{"id":17573,"date":"2010-12-08T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=17573"},"modified":"2010-12-08T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:21:52","slug":"martin-amy-the-girls-are-mighty-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=17573","title":{"rendered":"Martin, Amy – The Girls are Mighty Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In case I haven’t made it clear enough in past reviews of Amy’s work, her stuff is perfect for the women fans of comics who don’t like fantasy or other genres that women creators are currently involved in.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s also pretty damned good for the rest of us who enjoy funny, insightful and occasionally moving stories.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a hefty collection of odds and ends.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s an excellent reaction to a catcall, the ubiquity of “he’s never going to change” in advice given out, a fantastically unintentional game of “telephone,” the morning after, spring fever, bloody hell, magnolias, and a few short strips.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we get to the bits with Amy as a child, and it caused an odd feeling in me: I think that it’s heartwarming.\u00c2\u00a0 My heart is not warmed by many things, as it too often bubbles over into cheesy, but this stuff hit just the right tone.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s Amy playing, Amy waiting for a doctor and observing a much sicker baby come in, and the differences in reactions to Easter between young and old Amy.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally there are some true life tales of Amy’s job as a children’s librarian, which also manage to be adorable without overdoing it.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, there’s a piece or two in here that I could have done without, but who cares? This is a solid collection of stories, and if you’re not already a fan of her work, this will probably convince you.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are already a fan you probably already have this, and I’m sorry to have wasted your time.\u00c2\u00a0 $7<\/p>\n

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Website The Girls are Mighty Fine In case I haven’t made it clear enough in past reviews of Amy’s work, her stuff is perfect for the women fans of comics who don’t like fantasy or other genres that women creators are currently involved in.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s also pretty damned good for the rest of us who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4277,4413],"class_list":["post-17573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-amy-martin","tag-the-girls-are-mighty-fine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17576,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573\/revisions\/17576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}