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Geek Syndicate COMIC REVIEW Team Girl Comic - Issue 007 I have long been a fan of the Team Girl books, collections of short stories written by women of all ages, for anyone, with a high degree of quality thrown in. With Issue seven, the team seem to be really hitting their stride, producing more and more content at a faster pace. Team Girl Comic continues to be a joy to read. Like all anthologies, there are ups and downs in terms of content. There are some real highlights here. At its best, Team Girl is a social commentary, often talking about the fears and worries that a lot of us have living in the twenty-first century, allowing us to feel better that we are not the only ones that feel this way. “Simply The Second Best” by Jef Sinclair does this perfectly. A bittersweet tale that we can all say that we have felt this way at some point in our life. Yet a true highlight is the psychedelic “Jigsaw of Doom” by Honeypears. The art and story flow wonderfully well, adding something to Team Girl that is not often seen in the book. “Party Like It’s 1949 is an elegant way of showing that although things have changed over the past sixty odd years, there is still something that links us together. Meeting boys are shown in cleverly through “Pretty Ugly” by Carachute and Anna Clark’s story is implemented beautifully with her playful innovative panel structure. The book finishes with a funny tale about what Tumblr is doing to society by Clare JC Stewart. Overall, Team Girl Comic continues to be a consistently entertaining anthology. There are some stories that are better than others, but this is a return to form with some real gems on display here. A quirky, clever collection. Contributors: Gill Hatcher, Penny Sharp, Evy Craig, Nondo, Jef Sinclair, Anna Clark, Claire Yvette, Honeypears, Cacachute and Claire JC Stewart tephen Mooney Available: Team Girl Comics Luke Halsall Rating: 68 Image © Team Girl Comic, 2013 Image © Team Girl Comic, 2013 It’s issue 7 of Team Girl Comic, featuring an eclectic mix of stories from Scotland’s favourite all-female comix collective! Join us as we revisit the girl comics of yore, party like it’s 1949 and bash those bothersome bullies. All this and plenty more drama inside. GGGGG