Review: Star Wars Target Vader Issue 1

Creators: Robbie Thompson, Marc Laming, Cris Bolson, Neeraj Menon & Various
I'm a Rebel girl, but i have a soft spot for the grey bad boys. The smugglers and bounty hunters even a defecting stormtrooper. 
Beilert Valance is a legends character whose stories I really enjoyed in the Legends comics. Now Valence is joining the canon universe in a six issue miniseries and her is gunning for Vader.
This story starts on Coruscant and seems to be set between A new Hope and Empire. Vader is on the trail of a group called The Hidden Hand , a criminal gang that was tolerated by the Emperor before they began selling weapons to the Rebels. 
A member of the Hand approaches Valence with a case full of credits and a job: take out Vader. Valance is more than happy to take the job.
I really loved the artistic team on this book. They are able to update the 70's aesthetic of  Valance's look from the past. I'm so excited to see this epic showdown. I'm not sure how things will turn out for Valance but I'm excited to find out!

TSW: Loungfly Planetary Backpacks are Onsale!

I was obsessed when the images of these new loungefly backpacks were released. And today while searching the HOT TOPIC app I saw that they were in stock and 20 percent off! I snapped up the Hoth  one and hope to get the others soon. I love that the bags come with a coin purse but i was a little disappointed the Endor one doesn't have Ewoks on it.  Can't wait to get it!

SDCC!9 An Evening With Raina Telgemeier

SDCC had  a kickoff of sorts with a special talk and signing with Raina Telgemeier on Tuesday July 17th. Record crowds showed up to here Raina give an inspiring lecture and signing. With all the excitement of the convention it's easy to forget the quality programming that the library offers for educators and local residents during SDCC. I Plan on attending more events at the library in years to come.  I didn't see Raina that night because of crowds, a great many of them children who could barely contain their excitement at meeting her. I caught up with Raina later at SDCC and got a signed copy of this sampler.

Guts continues Raina's exploration into personal stories as she shares her history with anxiety and digestive problems.