Journal Entry 1 by freelunch from Cairns, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Not only is costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she wears a skintight and cruelly revealing "supersuit" that only magnifies her body-image insecurities. Worse yet, the suit's unreliable powers are prone to failure, repeatedly leaving her in appallingly distressing situations . . . and giving her a shameful reputation as the lamest "cape" in the masks-and-tights business. Nonetheless, she pluckily braves the ordeals of her bottom-rung superheroic life with the help of her "thugalicious" boyfriend (and former Witless Minion) and her hard-drinking ninja girlfriend, not to mention the supervillainous advice from the caged alien demonlord watching DVDs from atop her coffee table . . . 

Journal Entry 2 by freelunch from Cairns, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, February 18, 2009

on loan to tqd 

Journal Entry 3 by tqd from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Thanks freelunch, this looks like a hoot. I'll pass them back when I (and possibly Mr TQD) finish them. 

Journal Entry 4 by tqd at Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The first volume of Empowered by Adam Warren introduces us to a superheroine with a very naff name (yes, her superhero name really is "Empowered"), a skin tight costume that rips to shreds at the least provocation, and body issues. While I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, I enjoyed it and its meta-textual asides.

At first, I found the mini-story style (more vignettes than real stories) a bit distracting at first (I wanted more!), but then it all clicked rather.

There was a lot of good humour, great minor characters (at one stage she imprisons an alien evil entity - the Violator of Worlds - into an alien artefact, and then gets stuck looking after it; by the end of the book the Violator of Worlds is part of the gang, and demanding boxed set DVDs because they've got it hooked on TV), and nice mangaesque art.

Thanks for the (extended!) loan of this one, freelunch, I'll get it back to you sometime in the not-so-distant future! 

Journal Entry 5 by tqd at Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Friday, April 01, 2011

Released 10 mos ago (4/1/2011 UTC) at Sydney, New South Wales Australia

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Finally in the post to freelunch! My apologies, they got buried and forgotten on my desk at work, and I only just rediscovered them.

Maybe I should tidy my desk more often... 

Journal Entry 6 by freelunch at Cairns, Queensland Australia on Friday, April 08, 2011

arrived home, glad you enjoyed it :)