| Title | : | Joyride Vol. 3 |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1684151171 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781684151172 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 |
| Publication | : | First published February 27, 2018 |
The crew of the Joyride is fractured. A year has passed since they stared down the Void at the far reaches of space. With friends lost, the crew went their separate ways and haven’t spoken since. They created new lives and identities in hopes of moving on but there’s one thing that could bring them back together: a return to Earth to take on the ruling fascist regime once and for all.
In this stunning conclusion to the critically acclaimed series, writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Batman and Robin Eternal, Grayson) and artist Marcus To (Nightwing, New Avengers), bring the Joyride back to where it all began to create a new future for the people of Earth.
Joyride Vol. 3 Reviews
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A year has passed since the last volume and the kids have grown up. Lanzing and Kelly do a great job of bringing the series full circle. Can you really go wrong with space lesbians and dinosaur aliens? Marcus To brings it. His art is simple and clean with fantastic looking alien designs.
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rep: wlw couple, poc characters
when i said i'm excited to see the relationship between uma & catrin develop i rly wasn't expecting This Much even in my wildest dreams!! LITERAL SPACE WIVES SAVING THE WORLD TOGETHER!!!! those kids really became heroes! saving the innocent, discovering treasures & new planets! growing up to be the best possible versions of themselves! -
what's better than space lesbians fighting fascism
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I loved the premise: a group of misfits from an isolatinist Earth hijack a spaceship and go on to have adventures across the galaxy.
That's not what I got in this series. I admit, my expectations probably colored my rating for this book, but I think I can still confidently say I would've disliked the ending even if it meet my expectations.
reasons--actually, strike that. For no reason, though also, maybe, because the power of
I think this series would've been so judged better had it had a longer run and more opportunity to develop the characters. Though the usual tired tropes abound, it had some really intriguing ideas and serious potential to explore them. But that's not what we got. This was a rushed piece of work and it shows in the way the plots just come to a conclusion without really coalescing.
If you want a story of fleshed-out characters adventuring across an awesome alien galaxy, I recommend you skip Joyride and instead watch Farscape. Aeryn Sun is a much better no-nonsense former military badass than Catrin. And Farscape has a much better "save the world" climax. -
An okay ending to the story, although tonally it doesn’t quite match the previous two installments. I don’t think it was necessary to ramp things all the way up to a literal “end of the world” situation. I was expecting something more along the lines of Becky Chambers rather than Star Wars.
Two other things - it seemed like one of the main characters was just dropped, probably because they didn’t have room for him when they were told to wrap things up, and second, I don’t think the critique of Star Trek actually lands. To be sure, the perception of Trek is quite different from the reality of the various series and movies, but I don’t think the Federation actually operates as portrayed here. If it’s not a critique of Star Trek, then using a ship similar to Enterprise and suits that look a lot like Trek suits was a bad choice. Anyway, it’s mostly inconsequential space opera stuff, so I’m likely reading too much into it. -
A bunch of runaways and rebels steal a spaceship and jaunt across the stars, but their obligation to overthrow the tyrannical government back on Earth is never quite forgotten. Not a bad story, but very much by the numbers and feels assembled from other, more interesting fare.
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This finishes up the story arc, but it sure is a whirlwind, trying to fit way too much story in far too little space. Sweet characters, just wish we had more time to get to know them and connect with them.
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A fantastic series! The final volume felt like the climax of a huge epic movie. I'm sad to see such a great series go, but I'm looking forward to whatever this creative team tackles next.
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Really two and a half. Was a bit better than the middle volume. The whole series felt rushed and was annoying.
Others clearly liked it, but there are much better comics out there. -
"The cracked egg holds no yolk!"
No kidding, my weird dinosaur friend. No kidding.
So, what happens when the rebuked heir of a planetary dictator traps herself in a cold fissure of sorrow, anger, and fear in lieu of pursuing the hope that once ran through her veins? What happens when all her allies go their separate ways, and she resolves herself to the thankless task of helping others find their freedom, despite herself waking every day, tired and alone? What happens when she loses the love of her life to a monstrous singularity in the farthest reaches of known space?
