A couple of reviews of Love and Capes #8 are hitting the interwebs. Read the full reviews by clicking the links.
From Brad Curran at CBR:
I enjoyed this quite a bit, certainly more than a lot of the review copies I’ve been sent. The story and art, which is very similar to the DC Animated Series art style (in full, glorious color, no less!), is just enjoyable…Also, the Spider-Man stand in is called Arachnerd, so that’s pretty rad…It does a good job of blending the superhero and slice of life elements. It even throws in an interesting cliffhanger which plays with an old genre trope, which is a nice way to use the strengths of the superhero genre in a book that’s not all about the fights and tights.
And Greg Burgas, also at CBR:
There’s a lot to like about Love and Capes, even though I don’t love it completely. It’s always nice to see romance comics, and the wry comments on superheroes make it more than just two people making googly-eyes at each other. If you’re looking for an old-fashioned superhero love story (and who isn’t?), you might want to track this down.
Interesting, too, was this comment about the introduction of a new character:
Then Abby hires a scrumptious young dude to work at the store. I’m not saying Zahler will do what so many before him have done, but just introducing this doubt into the story makes it dull…I could be completely wrong about what’s going to happen, but the fact that Zahler brings this up is worrisome.
That's really interesting to me, and it reminds me of the shared nature of creating a story. The love triangle that Mr. Burgas thinks might happen absolutely, positively will not happen. It was never even a glimmer of an idea of that in my mind. It's interesting that someone read the issue and got that out of it, particularly with my actual plans for the character.
I'm not bagging on the reviewer here, so don't take that message from this. It's just good to remember that when you release something into the Wild, not everyone sees it the same way. Everyone brings their own lens to view the product, and that's a cool thing.