Lumberjanes is the longrunning, justly beloved kids' graphic novel series about an all-girl summer camp where the campers fight magic monsters, sometimes are magic monsters, and swear oaths on feminist icons from history; it keeps going from strength to strength, and Stone Cold, the eighth collection in the series, is no exception!
Lumberjanes is the hilarious, sweet, exciting series of graphic novels created by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis and Brooke Allen and energized by a roster of brilliant collaborators. The latest collection, Lumberjanes Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View, is a delight to read, brought a tear to my eye, and features intergenerational conflict, giant mythological birds, some great genderbending, and a whole menagerie of superpowered, supernatural kittens.
The Lumberjanes (previously) are headed toward a TV screen near you, but despite the furious effort that must entail, it's a sure thing that no one is neglecting their duties to the comic book. Twomore collections have been published since I last reviewed the collections, and they are pure Lumberjanes dynamite: anarchic, sweet, funny, and full of more memorable characters from more magical races than the entire Monster Manual and the Fiend Folio.
Books one and two of Lumberjanes introduced us to the characters and setting of the awesome, women-run, girl-positive comics: the girls of Roanoke cabin at Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types are Lumberjanes, being trained in the badass arts. Book three -- collecting comics from a kind of victory lap of the title after its amazing success -- turned the series' reins over to some of the best writers and illustrators in comics-dom for a series of vignettes. Now, with Out of Time, the fourth book, the original creative team are back at the helm, telling a long-form story that illuminates the Lumberjane backstory and introduces one of the best, scariest monsters of cryptozoologica.
I'm late to the party on Lumberjanes: I bought the first collection when it came out last summer, then promptly lost it in my overseas move; last weekend, I read it and the nexttwo books and fell head over heels in love with this series of graphic novels for kids and adults.
ND Stevenson is the creator of Lumberjanes and the graphic memoir The Fire Never Goes Out as well as the executive producer of the recent She-Ra cartoon. They've always had a knack for simple cartooning that fills with delight while tugging at your heart string — and their recent Boba Fett fan comic is no exception. — Read the rest
In the fall of 2020, I reviewed the then-brand-new graphic novel adaptation of Dune from Abram ComicArts, which covered roughly the first half of the novel, and featured cover art by the legendary Bill Sienkiewicz, who drew the 1984 Marvel Comics' adaptation of David Lynch's version of Dune. — Read the rest
What's a team of cosmic high school superheroines supposed to do after they defeat the villain, go back to their normal lives, and start growing apart?
