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Cecil Castellucci: Earth girl made easy (2017)

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Published Dec. 27, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-4012-7099-5
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OCLC Number:
992437898

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"From writer Cecil Castellucci and artist Marley Zarcone, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 1: EARTH GIRL MADE EASY--a bold new reimagining of one of comics' maddest and most memorable characters and part of the DC's Young Animal imprint led by rock-star Gerard Way. Loma Shade may be from another planet, but she's still like every other twentysomething who feels that their life is going nowhere fast. Bored out of her mind, her solution is to drop out of school, dump her boyfriend and leave her homeworld of Meta behind--courtesy of the infamous "madness coat" of renegade poet Rac Shade, which is not so much a garment as it is a multidimensional gateway. After stealing the coat and astrally projecting herself across space, Loma ends up in the body of Megan Boyer, an Earth girl who seems to have it all: youth, beauty and a conveniently damaged brain. Following her "miraculous" …

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My first Young Animal title, as a long time Vertigo fan I'm more than a little jaded, but such is life. Trying to put these feelings aside for a moment my thoughts are the following.
A bit much crazy for craziness sake, as someone who tries to examine female representation in all the comics that I read, this is a pretty solid addition to the "strong women who aren't perfect" canon of things. I feel like most people who are interested in forward-looking female representation will enjoy this book, although people less interested/invested in such things will likely get less mileage out of it. Although the examination of bullying might also be of interest to some, it's certainly given me something to think about.
Both the art and story are pretty solid so far, and despite the fact that this was supposed to be a story with a good dose …

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  • Human-alien encounters
  • Comic books, strips