Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship To The Max (Lumberjanes, #2)

by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis

Shannon Watters (Secondary Author), Brooke A Allen (Illustrator), and Gus A Allen (Illustrator)

Friendship to the max! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together...and they’re not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way! But having stumbled onto a mysterious force wreaking havoc in the camp, it’s a race through the woods as the Lumberjanes work together to save not only their friends, but maybe even the whole world! It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls and features five butt-kicking, rad teenage girls wailing on monsters and solving a mystery with the whole world at stake. And with the talent of acclaimed cartoonist Noelle Stevenson, talented newcomer Grace Ellis writing, and Brooke Allen on art, the spectacular series that took the internet by storm continues!

• ISBN10: 1608867374
• ISBN13: 9781608867370
• Publish Date: 13 October 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Boom! Studios
• Imprint: BOOM! Box
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 128
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

Lumberjanes is just so much fun! The plot in volume 2 is better paced than the first one (that one seemed a bit frantic at times) and the friendship between the girls still has just as much heart. The incorporation of Greek mythology was hilarious. Highly recommended for the hardcore lady types in your life.

[leahrosereads]

Re-read before moving onto volume 3 and just realized I forgot to review this.

I'm continuing to love these characters and the setting and the plot of this. Both this and volume 1 were such quick, light reads, while still keeping the story interesting. I loved the art here, and I know my next review (v3) is going to knock it a bit, so I just had to add that the art in this volume is wonderful! It enhances the storytelling!

[inlibrisveritas]

3.5 Stars

Lumberjanes is proving to be a light-hearted series with a lot of promise a big focus on acceptance and friendship.

This volume seems to have the same frantic pace the first volume, but it becomes more noticeable here as we move into a bigger portion of the plot line. More weird things are happenings and the girls want to get behind why. As much as I love the crazy mystery of the camp, I am really bummed out with how utterly breakneck this one is. It seems like we find out a weird thing and two pages later we’re done with the mystery. It’s still incredibly fun, but it just makes the issues seems so sort. That being said this is one of the more imaginative comic series I’m reading and nothing puts a sappy smile on my face like this.

The friendships between the girls are just perfection. They each have their own personalities and while some are more vocal or rambunctious they don’t really outshine each other and value everyone’s company. In this, we get to see what each campers strength is, and we some hints as to their pasts and their home lives but there isn’t a lot of time or panel space devoted to any of this, which is kind of unfortunate. I really want to get to know each of these characters better, so I’m hoping the future volumes with lend some focus to that.

I’m definitely going to pick up the next volume, as I’m unsure where this story will go and I have so many questions! Why is the camp so weird?! Why isn’t Rosie telling anyone anything?! Why, Why, Why?! If you enjoy really positive stories with tons of feels, then this one might be worth checking out and it gets bonus points because it would be awesome for kids as well!

[Chelsea]

It's so silly that it's adorable. Love all the girl power!

[Stephanie]

Just as fun as the first one! I think I liked this one better though.

[Joséphine]

Initial thoughts: Vol. 2 was a fair bit more interesting than Vol. 1 in the Lumberjanes series. I felt much more invested in the characters. Perhaps because it took me while to get to know their personalities. In Vol. 1 I hardly knew who was who. Yes, I could differentiate them visually but not based on their identities. In Vol. 2 they had much greater individuality which made me feel much more invested. I did hope that Vol. 2 would take off over Vol. 1, and the verdict is, yes, it did. So yeah, it's worth sticking around for this sequel.