I found myself lost on more than one occasion. Like the other books in the series, it was a little far-fetched, but I think I also didn't enjoy it much because I didn't quite understand the stakes and when the tension was meant to be high, the dialogue explained what was going on rather than the images. It's still fun, the artwork is colorful, and the characters are adorable, but the story just lost me. This is probably my least favorite volume in the series. This and other reviews can be found on The Psychotic Nerd The color work from Elle Power continues to be really good too really painting the diversity of the world (even if all I can think about when giving a second of critical thought is the time period and what this means but doesn't seem to mean).Īnyway, I say if you liked any volume of Goldie Vance you'll enjoy this one a lot. The payoff and personal arc for Golide were very satisfying and the art animates it super well. This is a great mystery for kids that is still fun for adults even if there isn't really a bunch of layers to solve. Maybe a bit more desire from Diane's end because you see Golide over the top for her but something just kinda feels off perhaps because she looks older then Golide. Still because there is a ton of build and this issue beyond it's mystery is an issue about Diane (as volume three as about Sugar) and I feel like there just coulda been this bit more.

The story focuses on Diane and Goldie fighting, they don't ever kiss in this issue but it is very clearly and explicitly them in a relationship with other very clearly queer characters.

Jackie Ball's art style continues to be solid but I'm still not totally on board with it (this does come from my bias Williams being one of my favorite artists ever). Goldie Vance volume 4 did a lot of the things I really wanted to see come out of Goldie Vance.

Goldie Vance Vol. 2 by Hope Larson