I’ve seen rave reviews for Ms. Marvel, and it was only now that I decided, “I need feminist comics in my life RIGHT NOW.” So when I got the library book, I discovered I had accidentally requested the first two volumes of Ms. Marvel. Even better. I’ve been trying to diversify my reading taste, and Ms. Marvel, the G. Willow Wilson iteration (because Captain Marvel was initially Ms. Marvel, as some basic research showed me), is a great start in that reading resolution. Kamala Khan […]
Catsy Walker and lots of other feline fun.
I closed out Cannonball Read 8 with Volume of Patsy Walker, AKA, Hellcat! and was delighted by the experience. The second volume, while not the hilarious sparky joy of the first, still continues an interesting trajectory and challenges the stereotype of the “superhero comic.” I highly recommend continuing the series, and I’m sad that I now have to wait for another installment *again.* [Fun sidenote: The Chancellor has taken to saying Catsy Walker instead and then uses Kate McKinnon’s Cat Lady accent. It’s hilarious, and […]
She throws a boffo cocktail party
The cover of Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones’ Lady Killer grabbed me, and though the reviews I read were middling, I bought it. Josie Sculler is a picture perfect housewife, mom, and assassin. Her husband and children are oblivious. Her mother in law has suspicions that all is not right. How does she do it? When we first meet Josie, she’s posing as an Avon lady to get into a target’s house. She looks like a sexier Jackie Kenedy. When her plan to poison […]
Hellcat, a.k.a Fun and Quippy Bedtime Reading
Netflix’ Jessica Jones was my first introduction to Patsy Walker, also known as Hellcat to Marvel comics fans. You might remember her as “Trish” Walker, Jessica’s radio personality friend played by Rachael Taylor. As you can see by the karaoke comic art and the punny title, this Patsy Walker is a lot more fun than Jessica Jones‘ Patsy Walker. That’s the best way to describe this comic – fun! While I appreciate that a lot more comics, superhero and otherwise, are trying to be more lighthearted, the […]