Satellite Girl #2 is a comic with story and art by Chris Ouellette. See the exploits and significant moments of three former sidekicks of Captain Cosmos. This is a science fiction futuristic cyberpunk comic with comedy, real world references, gory violence, and three intriguing ladies at the helm. Satellite Girl 9 is Kiersten “Kiki” Brewster, she is strong with martial arts skills. She can be very vulgar and aggressive. Her story focuses on her capture by the Cy-Board of Directors for being too extreme in public. Satellite Girl 8 is Linda Michaelson, she has tech-based abilities and a full-body B.A.T.T.L.E. suit. She is very popular to the point where she needs to wear disguises and she knows just about every celebrity. In her story she goes to a New Year’s party that gets interrupted by a giant monster. Satellite Girl 7 is Ruby Barnum, she is an accomplished tennis player with speed and smarts. She struggles with finding her place as a heroine and working with Captain Cosmos. Her story is an introspective journey on her heroic career and past life. The themes present here range from the loud and comedic to the action-heavy and sad. The violence here can be gory with hard hits and explosions. The pacing is somewhat speedy overall but there are some slower moments and lengthy scenes with a lot to look at. The intensity here is heightened due to destruction, violence, danger, and drama. The dialogue here is conversational when it comes to the first two ladies while it’s mostly narration from the third. The talking style matches their personalities from boisterous to poetic. There are no word-heavy pages here. In this issue we follow three new lady sidekicks on their respective journeys whether they are violent or dramatic, while also getting more info on the main hero, Captain Cosmos.

            The art style here is extremely detailed and drawn in the style of underground/alternative comics form the 80’s and 90’s. The color palette is huge with blue, pink, and green being the most prominent; many of these come in neons and gradient hues. Other than the sky there isn’t much natural scenery here. The location is very different depending on the story from a boardroom to a nightclub to a mansion. The backgrounds are more often than not a gradient color with anything more than immediate surroundings rarely being shown. The expression level here is very high as nearly all the characters here give off strong looks that can change on a panel-by-panel basis. The emotional range consists of happiness, anger, shock, confusion, sadness, and some cringing. The faces have a high amount of detail and can get a bit animated so all the looks come across clearly and strongly. The violence here is delivered via fists, lasers, and some wrestling. There is heavy gore present with gruesome attacks and burning but not much blood. The action scenes come in bursts and have a good amount of panels in them with an overall smooth flow.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley.

“Would I like this?”

If you like science fiction futuristic cyberpunk comics starring three powerful women in stories with violence, comedy, some drama, and references then this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Violence, gore, lewdness.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“So no using the same lewd shot twice!”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/satellitegirl/satellite-girl-2/description

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 31

Violent Pages: 11, for 36% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 2, for 7% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 5

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 3

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 2

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”