Kelly Thompson

Reviewer

New York City, NY

Mountainview, CA

Jun 28, 2013

My younger brother brought home "Uncanny X-Men" #290 one day from the mall after recognizing Storm from the X-Men cartoon we'd stumbled across. And with that, I had discovered comics, or rather my brother had, but whatever. Love of comics eventually led me to the Savannah College of Art & Design where I got a degree in Sequential Art. Love of comics more recently drove a lot of my blogging, which led Brian Cronin to me and the creation of She Has No Head! and from there the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast, reviews for CBR, and a comics columnist gig on Lit Reactor. In other words, comics have led me a lot of good places.

I'm also the author of the superhero novel The Girl Who Would Be King and am represented by The Irene Goodman Agency. I live in Manhattan and love it, but constantly whine about returning to Los Angeles so that I can go to Target whenever I want and have less frizzy hair in the summer.

FIRST COMIC: "Uncanny X-Men" #290

FAVORITE CHARACTER: Batman and a smorgasbord of female runner ups? Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Cass Cain/Batgirl, Rogue, Emma Frost, Michonne, Agent 355, Big Barda...the list goes on and on.

Articles By Kelly Thompson

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Avengers Academy #22

Sat, November 19th, 2011 | Category: Review

Magneto visits the Avengers Academy, which should be interesting with all the villainous histories and potential futures milling about. Instead, it’s just boring.

Rachel Rising #3

Sun, November 13th, 2011 | Category: Review

"Rachel Rising" takes a dark turn as Rachel tries to figure out what has happened to her and experiences some strange new abilities.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #3

Thu, November 10th, 2011 | Category: Review

Buffy continues to be hated by just shy of everyone for her part in ridding the world of magic. Meanwhile, a new friend turns out to be not what he seems and both Buffy and Spike discover this fact far too late.

Princeless #1

Thu, November 10th, 2011 | Category: Review

The excellent first issue to a new all ages mini-series that has plenty for adults, while telling a great, empowering, and easily accessible story for kids.

Villains For Hire #.1

Sat, November 5th, 2011 | Category: Review

More of an epilogue to “Heroes For Hire” than a prelude to “Villains For Hire,” Misty Knight and her team of superhero freelancers do some solid superhero work while Killgrave looks on intently.

Animal Man #3

Sat, November 5th, 2011 | Category: Review

Lemire and Foreman continue to roll out a great story about Animal Man, his family, and the mysteries of “The Life Web.”

Green Wake #6

Mon, October 31st, 2011 | Category: Review

Morley returns to Green Wake to find things very different from how he left them, and not for the better.

Secret Avengers #18

Thu, October 27th, 2011 | Category: Review

Warren Ellis delivers another great standalone “Secret Avengers” tale with a small cast and powerful artist.

Wolverine & The X-Men #1

Wed, October 26th, 2011 | Category: Review

Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, with the help of Beast, Iceman, and some more junior X-Men are opening the Grey School. As expected, the first day is not going so smoothly.

Birds of Prey #2

Thu, October 20th, 2011 | Category: Review

Dinah and Starling try to unravel the mysterious death of a reporter and continue building their interesting new team, adding Katana and Poison Ivy to the mix.

Avengers #18

Wed, October 19th, 2011 | Category: Review

In the aftermath of the destruction of the Avengers Tower, a large group of Avengers are holed up at Avengers Mansion. Some will stay and some will go. Meanwhile a former agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. has gathered DNA from the superheroes and joined u

Ultimate X-Men #2

Thu, October 13th, 2011 | Category: Review

Kitty Pryde (a.k.a. The Shroud), Rogue, Iceman, and the Human Torch battle Nimrod Sentinels in New York to little affect, and both heroes and villains seem to be taking direction from a higher power.

Batwoman #2

Wed, October 12th, 2011 | Category: Review

Batwoman continues to search for the “Weeping Woman” while she juggles dating and the training of a new sidekick. To complicate things, Cameron Chase has come to town with one mission: find Batwoman.

Orchid #1

Wed, October 12th, 2011 | Category: Review

This dystopian adventure story has an interesting premise, but it’s buried in too many elements and an unfortunately inconsistent execution.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3

Wed, October 12th, 2011 | Category: Review

Miles Morales, while alternately learning and worrying about his newfound Spider powers, gets his first test of heroism.

Hark! A Vagrant

Fri, October 7th, 2011 | Category: Review

A gorgeous hardcover collection of Kate Beaton’s hilarious “Hark! A Vagrant” comic strips.

Huntress #1

Thu, October 6th, 2011 | Category: Review

The Huntress heads to Italy to head off a deadly shipment headed for Gotham. Things don’t go as planned.

The Walking Dead #89

Thu, October 6th, 2011 | Category: Review

The community tears itself in two as some original community members revolt against Rick and his friends

X-Men Legacy #256

Sun, October 2nd, 2011 | Category: Review

Trapped in space on a space station being pulled into a collapsing sun, our heroes try to stay alive and not worry about how they’re going to get home.