{"id":2949,"date":"2022-02-23T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2023-05-08T20:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T02:00:38","slug":"book-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-big-squirrels-dont-cry-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/book-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-big-squirrels-dont-cry-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Big Squirrels Don’t Cry (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Big Squirrels Don’t Cry
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2020
\nAuthor: Ryan North
\nLength: 288 pages<\/p>\n

In this second collection of Squirrel Girl comics, you’ll once again find Doreen Green trying to balance her life as Squirrel Girl and as a computer science student at Empire State University. This can be quite the balancing act, especially when you have a huge fluffy tail that you have to hide when you’re in your civilian persona. While other superheroes have origin stories that explain their tremendous powers, Squirrel Girl is…Squirrel Girl.<\/p>\n

Doreen’s “unbeatable” title continues to be tested as she uses both her skills as a squirrel person who can communicate with and control squirrels and as a computer science major to defeat villains who terrorize New York City. The fact that she’s a superhero who can talk to and control squirrels is just amusing enough that fans of the first collection will likely enjoy this one. However, I wasn’t prepared to read a Howard the Duck<\/em> crossover in this collection, so know that it’s not necessarily a volume completely dedicated to Squirrel Girl.<\/p>\n

Once again, I enjoyed Ryan North’s writing (there’s a lot since Dorreen rarely resorts to violence to solve her problems). I haven’t read many comic books, so I’m still getting used to the art styles, especially since they are distinctly different between the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl<\/em> issues and the Howard the Duck<\/em> issues. And while this volume was entertaining, there is a certain limitation that comes with a superhero whose only abilities revolve around squirrels. Doreen can use only so many iterations of these powers before they become repetitive.<\/p>\n

More Squirrel Girl action with a Howard the Duck crossover, I give The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Big Squirrels Don’t Cry<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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