Booklist Review
A former stripper and teenage runaway, Felicia Castro's no angel. No matter how far she runs, though, trouble always seems to find her. While trying to escape gangsters who she ripped off, Felicia discovers she has the power to teleport when she mysteriously survives a plane crash unscathed. Suddenly, this small-time grifter with nothing to lose has something that everyone wants. Now, the gangsters want her to use her power to pay them back and then some, and a mysterious organization called the Mars Corporation wants to train her to become a political assassin. The question is: What does Felicia want for herself? Robinson and Stockman's street-art inspired exaggerated figures and soft-focus coloring recall Rob Guillory's expressive line work in Chew. This stylized urban tale of the adventures of a sassy, imperfect, and mentally ill antihero would appeal to adult fans of Frank Miller's Sin City, Scott Snyder's American Vampire, or Denise Mina's graphic novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2012).--Mack, Candice Copyright 2014 Booklist
Library Journal Review
This graphic novel is a riot-of imagery, emotion, and something approaching a story line. Antihero Felicia discovers while on a crashing plane that she has the ability to teleport, thereby saving herself from certain death. Her unlikely survival surprises her philandering boyfriend and allows her to steal famous paintings for kicks. She's subsequently recruited by a shady multinational corporation to be a sassy assassin. Also, she has a monkey for a conscience. This collection walks just along the edge of all this puzzling action. We don't understand Felicia's work or motives, and we don't really need to. Writer Symons's narrative plays second fiddle to Robinson's art, which is presented in full color, graffiti-like, rough, and visually dirty. It has much in common with, and arguably owes a debt to, Jamie Hewlett's work for the band Gorillaz, all slouch and scowl and madness. From issue to issue, the artwork gets progressively less busy and more readable without losing its energetic edge. Verdict A loosely sketched story set within a riot of colorful and angry art, I Love Trouble draws the reader in slowly but surely. For traditional comics fans looking for a visually challenging change of pace.-Emilia Packard, Austin, TX (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.