Jane's World: Volume 1

by Paige Braddock

Meet Jane, the hapless heroine of a slightly wacky world, where women washup on desert islands and are kidnapped by adoring Amazons, where randomex-girlfriends morph into monkeys, where best friends are always loyal (andoccasionally even lustful ) and roommates never change... Not even their socks. Now enters the heartless, hip and totally hot, Chelle, who has Jane falling headover heels over office furniture. Will Chelle ever develop a soft spot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974245003
• ISBN13: 9780974245003
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Girl Twirl Comics
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

"Ellen" meets "Doonesbury"

The best way I can describe this series is it reminds me of what the tv show ELLEN might look like if drawn in the style of DOONESBURY. But I think the writing here is a LOT funnier. The inter-personal relationships struck me as a bit more complex and confusing that those in John Blackburn's Coley novel, BREATHLESS-- but that just means I need to go re-read it again. With a book this fun that's something I look forward to. (And generally, I barely have time to read most comics once!) A friend of mine once commented how she thought, in WEST SIDE STORY, that Tony had more "chemistry" with Maria's brother than he did with Maria. That got me howling, and I replied that may explain why her brother was so hot for a fight. I was reminded of that exchange when Jane & Chelle spend half the book getting mad at each other... then, SUDDENLY, fall into each other's arms. I suppose this happens in "real life" a lot... but it's not any kind of relationship I'd want to be in! All the same, it's fun to watch the fireworks from the sidelines. Now I'm looking forward to reading Vol.2. I've just gotta see what happens on the ski trip.