Faith Erin Hicks‘s graphic novel, The Adventures of Superhero Girl, unravels its girl-next-door heroine slowly. Superhero Girl isn’t any more complex than you or I, but you and I both know that you just can’t rush getting to know someone. That’s an investment, after all. If Hicks had shown us all of her heroine’s flaws in the first comics, we’d have never read the rest, and that would be a shame. Continue reading
In late 2013, cartoonist and humorist Allie Brosh turned her popular webcomic into a bestselling graphic novel: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened. Brosh’s online fans will find little here that disappoints; except for the absence of a few of the web-version’s most popular strips, Hyperbole and a Half is the same experience, repackaged. For new readers, even those unfamiliar with Hyperbole‘s derivative memes, this graphic novel offers a humorous and poignant glimpse into the lives of Millennial women. Continue reading