Squirrel Girl goes savage! When Doreen Green and Nancy Whitehead enter a mysterious programming competition, they don't suspect that the prize for winners will be an all-expenses-paid trip to...the Savage Land! Will Squirrel Girl fight a dinosaur? Will Squirrel Girl fight two dinosaurs?! Will we come up with really excellent reasons why these fights would take place, reasons that both justify the fights while also telling the story of what lead to this dinosaur-punching smashup: a story which, even though it stars dinosaurs and Squirrel Girls, contains within it the chance for us to recognize, perhaps for the first time, our most personal and secret selves? Of course! Plus, jokes and a super villain who's causing major problems - it's the complete package!
COLLECTING: THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL (2015B) 22-26
If you love Squirrel Girl and Dinosaur's then this is the issue for you. Squirrel girl goes to the Savage lands which is this preserve in Antartica. The villain is a mega metal dinosaur.
This was my least favorite Squirrel girl and saying that, it was still an entertaining read. It's still good.
At the end of the book there is a lot of short extra little silly stories about raising money for a library that was funny. Also Kraven the Hunter also sticks in a page here and there in the novel that's funny too.
This is my favorite comic/graphic novel series EVER in any genre and it just fills me with joy. And this one has dinosaurs in it! (And the BEST dinosaur-themed jokes!)
I missed a train last night and had to stay up soooo much later than I'd planned on my way home, but reading this made it worth it. It is just FULL of delight! (And this particular volume would work perfectly well as a standalone if you want to jump in with the dinos straightaway - but why miss the first 6 awesome volumes? Squirrel Girl is just WONDERFUL.)
Squirrel Girl takes her upbeat attitude and wide-eyed wonder to Antarctica for a Jurassic Park take on Marvel's dinosaur-filled Savage Land. Kraven the Hunter guests and SG makes use of one of her long-neglected powers.
As usual, the story is crammed with humor and adventure, and the book is supplemented with crazy footnotes and letter columns filled with adorable pictures.
Squirrel Girl is in the Savage Lands in a desperate effort to save the last dinosaurs on Earth. Nancy falls in love with a Latverian! Squirrel Girl is back on its A game in this volume. Also, you have to give the creators of this book credit for ignoring the Secret Empire event and for even criticizing it. Finally, this book has made Kraven into one of my favorite characters. His short stories in this volume are so funny.
A fun tale where we find Squirrel Girl going toe-to-toe with a robotic dinosaur... and as I'm saying this, I'm now realizing more and more just how wild this series has become!
Just finished reading this with my 11-year-old. Its one of the few collections we still read together as she is quite a voracious reader on her own. Fabulous book! What is better than Ultron as a dinosaur in the Savage Land??? So many clever jokes and references that land for young and old alike. The "zine" at the end was great--even the "very appropriate" Howard the Duck story--we couldn't stop cringing and laughing at the same time. It may have been the funniest one-page story I have ever read. Brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable. Ryan North is one of my favorite writers and there is nothing I've read of his yet that I haven't loved. Henderson's art is energetic and faithful to each character--such a nice break from the typical "muscles, butts, and boobs" styles that dominate the medium. The entire Squirrel Girl series has been a great way to share my love of comics with my children.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
SG is still my go-to recommendation for anyone who is curious about what's so good about comic books but isn't keen on the typical superhero story. It feels like Ryan North and Erica Henderson have been making this standout Marvel book for way longer than just a few years, and I'm nervous about the news I heard that Erica is leaving. They've really made one of the best, most consistently entertaining, smart, tender, and all-ages-friendly comics available anywhere. This volume has some great stuff but the main plot is rather forgettable compared to other Squirrel Girl trades.
The real gem in this collection is issue 26, which is a bunch of short stories illustrated by various other artists, including one of my personal favorites, Carla Speed McNeil! We get to see closeup one-shots featuring Brain Drain, Wolverine, Kraven, Galactus (drawn and voiced in classic Garfield style by Garfield creator Jim Davis himself!), Loki, Spider-Man, Tippy-Toe, Nancy Whitehead, and of course Howard the Duck (written by Erica Henderson and drawn by the frequently seen pal of Ryan North, Chip Zdarsky).
The letters pages at the end of each issue are also well worth reading. It's a blessing that Marvel continues to print those in the SG TPBs, unlike most other collected editions of monthly comic books.
