ria_mhrj's review
4.0
Nice to return to the world of the Runaways! And what a start to Rainbow Rowell's arc, I am pretty sure I would read her shopping list and probably enjoy it.
pinkcat_bree's review
4.0
I've never read the original Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan, this issue, I thought, had slow beginning but still enough climax. I can't wait to see how the the drama and adventure turn out!
msoulriver's review
Btat2018 read number five! This fulfills the challenge of read about something you want to do, which in my case are illustrations.
I guess I’m kind of cheating in how short this one is. Up to now I’ve been reading full length novels, so I thought I’d give myself a break with this volume I found at the thrift shop.
I don’t really have much to say nor am I going to give this a rating. It’s pretty obvious I’m missing a lot of backstory, as this is my first comic, so I’m not sure if things become easier to understand with later issues or if I was supposed to read previous series of the Runaways by different authors???
Either way I think I learned my lesson. From now on I’ll only buy bind ups of comics rather than individual issues as I think that’ll be easier to follow.
I guess I’m kind of cheating in how short this one is. Up to now I’ve been reading full length novels, so I thought I’d give myself a break with this volume I found at the thrift shop.
I don’t really have much to say nor am I going to give this a rating. It’s pretty obvious I’m missing a lot of backstory, as this is my first comic, so I’m not sure if things become easier to understand with later issues or if I was supposed to read previous series of the Runaways by different authors???
Either way I think I learned my lesson. From now on I’ll only buy bind ups of comics rather than individual issues as I think that’ll be easier to follow.
rainbowbookworm's review
3.0
I’ve never read Runaways before. Rowell’s story is lacking, but I expect that is because she was just setting up future events.
sans's review
3.0
Coming into this series completely blind. I only know Nico from the "girl gang" series. An interesting start, I'll give it a few more issues before I make any hard judgements.
t_hatter's review
4.0
I feel like I should go read the original runaways series now cause this has me intrigued very much so about these characters
chantaal's review
Trying a new thing since I'll be reading this month to month and not in trade form like I usually do.
I usually love Kris Anka's work -- I have two limited run signed posters I bought from him at SDCC one year -- but something about the art is very stiff in this issue, especially for how tense everything is supposed to be. I get no sense of movement in any panels at all.
That aside, it's interesting so far? The dive right into showing the important relationships between Nico, Chase, and Gert works well, as does showing how Nico's powers work. Nico running out of words to use for her spells is an interesting way of looking at the Losing My Powers trope.
I'm not so sure how I feel about them bringing Gert back to life at all, but I'm tentatively looking forward to it. I don't love Rainbow Rowell's writing the way most YA fans seem to, but I'm open to seeing how she works in the comic book medium.
EDIT: I should probably mention that I love the Runaways and they're precious to me and I'll probably be reading this way more critically than I should BUT I LOVE MY CHILDREN.
I usually love Kris Anka's work -- I have two limited run signed posters I bought from him at SDCC one year -- but something about the art is very stiff in this issue, especially for how tense everything is supposed to be. I get no sense of movement in any panels at all.
That aside, it's interesting so far? The dive right into showing the important relationships between Nico, Chase, and Gert works well, as does showing how Nico's powers work. Nico running out of words to use for her spells is an interesting way of looking at the Losing My Powers trope.
I'm not so sure how I feel about them bringing Gert back to life at all, but I'm tentatively looking forward to it. I don't love Rainbow Rowell's writing the way most YA fans seem to, but I'm open to seeing how she works in the comic book medium.
EDIT: I should probably mention that I love the Runaways and they're precious to me and I'll probably be reading this way more critically than I should BUT I LOVE MY CHILDREN.
cozykrysti's review
4.0
This is my first comic book, and it was a lot of fun! I'm really intrigued by this story. There's clearly a lot of backstory I'm missing, but I can't wait to read more. I'll definitely be picking up the next issue this month!