Bonnie Burton, Jessica Hickman, Sandy King Carpenter, Tanja Wooten, Alison Ross and Stephanie Hans, Ming Doyle, Jordie Bellaire, and Stacie Ponder
The Solicitation
Womanthology: Space, the follow up to the hit Kickstarter project, Womanthology: Heroic, starts off with the first of five out-of-this-world issues: Moon. Each issue contains three 6-page stories, plus pinups, how-tos, and more, by women of all ages and experience. Check out a haunted space station, a snarky robot, and so much more in this debut issue.
Preview
Why I Bought It
It was intriguing. I don't buy that male creators are better than female creators or the other way around. What I expect out of this book is a good collection of some people wanting to use the median to tell a story. Let's see if any of them have the talent.
What I Liked
A lot more than I thought I would. That's not down talking to the talent here. Going into this I expected to see some amateur work or work I was unfamiliar with. There is in some parts, but each of these stories have a story to tell, and it is done decently for some, but better on others.
There are five different varieties of art on display here, and all are good in their own right. Only a couple really tell a story the way I expect most comic art to be able to do. I think out of all of it, I thought that the first story had the most comic book audience appeal to it, while the Scaling Heaven story was something that I could personally relate with and want to see happen in real life.
What I Didn't Like
The second and fourth stories were OK. Dead Again seemed to be lacking something with the story telling. The Adventures of Princess Plutonia was a decent story, just not one I am into.
I bought this issue thinking it was a one shot, but am surprised it will be five issues. That at least leaves Space Girls with a cliffhanger, and I'm torn on whether on not I should get the next issue. I think it may be one of those type of books that I will flip through at first to see if something catches my eye.
Panel to Remember
I loved the slightly ambiguous ending to Scaling Heaven. Definitely a story I want to see happen in real life before 2040 though.
Quotable
"I am a speck of dust in a sunbeam." - Aren't we all? Nicely done.
Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 7/10
Buy Next Issue: It's a toss up, but if things look promising then I will pick it up.
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