kate leth never disappoints. this is a fun read with the comforting an entertaining adventure time vibe to it. but beware: it's all black and white, no colors. I for one like that and it fit the setting of the underworld.
also: bonus story by meredith mcclaren (Hinges!) feat Lumpy Space Princess!

I reread this Volume in anticipation of the third one, coming out in a few days. Second read is every bit great as the first one. The WicDev Vibe is just something special. And the team always has a few surprises up their sleeves, visual or narrative-wise. The "party" scene in this one for example is extraordinary. You'll know what I mean when you read it. So if you liked Volume 1, than what are you waiting for!?

Semi-autobiographische Geschichte. Sehr roher, rotziger Stil. Etwas sprunghaft in der Ausgestaltung der erzählten Zeit.

a poignant, brief and powerful essay, based on her TED Talk. A quick read. A lot of quotable passages in there, a lot of things to think about. A good start for intersectionality.

HOWEVER: One thing really bugs me. Her binary, very biologist view of gender. The notion that only women can bare children is trans-exclusive. Now, I haven't checked if Ngozi Adichie still holds that view or not, but it is in that book and I haven't found an updated version without it.
But it is one little paragraph in a book that is a good read as a whole and doesn't make it totally flawed.
So read it, think about it, be critical.

here's the original ted talk video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc

stumbled upon this on my last weeks comic shopping. picked it up because of the art and the fact that I've never heard of the publisher Black Mask before. Moreover, there was a mix of creators involved, so art and writing varies.

It starts out similar to many recent coming of age with superpowers story but very quicky takes a turn for the downward spiral of violence. It's very bloody and brutal.
Madison is a great character, very well written. Duncan is, too, but in a completely different way.
Of course, it reminded me of "they're not like us", but for me "we can never go home" was more on point with its message. It's about gun violence. That's a matter still not taken seriously by many and this comic is a great way to adress that.

The afterword gives some specifics and facts about that. I always like it when I get a bit of background information. What I liked even more was the fact that since the story is set in the 80s there's a mixtape for each part/issue of the book. The tracks are name in the afterword and there's even a spotify link.

After the end of the first story arc in Volume 2, we're starting into a new one. However, it's rather a slow start than head over heels. The first chapter of Volume 3 (Chp 9) is sort of an intermission of the arcs, as the lumberjanes sit around a campfire and tell each other horror stories. This is such a great idea, because not only does each story reflect the various Lumberjanes' characters but gives the reader the joy of diving into more art styles: each horror story is illustrated by different artists (e.g. Faith Erin Hicks, Rebecca Tobin, Felicia Choo).

Chapter 10 to 12 features two parallel stories, one taking place inside camp, where April, Jo and Ripley try to make the most of a free day. The other leads Molly and Mel into a place FAR away, after their picnic date got disturbed by the bear lady.

Lumberjanes Vol 3 is just as fun and sweet as the first two volumes. I'm curious what the next volume will come up with.

I liked how Le Guin portrayed the events from different viewpoints. Of course the story itself is very straightforward and the end was inevitable and foreseeable but the way it progressed and what and how the people thought were portrayed very interestingly.

I really enjoyed reading this one. In fact, I was into this so much, I read the whole Volume in one go. Becky Cloonan's writing is full of mystery, thrill and suspense. Like old school sci-fi horror. Definitely has an Alien or The Thing vibe to it. The rather old school-ish drawings by Andy Belanger nicely add to his and the brilliant colouring by Lee Loughridge set the mood just right. I liked how Loughridge varies the background colour whenever something "specific" happens (can't say more here without spoilers). The end of Volume 1 is of course a question of personal taste, but I for one liked it.

The awesomeness continues. Not much more to say about this. We get some more "origins" of the gods and some insights who did things for what reasons. Oh and one new god.

Not sure what to think of it. It's a wild mixture of space noir cyberpunk, philosophical science fiction and mystery horror. A cop searching for her sister, a drug inventor with nothing to lose, a visionary who considers himself a failure, drug lords, a samurai guy and some sort of zombie hive mind people created by a stable black whole. It's a bit much if you ask me. The smaller stories are completed in Volume 1, so you can read it. But if you want to know what's the bigger picture, you'll have to read the other Volumes. Maybe I will, maybe I won't.