February is home to Valentine’s Day, and considering that there’s entire movies and TV shows dedicated to the holiday, it only makes sense that comics get in on the action. In the case of The Powerpuff Girls: Valentine’s Mwah Mwah Kissy-Face Special #1, it shows what happens when one of the Powerpuff Girls experience their first crush. But it isn’t Bubbles, who fans might expect, or even Buttercup – no, it’s Blossom, the straight-laced leader!
The Powerpuff Girls: Valentine’s Mwah Mwah Kissy-Face Special #1 begins, as most Powerpuff Girls stories do, in the city of Townsville, right around the time of Valentine’s. When the Powerpuffs’ kindergarten class gets a new student, Blossom is absolutely smitten with him to the point where she starts daydreaming constantly about her new crush. The timing couldn’t be worse, as Mojo Jojo is about to strike Townsville – and Blossom is too deep in her fantasies to help Buttercup and Bubbles!
While this isn’t the first time The Powerpuff Girls has tackled a Valentine’s Day story, it’s the first time one of these stories has put the Powerpuffs front and center. The creative team of Paulina and Savanna Ganucheau is having an absolute blast with their setup; Savanna Ganucheau’s art, in particular, has the kind of scraggly lines and composition that you’d expect from a homemade Valentine’s card while still keeping the hyperkinetic action of a Powerpuff Girls episode. This comic was even printed on paper with a rose scent, only adding to the overall Valentine’s theme.
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The Ganucheaus are also very creative with Blossom’s daydreams. One resembles an old-fashioned romance novel. One flips the classic “knight saves princess” scenario so that Blossom is the knight. Another is a straight-up shoutout to Sailor Moon – fitting, given that Blossom’s crush resembles Tuxedo Mask. In addition to crafting a hilarious, often touching narrative, Paulina Ganucheau also tints Blossom’s daydreams in shades of red and pink, which fits not only her mindset but also her overall color scheme. Savanna Ganucheau’s letters also flip flip depending on the scene; in most of the comic, they’ve got the same scratchy handmade style as her art, but in the daydreams, they’re a rich, ornate script.
The Powerpuff Girls: Valentine’s Mwah Mwah Kissy-Face Special #1 isn’t just perfectly timed. It’s a hilarious, heartwarming one-shot. Powerpuff Girls fans will no doubt like it, as will the hopeless romantics in the comic-reading world.
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