Lose Yourself in the Feminist Fantasy of "Female Furies"

Lose Yourself in the Feminist Fantasy of "Female Furies"

https://www.dc.com/blog/2024/04/12/lose-yourself-in-the-feminist-fantasy-of-female-furies

Ahhh! Spring has sprung and that means it's the perfect time to read some colorful, refreshing and beautifully rendered comics to get the month started right. And even better if it includes some kickass dames, incredible art and cosmic adventure! Of course, we're here to help with one of the best limited series of the last decade, Female Furies. From the superstar team of Cecil Castellucci and Adriana Melo, the series puts Big Barda and her crew of Apokolyptian babes—Aurelie, Mad Harriet, Lashina, Bernadeth and Stompa—at the center of a cosmic conspiracy that could put them all in dire danger. It's a great follow-up to last week’s suggestion of Jack Kirby’s New Gods and it's all collected in a great trade paperback which you can read now on DCUI.

THE PREMISE:

 After years of being trained to be the biggest and baddest warriors on Apokolips, Barda and the Female Furies are sick and tired of being left behind when it comes time to battle. So, Granny Goodness hatches a scheme to get the best recruits from her orphanage to represent their planet and its leader, Darkseid. But of course, nothing is ever that simple in a world ruled by ignorant men—even when they're alien galactic overlords—and soon the Female Furies are in grave danger as they're swept into a game of planetary power that could mean their end. Utilizing DC's other female army as a lens to tell an epic story about misogyny, violence and the way women are often written out of history, this is a book as badass as the women who star in it.

Lose Yourself in the Feminist Fantasy of "Female Furies" Dc.com April 12, 2024