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Shade, The Changing Woman (2018) #1
Shade has shed her alien identity. She’s stepped out of her original Earth body and into another one. Now, free of the burdens of any past life, and finally on her own, she sets out to see more of her new home. But how does she cope when the madness takes all the human emotions she was forced to confront in the Milk Wars and turns them into a bouillabaisse of memory and confusion? And to make it even more challenging, Shade must also face her namesake, the original Changing Man.
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38 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 7, 2018
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About the author
Cecil Castellucci
221 books723 followersCecil Castellucci is an author of young adult novels and comic books. Titles include Boy Proof, The Year of the Beasts (illustrated by Nate Powell), First Day on Earth, Rose Sees Red, Beige, The Queen of Cool The Plain Janes and Janes in Love (illustrated by Jim Rugg), Tin Star Stone in the Sky, Odd Duck (illustrated by Sara Varon) and Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure.
Her short stories have been published in various places including Black Clock, The Rattling Wall, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine and can be found in such anthologies such as After, Teeth, Truth & Dare, The Eternal Kiss, Sideshow and Interfictions 2 and the anthology, which she co-edited, Geektastic.
She is the recipient of the California Book Award Gold Medal for her picture book Grandma's Gloves, illustrated by Julia Denos, the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Comic Book Writer for The Plain Janes and the Sunburst Award for Tin Star. The Year of the Beasts was a finalist for the PEN USA literary award and Odd Duck was Eisner nominated.
She splits her time between the heart and the head and lives north and south of everything. Her hands are small. And she likes you very much.
Her short stories have been published in various places including Black Clock, The Rattling Wall, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine and can be found in such anthologies such as After, Teeth, Truth & Dare, The Eternal Kiss, Sideshow and Interfictions 2 and the anthology, which she co-edited, Geektastic.
She is the recipient of the California Book Award Gold Medal for her picture book Grandma's Gloves, illustrated by Julia Denos, the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Comic Book Writer for The Plain Janes and the Sunburst Award for Tin Star. The Year of the Beasts was a finalist for the PEN USA literary award and Odd Duck was Eisner nominated.
She splits her time between the heart and the head and lives north and south of everything. Her hands are small. And she likes you very much.
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December 12, 2018
I was pretty excited about DC’s Young Animal imprint, because I was a huge fan of Gerard Way and what he did with My Chemical Romance and later, his comic The Umbrella Academy. But I never actually got the chance to read anything in the new line, until I saw that the new first issue of Shade was up for grabs!
My favorite thing about this issue was the colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick. HOLY SHIT, it’s like Alice In Wonderland, but if that was on acid. It’s so bright and colorful, its almost distracting — but truly, it’s so perfect in what they lend to the story. The story by returning writer Cecil Castellucci follows Shade, who has just come back to life. The comic goes back and forth with the Limbo that Shade visits while she’s dead, and on Earth as she adjusts to her new human body.
I also like Marley Zarcone’s art in this issue. It was very cartoon-like. I loved the think lines, and it’s cleaner — not as sketchy — as other comics I’ve read in the recent past. I definitely want to learn more about Shade’s limbo world. I want to know who the person in the funky coat is, and I want to learn what happened to her Avian body, and whats next for her.
I definitely love a cliffhanger in an issue — it’s much more likely to make me interested in the next one, as it has here. I just really overall enjoyed this issue. It gives you different glimpses into Shade’s past and present — and I would love to see that future.
The Verdict: 9.0/10
My favorite thing about this issue was the colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick. HOLY SHIT, it’s like Alice In Wonderland, but if that was on acid. It’s so bright and colorful, its almost distracting — but truly, it’s so perfect in what they lend to the story. The story by returning writer Cecil Castellucci follows Shade, who has just come back to life. The comic goes back and forth with the Limbo that Shade visits while she’s dead, and on Earth as she adjusts to her new human body.
I also like Marley Zarcone’s art in this issue. It was very cartoon-like. I loved the think lines, and it’s cleaner — not as sketchy — as other comics I’ve read in the recent past. I definitely want to learn more about Shade’s limbo world. I want to know who the person in the funky coat is, and I want to learn what happened to her Avian body, and whats next for her.
I definitely love a cliffhanger in an issue — it’s much more likely to make me interested in the next one, as it has here. I just really overall enjoyed this issue. It gives you different glimpses into Shade’s past and present — and I would love to see that future.
The Verdict: 9.0/10
March 9, 2018
I seriously love this series. Even when I’m not entirely sure what’s going on I love the writing, and the art just keeps getting better.
March 24, 2019
Loved the first instalment of Shade, the Changing Woman. The character really resonates with me her struggle of emotions. I love the illustrations - beautiful, colourful and otherworldly. I love the metaphysical components and the pseudo-philosophical (not in a bad way) discussions. Anything related to aliens get me on multiple levels! Young Animals will see me reading more of their comics.
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