Ah, that last one's easy. She's goes after her.
Lost girlfriend = found girlfriend.
And thus, JOYRIDE resumes. Guilt is a rather brutal motivator for Catrin Cosanova, but it's all she's got. Tracking a signal that may or may not be her long-gone girlfriend is the respite she won't admit she needs. But for Catrin, one year of grief is enough -- just barely enough -- to force her stubborn butt in the right groove. Good thing, too. Because once that confoundingly arrogant but insurmountably imaginative Uma Akkolyte regains her corporeal form, she's got only one thing to say: "What took you so long?"
Draw up a plan. Get the gang back together. Crash a party. Solid, no? Not to say Uma's schemes ever go the way they're supposed to, but the woman charts one final path for her team of adventurers, and the results don't disappoint. Returning to Earth to stare down the dehumanizing cretins who turned her away is the last thing one has in mind after all the craziness of the previous volume, but alas, if there's one thing about an Akkolyte that's predictable, it's that they'll do whatever the heck they want. Sounds like fun.
Catrin, Uma, Dewydd, Dewydd's brother (Jorn), Bot, and the latest addition, a metaphor-at-the-ready stegosaurus named Weerdrox charge toward earth, fleeing interplanetary regulators and eager to force first-contact. Fortunately for readers, JOYRIDE ensures everything will go wrong the moment everything goes right: the crew makes it to Earth but tragedy nips at their heels, they force first-contact but must fight for their lives, and in the chaos that follows, a decision must be made: What kind of life is the life they want to live?
The give-and-take this establishes is a narrative trick the book's creative team no doubt mastered while crafting the previous volume. Readers are continuously forced to place their hope in foolhardy characters whenever a situation turns miserable. It's frustrating, because these characters keep making mistakes; and yet, it's also endearing, because these characters never give up (even when arguing with a hilariously angry hammerhead-shark bureaucrat who wants to "cauterize" all of human civilization).
This volume neither contains nor needs the breadth of emotional tumult housed in the previous trade collection, but this volume does carve out room for its characters to hedge their indecision in real-time. Dewydd, for example, is a bitter young man, yet he's also quite cooperative. Jorn is inherently suspicious and panicky, yet remains practical under duress. The consequence, for the story, is an alliance among brothers the mends at just the right time and for just the right reason without seeming too overdrawn.
The only liability this volume has is that the denouement occurs so ridiculously fast. In fact, it's real easy to pinpoint, which may be part of the problem. Six pages into Chapter 12, Uma and Catrin seek refuge in an underground Akkoylute hideout. Catrin stumbles upon a shrine to those who gave their life and she breaks down, which leads to Uma shedding her façade and unloading all her reservations in three highly charged panels. And then, one page later, it's over, and Catrin stands tall, ready to take charge and deal out some justice. It's a good scene, and it has value, but it feels really cramped.
Still, JOYRIDE is a joyride. There's something to be said about a comic book's blunt refusal of the norms that comprise one's presumptions of personal identity, emotional resilience, and communal responsibility: be yourself, break down walls, change minds, and last but not least, make your own spacing rules. -
A good final instalment--nothing particularly mind-blowing about this volume, but the series feels huge and so refreshing! What could have improved: the first chapter felt very rushed--there was no emotional build-up from the point Uma died. It starts a year later and the readers are meant to infer what Catrin has been through from a few lines of her summarizing it to an imaginary Uma. No emotional punch. The second chapter was a bit better crafted, as it focuses on Dewydd's journey, which doesn't focus on Uma. It allows him to be a bit more dynamic. The third chapter brings us back into the action VERY quickly, but in a good way! The final instalment gives the story resolution. The art is dependably good the entire series, the story is straightforward but imaginative, and we all get our gay space bbs!
All in all, a lovely series I would highly recommend as a stepping stone to Saga. Joyride doesn't have swearing, gore, or nudity, so it is a lot safer for all ages and temperaments than Saga! Great series for tweens and up. -
I was a little sad to find out that this wild and crazy space adventure was ending with volume 3. But while I would have followed Uma and the gang all over the universe this volume wraps things up nicely.
