Review: Street Angel Goes To Juvie

Jessie Sanchez (aka Street Angel) very well may be my hero. She is a homeless seventh grade ninja who fights bad guys and has the appetite of an entire football team. She is fearless, funny, and freckle faced, all while being her own person.

Street Angel Goes To Juvie (Image Comics) is the latest collectible hardcover book in the series of stories that follow our young heroine on her misadventures, and never-ending quest for food. This time, as the title alludes to, she finds herself in the clink but does it upset her at all? She has a bed, a shower, food, and a toothbrush. She seems pretty happy to me. While the book does not explicitly call out what she did to land in the lock up, we quickly find out she“s there to work. In the meantime, she appears to be happy as a lark.

I think one of the things that draws me to the Street Angel books the most is that they are completely age appropriate for the maturity of the character. While she is a tough ninja, she is not doing things that should be reserved for adults or using terrible language. This is a book I would be happy to give a ten-year-old without reservation. The stories and content by writers Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca are spot on and I really appreciate the vision they have to make the series this way. The childlike playfulness of the character is refreshing and I hope it is never lost.

The aforementioned Rugg really tells a tremendous visual story with the various facial expressions worn by the Deadliest Girl Alive. The style is classic and the execution perfect for the series.

I like this character and the collection of books overall. The fact that Street Angel is not a monthly series I can pick up at my comic shop every month makes new material a real treat when it is released. I would recommend this to anyone who wants something accessible to kids and adults alike. If I ever need to hire a ninja, I know who I“m calling first. Her name is Jesse.

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Story:Â Brian Maruca,Â Jim Rugg
Art / Cover:Â Jim Rugg

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Bryan Spaulding

In his free time, other than reading comic books, Bryan enjoys listening to his ever growing record collection and driving his 27 year old roadster named Mingo.