By: Trina Robbins, Anne Timmons Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 88 Publication Date: November 06, 2002 Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Dark Horse
Product Description: Back in the day, Janet Goldman was an honest-to-goodness flying superhero, the far out Go-Go Girl. But Go-Go Girl eventually hung up her costume - well, put it away in a dresser drawer - and now her teenage daughter, Lindsay, has inherited Mom's flying powers, donned her old costume, and become the teenage superheroine sensation Go Girl! Now she's fighting crime and righting wrongs...with an occasional leg up from the now semi-retired Go-Go Girl. Pouring the classic charm of comics of the past through a subtle modernist filter, series creator/writer Trina Robbins and artist Anne Timmons have crafted an all-ages delight, garnering critical praise and a coveted Lulu Award. The GoGirl! collection includes pinups by Barb Rausch, Steve Leiber, Lea Hernandez, Sergio Aragones, and others and bonus features, including material never before seen in the GoGirl! series.
Cute but not all that good ^ Go Girl begins with a message from the author Trina Robbins talking about her desire to create a superhero book for girls. This idea seems almost quaint after several years of the manga boom. There are plenty of comics for girls, it's just that American publishers aren't making them.
Robbins and artist Anne Timmons deliver some pretty standard superhero fare. Go Girl is the daughter of 70s heroine Go-Go Girl and inherited her mom's flying powers. She fights a series of mostly harmless criminals while dealing with snotty kids at her high school and hangs with her friends. The art is clean and clear, more like an Archie comic than a superhero book.
They're fine, middle of the road comics aimed at grade school or middle school kids. They could just as easily be Spiderman or Superboy stories.
They're not bad by any means but there's really nothing compelling to recommend them. Not when the manga boom has delivered much better comics with strong female leads.
WHO COULDN'T LIKE IT? ^ Thsi is such a great story by Trina Robbins. Anne Timmons, I give you 5/5 stars on your artwork! This is an amazing storyline of comics! And the next go girl is called "Go Girl 'The Time Team' volume 1" It's better than the original!
GoGirl! Trade Paperback ^ Go,Girl!,a series of ongoing comics by writer Trina Robbins and artist Anne Timmons is one that captivates a readership easily .
The writing is interesting,attention holding,and there is the recipe of writing every reader needs. An individual,original ,issue has the soap opera hook that shouts out"To be continued" without the words.
The art fits like a glove as an asset to the storyline,and at times could probably tell the story alone.
The trade paperback is a compilation of the 5 individual comics plus 2 more along with some pinups done by other people .
It makes a nice gift ,too!
Just what GIRLS needed! ^ This comic book series and now the paperback version is just what girls the world over needed! Realistic body images of young teen girls and reasonable adolescent ideas about their world. I'm really pleased with what I've read from Trina Robbins. She's retained the knowledge and experience from raising her own daughter and put it into her storylines so well! I see myself with my own 2 daughters in some of what Lindsay says to her mom in some of the episodes! It's so uncanny! And the artwork from Anne Timmons is exceptional! Her capture of an 'Eartha Kitt' version of the catwoman in issue #5 was so delightfully humorous, it brought us parents into the enjoyment of these stories! I wish more parents knew about this great series for their daughters and I plan on trying my best to spread the word. Take a copy of this comic book to your child's school and introduce it to some of your favorite teachers so they can show it to their female students and maybe even the boys will enjoy it! My 15-yr-old daughter is also enjoying reading the stories about Lindsay and perusing the artwork, and she gets a real kick out of the paperdolls and costumes done on the back cover! She's even tried her own hand at drawing 'Go Girl!'
When can we see issue #6?
Ann and Trina: You Go, Girls! ^ What a wonderful contribution to the genre: a girl-friendly superhero comic with a terrific heroine (with a Super Mom--in every sense of the word), fine story lines, and wonderful illustrations! The fashion pages remind of the Katy Keene comics I loved as a girl. When my 11-year-old daughter read this (in a single sitting), she demanded to know when a second volume would come out! Ann and Trina--go girls!
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