It took me a while to get into it; world building is great, characters are marvellous and the plot was interesting. The artwork was solid but I was puzzled occasionally by action sequences (that’s probably a me thing). ( )

Interesting and quirky. I didn’t want to put this one down, and the quotes at each issue set the tone nicely. The artwork was mostly great. Very colorful! And everyone had the thickest eyebrows. They were like slabs of bacon. A unique stylistic choice.

Also, the costume designs were equally regal and futuristic. Please give me Syzn’s coat and cape. Jo also has a lovely array of different hairstyles. Yes, she gets to switch it up. c:

I thought Farsector would be just another space fantasy, but there were a lot of real-world social issues (police brutality, peaceful protest vs riots, wait for change or take it yourself, drug addiction stigma, voting rights racism, political unrest, etc) here. Everything felt like a mystery with a hardened tough detective who can’t hide their soft side.

Although I mainly read for fun or escapism these days, I thought the real-life elements made Jo well-rounded with a strong sense of character. She just wants justice but has had a hard time making it happen. Her previous experiences and background are what makes her who she is. Because of that, she brings a different perspective as a Green Lantern, especially as a black (American; N.K Jemisin loves New York with her entire soul) woman.

Last thing: would you rather be paid in cat memes or dog memes? Dogs all the way for me! Who’s a good boy? ( )

Green Lantern goes someplace it’s never been before to the far sector. Our green lantern is new with a new type of experimental ring that she has been sent to the far sector of the universe is to help solve a murder and bring peace to 20 billion people. I went into this graphic novel with no realization it was going to be a Green Lantern story. Green Lantern was not a superhero. I grew up with and unfortunately only really have the Ryan Reynolds version to remind myself off and we all know how bad that sucked. But with MK Jennifer Hudson at the helm, this book is entertaining exciting and has a really quirky but thought-provoking concept and storyline. The story grabs your attention and keeps you flipping pages until the very end. No wonder it won a Hugo award. It deserved it. ( )

This was a meaty one, and my first experience with N.K. Jemison’s writing. I really liked Jo, and the artwork was to die for. The saturation of color, the depiction of nonhuman species, and of course the depiction of Jo—they were all just gorgeous. I’m starting to think this is more me than the art, but I did have trouble discerning what was happening in the action sequences, but that seems to happen quite often when I’m reading action-packed comics.
I felt mostly OK going into this not knowing anything about Green Lanterns. I’ve never even seen a Green Lantern movie. The plot was complex enough that I really needed to pay attention, and I still maybe didn’t completely understand all the political twists and turns. Knowing more about Green Lanterns wouldn’t have helped me with that, but it might have helped me understand Jo a little better. The Emotion Exploit plotline reminded me a lot of the movie Equilibrium, with a less overtly violent approach to enforcement, and with a much more colorful setting. I loved the idea of the @At, even though I couldn’t completely wrap my brain around them.
This made me want to check out Jemison’s novels (already somewhere on the TBR pile) and more graphic novels with Campbell’s artwork. ( )

This Green Lantern spin-off comic focuses on Sojourner "Jo" Mullein, a new Green Lantern from Earth (how many are there now?) sent to the most distant sector in the universe, home to the City Enduring, a massive Dyson swarm for three species whose two home planets were destroyed. Aside from a single Green Lantern and a single Guardian of the Universe, there's no preexisting DC elements here; the whole thing takes place in a new setting with new characters.

There's some neat worldbuilding and some good thematic and character elements, though I felt the latter weren't foregrounded quite as much as I'd like; this is very much an action/adventure/mystery/thriller comic first, and a political and philosophical one second, though it has elements of that. That said, it's very much a success as an action/adventure/mystery/thriller comic. Nice art, good design sense, neat covers, fun dialogue, decent twists, some nice narrative devices. I don't think you would guess that Jemisin was a first-time (I think?) comics writer. Not the kind of work that will stick with you forever, but solid-tier superhero comics that's worth spending time on.