Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1
Capsule Review
Give the creators credit — they fully own up to Marvel’s multiple-reboot madness right on the cover of this one, proudly noting it is “Only Our Second #1 So Far This Year.” If all their #1s are as good as this one, they can reboot as much as they like. I am late to the party with Squirrel Girl, but this is a charming character and a very entertaining comic, which I gather picks up right where the last series left off. Ryan North’s script is precious, but not too precious, which is quite a feat when your book stars a girl with a bushy tail, along with her pals Chipmunk Hunk, Koi Boi, and Tippy-Toe the talking squirrel. Erica Henderson’s cartoon-art approach perfectly suits the subject, and makes these characters real in a way that more “realistic” art would not. All of the characters have a distinctive “voice,” and I would have been content with their just chattering away the whole issue, but a villainous interruption proved welcome when even the bad guy had a surplus of personality … how can you not love a robotic brain-in-a-jar that says things like, “Chaos and murder are the only inventions of nature that humanity might one day truly understand.” That our heroes then repair the rampaging robot and make him part of the team points to the essential spirit of the series. (A visit to the food court on Avengers Island is just a bonus). Great fun.
Approachability For New Readers
The story is joined in the middle, but it is a sitcom joined in the middle, not War & Peace joined in the middle. It works.
Read #2?
Can’t wait. (In the meantime, I’ll go back and read the old ones).
Sales Rank
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Posted on December 29, 2015, in Reviews and tagged All-New All-Different Marvel, Erica Henderson, Marvel Comics, Ryan North, Squirrel Girl. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
dangvozden
Paul O'Connor
Kris (not Chris)
markginocchio
miloapama
Dean Compton
Moya
ryanmcswain
Longbox Graveyard 
Erica Henderson has been doing great work on this series. I’m glad that it’s been successful.
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I had yet to cross with Erica Henderson’s art but, just judging from this cover alone, it looks pretty solid and competent.
Much more grounded than most of the so called realistic swinging boobs and butt pin up artists that Paul is so fond of.
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I thought I was the guy advocating for broken elbows.
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Sure but one draws swinging butt and boobs with broken elbows.
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Ah ha!
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I don’t think the monthly sales have been great, but I gather it does well in collected form (as is the case with Ms. Marvel). I take this as evidence that Marvel is reaching a new reader with these books — maybe not a comic shop regular, but someone who keeps up in collected form. Wherever the readers may be, I’m glad they support the book.
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Nuts!
After the Doctor Strange failure to buy, here’s another comic I can’t get from the two comic shops I visit regularly.
Same old routine pattern… when I fancy a book, it’s nowhere to be found.
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An unfortunate side-effect of my reviewing books several weeks after they hit the stands … it saves me a few bucks to mail order, but the reviews are just that less timely.
I will note that most comics are better read as collected editions these days, and if you MUST have a monthly fix, then digital never goes out of print.
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