Help Us Great Warrior!

by Madeleine Flores

Trillian Gunn (Secondary Author)

Based on Madeleine Flores’ popular webcomic, Help Us! Great Warrior is about a very powerful (but deceptively tiny) Great Warrior who protects her village from evil-doers and looks rad while doing it! Possessing great strength and even greater self-confidence, she’s ready to kick some butts and save everyone, especially hunks/pals/handsome skeletons. But Great Warrior has a secret...and will her friends stand by her side when they find it out? Madeleine Flores’ tale of a smart, hilarious, and intensely capable little warrior has a unique sense of humor and manga-influenced look and feel, along with a great message for young readers. Excellent for fans of Smile, Lumberjanes, and El Deafo.

• ISBN10: 1608868028
• ISBN13: 9781608868025
• Publish Date: 5 April 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Boom! Studios
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 160
• Language: English

Reviews

[layawaydragon]

Bought in a Humble Bundle. I think this might work better as a webcomic, or just not for me at all. I don't think this'll work for older audiences, but YMMV.

I really wanted to like this one, and I did but...not that much. It's cute. Great Warrior is fun, though not intentionally? She doesn't make jokes, her attitude in situations is irrelevant and funny.

The story is just okay. I like the surprise ending but I'm okay with leaving it there. I couldn't connect at all and feel meh all over.

I do appreciate the representation being there. It doesn't have to have anything to do with the story. After all, do we have to justify putting a white man/woman in the same position? No. It just is. That "but why???" whining is white privilege.

I don't think Flores's work is for me, TBH. I felt the same way about Bee & Puppycat. I didn't realize they were the same author until I went to post this review.

I don't see the connection to Lumberjanes and El Deafo, both of which I love.

Again, sorry. I wish it was different. :/