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Lumberjanes #4
Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out of Time
The mystery of history!
Jen just wants a normal lesson with her cabin, teaching Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley the basic survival skills needed without any supernatural intervention. But when a blizzard hits camp, Jen finds herself separated from the girls and in more trouble than ever... until a mysterious taxidermist swoops in to save the day. Who is she and what is her relationship to Rosie? Join Jen as she finds a way back to her girls, and a way to save the day!
This New York Times Bestseller and Eisner Award-Nominated series is written by Noelle Stevenson (Nimona, ADVENTURE TIME™), and Lumberjanes co-creator Shannon Watters, and illustrated by Brooke Allen (A Home For Mr. Easter).
Jen just wants a normal lesson with her cabin, teaching Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley the basic survival skills needed without any supernatural intervention. But when a blizzard hits camp, Jen finds herself separated from the girls and in more trouble than ever... until a mysterious taxidermist swoops in to save the day. Who is she and what is her relationship to Rosie? Join Jen as she finds a way back to her girls, and a way to save the day!
This New York Times Bestseller and Eisner Award-Nominated series is written by Noelle Stevenson (Nimona, ADVENTURE TIME™), and Lumberjanes co-creator Shannon Watters, and illustrated by Brooke Allen (A Home For Mr. Easter).
112 pages, Paperback
First published July 12, 2016
About the author
N.D. Stevenson
94 books5,003 followersND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out, the co-creator of Lumberjanes, and was the showrunner for the award-winning Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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August 13, 2017
Lumberjanes, Vol. 4 finally delivers a story line in which Jen gets a chance to shine. Yay, Jen!
We are also treated to a bit of background about Camp Lumberjane itself.
Also, the weather takes a turn as a winter blizzard appears out of nowhere... in the middle of summer.
Things are awfully weird around here. Good thing the Lumberjanes have each other.
Recommended for the adventurous reader and timid reader and everyone in-between.
We are also treated to a bit of background about Camp Lumberjane itself.
Also, the weather takes a turn as a winter blizzard appears out of nowhere... in the middle of summer.
Things are awfully weird around here. Good thing the Lumberjanes have each other.
Recommended for the adventurous reader and timid reader and everyone in-between.
December 15, 2016
Fantastic, as usual
October 2, 2020
In typical story of my life bad-timing, just when I made my first negative criticism of this series not packing enough heat Noelle Stevenson and co. come with this uplifting volume where a survival camping trip becomes much more when Lumberjane lore of the past comes back to threaten everyone. Yep, backstories, overt character builds and a huge gender-related sub-plot brings the goods in the best volume so far! 8 out of 12. And some of these variant covers are to die for!
Oh Nellie Bly!
Oh Nellie Bly!
February 9, 2017
So I got all whiny about Vol. 3, which is the trade published right after Lumberjanes transitioned from a limited series to an ongoing one. I wasn't quite sure how to feel about it. They changed the artists all around (I hate when comics do that), and the story felt less silly and frenetic. It wasn't bad, just different. But Brooke Allen is back as the artist here in Vol. 4 (hooray!), and the story felt more like it did in Vols. 1 & 2 again, except with slight differences (there would have to be, for it to keep being ongoing; it's a different kind of writing to sustain a long story than a short one).
We also get some tantalizing backstory on the camp; what it means to really be a Lumberjane; the mysterious camp director, Rosie (who is a badass); and the Bear Woman.
The real backbone of the story, though, is all the younger Lumberjanes coming together to rescue their camp counselor, my beloved Jen. Jen is seriously my favorite character. I don't know why. Maybe it's something to do with how earnest she is, and how fond of rules, but underneath she is A WILD WOMAN. So they're all out camping, in the middle of summer, and it starts to snowstorm for no reason at all, and they are attacked by antlered wolf monsters. Rosie comes to the rescue (on a giant moose), but Jen gets left behind. Only, she's rescued, too, by a woman named Abigail who lives in a giant hidden house in the forest.
Rosie forbids the Lumberjanes from going after Jen, especially since Rosie knows Abigail from years ago, and she definitely knows way more about what lives in the forest (and what's up with the camp) than they do. But Friendship to the Max!, and who cares about rules. They love Jen. They are going to rescue her. It is a tale of revenge, being lost in the snow, and monsters who aren't really monsters if you look at them in the right light.
