Shadoweyes

Review: ‘Shadoweyes’ is a true transformative superhero

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Check out the FAQ. Volume One, and a bookplate designed and signed by Sophie Campbell! Volume One, a bookplate designed and signed by Sophie Campbell, and a copy of the Sleep of Reason anthology of horror, with Sophie's limited edition cover! To qualify for this support level, you must be associated with a comic shop or bookstore! We reserve the right to confirm this is the case before the books will be shipped. Volume One and a bookplate designed and signed by Sophie Campbell! Volume One, a bookplate designed and signed by Sophie Campbell, and a limited edition, 5", resin Shadoweyes figure!

Consideration will be given to backer preferences, but pages are artist's choice. Volume One, a bookplate designed and signed by Sophie Campbell, a page of original art from Sophie's other series, And a limited edition, 5", resin Shadoweyes figure! Oct 28, - Nov 27, 30 days. Share this project Done. Support Select this reward. Estimated delivery Mar But something happens after that, and Scout is able to transform into a blue pointy alien-looking creature. Soon, news reports are covering her night-time exploits. There comes a time, however, when Scout can no longer change back to her human form.

She manages to track down and rescue one of her former classmates — Sparkle Park — who has been abducted by a sort of zombie girl. But the teens still have laptops and seem technologically savvy and connected. The artwork is all in black and white, with strong, distinctive lines. Aug 21, Matthew rated it liked it Shelves: Set in a near-future, almost dystopian world, Scout is a frustrated teenager who one day turns into a strange alien-looking creature with black skin, a gigantic head and superior physical strength.

She becomes an avenging hero, protecting the innocent in her city from every criminal element she kind find: There's a lot to like here as Campbell plays with the well-worn superhero genre. Some really great moments develop when Scout can no longer turn back Set in a near-future, almost dystopian world, Scout is a frustrated teenager who one day turns into a strange alien-looking creature with black skin, a gigantic head and superior physical strength.

Some really great moments develop when Scout can no longer turn back into her normal form, forcing her to run away from home. A number of teen-angst sideplots and touches to the futuristic world keep it from being a one-note story. But I think there are some small problems with his storytelling. A number of placesparticularly in the transitions from one scene to anotherI got very confused about where and when I was in the story. Some very simple, short text boxes could have cleared this up, and it's somewhat surprising considering Campbell's strong background in comics. I enjoyed the artwork by and large, but I found two main problems: While this doesn't matter so much in the action scenes, it does play a part in some of the teen angst sections, making them not as effective as I thought they could be.

I would love to see this continue, if for no other reason to see a super-hero oriented story featuring a main character who's both a minority and female really grow and develop. If Campbell can expand on this world and hone his craft a bit, I think he's got something really special here. Mar 10, Mel rated it it was amazing Shelves: I started reading shadoweyes online at www. But found myself too impatient for the story so went and bought a copy of the graphic novel.

It was the most expensive graphic novel I've bought in awhile but totally worth it. I do NOT like superhero comics but I loved this mostly cause it really wasn't a superhero comic. The first scene is Scout and her best friend Kyeesha discussing a potential superhero name. It's just such a wonderful totally realistic scene.

Campbell really does a I started reading shadoweyes online at www. Campbell really does a wonderful job of capturing the girls and bringing them to life and making them fun and believable and flawed. He also plays with perceptions not revealing everything at once. I think the greatest development is with Sparkle who starts as a totally girly girl obsessed with sparkle ponies and their card game, but who ends up having a very grim few days and afterwards you get to see underneath her facade and she becomes totally sympathetic.

Likewise Scout and her own transformation into a blue bug monster is done really well. I loved all the scenes with her and her mom, and how it affected her friendships. All her angst about what a "superhero" should and shouldn't do was so much more interesting than Peter Parker's with great power comes great responsibility. I absoultely adored this and am very much looking forward to reading Shadoweyes in love.

Jun 15, Tiamatty rated it really liked it Shelves: I read a recent re-release of Shadoweyes, with some re-mastered art and dialogue, and which collects both of the current volumes. This is fantastic work from Sophie Campbell, who is a fantastic creator. Her art is gorgeous, with detailed backgrounds, distinctive- and diverse-looking characters, expressive faces and body language, and is just all-around great.

The writing is excellent, as well, sharp and clever and realistic. Characters talk like people, with stops and pauses and As a disclaimer: Characters talk like people, with stops and pauses and filler words and all that. And, much like with the visual designs, characters have distinctive voices, as well. Scout is a pitch-perfect emo teen, while Sparkle is adorably upbeat and energetic, Scout's mother is Best Mom, and all the characters are really good. They're all good people, but they're all screwed-up a little.

Interestingly, one of the characters is intersex, and Campbell doesn't shy away from the treatment intersex people put up with. There are a couple parts where people call her a boy, and even Scout, the protagonist, tries to appropriate the girl's struggle, and immediately gets called out on it. This is great work, and I very highly recommend it. Read this if you can. Jan 06, Joy rated it liked it. Scout Montana is a vigilante in the making even before she gets hit in the head with a brick and consequently develops the ability to transform in a pointy blue creature.

Needless to say, she takes this as a Sign that she was meant to be a superhero. But when she loses the ability to change back to her human self, she begins to realize that there are some things she's taken for granted. I really liked the diversity of the cast in this story--there are characters of color, GLBT characters, people Scout Montana is a vigilante in the making even before she gets hit in the head with a brick and consequently develops the ability to transform in a pointy blue creature.

