Brennan Lee Mulligan

I wanted to like this, but it's just too different from what I normally read. I know nothing about superheroes, very little about webcomics with a full-on story arc, and not a whole lot about webcomics or graphic novels period. And the footnotes were hugely distracting, plus in a font that made me squint. (Larger font or a note from the author that it was ok to ignore them would help.) Plus I always had to check every time I saw a new character, to see if s/he was new or I just wasn't recognizing her/him. (A cast of characters would help.)

I don't even know whether or not to recommend this to any of you, honestly. Let's go with not, unless you want to trust all the other rave reviews that convinced me to try it. (Since I got it from the library, I do not regret trying it.)… (more)

Strong Female Protagonist explores the nuances of privilege: being born with power you didn't ask for, being admired for things you regret doing, feeling simultaneously too big and too small for your britches... and it's also about superheroes.

The story and art are a little unpolished (it gets better in later chapters), but dang the moral quandaries in here are just so ~spicy~

Content warnings for this series as a whole: physical and emotional abuse of a child, graphic violence, gore, homophobia mention, transphobia mention, kidnapping, torture, pregnancy, mental illness… (more)