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mergs_scribbles's review against another edition
3.0
This was fun but I wanted more from it story and character-wise. I’ll give volume 2 a try to see if things pick up tho.
laurenkara's review against another edition
3.0
i live for sports comics. this was cute!! would have liked to have seen a little more from it, but it was a fun read. hopefully there's a volume 2.
tinusreads's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Dodge City is a cute little comic in the same style as Check Please! And Fence. Action packed and vibrantly colored with a diverse cast. It's all about a dodgeball team initially set up to fail. There is lots of representation in the characters, which is good as the series is specifically aimed at queer teens. Though i greatly enjoyed it as an adult too. ;)
If i need to point out a negative it is the flipside of that same representation. Maybe it's pushing too many different characters at once trying to fill in each specific box to satisfy everyone. And that's my only complaint. The representation in all different forms is ofcourse awesome to see. It just feels a little all over the place.
Regardless i enjoyed this first volume in the series very much. It has much more romance than the first five volumes of Fence and that's a plus too.
If i need to point out a negative it is the flipside of that same representation. Maybe it's pushing too many different characters at once trying to fill in each specific box to satisfy everyone. And that's my only complaint. The representation in all different forms is ofcourse awesome to see. It just feels a little all over the place.
Regardless i enjoyed this first volume in the series very much. It has much more romance than the first five volumes of Fence and that's a plus too.
hellocookie's review against another edition
3.0
It’s a little flimsy on the story but the characters are a lot of fun and really inclusive. I super loved Huck and how the creative team integrated a deaf character into the book. Cara’s art is superb and is definitely the best part of Dodge City.
readingwithstardust's review against another edition
3.0
Oh that ending was abrupt. :/ I wish there had been more to this but doesn't look like it's continuing?
bombegranate's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
jaydup14's review against another edition
3.0
Great drawings, too short but entertaining. Love the representations.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
There have been a few really wonderful stories about growing up and inclusivity using sports as a narrative in the last couple of years. Fence by C.S. Pacat, and Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu being the best of the bunch. Each of them tells an interesting story that happens to involve sports. Fence is a cool look at classism and gender-attraction, and Check Please is about accepting your queer self and teaching empathy by example. Dodge City is just a bland book about Dodge Ball.
I got no sense of any of these characters aside from This Person Is An Outsider, This Person Is Confident, This Person Is The Cool Kid You Have To Win Over. It was very basic, and never engaged me.
I don't recommend it unless you really, really, really, really have spent most of your life dreaming about a graphic novel about dodge ball.
I got no sense of any of these characters aside from This Person Is An Outsider, This Person Is Confident, This Person Is The Cool Kid You Have To Win Over. It was very basic, and never engaged me.
I don't recommend it unless you really, really, really, really have spent most of your life dreaming about a graphic novel about dodge ball.
rosewelsh's review against another edition
3.0
Dodge City is a teen graphic novel that centers around a dodgeball team made up of misfits and outcasts. Tomas is new in town and joins the Jazz Pandas in the hope of feeling less lonely and making some friends, but grossly underestimates the highs, lows and intense drama of being on a team. The story follows Tomas making the team and making friends, as well as his first dodgeball tournament as part of the Jazz Pandas.
This was a super quick read that I liked, but I honestly wished I liked it better. I don't know much about sports but I have read two other teen sports related graphic series (Fence and Check Please) and although I generally hate comparisons, those two are streets ahead of this. In those I felt as though the reader was really going along with the main character and experiencing the same situations and emotions, whereas in this Tomas felt very one dimensional, even though he's a very likeable character with a lot of heart. There's an underlying LGBT storyline between two characters on the team, and the author teases more information every time they interact but we never actually get to that information. There's a lot of potential with this series and these characters, but this first volume felt very rushed and I never got the feeling I knew any of the characters/their personalities. There's some cool kids there, especially Huck who plays on the team while being deaf, and I would have loved more insight into why he loves and decided to play dodgeball, or how he feels about people not including him because they forget about his deafness. I'm guessing that's something the author plans on expanding on in the future, but without anything like that to build the character with in the first volume, it felt flat.
It's a quick read and I would probably check the second volume out from the library to see if it's been improved upon, but I wouldn't go out of my way to track it down.
I should also note the art is probably the best thing about this series!
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This was a super quick read that I liked, but I honestly wished I liked it better. I don't know much about sports but I have read two other teen sports related graphic series (Fence and Check Please) and although I generally hate comparisons, those two are streets ahead of this. In those I felt as though the reader was really going along with the main character and experiencing the same situations and emotions, whereas in this Tomas felt very one dimensional, even though he's a very likeable character with a lot of heart. There's an underlying LGBT storyline between two characters on the team, and the author teases more information every time they interact but we never actually get to that information. There's a lot of potential with this series and these characters, but this first volume felt very rushed and I never got the feeling I knew any of the characters/their personalities. There's some cool kids there, especially Huck who plays on the team while being deaf, and I would have loved more insight into why he loves and decided to play dodgeball, or how he feels about people not including him because they forget about his deafness. I'm guessing that's something the author plans on expanding on in the future, but without anything like that to build the character with in the first volume, it felt flat.
It's a quick read and I would probably check the second volume out from the library to see if it's been improved upon, but I wouldn't go out of my way to track it down.
I should also note the art is probably the best thing about this series!
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orangerful's review against another edition
4.0
If you liked [b:SLAM! Vol. 1|32332997|SLAM! Vol. 1|Pamela Ribon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1490525022l/32332997._SY75_.jpg|52969285], you'll love Dodge City. Another niche team sports story with a cast of misfits. Lots of diversity, great sense of humor and you're rooting for everyone to find their way.