Skate Ali #2 Unleashes Arrests, Rooftop Dares, and a Ghostly Twist
Skate Ali #2 hits shelves this Wednesday, and protagonist Ali is already in deep trouble: arrested, facing a deadly rooftop dare, and convinced she saw a ghost. This isn't your average skate session.
Eisner-winning writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet) and Sam Humphries (Harley Quinn) team up with artist Natacha Bustos (Moon Girl) for this high-octane, genre-smashing sci-fi skatepunk saga. Dark Horse Comics delivers a five-issue series centered on friendship, rebellion, and finding your line when the world tries to knock you down.
Ali is now entrenched with the Skull Clan, a crew as enigmatic as they are cool. Their leader, Skull Queen 9, promises to solve Ali's problems if she participates in their 'big stupid race.' But loyalty is tested when Maria, the Skull Clan's top skater, pulls Ali onto a rooftop and dares her to skate right off the edge. Adding to the chaos, the D.C.I. is deploying robotic-looking agents to crack down on teenage skaters, making escape a constant challenge. This series is shaping up to be a wild ride.
“Skull Clan's top skater, Maria, pulls Ali onto a rooftop and dares her to skate right off the edge.”
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Skate Ali #2, with a striking cover by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, lands July 22nd.
Catzye Take
This series looks like a fresh take on the punk rebellion trope, blending sci-fi with skating culture. Fans of titles like Tank Girl or Scott Pilgrim will likely find a lot to love here. Keep an eye on Dark Horse; they've been pushing some really interesting creator-owned works lately.
Numerological Reading
Reading: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Read through its central name, Kelly Sue DeConnick, this story reduces to a Destiny 8 — Visionary & Achiever. Its vibration — money, authority, and the machinery of ambition — is a lens for the 8's concern with power, money, and who is really in charge.
The 8 is the executive — ambitious, capable, and built for scale. It masters money and authority, and loses its footing when power becomes the only measure.
How the numbers are built
- Destiny
- 71 → 8 = 8
- Heart
- 33 = 33
- Personality
- 38 → 11 = 11
The subject is reduced with standard Pythagorean numerology — each letter mapped to a digit 1–9, summed, and reduced to a single digit or master number. A lens for paying attention, not a forecast.
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