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jilliant's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
The art is fun but there’s not really any plot? The main character doesn’t even feel like a main character. If this is like Issue #1 it makes sense but as a standalone it just feels too short.
drewwoodworth's review against another edition
5.0
Just read this last night and loved it! I had read the original mini comic when it was first released, but the color and larger format really accentuate the art and story.
The story is fairly straightforward, but with the Street Angel habit of turning common comic book tropes on their head.
The story premise involves Jesse Sanchez (Street Angel) seeing some gang recruitment posters and attending the meeting basically because the sign says there will be snacks. Of course, the gang members see her diminutive size and large appetite and get much more than they bargained for as they run her through their gang member tryout and initiation process.
I really feel Rugg and Maruca have created a classic comic book character and are just continually placing her in new and interesting situations.
Once again, the format also shines above just about everything else currently being published in the American comic book market. The book is oversized and the thick cover stock makes it feel substantial in your hands. Rugg has added lots of extras (baseball type card art with stats for many of the gang members, lots of process and more). It really is a great package, great art, and a really fun story.
The story is fairly straightforward, but with the Street Angel habit of turning common comic book tropes on their head.
The story premise involves Jesse Sanchez (Street Angel) seeing some gang recruitment posters and attending the meeting basically because the sign says there will be snacks. Of course, the gang members see her diminutive size and large appetite and get much more than they bargained for as they run her through their gang member tryout and initiation process.
I really feel Rugg and Maruca have created a classic comic book character and are just continually placing her in new and interesting situations.
Once again, the format also shines above just about everything else currently being published in the American comic book market. The book is oversized and the thick cover stock makes it feel substantial in your hands. Rugg has added lots of extras (baseball type card art with stats for many of the gang members, lots of process and more). It really is a great package, great art, and a really fun story.
droar's review against another edition
4.0
I quite like these little stories, but I wonder if we'll ever get something longer for Street Angel. I love the trading card gimmick in this one and the punk feeling art. It feels like a coffee table series (though that might just be the unusual size of the books). Here hoping the story's become slightly less episodic in the future!
theawkwardbookw's review against another edition
3.0
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Jesse, the Deadliest Girl Alive, shows up to the Bleeders Gang tryouts when she heard she could get free snacks.
I picked this up solely because I liked the cover. I had no idea anything about this book or that it was the 5th in a series... I liked how we met each gang member through player cards with little fun facts about them! It's only about 50 or so pages and I wish it was longer, as I was really beginning to enjoy the story and then it suddenly just ends on a cliff hanger. I wish they would make a bind up of all the issues to make one big book.
Overall super cute and fun :)
Jesse, the Deadliest Girl Alive, shows up to the Bleeders Gang tryouts when she heard she could get free snacks.
I picked this up solely because I liked the cover. I had no idea anything about this book or that it was the 5th in a series... I liked how we met each gang member through player cards with little fun facts about them! It's only about 50 or so pages and I wish it was longer, as I was really beginning to enjoy the story and then it suddenly just ends on a cliff hanger. I wish they would make a bind up of all the issues to make one big book.
Overall super cute and fun :)
doubleinfinity's review against another edition
5.0
wonderful. barely anything happened and yet the aesthetics, humor, and random extra bits were so excellent that I took so much away from this read. loved the discussion questions. loved that one background dude in the gimp helmet who crawled around. loooooved amari and need her to curb stomp me and tell me she loves me.
10/10 pallet cleansed for 2020
10/10 pallet cleansed for 2020
cobblestones's review against another edition
2.0
What it lacks in story, it more than makes up for in art. The gigantic size of the book is appreciated - I mulled over several panels, taking in details and color combos. The storyline was hollow and forgettable, but the artwork is a solid 5/5.
bookpairings's review
3.0
This was a hidden gem. Street Angel is a 12 year old orphan who is a martial arts expert, badass skateboarder, and ferocious vigilante. The stories in this book feature ninjas, time traveling pirates, aztec gods, mad scientists/geologists, spacemen, demons, and a giant squid. What’s not to like? Well….I felt that some of the stories were too short and I wanted more character development. That being said, it’s still a good, entertaining read.
theawkwardbookw's review
3.0
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Jesse, the Deadliest Girl Alive, shows up to the Bleeders Gang tryouts when she heard she could get free snacks.
