Love Letters to Jane's World by PAIGE BRADDOCK

Love Letters to Jane's World

by PAIGE BRADDOCK

This essential Jane's World collection debuts twenty
years after Jane Wyatt first appeared in Paige Braddock's trailblazing comics
strip about a young lesbian woman making her clumsy way in the world and the
friends who help (or hinder) her along the journey. The Eisner-nominated Jane's
World was the first syndicated comic strip with a lesbian main character to
appear in many major newspaper markets. This new volume collects the most
quintessentially "Jane" storylines from the strip's early, middle, and later
years, and pairs them with "love letters" and notes of appreciation from notable
fans.


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3 of 5 stars

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**I received a review copy via NetGalley in exchange for my opinions.**

I like that "Love Letters to Jane’s World" is relatable, but all the words are too much. If I’d had a physical copy for review, I think my experience reading it would have been less of an issue. I can see myself taking this along to wait at a doctor’s office or something and reading then. The anthology gives a good overview of Jane’s life without needing to get the other comics. I’ve never read Jane’s World, of course, so…I don’t know if this is the whole of them! 🤷

I rated it 3/5 stars because of the words—wordiness might be a turnoff for peeps, and I know I’d want to be warned about it, given my eyesight. Comics have come a long way since 20 years ago. I’m not expecting them to be redrawn or anything—this just seems to be something before my comics-reading time. I’m fine with Jane and her friends being chatty and all that—but I really feel like, if the medium is comic form, there should be less words and more visuals.

Full review on Janepedia, 8/27.

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