Well, this certainly sounded better than it was. It was cute at times, but also quite confusing. I did love the art style and the characters were interesting. But I really had to drag my butt through half of the book. Not going to continue with this series. Also not going to write a longer review. I know how touchy people might get about things.

Real Score: 3.5/5A fast-paced comic that features two kick-ass queer women with lots of bright colours in a scifi world of bounty hunting across the galaxy. Following two best friends, both named Kim, the narrative is about two young women trying to establish their independence as bounty hunters. Set in a fantastic world of aliens and interdimensional planets, these two awesome ladies bond as partners and over their hopes and dreams for the future. I really appreciated the efforts of Magalene Vi...

ALL THE STARS! I loved EVERY panel! Everything about this book, the art, the writing, the characters... so fucking badass and deliciously queer. I have the biggest crush on Kim D. 💘I haven't laughed this hard at a comic book since Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland. I can't wait to read Love is a Battlefield!

While I was reading, I kept on thinking "this is a LOT like Cowboy Bebop, except with queer and trans women". Then after I finished, I saw the back cover said basically that. Okay then!This is one of those times when something is fine but not quite for me. I don't particularly like Cowboy Bebop or the entire wacky-bounty-hunters-in-space-and-whatnot subgenre it inspired. So this kind of fell flat for me despite the cool art and the epic amount of lampshading in the storyline. I also felt the plo...

What’s with putting sweet art on covers to trick people into picking stuff up only to find something filled with crappy faux-manga-styles? I was annoyed before I’d even started. Made it through about 1/3 before I gave up. According to my gf I “tossed it across the room in disgust”.Edit: I mean, look at this! Those proportions?!

Wow! Just wow! I loved every second of this volume. The only thing that I didn't like was that it was only four issues instead of the usual five! Kim & Kim is truly an incredible series. I adore both Kim's immensely. The writing is down right hysterical and lovable. There were so many amazing moments during this volume that I read it all in one sitting, I couldn't put it down! Longer review coming soon! :)

This was super fun! Bounty hunting Kims D and Q are trying to pay their rent and stay one step ahead of galactic crime lord El Scorcho as they help polyform Tom Quilt. They're funny and kick-ass, and I want all of their outfits. Also, there is a sandworm named Edgar, and Kim Q wallops people with a guitar, while Kim D shoots them with a bright pink Kalashnikov. Seriously, super fun.

Punk rock transgender females who fight things in space should have been interesting but.. ugh and meh.The plot had no idea where it wanted to go and it was supposed to be.. fun? I was annoyed primarily with trying to figure out what was going on and sleepy the rest of the time.

Well, I'll be honest... I only read this because it was in a bundle of comics so I got it anyway. Besides, people were comparing this to Cowboy Bebop so it can't be that bad and it wasn't bad just not really good either.What's it about?Eh... it's complicated. I'll get to that later.Pros:The art is just fantastic! I really love the art in this book.The characters are fairly interesting, I wanted to know what happened to them.The action scenes are REALLY well done.It is quite funny at times.It's c...

Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy BooksI heard great things about Kim & Kim, and I was not disappointed. The first issue was so much fun that I ordered Volume One (which collects issues 1-4) before even finishing that first issue. My only complaint is that now I have to wait for Volume Two!Kim & Kim is about two women who are “mostly platonic” best friends and partners in bounty hunting. Kim and Kim live in a futuristic world where everything is brightly colored and punk. One of the Kims carr...

Two galactic punk rock bounty hunters named Kim drive a galactic VW bus spaceship and beat up bad guys with their galactic guitars. The aesthetic is extremely pink with loads of stars, and every third panel contains ACTION ZOOM LINES! so that you know something exciting is happening.This looks like an overly bright, hyperfrenetic Saturday morning cartoon about girl rock stars from 25 years ago. [EDIT: My wife correctly informed me that I was thinking of Barbie and the Rockers.] The cover hurts m...

3.5 starsPunk rock, bad ass bounty hunters in space. Awesome, I know. And can we say "friendship goals?" Because, yeah. That too. I really liked Kim & Kim, especially for the level of diversity that is represented in the comic. Diverse comic heroes matter, and we get that in spades with our heroines Kim and Kim. We've been getting more and more trans characters featured in comics, and independent/small publishers are definitely the place to look. The story wasn't my absolute favourite, but it wa...

THIS IS SO GOOD. Funny, action-packed, queer, smart, and badass. "Mostly-platonic" best friend bounty hunters in a sci fi world. It's a little but punk, a little bit Jem and the Holograms. I will definitely be keeping up with this series.

cute, fun, crass, fast; a fun time all around, hopefully the next volume picks up the plot more :)

3.5 starsJust some badass adventuring lady types trying to pay their rent and not die in the process. Super fun, with trans rep, and awesome artwork!

There is a trend in modern comics to write young female characters with pop-culture drenched dialog and the sort of snappy patter that feel more at home in an episode of Will & Grace than a comic book. It wasn't until reading Magdalene Visaggio's Kim & Kim that I had the obvious realization that the problem was that the snappy pattering young women were all being written by men. I'm not saying it can't be done successfully by men, Kieron Gillen and Kurtis J. Wiebe have some wonderful female char...

This didn't do a ton for me personally, it felt like there was a LOT stuffed into 4 issues and the world/characters mostly never quite gelled for me? But the art is very fun and I enjoyed the banter between the 2 Kims, and it's definitely great to have a fun space/dimensional adventure with queer & trans characters. I just personally wish it were....slightly more fun? I guess?

I loved this!!! It was so cool! I love Kim and Kim's friendship. They're hilarious! Even though Kim & Kim kinda hate Saar and Columbus I kinda like them. I'm excited to see what happens next.

Fun, if a bit incoherent. Kim Quatro and Kim Dantzler are best friends trying to make a living as interdimensional bounty hunters. Hands up, how many of you think that they take what's supposed to be an easy job but turns out to have all sorts of complications? While the premise may not be particularly new (off the top of my head: Dirty Pair, Pirate Corp$, Those Annoying Post Brothers, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Strontium Dog ...), Visaggio and Cabrera give it enough flash and entertaining dialo...

Alright, this was not great but it does have good characters and vibrant, colorful art. The problem is the plot. It jumps all over the place and one storyline was pretty much abandoned. I am going to try the second volume only because I want to see what happens with the characters (both the Kims and their mercenary buddies), but this volume is getting purged.