The comic was created by Juan
Espinosa’s 10 year old daughter, Grace. Juan Espinosa is the founder
of Bearded Man Comics and creator of
a number of comics, including Adventures of a System Admin, Hackerstrip,
and El Galipote. Grace is his fifth grader daughter who is also passionate
about comics, so much so that she determined to write her own, hence the birth
of The Multi-Eyed Lady, which she produced with the help of Topan
Prakasa who illustrated the comic.
The comic’s story begins with Guadalupe and James reflecting
on their double lives as both a married couple with friends and families as
well as superheroes. From there we are introduced to Alan who has created a device
that will allow the team to be alerted to crimes and to track Maya’s malicious activities.
As stated, this initial comic of Grace’s is a B&W 8 pager. The comic itself
highlights themes of friendship and loyalty, while showing all the abilities and
personalities of each team member.
The story, though simple, is well told, and the art is clean and crisp, rendering a fine first effort for Grace and Topan. For our own part, we stumbled across the Kickstarter completely by accident and was so tickled by the concept of a fifth, grader producing her own comic that we felt compelled to back the project. Having received the comic, we are very happy that we did, as it was a pure delight to read. As can be expected, the comic (the story of which is wrapped up in this initial issue) is the first installment of a longer, ongoing series. We certainly hope Grace experiences enough success with this first issue to continue her foray into the world of indie comics.