Also, of Jen:
Can't wait for Vol. 5.
We also get some tantalizing backstory on the camp; what it means to really be a Lumberjane; the mysterious camp director, Rosie (who is a badass); and the Bear Woman.
The real backbone of the story, though, is all the younger Lumberjanes coming together to rescue their camp counselor, my beloved Jen. Jen is seriously my favorite character. I don't know why. Maybe it's something to do with how earnest she is, and how fond of rules, but underneath she is A WILD WOMAN. So they're all out camping, in the middle of summer, and it starts to snowstorm for no reason at all, and they are attacked by antlered wolf monsters. Rosie comes to the rescue (on a giant moose), but Jen gets left behind. Only, she's rescued, too, by a woman named Abigail who lives in a giant hidden house in the forest.
Rosie forbids the Lumberjanes from going after Jen, especially since Rosie knows Abigail from years ago, and she definitely knows way more about what lives in the forest (and what's up with the camp) than they do. But Friendship to the Max!, and who cares about rules. They love Jen. They are going to rescue her. It is a tale of revenge, being lost in the snow, and monsters who aren't really monsters if you look at them in the right light.
Also, of Jen:
Can't wait for Vol. 5.
August 8, 2016
Still basically the best, but even more so. This series honestly is getting better with every volume.
November 21, 2016
I love my Lumberjanes. There's friendship and love and big group hugs, adventures and bravery and dangerous beasts, fun and humour and always an incredibly good time.
March 11, 2019
Booktube-a-Thon July 24, 2017-July 30, 2017
Challenge #1 - Read a book with a person on the cover.
Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2017 July 23, 2017-July 29, 2017
Challenge #7 - Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation.
Challenge #1 - Read a book with a person on the cover.
Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2017 July 23, 2017-July 29, 2017
Challenge #7 - Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation.
February 6, 2017
Story
I picked up this series because it combines two things I love: camping/scouting and fantasy. I wasn't really sure where this series was going until now, it just sort of seemed to be a mash-up of sorts with no well defined direction.
That was fine by me though, and I've enjoyed the three previous trades enough to have picked up the first volume of the hardcover versions.
This volume was definitely a step up though. Some of the mysteries surrounding the camp where they are staying are starting to gain more definition, and I'm very intrigued!
This series continues to be a delight, and I'm looking forward to picking up the 5th volume as soon as I can get it from my library.
Artwork
The art is great as always, and I think this story works better as a graphic novel, than it would as a traditional one.
I picked up this series because it combines two things I love: camping/scouting and fantasy. I wasn't really sure where this series was going until now, it just sort of seemed to be a mash-up of sorts with no well defined direction.
That was fine by me though, and I've enjoyed the three previous trades enough to have picked up the first volume of the hardcover versions.
This volume was definitely a step up though. Some of the mysteries surrounding the camp where they are staying are starting to gain more definition, and I'm very intrigued!
This series continues to be a delight, and I'm looking forward to picking up the 5th volume as soon as I can get it from my library.
Artwork
The art is great as always, and I think this story works better as a graphic novel, than it would as a traditional one.
May 23, 2016
I need this to be a TV show. Universe, please make it happen!
December 5, 2017
Sin duda uno de mis volúmenes favoritos hasta ahora. La historia: brutal. Las ilustraciones: maravillosas. Todo: genial. Es que no me canso de repetirlo.
March 30, 2017
omg i love this liberal little treasure so much
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Yay for more Jen and Barney! Probably my favourite characters to come out of this series!
Yay for more Jen and Barney! Probably my favourite characters to come out of this series!
August 24, 2016
This is definitely my favorite volume yet! This one really takes this story to another level.
This volume has a really concrete plot and it's filled with intrigue and mystery as we are introduced to a new character. We also get a ton of backstory and learn some interesting things about the Lumberjanes world.
I think I've already said this, but I'm bringing it up again; this needs to be a tv show. It's supposedly becoming a movie, and there isn't a ton of info about it but it looks like it's happening. That's disappointing to me because this series lends itself so well to a tv format. The story arc doesn't fit a movie. I see this as a weekly animated show with each episode focusing on some sort of adventure with a supernatural creature. This idea of a wacky camp with funny characters would make an awesome Gravity Falls-esque show, but that will probably never happen.
