Electric Girl

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RobotFist October 2002 ELECTRIC GIRL Michael Brennan AiT/PlanetLAR ALL ages: a phrase guaranteed to make a lot of people run a mile. Images of Teddy Ruxpin or a Very Special episode of Blossom spring instantly to mind: the sort of assembly-line cheesefest that only the most brain-numbed could possibly go for. Which is what makes Electric Girl so refreshing. Because not only is it all ages but it's also really, really good. The basic idea is simple. Virginia is a college student with a loving family, an affectionate and staggeringly ugly dog and an invisible goblin friend called Oogleeoog. Oh, and she can control electricity. Okay, maybe not that simple. In the hands of a lesser creator, this would be Slacker/Superhero Comic Number 3408. However, Michael Brennan has done something far more intelligent with this, turning it into something quite unique in the modern Western comic market. read more... School Library Journal August 2002 From "A Core Collection of Graphic Novels" by Michelle Gorman Electric Girl, volume 1 (ISBN 0970355505) This hilarious book details the unusual adventures of Electric Girl--a fairly normal teen who just happens to have the ability to store, conduct and discharge electricity. Electric Girl's faithful dog, Blammo, and imaginary gremlin, Oogleeoog, make the stories in the book even more fun and entertaining. Teenage girls especially like this book because Electric Girl is really a typical girl dealing with typical teenage problems, in addition to having to cope with everything that can go wrong when one has the power to discharge electricity at whim. Sequential Tart July 2002 Electric Girl #10 Reviewer: Barb Lien-Cooper Grade: 8 I'm very pleased to see that two books I've been screaming about since they started have been picked up by Ait/PlanetLar. Both Colonia and Electric Girl deserve wider readership. Electric Girl especially is the type of book that one falls in love with after just one issue. If you haven't read Electric Girl before, issue nine is a splendid place to start. The set up: Virginia, a typical teenager, has electric powers. However, not living in a superhero world, she doesn't actually use them for many important things. The comic isn't about the superpower exactly. It's about a special but typical young girl's strange adventures growing up gifted. In this issue, we focus on Virginia's dog Blammo, one of the cutest yet most realistic acting pets in comic bookdom. Blammo is your average little dog, with a knack for chewing things up and destroying things. He's hyperactive, smart, and yet cheerfully naive. Have I mentioned he's cute as heck without ever being cutesy? read more... Comics Worth Reading ELECTRIC GIRL is a fabulous, funny book unlike anything else. Our heroine Virginia has the extraordinary ability to store, conduct, and discharge electricity, but her comic revolves around humorous slice-of-life encounters. Since her childhood, she's been able to see and hear a gremlin invisible to everyone else. When this gremlin starts egging on her faithful dog Blammo, adventures ensue. Many issues contain more than one story, and they're all stand-alone. read more...

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