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Lumberjanes #6
Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim
Knot on your life!
All is fair in love and badges! Or so April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley thought until they met the mysterious counselor, Seafarin’ Karen. When the Lumberjanes decide it's time to learn more about the theatrical yet intriguing counselor, things take a turn for the strange. Between a sudden storm hitting the camp, shapeshifters, and strange portals,
this is one badge that the Lumberjanes must go above and beyond for.
This New York Times bestseller and multiple Eisner Award-winning series is written by Shannon Watters and Kat Leyh (Super Cakes) and illustrated by Carey Pietsch (Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift).
Collects issues 21-24.
All is fair in love and badges! Or so April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley thought until they met the mysterious counselor, Seafarin’ Karen. When the Lumberjanes decide it's time to learn more about the theatrical yet intriguing counselor, things take a turn for the strange. Between a sudden storm hitting the camp, shapeshifters, and strange portals,
this is one badge that the Lumberjanes must go above and beyond for.
This New York Times bestseller and multiple Eisner Award-winning series is written by Shannon Watters and Kat Leyh (Super Cakes) and illustrated by Carey Pietsch (Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift).
Collects issues 21-24.
112 pages, Paperback
First published April 10, 2017
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Shannon Watters
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September 14, 2017
I found the art to be lower quality in this entry- just like the last one. The story, of course, is still awesome.
There's magic in this story and mystery, fantastical beings and Lumberjanes. The girls continue to earn badges and amaze with their brilliance and power.
Highly recommended to reluctant readers and not-so-reluctant ones.
There's magic in this story and mystery, fantastical beings and Lumberjanes. The girls continue to earn badges and amaze with their brilliance and power.
Highly recommended to reluctant readers and not-so-reluctant ones.
October 2, 2020
The happiest book out there? This is veering towards an astounding place in comic book history with its all female cast, zero male-female romances, multiple threats, alternate and confusing worlds, a compelling supporting cast, a trans character who's gender places zero part of the tale, a book focused on friendship, mystery and scout knots in this volume! Another easy 8 out of 12.
Also I've learned more about 'forgotten' amazing women of history from the use of their names in exclamations by the characters than from any other medium ever! Hard as Hypatia!
Also I've learned more about 'forgotten' amazing women of history from the use of their names in exclamations by the characters than from any other medium ever! Hard as Hypatia!
April 5, 2018
The Lumberjanes are back at the water, this time to learn to tie knots with seafarin' Karin and prove they know team work. Selkies have stolen Karin's boat and she needs to get it back. The girls split up and Molly and Ripley go searching for Bear Woman. The other are going to help Karin get her boat back.
The girls have so much energy. This series is all about the fun. I think this was a great volume. I'll be going forward with this. I want to know when the movie is coming out because this is a great movie or TV show in the making.
The girls have so much energy. This series is all about the fun. I think this was a great volume. I'll be going forward with this. I want to know when the movie is coming out because this is a great movie or TV show in the making.
December 24, 2017
They kiss in this one! So cute.
March 13, 2018
This is the first issue in the series that I've given less than 4 stars, and I don't think it's any coincidence that it's the point in the series where Noelle Stevenson has stopped writing for the Lumberjanes books entirely and has handed it over to Shannon Watters. Without Noelle's fantastically unique art style or her precious and funny writing, this volume fell very short for me. I think I'll give volume 7 a try to see if it's just growing pains from the transition of authors, but if volume 7 doesn't live up to par, either, I think I'll have to say goodbye and just remember the first 5 volumes fondly. :(
April 10, 2017
Can't quite give it 3 stars. This series has definitely lost it a initial charm from around volume 4.
June 17, 2018
Yes!! I'm such a MalxMolly shipper!
Another good volume, I loved the pirate ship (!!) and I'm really loving the different art style. I know a lot of people were meh since the style change but I think it's charming. Can't wait to get to volume 7.
Another good volume, I loved the pirate ship (!!) and I'm really loving the different art style. I know a lot of people were meh since the style change but I think it's charming. Can't wait to get to volume 7.
May 2, 2018
This was a disappoint compared to the their lumberjane I read. Maybe because it had a different writer (Noelle) but this wasn't as funny to me.
The story was just as original, and I love Mal and her lesbian relationship - but something just felt missing for me.
The story was just as original, and I love Mal and her lesbian relationship - but something just felt missing for me.
April 14, 2017
I never thought I'd say it, but I may be breaking up with the Lumberjanes. The magic of the first few volumes has been missing in the last two and the cartoony art style of this arc adds to the feeling that the 'Janes are headed closer to the mainstream. I still think that Lumberjanes, as a whole, is an important comic for kids, but it was better when it wasn't so blatantly trying to be "for kids".
July 1, 2017
I think this series is doing longer story arcs now and I'm really loving it! This would be 5 stars if it were Noelle Stevenson or Brooke Allen doing the art. I just don't love the recent artist changes as much.
