Street Angel: Superhero for a Day |
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| Author:
| Rugg, Jim
Maruca, Brian |
| Artist:
| Rugg, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5343-0553-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | Image Comics
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Jesse 'Street Angel' Sanchez is the deadliest girlalive - a teenage homeless orphan skateboarder, fighting ninjas and trying topass 7th grade! Jesse knows the pressures ofbeing the girl who always saves the day and she's okay with it. It'sjust who she is. But when she and her friends stumble across a powerful alienartifact - they soon realize that being a superhero isn't all fun andgames. More Description Jesse 'Street Angel' Sanchez is the deadliest girlalive - a teenage homeless orphan skateboarder, fighting ninjas and trying topass 7th grade!
Jesse knows the pressures ofbeing the girl who always saves the day and she's okay with it. It'sjust who she is. But when she and her friends stumble across a powerful alienartifact - they soon realize that being a superhero isn't all fun andgames.
Is this an alien plot to destroytheir friendship or will Jesse hock the artifact for a couple of hotdogs?
This series of album-sized graphicnovels featuring everybody's favorite skateboarding teenage homelessorphan are not to be missed! Brian K. Vaughan (SAGA, PAPER GIRLS), Jeff Smith(Bone, RASL), Hope Larson (Four Points, A Wrinkle in Time, Goldie Vance),Eleanor Davis (How to Be Happy, Libby's Dad) and Cecil Castellucci (Shade,The Changing Girl) all agree: Jesse "Street Angel" Sanchez is THECOOLEST!
PRAISE FOR STREETANGEL:
"Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca's STREETANGEL stars my favorite comic-book hero of the 21st century, and features someof the coolest artwork I've ever seen." --Brian K.Vaughan
"Jesse Sanchez is my new favoritecomic book character. Great middle school dialogue and the battle scenes willblow your mind!"
-Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL,Tuki)
"Jesse, a.k.a. Street Angel is a raregem in the male-dominated world of comic book characters. When you finally finda comic book hero that is female, skateboards, and kicks ass, that's when youknow young girls out there now have a strong super hero to follow. STREET ANGELshows girls that they can be anything they want to be, including someone whosaves the world and fights injustices, one bad guy at a time. She also defiesfemale stereotypes right and left, and that is pretty darncool."
-Cindy Whitehead, founder of Girl is NOT a4 Letter Word
"STREET ANGELl remains ascharming, inventive, and pitch-perfect as it was in the beginning. Anindie-comics classic!"
-Hope Larson (CompassSouth, Batgirl)
"I thought I didn'tlike comics about kicking ass, but it turns out I REALLY like comics where theass-kicker is a 7 year old girl. A+++ more ass-kickingplease."
-Eleanor Davis (Libby's Dad, Howto Be Happy)
"With great style and flair,Rugg delivers another stellar story of the ever-sassy Jesse Sanchez a.k.a.Street Angel. Jam-packed with tween angst, humor, action, and fun, this book isa must-read for the rebel set."
-CecilCastellucci (Shade, the Changing Girl, The PLAINJanes)
"STREET ANGEL pulsates withdanger!"
-Wendi Freeman, Double Page Spreadpodcast