Delia Awesome #2

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  Comic Bastards - Justin Wood

  Sep 01, 2016

  I might check out the third issue of Delia Awesome, but I have to say that my expectations are more likely set on the content of the second issue than my impression of the first. Things can only get more superhero-ey as things go on I imagine, and that's where it loses me. Delia's life was a mess, she was self-aware of how she used her boyfriend's success as a mask to her own failed ambitions, and we were taken on the trip of her spiral down the drain. I did look forward to a story where she found her way out, a Frances Ha-esque story of twenty-something redemption, and the bitter rewarding journey that could ensue. I am infinitely less interested if the solution to her problems was giving her superpowers. I do want to emphasize I was actually engaged by the relationship dialog in the first issue, no small feat considering my lukewarm taste for general relationship drama, especially involving young people. I'll give it credit, it is trying something, I just hope it can figure out how t Read Full Review