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Orphan of the streets and skateboarding daughter of justice, Jesse Sanchez fights a never ending battle against the forces of evil, nepotism, ninjas, and hunger as Street Angel! In 2009, the original artwork from Street Angel #4, Down in the Dumpster Blues, was acquired by the Library of Congress as part of the Prints & Photographs Divisions. The issue "features a close look at homelessness, in this case a teenager sleeping in an abandoned building who survives because she knows how to dumpster dive, but must hide this basic fact of her life from her schoolmates." In 2009, Director Lucas Testro and Producer Adam Bishop adapted Street Angel #1 as a student film out of Australia's leading film school, AFTRS - the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
"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..." "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." "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." "Brilliant!" |
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