I really liked the diversity of the cast in this story--there are characters of color, GLBT characters, people with a variety of different and realistic body shapes. And I like what Campbell is doing with some superhero tropes. Scout has powers, but she's also a homeless kid who wants to go home; the bit where Sparkle wants to know her origin story had me cracking up. I wish the art was just a little more skillful; the character faces are not as expressive as I would like. At one point, Kyisha asks Scout if she ever changes her expression I enjoyed reading this, but I will need some persuading before I think it's great rather than good.

Mar 02, Meg rated it it was amazing Shelves: Picture a future dystopia, a world full of people barely surviving. If you had a roof over your head, you were one of the more fortunate ones. Many are homeless, without any means of sustenance. This is the world of Scout Montana, an African-American teenage girl with asthma. Scout is a do-gooder. Until one night she transforms into Shadoweyes, a creature that resembles an adorable looking demon with superhuman abilities. Ok, it sounds like just Picture a future dystopia, a world full of people barely surviving.

Ok, it sounds like just another superhero comic, but it is so much more. Many of the topics in the story are relevant topics that many young adults grapple with today. This is a unique graphic novel.

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The illustrations are in shades of gray which gives an additional harsh realism to the story. The fact that the protagonist is a young African-American female is an extreme rarity, and is an additional element that makes this a must read. Jul 10, Elizabeth rated it really liked it Shelves: Right, okay, I love this guy. I love Ross Campbell, love Wet Moon, love it. And this is good, really very good. The artwork is gorgeous, the cityscapes, the characters, all of it. But his style is this non-dramatic, anti-climactic, everyday dialogue and goings-on, with no flash, which totally works for Wet Moon.

But no for a superhero story. I mean, why would you even write a superhero story if you didn't want something with drama and flash? The story is of a teenage girl in a future city who on Right, okay, I love this guy. The story is of a teenage girl in a future city who one day becomes a monster and decides to fight crime. The first time she transforms into this thing see cover both her pal and her, instead of going, "Holy fuck!

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So basically the same problem as The Abandoned. Still good despite that, and still very beautiful. Oct 01, Sarah rated it it was ok Shelves: This graphic novel caught my eye not only for it's stunning art work, but because I'm always on the hunt for African-American sci-fi, which is always in short supply. While the art work lived up to it's promise, I was a little disappointed there wasn't more punch in the storyline.

The premise begins well with two teenage Af-Am friends sick of the crime and darkness around them in the city. The pair are part of a local crime watch, but one wants more. It's her apparent desire for more strength to This graphic novel caught my eye not only for it's stunning art work, but because I'm always on the hunt for African-American sci-fi, which is always in short supply.

It's her apparent desire for more strength to fight, along with a bump on the head that turn her into Shadoweyes, an alien looking creature that watches over the city like the Dark Knight. Unfortunately, some murky subplotting, and numerous lengthy dialogues about her creature-hood get in the way of the action, and frankly the story. I'm craving an Af-Am teen hero, Shadoweyes please do better in volume 2. Jul 14, Levy Foster rated it liked it.

I have to say it turned out better than I thought it was going to be when I first started to read it. The first few pages I was very bored and wasn't impressed at all. But despite this, I pushed myself on to read it until the end, or at least as far as I could. I turned out to actually like it. Not love, but like. It took a while, but it started to suck me into the world and I realized it was pretty complex in a lot of ways. In fact, this is probably the first comic type book I've read in about two decades. That said, I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the storyline here.

The protagonist, Scout Montana, lives in a futuristic dystopian society where crime runs rampant and justice is not often quick to be dispensed. In this world, Scout does everything in her power to help the downtrodden. It's after just one of these attempts that she begins to transform into a super-human creature, possibly as a result of an injury she sustained trying to defend a helpless victim against violence in her city.

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She's a big blue undeniably cute creature who can now fight crime even more easily. What's more, there comes a time when she's unable to change back. The only problem is everything seems really half-assed. Again, this might just be the limited scope of a graphic novel, where pictures are supposed to have a larger impact than words. The problem is that most of these pictures don't. That's not to say they aren't lovely pictures.

I actually really enjoyed the artwork in Shadoweyes even when it left me wondering exactly what the crap was going on from time to time. We've got Scout even touching on her own identity when she speculates that maybe her blue form is her true self. It would have been fantastic if either of these issues had been explored in greater depth. So rarely do transgender characters play a central part in literature of any kind unrelated to stories about their coming out or transition process that I would've love more of that angle to be fair, I haven't read subsequent volumes so don't know if this is addressed more later on.

But these are fleeting moments throughout a graphic novel that really seems a bit ludicrous. You can make something seem realistic, even in a fantasy setting. Or you can make characters' reactions to certain things feel forced and illogical. Unfortunately, there's a lot more of the latter going on here than any of the former. My daughter is an artist and loves Mangas.

This book has an interesting art style. I really love the characters, and they're personalities. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a good and quick read. Amazingly detailed and awesome story. ShadowEyes breaks all of the boundaries of a boring traditional superhero. She has real empathy, saves countless people, tries to be balanced in her approach, and still wants to get her homework done! Reads like Wet Moon with a vigilante twist. I think this is his best book. Glossy paper makes the black and white pictures shine.

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