Fight Like A Girl #1 Review

Writer~ David Pinckney Artist~ Soo Lee Consider me biased but when I first saw the title of this comic in a tweet retweeted by Jeremy Whitley some time ago I was instantly intrigued. Why? The title caught me–line, hook and sinker. Then I saw the cover art and was more curious. The title would stick with me though because I love seeing women folk in comics represented (well). Also I there’s been this epic reclaiming of “…Like a girl phrases”, more recently with 13 year old, Little League Baseball Pitcher Mo’ne Davis aka “I throw 70 miles per hour, That’s throwing like a girl!” Back back to the comic, I’ve feeling nostalgic here. You know that–You reading a first issue of a new comic for the first time, picking up who all the different characters are, learning their names, navigating the plot so far…side stepping around the action?

Yup. Yup. That’s where we’re at here. We find Amarosa, our purple rimmed glasses wearing, ‘I rock hard and tough with my afro puff’ natural hair rocking, brown skinned protagonist standing in front of a not so captive audience of…Gods and Goddesses? (Marvel Fangirls and Fanboys will freak once they see this universe’s version of Loki). Apparently she’s come to them for a “wish to be granted” and she has to undergo some horribly dangerous trial of some sort to get what she wishes. The gods and goddesses strike up a lively banter about her, her intentions and her chances before coming to a decision to give her a chance.

So  Amarosa is grante…