Anyway, loving this series and can't wait for the next volume!
This volume has a really concrete plot and it's filled with intrigue and mystery as we are introduced to a new character. We also get a ton of backstory and learn some interesting things about the Lumberjanes world.
I think I've already said this, but I'm bringing it up again; this needs to be a tv show. It's supposedly becoming a movie, and there isn't a ton of info about it but it looks like it's happening. That's disappointing to me because this series lends itself so well to a tv format. The story arc doesn't fit a movie. I see this as a weekly animated show with each episode focusing on some sort of adventure with a supernatural creature. This idea of a wacky camp with funny characters would make an awesome Gravity Falls-esque show, but that will probably never happen.
Anyway, loving this series and can't wait for the next volume!
May 23, 2017
way better then the third one i wish I was apart of the lumberjanes squad there awesome 😍❤
October 24, 2018
Mais monstros, mais possíveis casais, mais personagens LGBTQ+, mais ação e mais amor pela Jen! <3
February 16, 2022
#1) Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Holy Kitty ★★★☆☆
#2) Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max ★★☆☆☆
#3) Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan ★★★★☆
#5) Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together ★★★★☆
#6) Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim ★★★☆☆
#7) Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird-Eye's View ★★★★☆
#8) Lumberjanes Vol. 8: Stone Cold ★★★★☆
#9) Lumberjanes Vol. 9: On a Roll ★★★★☆
#10 Lumberjanes, Vol. 10: Parents' Day ★★★★☆
#11) Lumberjanes Vol. 11: Time After Crime ★★★★☆
#12) Lumberjanes Vol. 12: Jackalope Springs Festival ★★★★★
#13) Lumberjanes Vol. 13: Indoor Recess ★★★★☆
#14) Lumberjanes Vol. 14: X Marks the Spot ★★★☆☆
#15) Lumberjanes Vol. 15: Birthday Smarty ★★★☆☆
#16) Lumberjanes Vol. 16: Mind Over Mettle ★★★★☆
#17) Lumberjanes Vol. 17: Smitten in the Stars ★★★☆☆
#18) Lumberjanes Vol. 18: Horticultural Horizons ★★★☆☆
#19) Lumberjanes Vol. 19: A Summer to Remember ★★★☆☆
#20) Lumberjanes Vol. 20: End of Summer ★★★★★
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August 12, 2016
Whaaaat? Noooo! It ended up so abruptly! :D
I need the next volume! Like right now!
I need the next volume! Like right now!
May 10, 2017
This loses a star because there wasn't really anything new revealed. I think I'm more annoyed by the lack of answers than the Lumberjanes are.
May 18, 2018
All I can say is that if Cub Scouts had been as much fun as Lumberjanes, I probably would have stuck with them longer. This comic is deeply satisfying to my inner twelve year old.
We start with the ‘Janes on a camping trip, when a blizzard strikes … in the middle of summer (which would seem to indicate that the camp is located somewhere in Michigan or Wisconsin. ;-) ) Jen becomes separated from the rest of the group, but is rescued by a mysterious woman, Abigail, who seems to have been a Lumberjane at some point in the past. What is her secret? Will Jen be reunited with the others? And how does the legendary beast, the Grootslang, figure into it all?
As always, Lumberjanes is perfectly delightful, brimming over with enthusiasm and excitement. When you were a kid, this is what you imagined that scouting was like. There's just a boundless, gleeful energy to this title that's difficult to capture in mere words. You need to experience it for yourself. Highly recommended!
We start with the ‘Janes on a camping trip, when a blizzard strikes … in the middle of summer (which would seem to indicate that the camp is located somewhere in Michigan or Wisconsin. ;-) ) Jen becomes separated from the rest of the group, but is rescued by a mysterious woman, Abigail, who seems to have been a Lumberjane at some point in the past. What is her secret? Will Jen be reunited with the others? And how does the legendary beast, the Grootslang, figure into it all?
As always, Lumberjanes is perfectly delightful, brimming over with enthusiasm and excitement. When you were a kid, this is what you imagined that scouting was like. There's just a boundless, gleeful energy to this title that's difficult to capture in mere words. You need to experience it for yourself. Highly recommended!
August 4, 2023
Okay, this one got back on track. I wanna see how Jo and Barney develop as friends! And I neeeeed Rosie to be more forthcoming about things, sheesh.
