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A review by chrisshorb
Copperhead Volume 1: A New Sheriff in Town by Jay Faerber
3.0
Western meets sci-fi. Female protagonist in law enforcement. Great art.
Protagonist is casually specist and anti-android. I believe both of those beliefs will be tested during the course of this series, which will be interesting.
There's some good stuff in here, enough to keep me reading the next volume. Here's some tension points that I'll be interested to see how they get resolved.
Tension between sheriff and her 2nd in command, who wanted the sheriff role.
Tension because her young son is tired of moving, and also bored. But he admires his mother the law enforcement person.
Tension in her policing methods (this book was published in 2015. It would be a different book today I bet) in relation to locals (called "natives" - that's a bit icky).
Tension between her trying to clean up the town and the existing power structure not wanting any cleaning that's going to hamper their/his operations.
Tension between her attitude towards artificial people (arties) and how they sometimes go against her expectations in a good way.
Sadly, my understanding is the series didn't actually finish, but there was an attempt at a wrap up in issue #19, which was not reprinted in graphic novel form - and is hard to get.
Protagonist is casually specist and anti-android. I believe both of those beliefs will be tested during the course of this series, which will be interesting.
There's some good stuff in here, enough to keep me reading the next volume. Here's some tension points that I'll be interested to see how they get resolved.
Tension between sheriff and her 2nd in command, who wanted the sheriff role.
Tension because her young son is tired of moving, and also bored. But he admires his mother the law enforcement person.
Tension in her policing methods (this book was published in 2015. It would be a different book today I bet) in relation to locals (called "natives" - that's a bit icky).
Tension between her trying to clean up the town and the existing power structure not wanting any cleaning that's going to hamper their/his operations.
Tension between her attitude towards artificial people (arties) and how they sometimes go against her expectations in a good way.
Sadly, my understanding is the series didn't actually finish, but there was an attempt at a wrap up in issue #19, which was not reprinted in graphic novel form - and is hard to get.