December 6, 2017
Tampoco me ha gustado tanto como los anteriores, pero como siempre divertido, cuqui y adorable. Y BUENO, HA PASADO ALGO QUE LLEVABA ESPERANDO DESDE EL PRINCIPIO QUE NO PUEDO DECIR PORQUE ES SPOILER PERO QUE ME HA DEJADO C A L V O. Leed todos esta maravilla y sufrid conmigo.
November 19, 2017
Pirates, wormholes and lumberjanes go together like milk and cookies...
February 4, 2021
I’m having a bit of trouble rating this one. In fact, it took me forever to finish it because I’m just not as invested in the adventures this time. It’s still good, and I love love love the Lumberjanes themselves... but for some reason, I could take or leave this issue. So that’s 3 1/2 stars for this one.
Then again, . But still, it just didn’t quite seem as fast paced as the previous volumes. Not that being a little meh about this one is going to stop me from continuing. I’m just saying, it wasn’t quite as awesome as the others.
I really hope the next issue is a little more like the first few issues, which were amazing!!! I do still recommend this series because it’s hilarious at times, heartfelt, action packed, and just plain weird!! Totally something for everyone in these volumes.
Then again, . But still, it just didn’t quite seem as fast paced as the previous volumes. Not that being a little meh about this one is going to stop me from continuing. I’m just saying, it wasn’t quite as awesome as the others.
I really hope the next issue is a little more like the first few issues, which were amazing!!! I do still recommend this series because it’s hilarious at times, heartfelt, action packed, and just plain weird!! Totally something for everyone in these volumes.
July 12, 2017
I don't know, I think I might stop reading this series? It's gone from manic and bubbly and full of cleverness and energy, to being just a mundane kids comic. I didn't laugh once, and I miss the original art. (Halfway through I realized Noelle Stevenson wasn't credited on anything but the cover, and I'm thinking that's a huge factor.)
[2.5 stars]
[2.5 stars]
April 11, 2023
Another great addition to the Lumbjanes series. There was a bit of a setup for a future arc as well as more chaos by way of Ripley.
August 24, 2016
Mal and Molly are <3
April 16, 2017
Seafarin' Karen is my patronus.
July 23, 2017
I NEED THE NEXT VOLUME NOW WHY ISN'T IT AVAILABLE YET
March 21, 2019
The Roanoke gang cannot get a badge without experiencing mayhem and danger while hanging out with fantastic beings. This time, it's Seafarin' Karen, a werewolf who's also a counsellor, and selkies, who have a grudge against Karen. April decides she wants to get the knot badge, and before you know it, half the gang is marooned in the sea with angry selkies, while the other half is trying to get info from Bear woman.
The art is in a looser style than the original issues, and I'm pleased that Molly is gaining confidence, while Ripley saves the day.
The art is in a looser style than the original issues, and I'm pleased that Molly is gaining confidence, while Ripley saves the day.
May 31, 2017
This issue was marginally better than Vol. 5's lackluster foray into the battle of the mermaid heavy metal bands though the action is once again taking place on the lake at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types.
This time the Janes are attempting to earn their knot tying badges. New counselor Seafarin' Karen informs them that they need to earn the badges as a team and the girls are nonplussed to have their teamwork skills called into question. April once again gets carried away with wanting to learn Seafarin' Karen's secrets and pretty soon they're mediating between Karen and a band of selkies who've made off with her ship.
So kind of similar to the last story...
Again I'm not feeling the artwork at all. Admittedly I am not an "Adventure Time" fan and apparently Carey Pietsch draws for the show. Its just very haphazard and incomplete looking like the details are going to get filled in later by a computer or something. I cannot stand the way counselor Jen in particular is being drawn. She looks like a 50 year old woman rather than a teenager. And as with the previous issue the story just isn't there. The initial volumes of this series struck a really amazing balance between off the wall crazy and legit solid story telling, things got wacky but never out of control. Now it just feels like they're sort of coasting on that earlier zaniness and assuming that just naming a character Seafarin' Karen is going to be enough to get giggles from readers. She's just not that interesting. Yes she has a secret but its not especially exciting and its starting to feel like Boom!Studios is running out of ideas.
We get to spend a little time with the elusive "Bear Woman" who was once in charge of the camp and there's a hint that she's got her eye on Molly as a possible heir to the land of lost objects which has lost all of the mysterious beauty and menace it had in earlier volumes and now just looks messy and looney tune cartoon dangerous.
Honestly I'm deeply disappointed in both these last issues. Noelle Stevenson leaving is starting to look like it will cause irreparable damage to the series. I do not begrudge her success in the least and I can't wait to see what she does next but I am sincerely bummed she's no longer with the series.
This time the Janes are attempting to earn their knot tying badges. New counselor Seafarin' Karen informs them that they need to earn the badges as a team and the girls are nonplussed to have their teamwork skills called into question. April once again gets carried away with wanting to learn Seafarin' Karen's secrets and pretty soon they're mediating between Karen and a band of selkies who've made off with her ship.
So kind of similar to the last story...
