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55 ratings, 3.93 average rating, 16 reviews
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June 15th 2005
by SLG Publishing
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Paperback, 208 pages
isbn
1593620128
(isbn13: 9781593620127)
description
Different cover than the one pictured by same product and isbn.
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Read in September, 2007
You are required to love a comic that features a rogue geologist as a villain. Yes.
Street Angel is the story of a homeless 13-year old world-class skateboarder and ninja fighter. She lives in a world of (the aforementioned) ninjas and scientists, but her world is also chock full of Aztec gods, Conquistadores, Irish astronauts, Satanists, and the headaches that come with being homeless. This volume collects the five issues of the series as well as short stories, covers, and a wealth of...more
Street Angel is the story of a homeless 13-year old world-class skateboarder and ninja fighter. She lives in a world of (the aforementioned) ninjas and scientists, but her world is also chock full of Aztec gods, Conquistadores, Irish astronauts, Satanists, and the headaches that come with being homeless. This volume collects the five issues of the series as well as short stories, covers, and a wealth of...more
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
people who like to laugh
Jim Rugg's and Brian Maruca's Street Angel has a manic sensibility that makes it absolutely worth reading. It's not the kind of book one would return every season to be reminded of just how good it is, but that's kind of the way it is with comedies. Humour media are almost by their very nature light, disposable entertainment, because the thing about jokes is that they get old. So,...more
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Read in October, 2008
recommends it for:
comic fans; people who like ninjas and/or skateboarding.
Okay, first things first: this book is about a 12-year-old girl who is a martial arts expert and the world’s greatest homeless skateboarder who has to fight ninjas, crime, time-traveling pirates, and nepotism deep in the heart of the city. That sentence alone made me want to read it, and it is just as awesome as it sounds, if not more. Plus, the supporting cast includes a one-armed, no-legged skateboarder named Bald Eagle, an old Blaxploitation hero named the Afrodesiac, and an Irish astronaut...more
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Read in January, 2008
In city facing a daily ninja threat, there's only one place to turn--Street Angel, a skateboard riding master of fighting. Armed only with the skateboard and her wits, she fights to save the mayor's daughter, a former superhero, and others. She is a woman of the people, ready to jump in and save the life of those worshiping in a church as she is the mayor's kid. There's only one problem--she's as homeless as a stray cat.
That's an interesting quirk to give a hero, and a new one on me. We do...more
That's an interesting quirk to give a hero, and a new one on me. We do...more
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Jesse Sanchez is the Street Angel, urban superhero, martial artist, and world's greatest homeless skateboarder. She deals with ninjas, mad geologists, Incan gods, time lost conquistadors, Blaxploitation heroes, Satanists, Irish spacemen, and one apparently determined giant squid. She also has to endure her harsh life on the sreets, constant hunger, and the embarassment of having classmates see her dumpster diving. Part wacky superhero send-up, part serious drama... you wouldn't think the two ...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
hipsters
Street Angel is kinda a guys' jamfest. It features a young homeless girl who can fight, swear and skateboard better than anyone else but is pretty normal in other respects. She has a number of adventures that defy explanation by their complete randomness with the assorted coolness of featuring ninjas, pirates, aztec gods, mad scientists, spaceman, demons and squid. It's fun to watch and read but don't expect anything other than entertainment from it. Improve your street cred with other hipsters ...more
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Read in September, 2007
Another teenage girl who kicks ass - not a terribly original premise. In the first few issues the authors seem to be trying too hard to be random and post-modern (or something), I mean ninjas fighting time-traveling pirates and skateboard chicks is too (insert word). They do seem to settle in with the characters by the fourth episode (my edition only has the first five) and I would certainly like to see if they continue to improve.
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I loved the idea more than the execution. How could I not love the idea? But the stories were kind of all over the map, and by the time it got to the 70s blaxploitation stuff it felt more like the author was exploring when he should have been editing. Over the top is awesome, but not over the top in every direction.
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good stuff. about a girl who skates around, and has a best friend who only has an upper torso. each issue/chapter is a stand alone. she fights basketball-ninjas in one, and helps jesus in another. fun, simple writing & solid art (even though it changes a little bit per issue). loses a star cause i wish there were more.
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Everyone should read this graphic novel. It has the most ridiculous scenarios and hilarious content.
Basic premise:
Skateboarding street-girl with ninja skills fights crime and everything evil in the city. Sort of like Batman without the fortune.
Basic premise:
Skateboarding street-girl with ninja skills fights crime and everything evil in the city. Sort of like Batman without the fortune.
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
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Super fun. At first it was hard for me to appreciate, but then the nonsensical flavor of the stories began to grow on me. It differs from more serious styles, and that's exactly why it's good. However I couldn't say it's anything but just fun.
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We all love a deep, personal, moving graphic novel...but let's just be honest here. Sometimes we require a story about a homeless skateboarder who fights ninjas. Also, Irish astronauts from the future.
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Thoroughly enjoyable comic book about a wisecracking, skateboarding, kung-fu master homeless thirteen-year-old girl and her fight against evil. Cute, smart, and lots of fun.
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Read in August, 2008
recommends it for:
People who like sam and max. and hate ninjas.
This is a fun book kind of like Sam and Max but with more pathos (she's a homeless teen!) There's still the absurdity and the violence, though.
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Read in January, 2008
This was a really great comic that had just the right amount of humor, action, ninjas, social commentary and pirates.
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Read in October, 2008
Very whimsical, comically violent, and full of ninjas.
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