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sophia_sol) wrote2016-01-24 03:39 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2016-01-24 03:39 pm
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl!
1. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Power
2. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel You Know It's True
both by Ryan North, illustrated by Erica Henderson
WHERE HAS SQUIRREL GIRL BEEN ALL MY LIFE.
I was cackling with delight all the way through. I don't even know what to say. Friendship montage! The wee footnotes on the bottom of almost every page! Doreen's generally cheerful attitude about everything! The way half of Doreen's fights are won via Doreen actually talking with the opponent and figuring out how to convince them to not do the thing! Nancy! Nancy and Doreen being adorable friends! The way that Doreen isn't drawn in that too-standard comic-book-sexy type of way, and in fact none of the characters are! The great sense of humour! The way the artist has clearly been intentional about drawing diverse characters!
AND SO FORTH, I could keep going with many exclamation points for a long time. The long and the short of it is: yes good more please.
And like: I know this is an ongoing comic and I know there are more issues out that have not yet been released in trade paperback. So I COULD read them if I wanted to pay ridiculous prices for short and flimsy single-issue releases. But that's not how I prefer to read/buy comics. Sigh, my life is so hard.
2. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel You Know It's True
both by Ryan North, illustrated by Erica Henderson
WHERE HAS SQUIRREL GIRL BEEN ALL MY LIFE.
I was cackling with delight all the way through. I don't even know what to say. Friendship montage! The wee footnotes on the bottom of almost every page! Doreen's generally cheerful attitude about everything! The way half of Doreen's fights are won via Doreen actually talking with the opponent and figuring out how to convince them to not do the thing! Nancy! Nancy and Doreen being adorable friends! The way that Doreen isn't drawn in that too-standard comic-book-sexy type of way, and in fact none of the characters are! The great sense of humour! The way the artist has clearly been intentional about drawing diverse characters!
AND SO FORTH, I could keep going with many exclamation points for a long time. The long and the short of it is: yes good more please.
And like: I know this is an ongoing comic and I know there are more issues out that have not yet been released in trade paperback. So I COULD read them if I wanted to pay ridiculous prices for short and flimsy single-issue releases. But that's not how I prefer to read/buy comics. Sigh, my life is so hard.