Again I'm not feeling the artwork at all. Admittedly I am not an "Adventure Time" fan and apparently Carey Pietsch draws for the show. Its just very haphazard and incomplete looking like the details are going to get filled in later by a computer or something. I cannot stand the way counselor Jen in particular is being drawn. She looks like a 50 year old woman rather than a teenager. And as with the previous issue the story just isn't there. The initial volumes of this series struck a really amazing balance between off the wall crazy and legit solid story telling, things got wacky but never out of control. Now it just feels like they're sort of coasting on that earlier zaniness and assuming that just naming a character Seafarin' Karen is going to be enough to get giggles from readers. She's just not that interesting. Yes she has a secret but its not especially exciting and its starting to feel like Boom!Studios is running out of ideas.
We get to spend a little time with the elusive "Bear Woman" who was once in charge of the camp and there's a hint that she's got her eye on Molly as a possible heir to the land of lost objects which has lost all of the mysterious beauty and menace it had in earlier volumes and now just looks messy and looney tune cartoon dangerous.
Honestly I'm deeply disappointed in both these last issues. Noelle Stevenson leaving is starting to look like it will cause irreparable damage to the series. I do not begrudge her success in the least and I can't wait to see what she does next but I am sincerely bummed she's no longer with the series.
March 5, 2018
A new camp counselor, Seafarin' Karen, works at the camp and has the girls working on their maritime badges.
Lumberjanes, Volume 6: Sink or Swim contains comics #21-24 in the series.
#21 - A new camp counselor is working at camp.
#22 - The Lumberjanes help Seafarin' Karen get her boat back.
#23 - A storm causes problems for the Lumberjanes as they help Seafarin' Karen.
#24 - The Lumberjanes wrap up helping Seafarin' Karen.
Lumberjanes, Volume 6: Sink or Swim contains comics #21-24 in the series.
#21 - A new camp counselor is working at camp.
#22 - The Lumberjanes help Seafarin' Karen get her boat back.
#23 - A storm causes problems for the Lumberjanes as they help Seafarin' Karen.
#24 - The Lumberjanes wrap up helping Seafarin' Karen.
July 18, 2020
I’m really glad I came back to this series. I don’t think it is one you can binge because of the constant artisti changes but it’s okay, I loved the story and the characters and it was everything I wanted (:
August 7, 2023
4.5 stars
I love the selkies and SK and the choice to lean ever more heavily into the supernatural stuff as the series goes along. Carey Pietsch's artwork again took some getting used to, and this remains an adorably wholesome series.
I love the selkies and SK and the choice to lean ever more heavily into the supernatural stuff as the series goes along. Carey Pietsch's artwork again took some getting used to, and this remains an adorably wholesome series.
February 29, 2024
this is such a comfort series for me. the art style has also grown on me a lot, I feel if it got a little better, I wouldn't enjoy it so much.
some of the cover art is BEAUTIFUL.
some of the cover art is BEAUTIFUL.
October 23, 2019
Just okay. I don't care for the art style that took over starting in volume 5; too uniformly blocky and cartoony. It was always cartoony, but with a lot more variety between the characters previously, and the mysterious visual quality of the camp and environs is gone.
Similarly, the writing has gone downhill. It feels as though they are trying too hard; the characters are too set and static, and the charm is gone.
I hope future volumes turn back around. There was so much promise built up in the earlier volumes.
Similarly, the writing has gone downhill. It feels as though they are trying too hard; the characters are too set and static, and the charm is gone.
I hope future volumes turn back around. There was so much promise built up in the earlier volumes.
January 6, 2018
This one had a much more interesting storyline than volume 5, and I loved the hints at further supernatural shenanigans. Still getting used to the new illustration style, though it’s always interesting seeing how different artists portray the characters.
October 30, 2017
30/10/2017
I loved this, I hadn't realised how much I missed reading this series.
I loved this, I hadn't realised how much I missed reading this series.
June 7, 2018
For me, this series has lost its oomph.
May 20, 2018
The Lumberjanes get a new counselor: Seafarin’ Karen. And with name like that, can some sort of nautical adventure be in the offing? Mmmmmmm … could be.
The ‘Janes must split their forces, with some of them helping Karen retrieve her ship from a band of mischievous selkies, and the rest off to assist the Bear Woman in closing off portals. Naturally the two tasks turn out to be related …
General quality remains high. I love the characters and all the ways that they banter back and forth. I love their zest and enthusiasm, and rare is the page that doesn't cause me to grin with delight.
Special recognition to Kat Leyh for her cover to issue twenty-four, which is especially fun. Highly recommended!
The ‘Janes must split their forces, with some of them helping Karen retrieve her ship from a band of mischievous selkies, and the rest off to assist the Bear Woman in closing off portals. Naturally the two tasks turn out to be related …
General quality remains high. I love the characters and all the ways that they banter back and forth. I love their zest and enthusiasm, and rare is the page that doesn't cause me to grin with delight.
Special recognition to Kat Leyh for her cover to issue twenty-four, which is especially fun. Highly recommended!
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