On that note, here are some of my favorite illustrated moments: And a bunch more is included over the course of these four issues.Īlso, I loved spotting the many feminist shirts in the panels: Maintaining your friendships on and off the track. Supporting friends holding posters with puns in the crow. We also have discussions about the difficulties of balancing your personal life with sports. Mattel has since ceased publishing the book.Similar to the above, not only do we have the badassness of derby to keep us entertained, the visuals in SLAM! are remarkably eye-catching. From the illustrations to the color palettes, it was hard not to get caught up in the world of roller derby.Īnd bonus points, the dialogue was actually engaging and even had its memorable laugh-out-loud moments here and there.
In November 2014 she found a Barbie book from 2010 titled "I Can be a Computer Engineer." She decried elements of the book where Barbie appeared to be reliant on male colleagues. Pamela Ribon is an American author, television writer, screenwriter, blogger and actress. but it might break a bone or two in the process.īestselling novelist, screenwriter, and retired Los Angeles Derby Doll Pamela Ribon ( Going In Circles, Why Girls Are Weird) joins artist Veronica Fish ( Archie, Silk) for a tale of friendship, heartbreak, and truly epic jams. In roller derby you take your hits, get back up, and learn how to be a better jammer, a better blocker, a better lover, and a better friend. But when they’re drafted to different teams, the pull of competition - and their increasingly messy personal lives - threaten to drive them apart.
When life starts coming at you like a freight train, you have two options: run away screaming or lean into the hit.įrom the first day of Fresh Meat Orientation for the Eastside Roller Girls, Jennifer and Maisie knew they’d be fast friends. Synopsis: In the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, two young women will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line.
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