With superstrength and invulnerability, Alison Green used to be one of the most powerful superheroes around.
Fighting crime with other teenagers under the alter ego Mega Girl was fun — until an encounter with Menace, her mind-reading arch enemy, showed her evidence of a sinister conspiracy, and suddenly battling giant robots didn't seem so important.
Now Alison is going to college and trying to find ways to help the world while still getting to class on time. It's impossible to escape the past, however, and everyone has their own idea of what it means to be a hero....
After a phenomenal success on Kickstarter, Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag bring their popular webcomic into print, collecting the first four issues, as well as some all-new, full-color pages!
Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review.
This was so different than what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be a comedic story of an ex-superhero trying to lead a normal life... and, in a way, I guess it was, but it was also so much more than that.
In Strong Female Protagonist we meet Alison (a.k.a. Mega Girl), a girl that is struggling with the concept of 'Superhero'. To me, she was exactly that, a very good female character I really enjoyed reading about. I immediately felt a connection with her and it made me feel so... I don't know, proud, maybe. It was a pleasure to meet a character like Alison.
She and all the other character came alive in this book like I'd never seen before. They weren't, in my opinion, your typical superheroes, they were just as messed up and confused as everyone else, and Alison helped us understand what that means.
Some parts of the story were actually very inspiring: these people with abilities we dream of having are trying to do good things in unconventional ways and it made me want to do whatever I can to match their actions (Feral, I'm looking at you!)Also, don't be fooled. I found the story to be very emotional at times and that was probably my favourite part in the whole thing. On that note, I consider chapter four, Buster the superdog, one of the best character backstory expositions I have ever encountered.
As for the art, I found it so sweet but it went extremely well with feel of the story and all of its characters. I was spot-on and those coloured pages at the end... cherry on top of a great graphic novel!
Lastly, the little comments at the end of each page gave this comic the comedic aspects I was expecting, on top of nerdy references, amazing art, wonderful character development and inspirational-funny dialogue.
I believe this should be read by everyone and I can only say this is a feminist (people hate that word, but here it is) nerd's dream. You can read Alison's adventures online at Strong Female Protagonist, and I can't wait to keep doing so.
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