The Adventures of Superhero Girl is a superhero story. Superhero Girl is looking to fight crime and do good, but in a city where there's little to no villains to defeat, it can be hard. She also suffers the challenges of being 20-ish and looking to find her place in life. Also, can we take a second to admire the art and color palletes? But when Superhero Girl ends up with no money (or jobs), her mother decides to send over Kevin, Superhero Girl’s annoying perfect older brother, to

Emerging Adulthood With a CapeEver since the first appearance of Superduperman in 1953's Mad #4, countless superhero parodies have appeared in countless comic books, targeting the genre's bizarre origin stories, colorful costumes, childish concepts of good and evil, etc. At this point, I am not really all that keen on reading yet another superhero parody, and Faith Erin Hicks' The Adventures of Superhero Girl thus - despite generally enthusiastic reviews - ended up at the very bottom of my libra...

This was really good. There is a lot of mundanity in being a superhero as our girl finds out. She has a roommate and she needs a job to pay rent. Her superhero brother is flashy and has more superpowers than her and she is tired of being in his shadow. You also have to remember to take your mask off after work.This is so down to Earth. It was completely enjoyable and fun to read. I am entertained.

Everything about this makes me smile. First, you have the really nice (yes, nice) and insightful introduction by long time superhero author Kurt Busiek, who got to know the work of Hicks through looking for comics for his daughters. He thought this might be a superhero parody, which he thought would be cool. I did, too; though of Jeffery Brown Bots and Bighead work, which is hilarious. So I was excited to finally read (I know, it was online, too, but I hadn't seen it there, sorry!) it here. Tho

This is now my third Faith Erin Hicks book and this one was a 2.5 star book for me. This one felt a little more juvenile although the characters were college-aged. It was also a little more all over the place. I didn't find myself falling in love with the characters like in the other two books I read. They weren't dislikable characters, it's just I never felt like I got to know them deep down. The book felt like a compilation of weekly panels, rather than one cohesive story. For anyone wanting t...

I've only had time to read a few pages but my daughter, age 8, who usually takes a while to warm up to a new book, instantly stopped the craft she was working on when presented with it and read it cover to cover then started again at the beginning. So, I will call this a win!It contains some mild exclamations, such as "oh crap" and "holy crap on a stick", FYI.UPDATE: I read the whole thing myself. So good! Light fare. The collection ends a little abruptly and I hope there is more of it. There is...

So funny. I loved this one. Another reason to read web comics, if only I can get my act together.

Funny and charming. I just wish it was longer. The whole thing is online, but in black and white. I'm a sucker for pseudo-four coloring, so I sprang for the wide format 100 page hardcover. They don't seem to stock it in stores, but they should.

Cute and silly comic about a Canadian superhero. Reads a lot like a newspaper comic than a monthly. Fun read like Lumberjanes. Not suitable for all but older kids might like it.

New review - I am currently going through a lot of the books I read and reassessing their ratings as I feel I was far too generous with my 5 star ratings previously. This was a well-drawn collection of silly and cute occurrences but it wasn't anything more than that sadly. _____________________________________________Hahahahahahahaha! *wipes tears from eyes* What a glorious graphic novel this is! If you're like me, and you love anything pretty silly and whimsical, and a little bit childish, you

Superheroes are easy targets to make fun of, from the outfits, to the fantastical powers, to the melodramatic storylines, and when you frame them as ordinary people dealing with the banalities of real life, comedy ensues. Like Superhero Girl who’s in her early 20s and has super-powers like super strength and can leap tall buildings in a single bound (kinda like Golden Age Superman). But she does her superhero outfit shopping in discount stores and rents a room in a shared flat because heroism do...

This was a pretty good and funny Superhero graphic novel. If you like funny Superhero stories, definitely check this book out at your local library and wherever books are sold.

I was surprised at how much I liked Hicks's Friends with Boys, so it doesn't surprise me that The Adventures of Superhero Girl is every bit as good. Acting as a deeply affectionate parody of superhero comics, Superhero Girl makes her mark mostly by her ordinariness. Green Lantern would never forget to wear sunscreen and end up with mask-shaped tan lines, after all. The book is a mix of entirely parodic stripes like that one, and more cohesive storylines that still lean towards comedy. Superhero

I think I'm late to the Superhero Girl party. Superhero Girl is a slacker superhero in a Canadian city with very little crime, overshadowed by her Superman like brother Kevin.The Good: Skewers superhero comics in a fun way. The concept of Spectacle is hilarious.The Bad: Those Canadian ninjas are badasses.The Ugly: Like a lot of collections of one page comics, the book can feel somewhat clunky from page to page.Received an advance copy from Dark Horse and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest revie...

This was super easy to read and I find this so cute hahahhaha. I don't really have the words to properly review this one but I liked the preface for this book. It encapsulated what I felt about this. "Superhero Girl is about life. It's about being a younger sister, about being a broke roommate, about needing a job, being underappreciated, getting sick, feeling out of place at parties, being annoyed be people carping when you're doing your best--all wrapped up in the package of being a young su...

The Adventures of Superhero Girl is a 2013 graphic novel written and drawn by author Faith Erin Hicks. It does follow many of the conventions brought to light by having read American Born Chinese earlier this year for my Young Adult Literature class at Stony Brook University. The novel follows its protagonist, named Superhero Girl, through her bouts with crime. These bouts coincide with her struggles in daily life as a 20-something living in a small Canadian town with her roommate. From fending

3.5 Stars The Adventures of Superhero Girl. I have to confess--I can’t help saying this title without superhero theme songs going through my head. I pause and emphasize each word with an echo like vibration and a dramatic sweep of my cape! :DFaith Erin Hicks wrote one of my favorite graphic novels, Friends with Boys. So I was thrilled to bump into this book. I literally bumped right into it actually. I’m just lucky the whole shelf didn’t topple over! Ignoring the bruised hip and embarrassment fa...