germancho's review
3.0
Despite the great art, funny storytelling, and silly plotlines I didn't fully enjoy this book. It must be one of those "you had to be there" things. As I'm not particularly familiar with 80's punk culture, I think I missed a lot of fun stuff that was going on in the backgrounds and the dialogue.
valoriedalton's review
4.0
Tank Girl is hard to describe. She is utterly insane and lives in a post-apocalyptic world consisting of talking kangaroos, villains, and yes, her giant tank. The good thing about Tank Girl is, number one, she doesn’t care what people think. Number two she is fearless. Number three? Well, her fashion sense in amazing. The back describes Tank Girl as “an ignorant, beer-swilling, bestial skinhead [who becomes] an ignorant, beer-swilling, bestial blonde in a tank.” What’s more to love?
Volume 1 of Tank Girl encompasses 15 issues ranging from October 1988 to February 1990. The comics are utterly, but purposefully, non Sequitur and it’s beautiful. I read through many panels thinking, “I don’t know what is going on but I love it.”
A woman like tank girl naturally has a lot of enemies. Or makes enemies along the way. Besides Booga, a trusted Kangaroo companion. Things don’t always come out the way Tank Girl plans, but she always comes out the insane victor at the end. It’s hard to defeat a woman who is, as I said, utterly insane and possesses a tank.
There are some really good features to the anthology. I particularly liked the cut out Tank Girl paper doll. It comes complete with uni-cycle and flask of coffee. The end also features a few pages of the original color covers of a few issues. I love it when anthologies include the covers—it gives a greater sense of what the comic looked like when it came out and it feels you are truly reading the comics as pieces and not as one whole massive storyline.
Volume 1 of Tank Girl encompasses 15 issues ranging from October 1988 to February 1990. The comics are utterly, but purposefully, non Sequitur and it’s beautiful. I read through many panels thinking, “I don’t know what is going on but I love it.”
A woman like tank girl naturally has a lot of enemies. Or makes enemies along the way. Besides Booga, a trusted Kangaroo companion. Things don’t always come out the way Tank Girl plans, but she always comes out the insane victor at the end. It’s hard to defeat a woman who is, as I said, utterly insane and possesses a tank.
There are some really good features to the anthology. I particularly liked the cut out Tank Girl paper doll. It comes complete with uni-cycle and flask of coffee. The end also features a few pages of the original color covers of a few issues. I love it when anthologies include the covers—it gives a greater sense of what the comic looked like when it came out and it feels you are truly reading the comics as pieces and not as one whole massive storyline.
elturko64's review
3.0
It was good. The art's fantastic and the inking was really nice too. However I realized I'm not a big fan of the character. It's a little too much 'in your face'. I understand why people love this character, unfortunately its not for me.
dominiquefragments's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
reed94's review
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
kermittuesday's review
3.0
Took me awhile to finish because the sense of humor wasn't really my thing.
lannnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaa's review
4.0
A bit of chaos is an understatement, but the stories do seem to fit in with how I heard Tank Girl being described. They were interesting, but I don't know how soon I'll pick up the next copy.
dinosaurhorrorshow's review
3.0
This is probably one of the most wacky things I've ever read, I can understand why it has a cult following. If you are looking for a graphic novel with good art and a compelling story, this is not for you!
The drawing is messy and non-consistent, the story doesn't make any sense and follows zero order or continuity, it's crude and rude, and it is extremely hard to read. But that's what makes it so awesome. This is not a book to sit down and enjoy, it's a novelty, it's fun and light (in the heaviest way possible).
I fell in love with Tank Girl because of the '90s movie so decided to finally read the comics and it's very different and I must admit I like what they did with the movie much more.
But these comics are extremely unique, unlike anything I've ever seen before.
If you enjoy bad ass chicks who don't give a f*** about what you think and does what she wants, including dating a kangaroo man, then this is for you!
The drawing is messy and non-consistent, the story doesn't make any sense and follows zero order or continuity, it's crude and rude, and it is extremely hard to read. But that's what makes it so awesome. This is not a book to sit down and enjoy, it's a novelty, it's fun and light (in the heaviest way possible).
I fell in love with Tank Girl because of the '90s movie so decided to finally read the comics and it's very different and I must admit I like what they did with the movie much more.
But these comics are extremely unique, unlike anything I've ever seen before.
If you enjoy bad ass chicks who don't give a f*** about what you think and does what she wants, including dating a kangaroo man, then this is for you!