History ComicBook / Shadoweyes

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Among its deconstructed superhero tropes, ''Shadoweyes'' actually stops to reflect how serious even punching someone really hard can ''be'' in terms of raw physical damage.

* ShoutOut: To ''Wet Moon''. Before she starts transforming, Scout's Shadoweyes costume bears more than a passing resemblance to Unknown’s. There are also some possible superhero allusions: specifically, some of Shadoweyes' poses are very reminiscent of Franchise/SpiderMan.

* EyeScream: The unnamed antagonist is missing an eye. This isn’t entirely clear (due to PeekABangs) until the very last page, when we see her full face. The fact that the empty socket is mostly covered in scar tissue ''does not help''.

* PeekABangs: Scout (pre-Shadoweyes), the antagonist, and Kyisha manages an odd, nifty variant using her cornrow braids.

* NiceShoes: Kitty slippers!

* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Sparkle has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Scout, after she’s started transforming off and on. Possibly part of her BecomingTheMask as her eyes get more sensitive.

* RealityEnsues: Among its deconstructed superhero tropes, ''Shadoweyes'' actually stops to reflect how serious even punching someone really hard can ''be'' in terms of raw physical damage.

* {{Intersex}}: Kyisha is a rare subtle and believable example. Shadoweyes herself later thinks a lot about this, since she has absolutely no gender signifiers that she’s yet discovered.

* BiTheWay: Scout openly states she likes boys and girls in Volume 2.

''Shadoweyes'' is a blend of superhero drama and teen angst in a way no other comic series has. Imagine an idealistic young female vigilante who suddenly has been gifted the physical prowess to clean up the crime-polluted city she's so longed to save. Now imagine trying to do that while juggling a concerned mother, touchy friends, teenage romance, and a criminal landscape that turns out to be bleaker, grittier, and less prone to spandex than your average cape book. This is Scout Montanta's situation and it's never easy. It's never pretty.

* BlandNameProduct: Pony Master, the card game played by Sparkle. Seems to be a strange mashup of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''[=/=]''Franchise/YuGiOh'' and ''Franchise/{{My Little Pony}}'', with a bit of ''TabletopGame/HeroClix'' thrown in for good measure.

* [[{{CuteClumsyGirl}} Cute Clumsy Monster Girl]]: For most of Volume 1 Scout has some issues adjusting to Shadoweye's new mass and form, frequently resulting in embarrassing wipeouts.

* {{Expy}}: Shadoweyes bears a strong resemblance to a sort of [[{{SuperDeformed}} chibi]] [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]].

* TheGogglesDoNothing: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]]. Shadoweyes has to wear goggles in broad daylight or horrible headaches ensue.
* [[spoiler: IllGirl: Sparkle, has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.]]

* MadeOfIron: Both Shadoweyes and the unnamed antagonist, which makes for a pretty brutal fight scene. With the former it’s due to a HealingFactor, with the latter, we have ''no idea'' yet as to how, but ''[[{{ImplacableMan}} boy is she ever.]]'' If one of the indentations in her skull are an indicator, she’s taken a ''[[{{NighInvulnerable}} baseball bat to the face]]'' before.

* {{Meganekko}}: Scout, after she’s started transforming off and on. Possibly part of her BecomingTheMask [[{{FridgeBrilliance}} as her eyes get more sensitive]].

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]]. Scout wanted to be a vigilante, and started acting on it, well in advance of gaining actual superpowers.

* ShapeshifterBaggage: [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] to an extent by Scout. She’s slightly bigger as Shadoweyes and theorizes it as “Eukaryotic Mitosis.”
* [[spoiler:ShapeshifterModeLock: Scout eventually can't change back.]]

* [[spoiler: SoProudOfYou: Scout’s Mom. Awwwww.]]
* {{The Speechless}}/{{The Voiceless}}: The antagonist seems to be one of these. Which, we’re not sure yet.
* SuperHeroOrigin: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]], so far—we have no idea about the hows or whys of Scout’s superpowers.

