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A review by kashila
Red Hood and the Outlaws, Volume 1: Redemption by Joshua Williamson, Scott Lobdell
3.0
This one... I have a lot to say. Might have some spoilers.
First of all, I loved the characters. All of them. Yes, Starfire too (maybe because it's the first time I read anything with her). They are nice and funny and they have nice stories. NOW, the problem is the writing itself. Lobdell's writing is pretty bad at times, ok at others and overall just passable.
To be honest, the huge problem, character and plot wise is the outstanding sexism. Yes, sexism. We have a Starfire with so, so much potential (that's why I liked her) but written very poorly in every way. The sexism thing wouldn't be so striking if it wasn't for the art —starting by the ridiculously revealing outfit and following with every full-body panel. But anyway, you have that she rarely speaks/narrates compared to her mates, issue 1 has her talk about five lines and then proceed to have sex with Roy, her story is actually not very explained overall, they have a super powerful alien "losing" battles she should have won and we could go on and on. The thing that makes me anvry about it is the fact that Starfire's "freedom" is constantly stated as something very important to her. If only she had had other writers... Sexism doesn't go just for Starfire. I would like to mention that blonde flight attendant as my exhibit B: she goes there in a oversexualized outfit, gives a "sexy pose" or two, gives Jason her number and later appears only to have an excuse to show her wearing a bikini. Yeah!
Now let's go to other stuff. I started reading the series because I wanted to know a little more about Jason and thought this was the easiest way. Yes, he is obviously the main-main character. I liked him and his design, though I wish they would have gotten deeper into some things.
Roy was my articular discovery. I honestly fell in love with him, something I didn't expect at all. And I liked his character design as well!
All three characters have great chemistry and make a curious team. That was the best part about the whole thing.
I already commented about the artwork. Overall, it's pretty nice, except when it comes to female characters, that Rocafort makes look more like some pin-up sex dolls than any other thing.
The storyline... It was pretty "meh". At first it was quite confusing, then in the end it was nothing. It's like they tried taking too much and clearly failed. I didn't enjoy too much the whole thing about the Untitled. Even with this, I found the series somewhat very catchy, kind of addictive too.
I'll admit it: objectively, it is not a //good// comic book. It is ok at best. But it was a nice, entertaining read for me. I had lots of fun and I hugely enjoyed the characters, and though the bit of romance was mostly out of place, it was somehow well carried.
First of all, I loved the characters. All of them. Yes, Starfire too (maybe because it's the first time I read anything with her). They are nice and funny and they have nice stories. NOW, the problem is the writing itself. Lobdell's writing is pretty bad at times, ok at others and overall just passable.
To be honest, the huge problem, character and plot wise is the outstanding sexism. Yes, sexism. We have a Starfire with so, so much potential (that's why I liked her) but written very poorly in every way. The sexism thing wouldn't be so striking if it wasn't for the art —starting by the ridiculously revealing outfit and following with every full-body panel. But anyway, you have that she rarely speaks/narrates compared to her mates, issue 1 has her talk about five lines and then proceed to have sex with Roy, her story is actually not very explained overall, they have a super powerful alien "losing" battles she should have won and we could go on and on. The thing that makes me anvry about it is the fact that Starfire's "freedom" is constantly stated as something very important to her. If only she had had other writers... Sexism doesn't go just for Starfire. I would like to mention that blonde flight attendant as my exhibit B: she goes there in a oversexualized outfit, gives a "sexy pose" or two, gives Jason her number and later appears only to have an excuse to show her wearing a bikini. Yeah!
Now let's go to other stuff. I started reading the series because I wanted to know a little more about Jason and thought this was the easiest way. Yes, he is obviously the main-main character. I liked him and his design, though I wish they would have gotten deeper into some things.
Roy was my articular discovery. I honestly fell in love with him, something I didn't expect at all. And I liked his character design as well!
All three characters have great chemistry and make a curious team. That was the best part about the whole thing.
I already commented about the artwork. Overall, it's pretty nice, except when it comes to female characters, that Rocafort makes look more like some pin-up sex dolls than any other thing.
The storyline... It was pretty "meh". At first it was quite confusing, then in the end it was nothing. It's like they tried taking too much and clearly failed. I didn't enjoy too much the whole thing about the Untitled. Even with this, I found the series somewhat very catchy, kind of addictive too.
I'll admit it: objectively, it is not a //good// comic book. It is ok at best. But it was a nice, entertaining read for me. I had lots of fun and I hugely enjoyed the characters, and though the bit of romance was mostly out of place, it was somehow well carried.