Tamaki has done an amazing job writing the heartache of a young girl wanting to find her place in the world. Not to mention that no one, not even the teenagers themselves know what is really going on in their heads! It must be hard enough for Starfire herself, being from another planet and still not truly understanding humans, but trying to raise a child who has grown up as a human, the disconnect can be hard. I adore the way Mariko Tamaki has written the struggle between mother and daughter in I Am NOT Starfire. Not knowing who to trust as a friend, Mandy had to create her own world where the people around her have to not care about her mom. It’s a teenagers right of passage, to turn away from and reject everything their parents are, so if you’re a daughter of a superhero who’s always in the spotlight… what better way than to become a social pariah. I actually can’t blame her for rebelling. Mandy has definitely had it tough having to grow up with all that pressure, to measure up to what the world thinks she should be the ideal daughter for the ideal superhero. Now imagine that you’re the daughter of an awesome, famous, glamourous, stunning, alien superhero who saves the universe on a daily basis. We in fact do almost everything we can to push our parents away in our teenage years, just reaching for a bit of freedom that we can never quite grasp. I can immediately tell you, no teenage girl ever wants to become their mother. The epic juxtaposition of Mandy in her dark clothes at the front of the image, contrasting with a bright orange and purple flying superhero in the background was just too much for me to handle! Like mother, like daughter As if that was interesting enough, I saw the cover and was immediately hooked. Starfire has a kid, who is nothing like her, quite the opposite in fact. Hearing the premise alone had me super excited. Letterer: Aditya Bidikar Review by Fay Clarkįor a while now I have been anticipating the release of I Am NOT 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.2.8K “I Am NOT Starfire” Writer: Mariko Tamaki 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? Preview: I Am Not Starfire YA OGN by Mariko Tamaki & Yoshi Yoshitani 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. Preview: I Am Not Starfire YA OGN by Mariko Tamaki & Yoshi YoshitaniĮveryone 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. And now we get a look inside the covers… Preview: I Am Not Starfire YA OGN by Mariko Tamaki & Yoshi Yoshitani But it has been consistently been putting on the preorders. The upcoming DC Comics YA graphic novel I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi Yoshitani got a lot of attention last year, a lot of it negative from people who would never have bought it.
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