A review by clauleesi
Gotham Academy Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy (the New 52) by Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan
3.0
My rating: 3.5 stars
Going into 'Gotham Academy', I was expecting a fluffy and fun read, something similar to '[b:Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy|22554204|Lumberjanes, Vol. 1 Beware the Kitten Holy|Noelle Stevenson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435843806s/22554204.jpg|42397963]' - maybe because of the crossover between the two that came out a while ago. But even though there still was some fluff and a lot of fun, this graphic novel was way more than that as we instead got a dark mystery and loads of wicked secrets.
So in this comic, we meet Olive, who hasn't had it easy these few months. She is thinking of breaking up with her boyfriend, is getting bullied by some idiots in her school, and can't remember properly what happened this last summer. And not only that, but now it seems like there is a ghost around Gotham Academy. Figures. Somewhat against her will, Olive gets dragged into solving what's up with the ghost, and realises quite fast that she might be more involved than she first thought. Also, she might be getting some new, all very weird and different, friends.
Even though I find the first few issues quite slow, it soon picked up and unraveled in a very nice way, throwing some plot twists here and some familiar faces there, all done in a very cute art style. I can imagine this must be an even better read for someone who is really into DC comics - which I'm not, but I still really enjoyed this comic. I got way more than I was expecting, but it was a nice surprise, and it's going to be fun to see how well this will blend together with 'Lumberjanes'.
Going into 'Gotham Academy', I was expecting a fluffy and fun read, something similar to '[b:Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy|22554204|Lumberjanes, Vol. 1 Beware the Kitten Holy|Noelle Stevenson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435843806s/22554204.jpg|42397963]' - maybe because of the crossover between the two that came out a while ago. But even though there still was some fluff and a lot of fun, this graphic novel was way more than that as we instead got a dark mystery and loads of wicked secrets.
So in this comic, we meet Olive, who hasn't had it easy these few months. She is thinking of breaking up with her boyfriend, is getting bullied by some idiots in her school, and can't remember properly what happened this last summer. And not only that, but now it seems like there is a ghost around Gotham Academy. Figures. Somewhat against her will, Olive gets dragged into solving what's up with the ghost, and realises quite fast that she might be more involved than she first thought. Also, she might be getting some new, all very weird and different, friends.
Even though I find the first few issues quite slow, it soon picked up and unraveled in a very nice way, throwing some plot twists here and some familiar faces there, all done in a very cute art style. I can imagine this must be an even better read for someone who is really into DC comics - which I'm not, but I still really enjoyed this comic. I got way more than I was expecting, but it was a nice surprise, and it's going to be fun to see how well this will blend together with 'Lumberjanes'.