The meanest cliffhanger ever!?

The main story doesn't progress that much but prepare for some serious heartbrake.

Also: Don't read this in public if you mind people staring. There's a lot of explicit nudity and sex in it.

Hartes aber sehr gutes und wichtiges Buch

In General it's really cool. I have a soft spot for the Roller Derby sujet. The story of the first arc was a bit too stereotypical though. It's a story I've seen and read too often. There are other stories about female friendship/romance than that.

I really enjoyed the pencils and colouring! The movement and the dynamic of the characters was great!

Give it a chance but don't expect a mindblowing story.

Interesting to see how they made up this new character which of course has a Batman vibe to it but is in fact so different. Yes it more or less starts out as a revenge driven thing but quickly turns into much more. So many topics are touched in here:abuse, "excess is access", addiction, dark sides of celebrity culture, mental health and more.

The artwork: it's interesting to see that half way through the book they brought in a new artist and separate colorist.
While the first artist, Tommy Lee Edwards, has a more gritty and rough style, the second artist team, Shawn Crystal and Jean-François beaulieu are more clean and a lean towards the style of the Batman animated series. Edwards is awesome doing backgrounds, always showing a great level of detail. But in terms of characters he fails to make them distinguishable. For example the heroine and one of the antagonists look almost the same and that's not on purpose.
Crystal and beaulieu are far better in that regard giving each character distinctive features. However, in terms of surroundings and backgrounds they are quite flat and boring. So we have a bit of a conundrum there...

Oh and there's a great afterword by Gerard Way in this, too! And a small bonus comic!