As a fan of sports comics and a roller derby skater myself, I was still apprensive about this comic- the covers made me think it was not going to be taken seriously, and would get stuck in "explanation" instead of story, and stereotypical cat-fighting. But after seeing this at my local store week after week before heading to practice, I finally buckled down and bought it. ....I don't know if I can even say I'm disappointed as it had all my expectations. Considering the amount of time spent on off skate interaction, i still don't feel a shred of interest in ANY of these characters. This isn't a story about roller derby- it's a half-forgotten story a friend of a friend who knew someone who played roller derby for a month is trying to tell.