Review: Pride High #3

Artist(s): Brian Ponce, Tommy Roddy.

As the second one, the third issue of Pride High mostly deals with the consequences of the loss of one of the debut issue characters in various ways, and advances the plot by introducing a replacement character for the gay-straight alliance group, which was necessary for them to compete in the school’s games.
Writer Tommy Roddy and artist Brian Ponce tackle some serious problems head on: at the church ceremony, a bunch of homophobic bigots spout gay-hating religious slogans, something that’s rather close to reality in the USA, apparently.
Back at the school, daily life reasserts itself, as does the search for a new member needed for the group. As in the previous issues, the pace is good, characters are built on little by little (there are interesting exchanges between two out gay teachers, for example), and Ponce’s art is mostly solid, altough I must admit I found the fight sequence between students to be a bit hard to follow. But I’m pretty sure I’m in the minority there (and after all, that’s the part I least enjoy, personally).
This issue felt a bit like a transition issue, with the aftermath of a death and the introduction of a new, presumably important core character. I think it won’t feel that way when more issues are published and they can be all read one after another. It will just be one chapter in a large story which does continue to hold my interest, no doubt about that.
This issue can be bought as a pdf from the publisher (you’ll find a preview there, too) or in print from the Prism site.

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