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A review by just_fighting_censorship
Girl Comics by Colleen Coover
2.0
I really wanted this to not be terrible but it kind of was.
First off, this collection is not based on female superheroes as the title led me to believe, it actually focuses on the fact that everyone in this collection who wrote/illustrated/edited/etc. was female. (This isn’t completely true but close enough)
These stories are very short and vary in art style and subject matter. Scattered throughout the book, between the stories are biographies of influential and successful female Marvel writers and illustrators.
Unfortunately, all of these stories really really suck. There is little to no action. Instead of seeing our favorite superheroes fight crime we see them getting their hair done, drinking at a bar, or shopping at the grocery store, gee how fun and exciting.
There are some really nice cover art pieces and one or two entertaining stories such as “A Brief Rendezvous” starring the Punisher, “Head Space” with Jean Grey, and my personal favorite “Doom love’s Sue” because the idea of Human Torch and the Thing prank calling Dr. Doom pretending to be Galactus is pretty funny.
The worst of the worst has to be the disastrous story about Venus trying to become the fashion editor of a beauty magazine, I kid you not.
Still, some of the stories had some really nice art and none of them were very long. It was also semi-interesting to read some of the biographies.
I love humor and camp but there has to be balance with action and an actual plot, this mostly just ended up being ridiculous.
First off, this collection is not based on female superheroes as the title led me to believe, it actually focuses on the fact that everyone in this collection who wrote/illustrated/edited/etc. was female. (This isn’t completely true but close enough)
These stories are very short and vary in art style and subject matter. Scattered throughout the book, between the stories are biographies of influential and successful female Marvel writers and illustrators.
Unfortunately, all of these stories really really suck. There is little to no action. Instead of seeing our favorite superheroes fight crime we see them getting their hair done, drinking at a bar, or shopping at the grocery store, gee how fun and exciting.
There are some really nice cover art pieces and one or two entertaining stories such as “A Brief Rendezvous” starring the Punisher, “Head Space” with Jean Grey, and my personal favorite “Doom love’s Sue” because the idea of Human Torch and the Thing prank calling Dr. Doom pretending to be Galactus is pretty funny.
The worst of the worst has to be the disastrous story about Venus trying to become the fashion editor of a beauty magazine, I kid you not.
Still, some of the stories had some really nice art and none of them were very long. It was also semi-interesting to read some of the biographies.
I love humor and camp but there has to be balance with action and an actual plot, this mostly just ended up being ridiculous.