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Street Angel

$14.95


After 13 years on the streets of the grim, impoverished ghetto of Wilkesborough, Jesse Sanchez knows how to take care of herself even if she can’t always take a bath. With dazzling martial artistry, peerless skateboarding skills, and questionable study habits, Jesse “Street Angel” Sanchez faces ninja street gangs, evil geologists, Satan worshippers, and anything else that threatens the sanctity of her ‘hood.

ISBN: 1593620128

Description

After 13 years on the streets of the grim, impoverished ghetto of Wilkesborough, Jesse Sanchez knows how to take care of herself even if she can’t always take a bath. With dazzling martial artistry, peerless skateboarding skills, and questionable study habits, Jesse “Street Angel” Sanchez faces ninja street gangs, evil geologists, Satan worshippers, and anything else that threatens the sanctity of her ‘hood. In the tradition of Harry Potter, Bruce Wayne, Annie, and Oliver Twist, make way for fiction’s latest orphan superstar, Street Angel. She doesn’t have much, but she’ll defend it for all she’s worth.

This collection contains the first five issues of the critically-acclaimed underground series, a previously unpublished story, new squid battles, profiles of some of the most beloved characters, an introduction by Evan Dorkin, and an all-star pinup gallery featuring: Jeffrey Brown, Farel Dalrymple, Jesse Farrell, Richard Hahn, Dean Haspiel, Mike Hawthorne, Paul Hornshemeier, Dave Kiersh, Pat Lewis, Jasen Lex, Andy Macdonald, Jim Mahfood, Ted May, Scott Mills, Scott Morse, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Lark Pien, Brian Ralph, Zack Soto, Lauren Weinstein, and Dan Zettwoch.

Trailer for the skate-fu superhero action comedy short film of STREET ANGEL, directed by Lucas Testro and produced by Adam Bishop, produced at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS). 2009

“Whether read as a mindless diversion or a satire of same, Street Angel never wavers in its task of telling a good (and in this case, funny) story… — the Comics Journal

“If you dig the amazing martial arts combat and wild pop culture collage of Kill Bill, the hip non-sequitur humor of Adult Swim or the teen superheroes of Teen Titans, Young Avengers or Runaways, Street Angel will send you to comic book heaven.” — Wizard magazine

“The stories aren’t for the fainthearted, but the book delivers a hilarious send-up of everything from religion to superheroes. The writing is sharp, witty, and riddled with teenage angst–even as it lampoons the idea. The art is deceptively simple: the high-contrast, black-and-white work appears stark at first glance, but upon closer examination reveals a depth that is startlingly poignant in some stories and fabulously over-the-top in others. Violence and some rough language suggest a mature readership.” — Booklist

“Brilliant!” — Punk Planet

208 page black and white paperback with color covers.

SLG, 2005

Additional information

Weight 14 oz
Dimensions 10 × 7 × 0.5 in
by

Brian Maruca & Jim Rugg

ISBN

1593620128