Hopeless Savages

1 Hopeless Savages (4-issue mini, misc. shorts; w Jen Van Meter; a Christine Norrie, Chynna Clugston-Major). [From Oni Press: Family ties are the earliest ties that bind, setting the tone for the paths we will take in our future. So what if your father is Dirk Hopeless and your mother Nikki Savage, a superstar couple from the days of punk rock? When you're born a rebel, what can you possibly do to make yourself stand apart? For Rat Hopeless-Savage, the answer is to leave home and become a normal citizen with a nine-to-five job! This edition collects all four issues of the critically acclaimed mini-series, along with four special color stories—all under one cover for the first time—from writer Jen Van Meter and artists Christine Norrie, and Chynna Clugston-Major (Blue Monday). Cover by Andi Watson (Slow News Day). Digest format.] ArtBomb review

2 Ground Zero (4-issue mini; w Jen Van Meter; a Bryan O'Malley, Christine Norrie, Andi Watson, Chynna Clugston-Major). [From Oni Press: When you're sixteen, the world is a different place. When you're Zero Hopeless-Savage, the youngest daughter of rock stars Dirk Hopeless and Nikki Savage, the world is practically unrecognizable. Imagine you're in the midst of high school, you have your first band, and whammo! Some boy comes along who doesn't think you're a total freak, and you think he's pretty swell, too. But before you can do anything about it, there's a TV crew outside your house that wants to chronicle the gossip and scandals of your parents' career, and a massive misunderstanding has gotten you grounded. How's a self-respecting young lady supposed to handle that?]

3 Too Much Hopeless Savages (4-issue mini; w Jen Van Meter; a Christine Norrie, Ross Campbell). [From Oni Press: This was supposed to be a leisurely vacation. Arsenal Hopeless-Savage has a rematch with an old high school rival in a kung-fu tournament in Hong Kong. She and her brother Twitch figured they could turn it into a nice jaunt with their boyfriends to meet their aging grandmother, a renowned Chinese fortune teller. Too bad Grandma Shi didn't phone ahead to tell them that it was going to be the trip from Hell!]