Kelly Thompson did a pretty decent job with Kate, even if this first volume didn't blow me out of the water. I didn't totally connect with Bishop and her world until it got a bit closer to the end of the arc when she does the team-up with Jessica Jones. Chad summed it up nicely in his review when he said that this felt like Thompson trying to channel Fraction's version of Clint. I like the general tone, but I think Kate can do better than become Marvel's Great Value brand Hawkeye. The story was

A superhero detective story. Kate Bishop is the daughter of Hawkeye and she has struck off on her own as Hawkeye. She has opened her office and she's trying to make a living with her P.I. business. Toward the end of the volume, Jessica Jones shows up and Kate can learn about the business.Kate is rather annoying in a fun way. It reminds me a little of Veronica Mars. There is plenty of California culture in this story. It's fun, but it's nothing out of this world. There also really wasn't a big fo...

Personal voice be awesome.World: The art is great, it's full of character and that's what this book needs. The sense of motion is not there, but the sense of style and tone is great. The world building is solid and gives a good foundation for Kate in her little piece of the MU. Her little slice of Los Angeles is interesting and the cast of characters around her is fun and weird and exactly what this little world needs.Story: The story is small and fun. It's full of life and character and quirky

This was great! I was absolutely impressed. The spirit of Fraction's Hawkeye book is alive and well in these pages, though magically non-derivative of that work. Thompson and Romero have their own chemistry going on, and it's a lot of fun. Kate is an excellent character, and her dialogue is an absolute joy to read. The story-telling is excellent, written like a true detective story in the MU canon, complete with mind control and dragons. I'd like to see where this goes, because it has all the po...

Why do you read comics? When I was a kid, the four-issue limited series was an intoxicating enterprise, because you could take a good idea and give it four issues of tight consideration, tell a good story and be done with it. One-shots and summertime annuals were even better, because it was one fat issue of standalone story - you knew you would be satisfied, and that the amount of backstory brought to the table would be minimal, or at least footnoted. This, along with the volume I will next revi...

Kelly Thompson puts on her best Matt Fraction impersonation. This book wants so badly to be Fraction's Hawkeye. Kate is just an inept as Clint. Even though she's trying to be a P.I., she bumbles into solutions to her cases. She's constantly quipping but her jokes often fall flat. Even the art and coloring is trying it's best to mimic David Aja. Kate shouldn't be a pale imitation of Clint Barton. She's always been portrayed as a strong, independent woman and I feel that's missing here until Jessi...

Really liked the story, really liked the artwork (other than a couple of dodgy panels that looked like they'd been badly Photoshopped). Cracking book.

I like Kelly Thompson, she super cool. I like Hawkeye, she's fun. So why didn't I "love" this? Well this is two arcs here. First is about a missing case. Well it starts off as a girl getting stalked and then goes missing. We slowly find out the reason behind it is a virus of sorts going around, a chemical imbalance, that makes people hate. I believe it's trying to be a metaphor for the internet and how it can be a place filled with hatred and everyone begins to follow like sheep. Least that's wh...

75% | B+ | Great"Excuse me, I'm here to make a deposit. Do you accept...sass?!"Kate Bishop has started her own business, Hawkeye Investigations, but with no license and barely any traction, she finds it hard to make a living. However, cases start to come up here and there, and it's up to Los Angeles' Hawkeye to solve the crimesAn absolute joy to read from start to finish, volume 1 shows that Kate can stand on her own without having to fall back on the more well known Hawkeye, Clint Barton. There...

Read in single issues. Really loved this first volume. Definitely going to continue reading Kate Bishop's solo title. Such a cool character with lots of sass! I'm so pleased she got her own book. Kudos to Kelly Thompson's writing!

This was excellent. I wrote more over at Lady Business: http://ladybusiness.dreamwidth.org/20...

This book has: 1. A relatable kick ass female hero2. A Jessica Jones cameo3. A Scooby team4. A dragonAnd you should read it.

Kate 'Hawkeye' Bishop flies solo, leaving the Big Apple to go "down these mean streets" of sunny So-Cal (territory lovingly mined by my fave pulp fictionists Chandler and MacDonald) to make it as a superhero AND private investigator. Did I mention her P.I. license hasn't been approved yet?That's our lovable and capable Kate. Whether stopping a Point Break / Reservoir Dogs-inspired robbery in progress or facing down a socialite-turned-fire-breathing-dragon (is that some sort of metaphor? don't as...

3.5 stars. This book was pretty decent. Two story arcs in this one. The 1st, Kate takes on a case where a young lady is being cyber harassed and she is worried it might escalate. Of course it does and she ends up getting kidnapped. This was fun following Kate as she dived into this case to find this missing girl. Some cool hijinks and and cool new characters that help Kate along the way. This was my fav out of the two stories. The 2nd, Jessica Jones shows up and they work together on another mis...

Story was decent enough, and the Jessica Jones part were cool. My only issue is how dialogue heavy the book is, especially the first few issues, but once it gets to the Jessica Jones part it got a bit better, and Kate is still a cool protag! If you have read the previous Matt Fraction stuff, artwork wise its still the same, at least this series keeps its art style unlike many others.

More like 3.5 stars but I'm rounding up because I enjoyed reading this.I'm super pleased we've gotten solo series for Kate and America. And no, not just because I ship them. These were the two stand out characters from Young Avengers to me and if we could get a David Alleyne book, I'd be happy forever! I adore Kate Bishop as a character. While I kinda hate that writers are turning most female superheroes into this type smarmy, quippy personality (*cough cough* recent Barbara Gordon writers) Kate...

During this past week, I revisited one of my favourite comic runs, which is Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja. Published around the same time at the release of Joss Whedon's The Avengers, which somewhat underused Clint Barton, this solo title showcased the character when he's not avenging and more about his witty adventures during his off-days. During my initial read of the comic, it was my introduction to the female Hawkeye Kate Bishop who debuted in the Young Avengers during the mid-nough...

This just felt like a simpler version of Fractions story. The first arc involved a cult like group and the 2nd arc involved jessica jones and some actors in a way. They just never took off. A little to simple and easy going. The humour was well done and the action solid. Kate did seem to get into trouble and get out of trouble just the way hawkeye does. Solid but not amazing.

Fun and playful but rooted in a very old school style of storytelling. Kate Bishop is Hawkeye for the west coast and make no mistake she is silly, sassy, and very playful in the writing and vocab. However the story is an old school P.I. crime story that gives a throwback to older comics. More important there are no mentions or sighting of avengers raining down on the book and I was glad. There is a cameo from a friend which is no surprise but it fits the story nicely. Basicly Kate is tracking do...

I hope this doesn't get cancelled like Mockingbird because it's filling that little void in my heart. FUNNY. Cute. Bad-ass. The snaaaaaark.