up. Overall I wish that the first volume collected a few more issues so that it felt like the meta-plots in each issue weren’t carrying the book as much as a larger overarching plot. Derby has seasons, and it felt like full arc would have encompassed a full season, including a championship bout. It seems like a collection of the first two volumes would probably do a better job of capturing a full season’s worth of plot, but this book was definitely good enough to make me eagerly anticipate Vol 2.