Really, this is five stars for the art and maybe 2 stars for the script. The writers obviously did their research (*17 pages of endnotes*) but it's saReally, this is five stars for the art and maybe 2 stars for the script. The writers obviously did their research (*17 pages of endnotes*) but it's sandwiched into a narrative that's awkward and hard to follow -- even knowing something about this period, I kept going, 'Wait, who did WHAT??' The main character is barely a character, she just wanders through events and receives exposition. This is worth flipping through for the art --a sequence depicting the force feeding of hunger strikers is the sort of thing comics do in a way that no other medium can -- and you'll pick up some facts about the suffrage movement in Great Britain. But overall it's not a very good way to encounter this history for the first time, and the storytelling is not likely to be engaging or satisfying if you already know it....more
This doesn't make much sense as a volume -- it's a scattering of one shots and tie- ins -- but there's a lot of fun stuff like x-ladies night out, andThis doesn't make much sense as a volume -- it's a scattering of one shots and tie- ins -- but there's a lot of fun stuff like x-ladies night out, and Magneto kicking butt in Madripoor....more
I know some people really like Frazier Irving's art but I don't get it, and I've never been a huge Bachalo fan, either, so this wasn't much fun to looI know some people really like Frazier Irving's art but I don't get it, and I've never been a huge Bachalo fan, either, so this wasn't much fun to look at and nothing about the characters, or yet another variation on the XMen being hated and feared did much for me either....more
This is fine, I guess...but it didn't really feel like it was about Miles.This is fine, I guess...but it didn't really feel like it was about Miles....more
This has a nifty first issue but the storytelling gets weaker and the art sloppier as it goes on. I'm theoretically in for Peggy + Howard + a werebearThis has a nifty first issue but the storytelling gets weaker and the art sloppier as it goes on. I'm theoretically in for Peggy + Howard + a werebear + aliens, but the execution isn't really there....more
A little silly but fun. Also interesting that the heroine's Anglicized name & nickname are the same as mine!A little silly but fun. Also interesting that the heroine's Anglicized name & nickname are the same as mine!...more
A middle school girl who wants to be a boy befriends a boy who wants to be a girl. I thought this was really sweet and well done and it made me feel fA middle school girl who wants to be a boy befriends a boy who wants to be a girl. I thought this was really sweet and well done and it made me feel for what these kids are going through....more
I don't feel like I've read a good X-Men story that gets to the heart of Magneto for a while, and this really scratches that itch. He's sort if a loneI don't feel like I've read a good X-Men story that gets to the heart of Magneto for a while, and this really scratches that itch. He's sort if a lone wolf vigilante antihero here, and the story ties in elements I haven't seen explored for a while, like the destruction of Genosha. I'm interested in reading the rest of the series (probably whenever I'm back on Marvel unlimited?). The art gets the job done but is not my personal favorite... also I am sure there's a deep meta reason for Mags to have his head shaved, professor X style, but I missed the flowing silver locks!...more
Really excellent and candid memoir treatment of dealing with mental illness. It's informative yet conversational and personal -- if you've dealt w/ meReally excellent and candid memoir treatment of dealing with mental illness. It's informative yet conversational and personal -- if you've dealt w/ mental health treatment, you may relate; if you haven*'t it's a really good way to understand the experience better. It's encouraging overall (allowing for the realization that, as Forney frankly states, she was only able to afford the quality and consistency of treatment b/c her mother was willing and able to pay her psychiatrist's bills). Content notes -- fair amount of illicit drug use + drawings of naked ladies, so keep in mind if you're going to read it on the bus or let kids flip through it.
I love Forney's description of her relation to other mentally ill artists -- Club Van Gogh -- plus the way she talks about using her sketch pad to record her emotions during a bad episode " A combination of carrying a teddy bear and carrying a can of mace '...more
Great art still though the plot & characters kind of stalled out in this one plus . . . vision question? Spirit guides? We're doing this?Great art still though the plot & characters kind of stalled out in this one plus . . . vision question? Spirit guides? We're doing this?...more
I was surprised by how quickly this series expanded beyond the core characters but it's balancing them well and I'm getting attached to the extended cI was surprised by how quickly this series expanded beyond the core characters but it's balancing them well and I'm getting attached to the extended cast....more
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