We did a lot of great work, and I’m proud of what we made. Partnering with Mariko Tamaki to create a world filled with familiar characters from my childhood, brand-new faces, and flashy superpowers, underpinned with feelings of teenage angst all while trying to do justice to longtime DC readers and those picking up comics for the first time has been a fulfilling whirlwind. Yoshitani added, “Creating this graphic novel has been a real dream come true. I’m so excited for people to read this new comic and meet her daughter Mandy.” I think Starfire is such an amazing character, so larger than life and just overall fabulous. “I wanted to work on a book about finding power in what you are (versus focusing on what you aren’t). “I feel so lucky to be able to work on these books for DC, to write superhero comics and work with incredible talents like Yoshi Yoshitani,” Tamaki said in regards to her work. 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. How do you become the person you’re supposed to be when you don’t know what that is? How do you become the person you’re supposed to be when the only thing you’re sure of is what you’re not? Mandy likes Claire (even if she denies it, heartily and intensely). But then everything changes when she gets partnered with Claire for a school project. Mandy’s big plan is that she’s going to move to France and…do whatever people do in France. Which, yeah, her mom doesn’t know.Įveryone 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 it’s possible Mandy is even more distant lately, ever since she walked out on her S.A.T.s. Mandy has no powers, is a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend Lincoln. Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is NOT like her mother. The plot summary for Mandy’s adventure is as follows: I Am Not Starfire is being written by New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki ( Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, This One Summer, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me). Even without any dialogue, these images tell a story. Some people take dark and goth to mean soulless, immediately writing that kind of character off, but there’s clearly a lot of emotions circulating on the pages. I especially love that despite Mandy’s dark aesthetic, there’s still detail in her design. I am in awe of Yoshitani’s art style, especially the color contrasts between Mandy and her mother, Starfire. Now that we’ve gotten a peek at some of the art and more details of the plot, I can wholeheartedly say that this is the kind of story I wish my “unsure of what to do in life” adolescent self would’ve had all those years ago.Ĭheck out the new images by artist Yoshi Yoshitani ( Zatanna and the House of Secrets) here: It’s no secret that when I saw the cover and premise of I Am Not Starfire, I immediately added Mandy to my ongoing list of fictional children.
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