The good: returning to a main storyline about trying to figure out the supernatural goings-on at summer camp. I was feeling let down by the last volume, because of its use of a series of short stories that had little direct connection to the main storyline. Now we’re back to the unusual happenings and trying to figure out what they all mean. It also worked to re-arrange the team for a little while, with Molly and Ripley working on one part of the problem in […]
At least I got more Lying Cat in this one
This is volume 7 of an ongoing series. It’s not the place to start. There is no question that any person of good taste should be reading Saga, but you should start at the beginning with volume 1. I suppose that because the last volume made me very happy, this one was going to make me sad. Damn you, Vaughn and Staples and the emotional roller coaster you send me on. Temporarily stranded on Phang, a tiny comet that Wreath and Landfall have been battling […]
Love these girls. Love this series.
“Do you need to go somewhere and repeatedly fail the Bechdel test?” “Yes I do.” After a little bit of a weird slump with Vol. 3, I am back in love with this series. Susan is fresh off her break-up with McGraw (she sees moustaches everywhere!), and tries to fill the hole with various activities and other men, and nothing is working. Esther has vowed not to come back to school after the Easter holidays after messing everything up all year and in general being […]
A Terrible Plan is an excellent read
At Wonder Con we wandered past the Boom!Box and Archaia publishing table and noticed that we were severely behind in our Lumberjanes collection. This situation was immediately rectified. Volume one previously reviewed in I want to be a Lumberjane. In volume three, A Terrible Plan, Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watters continue to produce highly entertaining Lumberjane stories with the help of some talented artists. A detail I love about the Lumberjanes graphic novels are how each chapter starts with a page from the Lumberjane field manual […]