Meet Charity, Faith, and Hope: the girls of the Tri-Omega Sorority. To some, they're the most popular girls on their campus, but to others, they're the most unstoppable, cruel, and dangerous (not to mention dumbest) assassins in the world! They might not have the highest IQ, but they sure do know how to kick the crap out of the bad guys. Join the girls as they jump, skip, and river dance their way into a military base to bust the heads of evil villains and stop a nuclear weapon from being unleashed by a terrorist's spoiled son. Then, join them on their night out at a splendid gala event, which, unbeknownst to them, is hosted by an evil character from their sorority Mother's past! Who is he and why does he want the Princesses' leader dead? Will the girls be able keep their cool when put up against some of the cutest Russian terrorists to hit this side of the Pacific or will they spend the night lost in the eyes of the enemy while their leader is left alone back home? Plus, what happens when a new sorority sister is thrown into the mix? And what does a gravy boat have to do with anything? Danger, intrigue, and hilarity ensue as the girls race against the clock to save the day and get back home in time to look good for class!
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Funny, irreverent, and beautifully depicted, this book is definitely one of those more-than-meets-the-eye stories. -- Denise Sudell, Sequential Tart
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Gail Simone is the fan-favorite writer of the comicbookresources.com column "You’ll All Be Sorry!" The quick wit and wild sense of humor displayed in her weekly pieces eventually landed her work on the comic book version of the hit TV show The Simpsoms and her first creator-owned work, Killer Princesses. Simone’s star is on the rise and 2002 looks to be her biggest year yet as she takes the reigns of Marvel’s Deadpool.
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by Gail Simone AND Lea Hernandez,
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It's peculiar that the "from the Publisher" section mentions only Gail Simone and appears to be from 2002. Likewise, the byline I see right at this moment at the top of the page I am typing text into says, "Gail Simone".
Why should I care? I am Lea Hernandez, the co-creator of this book, and also the artist. I am currently the artist for the Hardy Boys comic/graphic novel series for Papercutz. My previous work include Marvel Mangaverse Punisher, Rumble Girls (NBM 2004), Cathedral Child and Clockwork Angels (Cyberosia), and the forthcoming instructional book, Manga Secrets (North Light, Feb. 2005). Gail is currently the writer of DC Comics' Birds of Prey, has written an episode of the animated Justice League TV series, and about a million other things. Don't let the half-accuracy of the information provided deter you: Gail and I poured a lot of love and time into Killer Princesses, and I sincerely hope you will buy and enjoy it.
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This book is amazing on so many different levels. The book features three Princesses (college students who dress like princesses) who are hit-women. They're kind of ditzy even though they're amazing killers, and the first chapter of the book finished by a Princess posing the question to her sorority mother, "We are killing the bad guys, aren't we?"
It's black and white, it contains curse words, and the writing is amazing. Because of this book, I'm probably going to read all of Gail Simone's other works. This book inspired me to buy and read Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories, because while the princesses are in college class, the professor drones on and on in the background about Gimpel the Fool. There are so many different layers to the book, the layer of the ditzy princesses, the layer of the sorority mother, the layer of the organization that the sorority mother is part of, the layer of the people on the outside fascinated by that organization, the college professor, and the college professor's lecture. And, it's a relatively short graphic novel. This will be one of my favorites for years.
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"Better a world without genius than a world determined to conflagration",
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"The Leaders of nations can sleep at night with a hundred hostile nuclear missiles pointed a them.....but one should never underestimate the destructive capabilities of the simple-minded."
Okay, with this twisted little work of saccharine genius, ex-Birds of Prey/Deadpool scribe Gail Simone has officially attained the status of geek goddess in my eyes. I honestly don't believe that there is another writer out there that can make me laugh as hard or often. I think the foreword to this book says it best when it describes her as "eager to write for an audience whose souls were blacker than soot coating the abbatoirs of Hell." All praises be. "Killer Princesses" is NOT for children. Ignore the Disney-esque cover for within lies so much foul language and vile humor that I wouldn't even subject most adults to it. Hope, Charity, and Faith are the three ironically-named (and supercute) "heroines" of this work. They are the top assassins for an organization whose purpose I've already spoiled and is supercool if controversial. You know the archetypes: the firecracker, the brains of the operation, and the perpetually-happy loveable moron. But in this story, the firecracker (Faith) can speak entire sentences using only the F-word, the brains (Hope) would gladly spend her final breath calling her best friend a "doghumper", and the moron (Charity) is prone to bursting into a celebratory Riverdance before strangling her injured victim to death. Now, tell me you've seen THAT. These girls make The Dirty Pair look like rank amateurs, both in trash-talking and death-dealing. 10 Things I love about "Killer Princesses": - The phrase "love sausage" - An unflattering Star Wars reference used to describe woman's nether region. - Hope's Scooby Doo impression. "Rive Re a Row-Rob!" - 3 words: Tiki Mask Assassin! - A barometer pointing to Charity's crotch used to indicate her attraction to a guy (it's between "Rain Forest" and "Ocean") - The Gravy Boat of Death. - Charity's history speech (she declares among other things that Japan bombed Pearl harbor because they were upset about not having Christmas) -A page of X-Rays of broken bones inflicted by Faith with her standing blissfully in the foreground declaring "I love my job!" - Charity's adorable illustrated diary entries - EVERYTHING ELSE! Co-creator Lea Hernandez' manga-inspired artwork fits the light-hearted but nihilistic tone of "Killer Princesses" perfectly. Her facial expressions really bring the dialogue to life and make every character shine. In spite of all the gross-out humor, whimsical violence, and general vileness of the story, there is a surprisingly insightful political debate to be had within these pages. Once you wipe the tears of laughter away after a barrage of Kegel humor, there is a slight intellectual aspect to enjoy as well. Einstein once declared that while he knew not what weapons World War III would be fought with, he did know that World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. That idea somewhat forms the premise of our girls' mission. Both points of view are well represented, but in the end it's all about the good times, that's yet another of the things I like about "Killer Princesses". It never really takes itself seriously, but there is a serious aspect to it. All in all, this is a comic custom-made for those with a sick sense of humor, an eye for twisted cuteness, and an appreciation for clever dialogue. This book is 100% UNCENSORED. That means none of this #%*% kind of sh!+. It is smaller than your average trade paperback and in black-and-white as well -which is shame because I like big pretty shiny pictures- but don't even think about letting that stop you from checking this out. There's some bonus content at the end and also an afterword from both creators where they take loving potshots at one another. Cover-to-cover fun. This is possibly the funniest graphic novel/TPB I've ever read. Simone wrote most of the other contenders as well. If a little (and by that, I mean a metric ton of) sexual humor and profanity isn't going to send you screaming down the hallway then this is a comic you've got to read. I've seldom been happier with an impulse buy.
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