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Velveteen Vs. The Junior Super Patriots (2012)

by Seanan McGuire(Favorite Author)

4.29 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0985798912 (ISBN13: 9780985798918)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

ISFiC Press

series

Velveteen vs.

review 1: I've said before that I really enjoy McGuire's writing-- even moreso when the stories aren't written for anything besides the enjoyment of herself. The Velveteen Vs series started off as a one-shot in thanks to a couple of fans, and expanded into an online series of short stories about the former child superhero, Velma Martinez (codename: Velveteen), her rejection and subsequent reacceptance of the superhero life. The stories were collected into two published books ("Velveteen Vs The Junior Super Patriots" and "Velveteen Vs The Multiverse"), which I finally bought. If you've read any of the superheros-as-marketing comics (or watched Tiger and Bunny), you'll recognize some of the tropes. In a lot of ways because the series was a spontaneous series of creations, it feels les... mores over-worked than some of her commercial writing.
review 2: This is a superhero spoof about Velveteen, a low level heroine whose power is that of animating toys, who is recruited (sold actually) to the corporation that runs the superhero groups (as kind of a reality show plus merchandising) as a kid. Then when she refuses to sign up as an adult, the corporation calls her a supervillain. These are fun amusing stories with a few dark hints. All are available on McGuire's website. less

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