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Shade, the Changing Girl Vol. 1: Earth Girl Made Easy
Shade, the Changing Girl Vol. 1: Earth Girl Made Easy | Cecil Castellucci
17 posts | 19 read | 15 to read
"From writer Cecil Castellucci and artist Marley Zarcone, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 1: EARTH GIRL MADE EASYa bold new reimagining of one of comics maddest and most memorable characters and part of the DCs Young Animal imprint led by rock-star Gerard Way. Loma Shade may be from another planet, but shes still like every other twenty something who feels that their life is going nowhere fast. Bored out of her mind, her solution is to drop out of school, dump her boyfriend and leave her homeworld of Meta behindcourtesy of the infamous madness coat of renegade poet Rac Shade, which is not so much a garment as it is a multidimensional gateway. After stealing the coat and astrally projecting herself across space, Loma ends up in the body of Megan Boyer, an Earth girl who seems to have it all: youth, beauty and a conveniently damaged brain. Following her miraculous recovery, however, Loma finds theres just one problem with being Megan: Everyone hates her. She was a bully who terrorized her enemies and her friends alike, and now Lomas stuck with the consequences. To make matters worse, back on Meta there are dark forces that want Racs dangerously valuable coat for their own nefarious purposes, and theyre closing in on Lomas vulnerable physical body. At the same time, the primal madness that the coat channels is slowly, irresistibly eroding Lomas equally vulnerable soul. With two new lives to live, can this Changing Girl survive either one without losing her mind? Find out in SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 1: EARTH GIRL MADE EASY. Collects issues #1-6."
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Nitpickyabouttrains
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Mehso-so

Volume one was pretty weird. I am not sure I am into the series yet.

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Minispok
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I really enjoyed this one 😄 And thank you for the awesome giveaways #clearingtheshelves1

callielafleur I love the cover of this! I'll have to see if I can find it. 6y
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jamie_in_the_library
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Here are a few of my favorite covers 💕💕 The “Raising Demons” cover makes me laugh every time I see it 😹

#coolcover #readingresolutions @Jess7

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emtobiasz
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Taking it easy this morning (I get Mondays off since I work Saturdays) with comics and coffee in my dog walking mug. Sooner or later, though, the real dog is going to demand one of those... 🐶

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Lindy
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Pickpick

Loma Shade is an alien inside a human teen‘s body, but it‘s not working out so well for either of them. Shade finds it exhausting to be human and “Earth is turning out to be bullshit.” This is a wild ride of a story about madness and bullying. The art is psychedelic and the whole thing is just so much fun. #mentalhealth #graphicnovel

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Lindy
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“That didn‘t feel good.”

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Lindy
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There are some great lines—and great art—in this graphic novel.

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Lindy
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Graphic novel synchronicity/serendipity: I just finished one book with a female character on life support, and then I open a book by completely different creators and the very first panel is of a young woman in a coma.

saresmoore Oh. Hmm. 6y
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Clwojick
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Mega #DeathStare going on here. And the series starts out with a gorgeous first page. 😍

#LetsGetGraphicWeeklongMarathon #SpeechBubbleChallenge

TricksyTails 🙌 Perfect Death Stare!! 6y
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Clwojick
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I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but I am a sucker for books that mention other books in them. Especially when it's a book that I've read and enjoyed. I loved The Yellow Wallpaper. 😍

#LetsGetGraphicWeeklongMarathon

Meeko93 I agree! 6y
Oryx Definitely. It's good when it's one you haven't read, then it sends you off on kind of a treasure hunt of books 6y
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Clwojick
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Pickpick

I really loved this one! The story line was fun and easy to get into, but the illustrations and colours are what really made it for me. ❤️️😍❤️️ Once again, a definite recommend. #LetsGetGraphicWeeklongMarathon

GrilledCheeseSamurai Looks like a trip! 6y
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Clwojick
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Just got home from having a delicious breakfast. Picked up some Tims coffee, and now I'm relaxing in front of the Fire to read this graphic novel. I haven't heard much about it... but I like hippos... ☺️

#LetsGetGraphicWeeklongMarathon

TricksyTails 📚☕️♥️ 6y
MisterWhitaker I didn't know Cecil Castellucci wrote this! I dig her work. I might have to give this a shot, after avoiding much of this Young Animal stuff. 6y
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Iheartbadrobots
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Pickpick

If you like tank girl girl you should really check this out

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Mentallofilth
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Pickpick

Truly phenomenal. In SHADE THE CHANGING GIRL, Cecil Castellucci is telling a formally daring, gorgeous story about female adolescence, bullying, & art. She's helped along by Marley Zarcone & Kelly Fitzpatrick's trippy, audacious visual sensibilities. The SHADE team have created an experience that you can sink into, with strong characters and a poignant story about coming to terms with your worst self and finding a way to move beyond it. Must read.

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Nafiza
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A friend described this as what doing acid and being high must feel like. I agree. It is a good trip though. I would read more.

4☆

#comics

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queerbookreader
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Mehso-so

This turned into a "look at the pretty colors" trade than a "read the actual story" kind of comic. I recommend for the art, design, colors, all the visual stuff. But the writing was just. AGGHHHH. You know when writers go "I'm going to string together sentences of words that sound pretty on surface level but don't make any sense when you think about it for a second"? I hate that. Good writing, no matter how lyrical, still makes coherent sense.

2BR02B This review summarized all the issues I had with ODY-C. I think with comics, you know the writing is good when you stop noticing it. When it complements the art so perfectly that your eye tracks seamlessly between them with no discontinuity. 7y
queerbookreader @2BR02B Oh no I've been so excited to read ODY-C!! I've liked all his work that I've read so far but I can see that happening with Fraction's writing. I'll give it a shot and see how I like it 7y
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LibrarianRyan
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Bailedbailed

Megan has had her body taken over by an alien life form. She was the mean girl in school and after taking too many drugs and drowning, she was declared brain dead. Enter our birdlike alien, who takes over her body and intends to live her life. But her life, is not all he thought a human life would be like. Part of what keeps this graphic novel flowing is our alien thinks in poetry, and interrupts himself in Shades poetry. It‘s all a big mess.

Megabooks That sounds really weird! 7y
LibrarianRyan @Booksandcooks it was. And I really tried to make it through. I hate DNFing a book I'm reading for a publisher but it happens 7y
Megabooks @LibrarianRyan Yeah, it does. 😕 7y
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