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! Not only is it the second title launching in our new BOOM! Box imprint but LUMBERJANES is one of those punk rock, love-everything-about-it stories that appeals to fans of basically all excellent things. 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, this is going to be a spectacular series that you won’t want to miss. Collects Lumberjanes #1-#4.
This was entertaining, but not much more? The humor was sometimes cringy and mostly bland (but this is definitely subjective!). I wish there was more room for characterization, because with a cast this large, it's pretty difficult to really get to know each of them. They all seem pretty similar here, with the exception of a character who was very, very annoying (it was a very strange experience reading, because I realized this annoying character was ... in fact, a lot like me. Ooops).
The art is pretty, though, and creates a nice atmosphere. It's very fitting for what goes on in the graphic novel.
I rented the other three volumes from the library, so I'll probably read on, but I'm not super invested in this series (yet?).
