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A review by liralen
Slam! Vol. 1, Volume 1 by Pamela Ribon
3.0
I love love love the art in this, and if it had been a complete graphic novel, it would be about a 9.5/10 for me. I want to meet Jennifer in real life and go cheer at all her matches and quietly crush on her, dammit. I want to swoon over Maisie's budding romance.
As it is, though, it's a very fast spin through friendship and fallouts and, of course, roller derby. We pretty much see Jennifer and Maisie meet, and see them as best friends, and see them unable to sustain their friendship because they're on different teams...but we don't see any of the in-between bits that take them to those points. I guess this is par for the course for the format, but I would have been head over heels (head over skates?) for a slightly slowed-down version of this. That said, I am very much looking forward to [b:SLAM!: The Next Jam|38493463|SLAM! The Next Jam|Pamela Ribon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1518465710s/38493463.jpg|60133103]. I'll read the hell out of this series.
As it is, though, it's a very fast spin through friendship and fallouts and, of course, roller derby. We pretty much see Jennifer and Maisie meet, and see them as best friends, and see them unable to sustain their friendship because they're on different teams...but we don't see any of the in-between bits that take them to those points. I guess this is par for the course for the format, but I would have been head over heels (head over skates?) for a slightly slowed-down version of this. That said, I am very much looking forward to [b:SLAM!: The Next Jam|38493463|SLAM! The Next Jam|Pamela Ribon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1518465710s/38493463.jpg|60133103]. I'll read the hell out of this series.