Eric S. Trautmann

This Western comic book features a scantily-clad heroine, Lady Rawhide, a Robin-Hood character who lives for high-risk adventure. She has sympathy for Captain Reyes, the Mexican soldier, who is ordered to apprehend her. It is also about a gang of cowgirl outlaws and the Mexican and US governments’ attempts to arrest them. Their fight against the corrupt Governor leads them all together in a mighty climax.

It is well-illustrated and the main character is well-developed: we find out about her allies, both rescued from unhappy fates, as well as where her sympathies lie.

In the format in which I read it (on a computer screen), the background text was sometimes hard to read.

Somewhat predictable, this collection of the first 5 issues of Lady Rawhide is a good read but nothing exceptional.

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I love graphic novels with female lead characters but sometimes it is hard to find female leads that aren't oversexualized as most are for the male reading audience. Lady Rawhide is just that, a woman wearing next to nothing to stand up for good - kind of like a female Robin Hood, but instead of tights she dons a Lycra/leather-thong bathing suit/corset....(yea that pretty much sums it up).

My first thoughts upon beginning this graphic was that the illustrations were very detailed and that was awesome, until about issue 4/5 in the volume, then it wasn't as detailed for some reason. So kudos for the good pictures up until that point, but it also brought to my attention how much that suit is up her butt...it cannot be comfortable to ride a horse with no clothing on you behind... it bothered me.

The plot was a decent one about fighting the tyranny of corrupt officials but it was all difficult to read as an ebook on my computer the type set was a little small and I guess (and now I know) that westerns aren't my thing. I wasn't really digging it.

If you like scantily-clad females and western themed graphic novels I guess this would be for you.… (more)