Creating this graphic novel has been a real dream come true, said Yoshitani. I Am Not Starfire is available for pre-order now, and will be released August 10, 2021. I Am Not Starfire is a story about mother-daughter relationships, embracing where you come from while finding your own identity, and learning to be unafraid of failing, if it was even failing. I Am Not Starfire is Yoshitani’s second graphic novel for DC’s Books for Young Readers program, having first debuted Zatanna and the House of Secrets, a middle grade graphic novel written by Mathew Cody. The conceit of the book is that everyone, including Starfire herself, seemingly expects more out of Mandy, when the one person who would immediately accept Mandy for being the squat, obese, weirdly pink skinned girl with bad hair, awful sense of style, and seemingly bad attitude would be Starfire. I am Not Starfire is a story about teenagers and/as aliens about knowing where you come from and where you are going and about mothers.
When someone from Starfire’s past arrives, Mandy must make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything to save her mom. So yes, this 'Im not star fire' novel can easily remove star fire and nothing changes. It was written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani. Or she did until she gets partnered with Claire, the person she intensely denies liking but definitely likes a lot, for a school project. I Am Not Starfire is a DC Comics graphic novel released under its DC Young Adult imprint. Everyone thinks Mandy needs to go to college and become whoever you become at college, but Mandy has other plans. To Starfire, who is from another planet, Mandy seems like an alien, like some distant, angry, light-years away moon.Īnd ever since she walked out on her SATs, which her mom doesn’t know about, Mandy has been even more distant. She’s a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend, Lincoln. Based on a press release obtained by Bleeding Cool, the comic follows the high school shenanigans of 17-year-old Mandy Koriand’r, who is apparently the complete opposite of her mother Koriand’r.
Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. DC Comics introduced a brand new character in the form of Starfire’s daughter with the announcement of their new young adult comic, I Am Not Starfire. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is not like her mother. 194 pages, $16.99, available on August 10įrom author Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire.
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