Wheels within wheels, ham-to-ham combat, multi-level references and wonderful art… The total package. Read Full Review

As a piece of the larger puzzle, Gotham Academy #10 definitely serves up a couple more tidbits that will leave smart readers on the edges of their seat. But as a single issue story, it delivers even far more enjoyment than youd expect. Cloonan, Fletcher, and Kerschl are pulling out all the stops in every single issue, packing it to the brim with the best of what a comic can be, and it shows. If you havent jumped on, this is the issue to try. And if you have been here all along, get ready. This is going to be one for the ages. Read Full Review

The latest issue of Gotham Academy is just a big ball of silly fun and I love it! There's still some drama simmering under the surface, but Cloonan, Fletcher and Kerschel just cut loose with this new issue. Read Full Review

Meanwhile, that nightmare fuel named Katherine is in a perpetual state of kicking rocks. Everyone treats Katherine like a stray dog, but not like an American stray dog, I mean like a stray dog in Eastern Europe. If I had to guess I'd say Katherine grows up to be Toby from The Office. I imagine Karl Kerschl draws her with his eyes closed because humankind can't knowingly make a child so horrible and sad. She got luggage under her eyes and she's only like 15, man. It's gonna be a hard life, man. Read Full Review

This book continues to deliver spooky, funny, and sweet in equal measure. Read Full Review

Artistically, artist Karl Kerschl and colorist Serge Lapointe deliver another good looking issue. Of particular note are the pages where Olive, Pomeline, and Maps act as the Three Witches from Macbeth. The only slight criticism I would offer is to a particularly striking cut that occurs in the middle of the book and doesn't make much visual or narrative sense. Read Full Review

Like the twin dramatic masks, Gotham Academy #10 straddles tragedy and comedy. There is a lightness to Maps, Pomeline, and Olive throwing themselves into the roles of the Three Witches in a visual treat of a montage from Kerschl and company even though Macbeth is Shakespeare's second bloodiest tragedy. On the other side of the coin, there is Katherine uttering the fatalistic line, “For such as we are made of, such we be” against a single red curtain before she collapses into Clayface. This is line is from Twelfth Night, a classic comedy of errors. (It's much better than the actual Comedy of Errors, which is Shakespeare trying to hard to be Plautus.) Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher utilize the timeless language of the Bard to give insights into the cast ofGotham Academywhile staging an energetic battle of wits. This makes Gotham Academy#10 both a poignant and entertaining read. Read Full Review

Gotham Academy has a very solid installment here where once again the creative team feels like they utterly understand each other in a way that's just crazy in order to bring it to life so beautifully. The story itself feels like we're in the quiet patch, a discovery phase once more, and that has its own dark tidings around the edges that makes it exciting to read and see how it unfolds. Though the play itself doesn't do much for me I thoroughly loved seeing Trent as the director, having Strange as a professor and counselor for Olive and the use of a creative way to deal with Katherine that could lead to her being a really neat part of the group if they decide to truly draw her in. A very fun installment overall and a really good part of the overall arc of the series. Read Full Review

I talked about "Gotham Academy" in our Comics Should Be Cheap column earlier this week when I declared the book DC's best Young Adult book and I meant it. The big reason behind that is it remembers that its protagonists are teenagers unlike certain other books (*cough*TeenTitans*cough*). Perhaps it benefits from none of the characters being superheroes and being only semi-connected to the Batman universe? Maybe. But we talk about certain books in terms of how "important" they are, whether it's in the context of the greater DC universe or in terms of greater social representation. And while it very much falls into the later category, I would make the further argument that it's important because it has a variety in the cast that feel like people. Read Full Review

Still going strong and the mysteries surrounding Olive's mom and the Calamity entity and Olive's own powers are all really good. I'm excited to see where it continues to go but I think plotting needs to be a bit more weight and decompression. Just seems odd at times. Read Full Review

All elements and literary references in this issue work seamlessly together to make this an enjoyable read at every level. Read Full Review

Gotham Academy surprises with complex character development and unpredictable relationships. Cloonan and Fletcher make us sympathize with Olive, Maps, and Pomeline as they navigate the stickiness of friendships. Maps gets one of her most vulnerable and sympathetic plotlines yet, as she feels hurt and replaced by her best friend. Readers can relate with these characters, and their adventures never fail to entertain and surprise us. Read Full Review

This issue was a good one that really did not further the story, but was still fun nonetheless. Some of the characters felt off and the pacing was too fast, but it was still a good story. The art is always so beautiful and top tier. Read Full Review

If you have been reading my reviews of Gotham Academy you know that I am a big big fan. However, I am getting a bit frustrated at the lack of progress of the storyline with the two relatively weak one-shots. I was willing to give it a pass last month but now I am getting antsy. Read Full Review

"Gotham Academy" #10 struggles early, seemingly stretching to fill the pages of the entire issue. Cloonan and Fletcher make a gutsy decision to present so much of the rehearsal of "Macbeth," which mostly pays off but might have been better served splitting the space with more action. This isn't the greatest single issue of "Gotham Academy," but it does a great job of stressing the "Gotham" part of the title, raising mysteries, connecting clues and giving readers incentive to return next issue. I just hope the book brings back some more energy and consistency in chapters to come. Read Full Review