Look, this was gonna get a five-star rating the moment Dinosaur Ultron showed up, but then he started quoting Jeff Goldblum’s Dr Ian Malcolm (“Life, uh, finds a way”) and I was in love.
Also, the letters columns continue to be printed in the trades, and a lady calling herself “Steph” said everything I’ve ever wanted to say about Squirrel Girl: “Thank you so much for developing a character like Doreen/SG, who just radiates positivity. I love her self-confidence. I love the way she supports the people around her. I love the way she beats the bad guys by appealing to their better nature. I love that she is such a positive role model...”
Doreen and Nancy win a coding contest, and so they get to travel to the Savage Land and meet coders from all over the world. Friendships are made, dinosaurs are awesome, and robots are fought. All in all, a perfect comic book, with the extra jokes this title is known for.
I highly recommend The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for all comic book readers.
"I shall dub these lands 'Savage' because I am from colonial times, an era of assumptions both unexamined and problematic!!!"
I'm always happy to have more Squirrel Girl. This edition is full of dinosaurs and the characters' enthusiasm is contagious. Not as good as the last installment, but still great fun as always.
I always forget how much I enjoy Squirrel Girl. So. Many. Puns. And the mini-issue at the end, written in the style of several guest superheroes, was absolutely delightful.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 7: I've Been Waiting for a Squirrel Like You written by Ryan North and illustrated by Erica Henderson is the seventh collected volume of Squirrel Girl comics. I have previously read and reviewed reviewed the earlier volumes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). This one stands alone reasonably well and does not require having read the earlier stories for continuity reasons.
This volume contained a four-issue story arc in which Doreen and Nancy (and Tippy-Toe) visit the Savage Land, which is a magical tropical world in Antarctica filled with dinosaurs (which was originally built by aliens). Of course, something goes horribly wrong but perhaps not quite in the way you would expect, assuming your expectations are based on Jurassic Park or its sequels. One of the problems requires programming to solve, so that's fun and different. I like how often Doreen and Nancy break out their programming chops — or at least consider things programmatically. So that was a fun arc.
The dinosaur story was followed by a special "zine" issue which was more like an anthology issue. Various guest artists wrote/drew short stories based on many Squirrel Girl characters plus some other Marvel heroes. These were mostly entertaining, although I did feel some were too short to be properly funny (and the Galactus one just wasn't).
Finally, the last issue in this volume was A Year Of Marvels The Unbeatable #1, which was a story centred on Tippy-Toe and involved a supervillain and a team-up with Rocket Racoon. That was pretty adorable because Tippy-Toe can't not be adorable. I enjoyed it even though I'm not a fan of Rocket — in large part because it was very much Tippy-Toe's story.
So this volume is a bit more diverse than the last few I've read. I wasn't a huge fan of the anthology zine issue, but I enjoyed the glimpse at Tippy-Toe's life when Doreen is otherwise occupied. Recommended to fans of Squirrel Girl. I think it's a reasonable place to start, although the zine issue will probably be lost on readers unfamiliar with the various characters.
One of the joys of Ryan North's Squirrel Girl is that he manages to reveal the innate ridiculousness of the Marvel Universe. So, here we get the ridiculousness of the Savage Land (complete with gift shop) and the ridiculousness of Latveria (complete with brainwashed citizens).
Beyond that, this is a fun story with the action, adventure, and comedy you'd expect from Squirrel Girl. In other words, another amusing volume.
Squirrel Girl AND dinosaurs?!! How much more awesome can you get? (Answer: you can't) These books continue to utterly delight & entertain. If you have a sense of humor & love kick-ass girls, then these are a must-read.
This was a lot of fun, also computer jokes give me life - and finally someone says something about how the Savage Land in the Marvel universe is very... unfortunately named. No long review this time; if you like the series, this is a cool volume, but it is probably best to start at the beginning.
If I could give this one 6 stars, I would! This was by far my favorite of the series, and I’ve given all the others 5 stars, so obviously this one needs 6! I don’t want to spoil a single page as this has some epic twists and turns in the main story, and the final stand alone issue was hilarious! If you want to dabble in Squirrel Girl, you definitely need to read this one!
I'm guessing a four as I read it a month or so ago but it must not have made an impression as I forgot to rate it so I made it a 3 instead. Only realized Iread this volume, when I went to go see where I was in the series.