The gang starts out fractured, everyone having gone their separate ways after the events at the end of volume 2, but soon enough they are all back together and heading for Earth! Uma is finally ready to smash that glass ceiling, or in this case, space dome and take on the fascist government of Earth. With a little help from her old friends and a few new faces the crew takes one final recommended joyride to bring a little bit of space home with them. -
Ahhhh I'm so happy this ended the way it did. I loved the ending that Cat and Uma got and how they changed the world and got married and were leaders. The huge page of them kissing for the first time made me howl. I'm so so happy. The bit where Cat becomes commander in chief and busts into the HQ and Uma is doing a peace sign in the back made me laugh so hard. C'mon baby, let's save the world.
"Impossible happens every day, with every breath. So why stop breathing now?"
"But over the event horizon, everything will change. I'm either going to find you, or I'm going to be nothing. I'll take those odds." -
Surprisingly awesome!
What had been a fun and escapist adventure tale veers suddenly into important messages about the human race and a redemptive love story here in what I did not know was the last chapter/volume when I started it. Highly recommended - I feel like there's a nod to Lilo & Stitch in here and the language the characters use continues to engage as do the various character development points and relationship stories - definitely worth your time!
"We express, we create. Even when we're under a dictator." -
The final volume to this series. The first one got me interested. Second one made me want more.
This one wraps everything up nicely. I couldnt stop trying to compare it to Saga. Certainly shorter and more focused the Saga, but I think it has just as much to say and deserves way more attention.
The only reason I knew about this series was because my wife decided to check it from the library. Now Ill be looking to add it to my collection.
Honestly, this series should get some more tie ins and merch. Check this series out, it is so worth it! -
Probably closer to 3.5 than 4. Series is overall a 4 to 4.5. This series felt like it either got cancelled or the writers got told it was going to get cancelled and they needed to wrap things up much faster than anticipated. This book felt like a rushed ending, and made some of the stuff towards the end of the trade preceding it feel rushed too. Still, I liked the feel of the series overall, and recommend it as long as you aren't expecting a life-changing conclusion at the end of it.
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I don't know how to feel about this book. It began with an incredibly strong and memorable opening scene, followed by ANOTHER strong and memorable scene... but then I feel like it sort of went off the rails? Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it, but it felt like the next thing I knew the book was over. And the ending... sort of... ended? All-in-all it was still a great book though. It just felt a little more crazy, and the ending a little more bittersweet, than I would have liked.
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I always want more from these comics because I just don't want them to end!
Queers in space fighting fascism is totally my jam! Uma is just one of those characters that I just completely understand and I really enjoyed her story.
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I guess I expected something different from this series. Like for this to not be the last volume. Which works. The Joy ride had to end eventually. I just thought there be more space adventuring first.
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I loved the ending. However, it sometimes felt like the book was kind of rushed. They got from part A to B several times without the reader knowing how. But all in all I liked it. Part one and two was better, but it was a fitting ending.
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Fun series, but too short. The ending was fairly definitive with Uma agreeing to stay on Earth to keep Regulatrix Command from incinerating the planet. However, I still wouldn't mind another go-round with Uma & Catrin jackassing some more around the galaxy.
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The plot of this volume felt rushed; I think it could have easily been two volumes, if not more. This series is ending with more focus than it began but the pacing is still lacking. The artwork is definitely the best part, it’s beautiful.
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[Read in single issues]
This was literally the best series I ever read. I am absolutely in love with everything this series -- the art, the writing, the characters, the space. -
A pleasant close to a fun space story with some nice themes. With girlfriends saving planets together, which is always a top tier bonus.
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i luv space girlfriends vs fascism
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This series really impressed me and for a fun sci-fi romp it hit all the marks.
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This series from Boom was stellar! More comics need to be like this! Fun, fast and well scripted! This is good enough for movie material!
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I admit this got read now because I’m close to my yearly reading goal and I knew it would go quickly. That said, I continue to really live this series. So fun and satisfying.