December 28, 2017
This was a great volume. We GET BACK STORY! A Few of the dots are connected. We learn who Bear woman used to be and we see Rosie back at camp when she was a girl. We learn that this is something about protecting the weird things we keep seeing.
Rosie and Abigail have history together and it's a great story. Jen learns to drive and the girls are up to their fun. It also sounds like Jo might be trans - not sure and it didn't spell it out, just an allusion.
The art is kinetic as ever and as colorful. There are new beasts and new places. Winter hits in July.
Such an excellent story. This was so enjoyable. I loved this volume. I can't wait for the next one.
Rosie and Abigail have history together and it's a great story. Jen learns to drive and the girls are up to their fun. It also sounds like Jo might be trans - not sure and it didn't spell it out, just an allusion.
The art is kinetic as ever and as colorful. There are new beasts and new places. Winter hits in July.
Such an excellent story. This was so enjoyable. I loved this volume. I can't wait for the next one.
January 18, 2017
Love the art in these books and the stories are great! I hope these manage to reach more young people and they will take the time to look up the names of famous women in history. It reveals a sad hole in our educational system that we all know about George Washington but not Maria V. Klenova or Cecilia H. Payne? Our history books are entirely too male dominated!
December 25, 2017
Joyful, gorgeous, and with added moral complexity that's deepening the world of the series. But OF COURSE the one message keeps on carrying through: Friendship to the Max! I love these graphic novels SO MUCH. (And I am sooooooooo sad that this is the last full volume to be written by Noelle Stevenson!)
December 29, 2016
ROSIE AND ABIGAIL !!!!!!!
July 23, 2017
OMG THIS. WAS. SO. GREAT!!!!!!!!!
Glee. So much glee. MARIGOLD THE CAT. Samwise Po-Tay-Tos. I die. I loved this so much I can't even.
Glee. So much glee. MARIGOLD THE CAT. Samwise Po-Tay-Tos. I die. I loved this so much I can't even.
February 28, 2018
Sempre più bello 👏🏻😍
August 23, 2016
PERFECTION.
+a single author aka Noelle Stevenson!
+a single artist
I liked the hodgepodge fun of the last volume but really enjoyed the cohesiveness of this one. Great storytelling!
+delving into back stories
+a featured library! and a good lesson about the dangers of shoddy research
+and ending this sets up an intriguing mystery to explore in the next issues
+a single author aka Noelle Stevenson!
+a single artist
I liked the hodgepodge fun of the last volume but really enjoyed the cohesiveness of this one. Great storytelling!
+delving into back stories
+a featured library! and a good lesson about the dangers of shoddy research
+and ending this sets up an intriguing mystery to explore in the next issues
October 9, 2023
I think the Scouting Lad spoke for all of us when he said- "Not Jen! We like Jen."
This volume was the best yet- I liked Jen, Abigail, and the little Scouting Lad a lot.
This volume was the best yet- I liked Jen, Abigail, and the little Scouting Lad a lot.
January 29, 2018
Loved this volume more than the last one!
September 11, 2016
So, after a below par Volume 3, Lumberjanes Vol 4 is a huge improvement and provides us with some much needed backstory between Rosie (the camp's leader) and Abigail (her friend from summer camp).
We also get a lovely insight into Jen's character which is touching and seals her bond with the lumberjanes team.
I'm sooo very glad that Brooke Allen is once again the illustrator, perfecting the characters we have come to love and recognise. The colours are bright and vivid which creates a striking and chaotic atmosphere which often follows the lumberjanes wherever they go.
I'm not going to give the plot away but this volume really does focus on friendship - friendship within the group, between their leader and summer camp friend and between lumberjanes and boy scouts.
If you've read the series so far, you MUST read this terrific sequel!
We also get a lovely insight into Jen's character which is touching and seals her bond with the lumberjanes team.
I'm sooo very glad that Brooke Allen is once again the illustrator, perfecting the characters we have come to love and recognise. The colours are bright and vivid which creates a striking and chaotic atmosphere which often follows the lumberjanes wherever they go.
I'm not going to give the plot away but this volume really does focus on friendship - friendship within the group, between their leader and summer camp friend and between lumberjanes and boy scouts.
If you've read the series so far, you MUST read this terrific sequel!
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