Before, MP felt like a weird, techno-punk comic about a hurt teen trying to destroy everything. Here, now, it feels like a Gothic tale of a wounded princess trying to find her way home. Read Full Review

Mother Panic is firing on all cylinders for me and sometimes even more so when there isn't any action to the book. This is a solid character piece that moves us through more of Violet's past, the connection with Jane expanded, and a good look once again at how Violet processes things and deals with those that she knows she can't trust, which is pretty much everyone. Events turn quickly at the end here and I'm excited to see how badly it goes for all involved the next time around. The real win for me with this issue is the combination of all the creative elements that results in the book but Shawn Crystal's artwork once again makes this resonate in a way that just delights me from the first panel to the last. Very good stuff. Read Full Review

While Violet has always had to face the demons of her past, now that they are coming back into her life in material form it creates a different kind of challenge. Before, it seemed that her confrontations were mostly physical, now if she's able to escape Gala she has to deal with the mental and emotional trauma of Lucy's betrayal. While this was a bit of a slower and emotional issue, it introduced a most difficult challenge for Violet. Read Full Review

My favourite part of this month’s backup is how Hester depicts Debbie and her father apparently putting the pieces together in this case. He does this by changing up the paneling of the page from page to page. On the first page, the panels are actually puzzle pieces and as the story progresses, the pieces/panels start coming together to finally form a complete page. Amazing use of the visual format that is comic books. Read Full Review

The rating for this issue is better than last, but this book needs a little texture to make it truly compelling. Read Full Review

We're definitely building toward an ending... and it feels like we might be rushing a little bit.  Several long-standing questions are addressed, and perhaps a few more are raised.  It looks like, for better or worse, everything is about to come full-circle. Read Full Review

The tiresome emotional drama I spoke of last time continues. Alcoholism, physical abuse, unhealthy same sex relationships and self-loathing seem to have become the featured agenda of the book, rather than the crime busting we expect from comic books. Read Full Review