* TransformationTrauma: [[{{PlayingWithATrope}} Played with]]. Scout claims it only hurts to change ''back'' from being Shadoweyes, not to turn into it.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Given her lack of speech, the ludicrous amount of damage she can take, the fact that her only expressions are “blank” and “pissed off,” and [[{{AuthorAppeal}} Sophie Campbell’s known love of zombies]], it’s ''highly'' possible the unnamed antagonist is some variety of undead.

Shadoweyes is by Sophie Campbell, of ''ComicBook/WetMoon'' fame. So far there have been two graphic novels released, with a third announced.

* CursedWithAwesome: Shadoweyes doesn’t look human and has extremely photosensitive eyes, but that’s a small price to pay for [[{{SuperStrength}} superhuman strength]], night vision, a prehensile bladed tail, super hearing, [[{{WallCrawl}} gripping walls like a gecko]], super endurance, [[{{HealingFactor}} rapid healing]]…

* BiTheWay: Scout openly states she likes boys and girls in the second novel.

* ClothingDamage: A non-fanservice take. Every time Scout turns into Shadoweyes or gets in a fight, clothing gets appropriately torn up. As perhaps being {{genre savvy}} to this, that’s probably why the Shadoweyes “costume” is so simple—[[{{FridgeBrilliance}} so it can be easily replaced]].

* BlandNameProduct: Pony Master, the card game played by Sparkle. Seems to be a strange mashup of {{Pokemon}}[=/=]Franchise/YuGiOh and {{My Little Pony}}, with a bit of ''TabletopGame/HeroClix'' thrown in for good measure.

* BlandNameProduct: Pony Master, the card game played by Sparkle. Seems to be a strange mashup of {{Pokemon}}[=/=]Franchise/YuGiOh and {{My Little Pony}}, with a bit of {{Heroclix}} thrown in for good measure.

Shadoweyes is a blend of superhero drama and teen angst in a way no other comic series has. Imagine an idealistic young female vigilante who suddenly has been gifted the physical prowess to clean up the crime-polluted city she's so longed to save. Now imagine trying to do that while juggling a concerned mother, touchy friends, teenage romance, and a criminal landscape that turns out to be bleaker, grittier, and less prone to spandex than your average cape book. This is Scout Montanta's situation and it's never easy. It's never pretty.

Shadoweyes is by Sophie Campbell, of ComicBook/WetMoon fame. So far there have been two graphic novels released, with a third announced.

* ArtShift: Keeps a lot of signature Campbell elements (big eyes, thick lips, punky hairdos), but uses chunky, angular lines and hard-edged shading rather than the delicate lines and ink washes seen in {{Wet Moon}} and ComicBook/WaterBaby. The lines become much smoother in Volume 2 but retain the hard-edge shading.

* ShoutOut: To {{Wet Moon}}. Before she starts transforming, Scout’s Shadoweyes costume bears more than a passing resemblance to Unknown’s. There are also some possible superhero allusions: specifically, some of Shadoweyes’ poses are very reminiscent of {{Spider-Man}}.

Shadoweyes is by Ross Campbell, of ComicBook/WetMoon fame. So far there have been two graphic novels released, with a third announced.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Given her lack of speech, the ludicrous amount of damage she can take, the fact that her only expressions are “blank” and “pissed off,” and [[{{AuthorAppeal}} Ross Campbell’s known love of zombies]], it’s ''highly'' possible the unnamed antagonist is some variety of undead.

Shadoweyes is by Ross Campbell, of {{Wet Moon}} fame. So far there have been two graphic novels released, with a third announced.

* ArtShift: Keeps a lot of signature Campbell elements (big eyes, thick lips, punky hairdos), but uses chunky, angular lines and hard-edged shading rather than the delicate lines and ink washes seen in {{Wet Moon}} and {{Water Baby}}. The lines become much smoother in Volume 2 but retain the hard-edge shading.