The tabloids dubbed her "Lady Mechanika," the sole survivor of a mad scientist's horrific experiments which left her with mechanical limbs. Having no memory of her captivity or her former life, Lady Mechanika eventually built a new life for herself as an adventurer and private investigator, using her unique abilities to solve cases the proper authorities couldn't or wouldn't handle. But she never stopped searching for the answers to her own past.
Set in a fictionalized steampunk Victorian England, a time when magic and superstition clashed with new scientific discoveries and inventions, Lady Mechanika chronicles a young woman's obsessive search for her identity as she investigates other mysteries involving science and the supernatural."
Hello Fellow
Readers,
I've read some Lady
Mechanika comics before, however I had to stop buying comics for a while due to
space, so when I saw that Netgalley had both Vol. 1 and Vol 2 available for
review I jumped at the chance. I am a avid comic book fan and I decided with this
blog to review comic books, graphic novels and Manga as well. I will say that I
am not a expert on art, however I have tons of it, so I am just a fan giving my
ideas and opinions on things. If you don't agree that's completely okay, please
even leave a comic on what you agree or disagree about. I love hearing from you
all. I've decided to take a slightly different approach to these books as
opposed to reviewing my regular books. Instead of a rating system I will simply
say read or not read (that is the question isn't it?)
The Graphics/Artwork
I love the
illustrations for Lady Mechanika Benitez did an amazing job of giving the
characters life and color. Since the story takes place in 1800s in a
steampunkish society Benitez allows his imagination to roar to life with
inventions and gadgets that impressive and functional. His details are amazing
yet they don't distract from the story which I like. Using the artwork can be a
bit of a hit or miss for me, but Lady Mechanika was a total hit for me. While I
am not sure how historically accurate the dressing is I can say I love them,
Especially Lady Mechanika's wardrobe. They give her respectability while also
making her look cool, and yes while they are tight clothing and there is even
one image that draws attention to her boobs (they were talking about her
necklace) they did not overly sexualize the character in my opinion. In fact I
found a lot of her outfits pretty badass. Lady Mechanika is beautiful I will
say and I can hardly fault Benitez in that sense. I have yet to see him throw
her in a non-sensible outfit.
The Story
This is the
beginning of comic series and we can see a boom in mechanics taking off yet,
Lady Mechanika is already well know, she is a great fighter (and shooter) and
her gadgets are to die for, while Benitez could have gone the origin route he
didn't, this is because our Heroine is searching for her origins, we are
learning with her why she was picked to become half Mechanics and half women.
She is currently searching for who made her and why. While throughout the story
we are fed bits and pieces of her life pre-series, I enjoy this as it doesn't
take away from what's going on in 'present day', I'm not trying to process what
happened to her while learning more information, Benitez poses the story like a
puzzle a mystery we are tying to solve with the heroine to feel more connected
to her. This makes you want to keep reading but like Lady Mechanika you start
to feel a need to know what happened to her. Of course that's not the only
thing going on especially with our heroine discovering other mechanical people
like herself, oh ucky….
Our Heroine (Lady Mechanika)
Lady Mechanika is
pretty badass, she has amazing gadgets, she's beautiful with Red eyes, Long
dark black hair and creamy white skin with a complexion to die for. There is a
overwhelming huge cloud of loneliness that I can see in her. She doesn't know
why she was made, or who made her and since she is not quite human it's hard to
bond with others because she will always be different. There's also a line
which gives a clue to the fact that she may not be able to reproduce which
gives a huge sadness as she will never have a family (I'm not saying that’s
what makes a woman of anything like that, it's just with no siblings or parents
around and not being able to have children it's just sad…) of her own. There's
also a great compassion that she seems to keep hidden with her tough exterior,
while Benitez allows us glimpses of, this tells us that or Heroine is a good
person. Yes she does kill, and while I won't debate the merits of this, I can
tell you in my opinion it's not she does off hand.
Overall
I really enjoyed
Volume 1 of Lady Mechanika so much so that I immediately moved on to Volume 2,
I know I will have to continue buying the comics as I know how more space (must
buy all the books!). Lady Mechanika is a kickass female with a great story and
gorgeous artwork, if that is something you are interested in you really need to
read this.
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