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A review by saidtheraina
America, Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez by Gabby Rivera, Joe Quiñones
4.0
I'm not generally a superhero person. I prefer Graphic Novel travelogue, memoir, nonfiction to Marvel and DC. But this is a queer, brown, spanish-speaking superhero named America, and I am here for her.
As someone who doesn't read much of the genre, and only dips in when I hear there's something like [b: Ms. Marvel|20898019|Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 No Normal|G. Willow Wilson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1413031883s/20898019.jpg|41250341] or [b: Faith, Volume 1|29332093|Faith, Volume 1 Hollywood & Vine|Jody Houser|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1456858096s/29332093.jpg|49564767] or [b: The Shadow Hero|18465601|The Shadow Hero|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1381948340s/18465601.jpg|26123579], it doesn't feel surprising to me that this exists. I mean, of course it does.
But I know I'm not reading the bulk of superhero comics throughout (his)tory. I know I'm coming in at a time when Marvel's hiring the likes of [a: Mariko Tamaki|483588|Mariko Tamaki|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387259250p2/483588.jpg] and [a: Jason Reynolds|1229281|Jason Reynolds|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1513807568p2/1229281.jpg] and [a: Roxane Gay|3360355|Roxane Gay|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1407278304p2/3360355.jpg]. My heroes. So I don't really have a sense of what a BIG DEAL this is. How long fans of my persuasion have been waiting for this.
So I have to manufacture the chills, juuuust a little bit. And recognize that I'm still not really a superhero person, I don't feel desperate to read the next one, but I am still happy that this exists.
As someone who doesn't read much of the genre, and only dips in when I hear there's something like [b: Ms. Marvel|20898019|Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 No Normal|G. Willow Wilson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1413031883s/20898019.jpg|41250341] or [b: Faith, Volume 1|29332093|Faith, Volume 1 Hollywood & Vine|Jody Houser|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1456858096s/29332093.jpg|49564767] or [b: The Shadow Hero|18465601|The Shadow Hero|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1381948340s/18465601.jpg|26123579], it doesn't feel surprising to me that this exists. I mean, of course it does.
But I know I'm not reading the bulk of superhero comics throughout (his)tory. I know I'm coming in at a time when Marvel's hiring the likes of [a: Mariko Tamaki|483588|Mariko Tamaki|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387259250p2/483588.jpg] and [a: Jason Reynolds|1229281|Jason Reynolds|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1513807568p2/1229281.jpg] and [a: Roxane Gay|3360355|Roxane Gay|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1407278304p2/3360355.jpg]. My heroes. So I don't really have a sense of what a BIG DEAL this is. How long fans of my persuasion have been waiting for this.
So I have to manufacture the chills, juuuust a little bit. And recognize that I'm still not really a superhero person, I don't feel desperate to read the next one, but I am still happy that this exists.