kjboldon's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to love this collection by and about women creators. The mini bios of women who worked for Marvel and Colleen Coover's illlustrations were my favorite part, but the stories themselves were too often focused on romance or were stories about male characters. Many of the stories didn't pass the Bechdel test, and that's pretty weird for a book that's supposed to celebrate the female characters of Marvel.
lberestecki's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this was a really fun collection. It had a good mix of stories - some funny, some darker. A lot of the comics made me laugh out loud. There was also some really terrific art. It was neat that they included profiles of women who were important in the earlier years of marvel.
nnebeluk's review against another edition
2.0
A good book if you're interested in the history of Women workers at Marvel Comics, but not much else.
The stories are boring and sometimes barely make sense. Instead of a series of stories showcasing some of their best female heroines its just a collection of odd ball stories thrown together by writer/arists teams that happen to be female.
The stories are boring and sometimes barely make sense. Instead of a series of stories showcasing some of their best female heroines its just a collection of odd ball stories thrown together by writer/arists teams that happen to be female.
hydrangea's review against another edition
1.0
This comic led me to question why there aren't many women working in the comics industry. I used to believe it was due to sexism or cultural influences, but now, as terrible as it sounds, I'm starting to question whether women just tend to be shit at comics.
Because Girl Comics is a terrible collection of stories. I can think of only three out of all of them that were actually enjoyable to read. And sadly, they were some of the shortest stories as well.
If you want to see good comics done by women look elsewhere.
Because Girl Comics is a terrible collection of stories. I can think of only three out of all of them that were actually enjoyable to read. And sadly, they were some of the shortest stories as well.
If you want to see good comics done by women look elsewhere.
just_fighting_censorship's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted this to not be terrible but it kind of was.
First off, this collection is not based on female superheroes as the title led me to believe, it actually focuses on the fact that everyone in this collection who wrote/illustrated/edited/etc. was female. (This isn’t completely true but close enough)
These stories are very short and vary in art style and subject matter. Scattered throughout the book, between the stories are biographies of influential and successful female Marvel writers and illustrators.
Unfortunately, all of these stories really really suck. There is little to no action. Instead of seeing our favorite superheroes fight crime we see them getting their hair done, drinking at a bar, or shopping at the grocery store, gee how fun and exciting.
There are some really nice cover art pieces and one or two entertaining stories such as “A Brief Rendezvous” starring the Punisher, “Head Space” with Jean Grey, and my personal favorite “Doom love’s Sue” because the idea of Human Torch and the Thing prank calling Dr. Doom pretending to be Galactus is pretty funny.
The worst of the worst has to be the disastrous story about Venus trying to become the fashion editor of a beauty magazine, I kid you not.
Still, some of the stories had some really nice art and none of them were very long. It was also semi-interesting to read some of the biographies.
I love humor and camp but there has to be balance with action and an actual plot, this mostly just ended up being ridiculous.
First off, this collection is not based on female superheroes as the title led me to believe, it actually focuses on the fact that everyone in this collection who wrote/illustrated/edited/etc. was female. (This isn’t completely true but close enough)
These stories are very short and vary in art style and subject matter. Scattered throughout the book, between the stories are biographies of influential and successful female Marvel writers and illustrators.
Unfortunately, all of these stories really really suck. There is little to no action. Instead of seeing our favorite superheroes fight crime we see them getting their hair done, drinking at a bar, or shopping at the grocery store, gee how fun and exciting.
There are some really nice cover art pieces and one or two entertaining stories such as “A Brief Rendezvous” starring the Punisher, “Head Space” with Jean Grey, and my personal favorite “Doom love’s Sue” because the idea of Human Torch and the Thing prank calling Dr. Doom pretending to be Galactus is pretty funny.
The worst of the worst has to be the disastrous story about Venus trying to become the fashion editor of a beauty magazine, I kid you not.
Still, some of the stories had some really nice art and none of them were very long. It was also semi-interesting to read some of the biographies.
I love humor and camp but there has to be balance with action and an actual plot, this mostly just ended up being ridiculous.
jess_d84's review
3.0
I enjoyed discovering some new illustrators and writers in this comic book showcase of female talent within the industry as much as I enjoyed reading the bios of some of the women pioneers to the industry.
Well worth a read!
Well worth a read!
christalbotheindl's review
3.0
I didn't quite understand why these particular comics were picked. To be honest, only a few of them were interesting and the rest were filler-style comics that focused on the softer side, which would have been fine if it hadn't been almost the whole books worth. It seemed a little off, like the editor decided that if someone wanted to read comics written by women, they wanted to read stereotypical storylines (romance, hair dressing, etc.).
An example of how ridiculous it was at times was the story of Ann Nocenti who we're told did all kinds of writing for different comics and eventually became a writer for Daredevil where we're told she stayed for four years, creating the character Typhoid Mary and integrating her own political and social beliefs, which was unheard of. Then, the selected comic input as an example of her work is a pretty throw-away comic set in a bar where people are hooking up. What a disappointment!
The most interesting part of Girl Comics were the stories about the writers, inkers, and colorists themselves - both how long they'd been in the industry and how they got there (basically a man had to vouch for them and place them in the spot they were in). It was nice to see that some of these women got their start in the 40's and at the same time incredibly disappointing that they had to be reliant on the men around them to get a foot in the door.
I also rather liked one of the squares in the Jubilee comic, since she looked like me, if I were feminine. But that is neither here nor there. All in all, I'm a little disappointed that I spent my Denver Comic Con self-imposed book limit on this book.
An example of how ridiculous it was at times was the story of Ann Nocenti who we're told did all kinds of writing for different comics and eventually became a writer for Daredevil where we're told she stayed for four years, creating the character Typhoid Mary and integrating her own political and social beliefs, which was unheard of. Then, the selected comic input as an example of her work is a pretty throw-away comic set in a bar where people are hooking up. What a disappointment!
The most interesting part of Girl Comics were the stories about the writers, inkers, and colorists themselves - both how long they'd been in the industry and how they got there (basically a man had to vouch for them and place them in the spot they were in). It was nice to see that some of these women got their start in the 40's and at the same time incredibly disappointing that they had to be reliant on the men around them to get a foot in the door.
I also rather liked one of the squares in the Jubilee comic, since she looked like me, if I were feminine. But that is neither here nor there. All in all, I'm a little disappointed that I spent my Denver Comic Con self-imposed book limit on this book.
blkmymorris's review
4.0
As with an anthology, it's a mixed bag. Some good, some bad. This is mostly filler. It's great to read the articles on women who worked at Marvel.
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