I picked this up solely because I liked the cover. I had no idea anything about this book or that it was the 5th in a series... I liked how we met each gang member through player cards with little fun facts about them! It's only about 50 or so pages and I wish it was longer, as I was really beginning to enjoy the story and then it suddenly just ends on a cliff hanger. I wish they would make a bind up of all the issues to make one big book.
Overall super cute and fun :)
Jesse, the Deadliest Girl Alive, shows up to the Bleeders Gang tryouts when she heard she could get free snacks.
I picked this up solely because I liked the cover. I had no idea anything about this book or that it was the 5th in a series... I liked how we met each gang member through player cards with little fun facts about them! It's only about 50 or so pages and I wish it was longer, as I was really beginning to enjoy the story and then it suddenly just ends on a cliff hanger. I wish they would make a bind up of all the issues to make one big book.
Overall super cute and fun :)
lyndseyasgard's review
4.0
This was crazy short, but also fucking fantastic. The story was nice but the art style is where my love really comes from. Unlike many other graphic novels where everything feels polished and produced and perfect, this had that chaotic, messy, drew-this-in-my-room kind of vibe and I love that. It makes me want to make my own graphic novel, and art that inspires more art, will always be my favourite kind of art.
They also call the main girl a trash can because she's basically a black hole for food and like... same.
They also call the main girl a trash can because she's basically a black hole for food and like... same.
rosseroo's review
3.0
I picked this up because I liked the premise of a homeless 12-year-old skateboarding girl as a superhero. This book collects five of her adventures in Angel City, each of which has elements of basic superhero comic-book structure, action scenes, sardonic humor, and ninjas. And while that all sounds like a brilliant stew, it never really rose to the levels of awesomeness I was hoping for.
Among the villains she takes on are a mad scientist, time-travelling pirates, a Satanic demon, the creepy girl from The Ring, and in a crossover with creators' Afrodisiac series, a bunch of rednecks seeking to kill the elderly blaxploitation superhero. But for me, the best story is one where her battle is the daily struggle to find food when you're a homeless kid. A little more of that realism in the other stories might have made for a more interesting contrast. Mixed in with the long stories are some shorter ones, sometimes drawn in completely different styles, which is kind of fun.
It's worth noting that some may not want to put this book into children's hands without reading it first. Some of the stories have very high body counts and very graphic panels (lots of blood, severed limbs, swords sticking through heads, etc.), and our adolescent heroine does drink 40s and one short story is threatened with sexual assault by two ninjas.
In any event, it's an indie comic with some moxie, but I can't say I'm interested in tracking down any further adventures of Street Angel. As imaginative as some of the elements are, the stories are mostly not that engaging.
Among the villains she takes on are a mad scientist, time-travelling pirates, a Satanic demon, the creepy girl from The Ring, and in a crossover with creators' Afrodisiac series, a bunch of rednecks seeking to kill the elderly blaxploitation superhero. But for me, the best story is one where her battle is the daily struggle to find food when you're a homeless kid. A little more of that realism in the other stories might have made for a more interesting contrast. Mixed in with the long stories are some shorter ones, sometimes drawn in completely different styles, which is kind of fun.
It's worth noting that some may not want to put this book into children's hands without reading it first. Some of the stories have very high body counts and very graphic panels (lots of blood, severed limbs, swords sticking through heads, etc.), and our adolescent heroine does drink 40s and one short story is threatened with sexual assault by two ninjas.
In any event, it's an indie comic with some moxie, but I can't say I'm interested in tracking down any further adventures of Street Angel. As imaginative as some of the elements are, the stories are mostly not that engaging.
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