Street Angel (comics)

Street Angel
Publication information
Publisher	Slave Labor Graphics
Schedule	Irregular
Format	Limited series
Publication date	March 2004 – March 2005
No. of issues	5
Creative team
Created by	Jim Rugg; Brian Maruca
Written by	Jim Rugg; Brian Maruca
Artist(s)	Jim Rugg
Letterer(s)	Jim Rugg
Collected editions
Street Angel	ISBN 1-59362-012-8

Street Angel is an alternative comic book limited series by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca. It was published in 2004 by Slave Labor Graphics, and lasted five issues. A followup graphic novel, Street Angel: After School Kung Fu Special, was published in 2017.

Plot

The story takes place in Wilkesborough, the worst ghetto in Angel City. The title character is 12-year-old Jesse Sanchez (13-year-old after a bout of time travel), "a dangerous martial artist... and the world's greatest homeless skateboarder." She handles ninjas, pirates and hunger with skill, aplomb, and help from her friends. The comic is a satire on superhero comics as well as the Golden Age era with its ridiculous dialog, unexplained characters, and flashy effects . None of the comics share any continuity.

Bibliography

Street Angel #1–5
Comics Festival, a one-shot published by the Toronto Comic Arts Festival for Free Comic Book Day, 2005
Street Angel: After School Kung Fu Special, a full-sized graphic novel sequel published by Image Comics in 2017 (ISBN 978-1-53430-287-7)

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback

Street Angel (collects limited series, FCBD story, 208 pages, July 2005, ISBN 1-59362-012-8)

In other media

A Street Angel live-action short film was produced in 2008, starring Kate Bell as Jesse. It is written and directed by Lucas Testro and produced by Adam Bishop, adapting Issue 1 of the comic series. The film also incorporates elements from Issue 4 of the series. Street Angel co-creator Jim Rugg contributed original artwork that is used in the film's opening animated sequence.

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gollark: Explain how it is first.

gollark: It's not saying that.

gollark: As best I can tell this is saying something about a "gravitomagnetic" effect and (best attempt to parse the insanity) you're trying to go from some reference to that to "so obviously something something gravity magnetism" to "everything is electromagnetism, electric universe, intergalactic Birkeland currents".

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References

Street Angel at the Grand Comics Database
Street Angel at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

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