Poison Ivy: Thorns - A new YA book by Kody Keplinger and Sara Kipin is coming out this June!
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Poison Ivy: Thorns - A new YA book by Kody Keplinger and Sara Kipin is coming out this June!
https://vinesnroses.blogspot.com/202...k-by-kody.html
Ivy finally gets her own young adult graphic novel. I think Gothic is a good fit for her .
It sounds like a queer gothic romance book. I agree it fits and think it will make all fans happy.
It's good she's getting back out from Harley's shadow but I work she's getting to where the only Ivy stories told are about who she is dating.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
Sounds great! Big Poison Ivy fan, so I can't wait for its release.
Oh, it's definitely a YA thing, but even so. I must have some sort of brain damage because I could have sworn Ivy was once a character who had agency, could bring Gotham to its knees and didn't actually need anyone to be a complete character. DC keeps publishing to the contrary, so while I can't really hold it against this book (again, it's in the YA line which generally come across as tangentially related to the classic interpretations at best, and I don't mean that as a dig against them) it is more of the same.
I don't think there's any real hope for Ivy. She's been claimed by a fandom that refuses to let her be an actual villain anymore, which feels like a reduction of the character since without that, yeah, I guess all she's got is her personal relationships and a weaker form of Swamp Thing's skillset.
I hope this book's great for the audience it's courting. Some of these YA books have been pretty fun even though I'm far outside the target demographic, but this one's a pass from me.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
Well, they're going for Gothic Horror so I assume there'll be a little "monster" in the depiction of Ivy's powers here.
I remember the Harley one depicted her as the protagonist and that she was trying to do good, but was ultimately still a criminal at the end of the day.
I don't think that these kind of books are a good idea.
Even in the YA stuff it should imo be still about super heros and villains, that's the core of DCs brand.
And some of this stuff goes just way to far into "really wired fanfic AU" territory.
I take it all case by case in terms of success and as a place for more experimental storytelling or ideas. Granted, I haven't read all of them and some are better then others, but it's a good business plan; they could be gateways for new readers. (Will concede that some authors seem to be trying to do something more then YA fiction and others seem to go for a well-polished take on the usual. Marako Tamaki's stuff has been the best of the former, and I've liked Kami Garcia for the latter.)
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
Good characters are flexible enough to work in different genres.