Shelly Bond

There are parts of this I really liked and parts I got a little annoyed. Giving this 4 stars, but more of a 3.5 star rating. Why? Manly, I was disappointed with the writing. I was hoping this was more of a biography on these women, but it's more about the people writing this anthology and how these women inspired them. Some of the entries, I still don't know really anything about unless I do an internet search on them. Giving each women only 3 pages makes sense with the fact there are 50 total, but at times it was too short. Some of the entries got a little too preachy with too many buzz words that got in the way of the storytelling. However, I loved the art in this book. Several of these women either are in other comic books, but I liked seeing different artist draw them, even if the other comics had better writing. Even with these complaints, this is still worth getting if your into feminist studies or comic book anthologies.… (altro)

A pretty amazing anthology stuffed with 3-page bios of women both famous and obscure but all certainly quite magnificent. Best read in small increments as I think it would have worn me down to read it all at once.

My only reservation is that the creators were tasked to either write a straight-on biography (yay!) or write how the woman in question inspired them (hurm). The inspiration stories sometimes came off as self-indulgent and/or left me wishing I had learned more about the woman in question rather than the story's writer. Three pages is already a pretty short space to highlight a person's contribution to humanity.

If you liked this, I highly recommend you read the superb Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu.… (altro)