World Famous Comics: Empowered Volume 2 (Empowered)
Empowered Volume 2 (Empowered)
By: Adam Warren Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Dark Horse Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 208 Publication Date: October 03, 2007
Product Description: Empowered returns for further misadventures, as a distress-prone girl wonder struggling with life on the superheroic C-list! Clad - or unclad, as fate would too often have it - in her embarrassingly revealing and maddeningly unreliable supersuit, she fights a neverending battle against overly sensitive supervillains, irrationally envious superheroines, and her own body-image issues! Meanwhile, her boyfriend, Thugboy, plays with fire when he foolhardily attempts to compliment his profoundly insecure sweetheart on the awe-inspiring power of her... well, booty. And her often-inebriated gal-pal, Ninjette, pursues a drunken and ultimately disastrous mission to acquire Empowered some respect - by force if necessary! All this, plus crossword-obsessed goons, speech-impaired superbeasts, "Ninjas Gone Wild," and even a few self-help hints from nigh-omnipotent cosmic overlords! You know, the usual.
Very fun and engaging at the same time! This series is hilarious. The author has created a fun mix of sensuality and comedy. It had laugh out loud moments and funny jokes that stuck with me the whole day. The artist dances on the border of sexual suggestibility and right when its ready to jump off into explicit (and i'll confess to hoping it would sometimes) he reigns it in. if i had to sum up why i liked this comic in two words it'd be; sexy and funny.
Fun The sequel to EMPOWERED 1 is, somehow, not as zany and wild as the first book, but still thoroughly enjoyable, with a crazy fight scene or two, more character development and backstory, and extremely amusing dialogue. Adam Warren's excellent artwork is almost too good to be real, the tight pencils better than most inked and colored pages from other comics. The characters are fun and interesting, Emp is great, the villains are amusing, and Thugboy, Ninjette, and the Blazing-Eyed Demonlord are hilarious and fun, and again the art and dialogue are awesome. Great book, highly recommended (even the bondage stuff is treated really well).
Fun but leaves you hungry for more After a great start Warren treads water with this chapter. The water-treading is fun, the art is nice, the jokes are funny, but little progress is made in the plot elements left simmering from vol 1.
It's certainly worth buying through!
A rollicking fun read The second volume starring the barely clad exploits of an aspiring but less than impressive super heroine who calls herself 'Empowered', writer/artist Adam Warren continues to demonstrate a superb sense of wit, whimsey, and humor that ranges from slapstick to gallows. "Empowered" is a compilation of short (some very short) individual stories of our plucky gal whose powers depend on her skin-tight body suit, a garment that is easily torn (read shredded) resulting in the loss of her superpowers. The result is her almost inevitable capture and bondage by the bad guys (and gals). Humiliation is the result -- and not just from the bad guys! Her boy friend and ninja girlfriend are solidly behind her. Her super team mates somewhat less so. Readers who appreciate a manga style artwork, a wickedly clever short story, a lovely semi-clad female form of the buxom variety, and a rollicking fun read will not only enjoy this second volume of "Empowered", but will avidly seek out Volume 1, and line up at their favorite comic book shop awaiting the arrival of Volume 3!
Lots of Fun - but a little lackluster I enjoyed Empowered Vol. I very much - drawn in Adam Warren's cartoony, pseudo-manga style and filled with his genius for wacky, esoteric wit (and produced totally in pencil) it was a hit with me and surprised me throughout. Emp (as the heroine, "Empowered," is called for short) is an interesting and funny interpretation/satire of the superheroine and Warren did himself proud.
However, in this second volume, Warren - while still showcasing brilliance both in writing and artistry - seems to have taken it down a couple of notches. While the art remains true to the high standards set by his previous work, and the writing still glows, there's a little dullness about it - while Emp still is an emotional wreck without any real self-confidence, and her pals are still funny, there's very little new here. Warren tries to liven things up with a little intrigue here and there, but the belly-laughs and high-energy of the first volume seem to be missing here. It is still a worthwhile read, and I'm anxiously awaiting Vol. III's release, but I think Warren tried a little too hard here to reproduce Vol. I's brilliance, and fell just short of the mark. A valiant effort, though.
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