A review by theresidentbookworm
America #2 by Ming Doyle, José Villarubia, Gabby Rivera, Joe Rivera, Joe Quiñones
5.0
10 Moments That Actually Killed Me in America #2
1. "You will meet people who'll change the course of your life forever. Learn when to hold onto yourself and when to fly directly into the storm."
America's voiceovers (writeovers?) always kill me.
2. AMERICA CHAVEZ MEETING PEGGY CARTER AKA MY LIFE HERO. OH MY GOD I AM FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW.
3. PEGGY CARTER TEACHING AMERICA ABOUT SPY STUFF AND HAVING AMAZING ONELINERS. I ACTUALLY CANNOT. I AM DYING OF HAPPINESS.
4. AMERICA BEING MENTORED BY PEGGY CARTER AND LEARNING HOW TO GET HOME. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CAPS IN THIS REVIEW, GUYS, BUT SERIOUSLY. IT'S PEGGY CARTER, AND I LOVE HER SO MUCH.
5. "Who needs a girlfriend when you have abandonment issues and super-powers?"
America, honey, don't cry. You're breaking my heart. Everything is going to be okay.
6. Not so much a moment as a realization. I just realized this college was named after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and it is so awesome. God, I love this series.
8. Lunella Lafayette aka Moongirl is featured in this issue, and she is so amazing and brilliant that I want to read her series right away. Let's hear some of her lecture.
"At any given moment, millions of systems are at work all around us. The blood pumping through our veins. The planets. The food chain. They're all super-specific systems linked to one another. Some of the systems occur organically as a greater part of the universe, like surprises and sunsets. But others are just made-up. Like, why is the school day eight hours long? And why is it that, even though I'm the smartest person in the world, I can't vote? The arbitrariness of it all is the thing that drives me nuts."
Lunella's entire lecture is excellent, and she is a gift to us all.
9. America has a new friend, but she does not have any ancestors. Now I'm very sad.
10. This whole issue was fantastic, and I wish I could cover it all, but I gave myself an arbitrary limit of ten that I feel like sticking to. So instead, I will end with another beautiful America Chavez quote.
"Scrape knees for love. Tell hard truths for love. And definitely run heart-first into the unknown for love. Try to have a plan. But if you don't, make sure you have people. You coming, mi gente?"
1. "You will meet people who'll change the course of your life forever. Learn when to hold onto yourself and when to fly directly into the storm."
America's voiceovers (writeovers?) always kill me.
2. AMERICA CHAVEZ MEETING PEGGY CARTER AKA MY LIFE HERO. OH MY GOD I AM FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW.
3. PEGGY CARTER TEACHING AMERICA ABOUT SPY STUFF AND HAVING AMAZING ONELINERS. I ACTUALLY CANNOT. I AM DYING OF HAPPINESS.
4. AMERICA BEING MENTORED BY PEGGY CARTER AND LEARNING HOW TO GET HOME. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CAPS IN THIS REVIEW, GUYS, BUT SERIOUSLY. IT'S PEGGY CARTER, AND I LOVE HER SO MUCH.
5. "Who needs a girlfriend when you have abandonment issues and super-powers?"
America, honey, don't cry. You're breaking my heart. Everything is going to be okay.
6. Not so much a moment as a realization. I just realized this college was named after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and it is so awesome. God, I love this series.
8. Lunella Lafayette aka Moongirl is featured in this issue, and she is so amazing and brilliant that I want to read her series right away. Let's hear some of her lecture.
"At any given moment, millions of systems are at work all around us. The blood pumping through our veins. The planets. The food chain. They're all super-specific systems linked to one another. Some of the systems occur organically as a greater part of the universe, like surprises and sunsets. But others are just made-up. Like, why is the school day eight hours long? And why is it that, even though I'm the smartest person in the world, I can't vote? The arbitrariness of it all is the thing that drives me nuts."
Lunella's entire lecture is excellent, and she is a gift to us all.
9. America has a new friend, but she does not have any ancestors. Now I'm very sad.
10. This whole issue was fantastic, and I wish I could cover it all, but I gave myself an arbitrary limit of ten that I feel like sticking to. So instead, I will end with another beautiful America Chavez quote.
"Scrape knees for love. Tell hard truths for love. And definitely run heart-first into the unknown for love. Try to have a plan. But if you don't, make sure you have people. You coming, mi gente?"