Hit-Girl In Hollywood

Hit-Girl In Hollywood – The Golden Rage of Hollywood is a graphic novel, written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Pernille Ørum, and released in four parts throughout 2019 by Image Comics, as the first volume of Hit Girl Season Two, loosely adapting the events of Smith's 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back to the Hit-Girl character created by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., as part of the Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass franchise and set in the Millarworld. Part One, The Silent Era, was released on February 13, 2019, Part Two, The Talkies, was released on March 13, 2019, Part Three, In Sensurround!, was released on April 10, 2019, and Part Four, Lights! Camera! Action!, was released on May 8, 2019. Published collectively together on June 19, 2019, it is followed by Hit-Girl In Hong Kong by Daniel Way and Goran Parlov. The series' subtitle is a reference to the "golden age of Hollywood", a term used to describe the narrative and visual filmmaking style synonymous with the end of the silent film era of American cinema.

Following on from the events of Hit-Girl In Rome by Rafael Albuquerque and Rafael Scavone, with Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl travelling to Hollywood to prevent a feature film about her and Dave Lizewski from being produced, the series received a universally positive critical reception.

Development
While Kevin Smith was initially announced to be writing the second arc of the Hit-Girl comic book series, a spin-off/stand-alone sequel to Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, in November 2017, the publication of his storyline was ultimately delayed to the 2019 relaunch of the series: Hit-Girl Season Two, following Smith's heart attack in February 2018. In January 2019, Smith confirmed the arc would be a "remake" of his 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which sees the titular characters similarly trying to stop the production of a movie that is based on comic book characters inspired by themselves, with Hit-Girl doing the same on learning a biography about her life is being turned into a feature film, Smith saying: "I chose it because it totally worked once, so I figured it'd work again", describing the writing of the arc as having been "therapeutic" during his physical recovery, with each issue created as a nod to a different age of cinema, the first chapter, in which Hit-Girl foils a school shooting, being plotted without dialogue, inspired by John Byrne's The Many Deaths of the Batman, and DC Super Hero Girls animator Pernille Ørum  being brought on by Smith due to fan art he had commissioned from her based on his film Yoga Hosers.

The storyline's subtitle is a reference to a term used to describe the silent film era of American cinema.

Plot

Part One: The Silent Era
When Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl realises the events of her life are being dramatized for the silver screen, the adolescent assassin elects to tear Tinsel Town a new one, storming sets, waging war on fat-cat movie bosses, and lures old enemies out of hiding in a kamikaze Californian bloodbath.

Part Two: The Talkies
On the set of the movie of her life—watching her life story play out as portrayed by America's sweetheart, Mindy doubles down on her determination to see the film axed, and fast, heading to Hollywood's viper nest: The Black Tower.

Part Three: In Sensurround!
With a rival would-be vigilante butchering film executives in a facsimile of Hit-Girl and Big Daddy, with Hit-Girl getting the blame, Mindy's blood-soaked Los Angeles adventures catch the attention of an old enemy from New York City—one ready for a little trip out west to seek revenge.

Part Four: Lights! Camera! Action!
Finally ready for her close-up, and the huge, bloody showdown that’s about to take place on the set of her movie, Mindy prepares for the gutsy, gory, cockamamie conclusion to her rage upon Hollywood.

Reception

Potential film adaptation
In January 2019, Kevin Smith expressed interest in a potential feature film adaptation of The Golden Age of Hollywood being produced as a sequel film to Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013), with Chloë Grace Moretz reprising her role, being produced with "a woman [being] in charge" of production.

References

External links
Hit-Girl In Hollywood at Image Comics

2019 graphic novels
In Hollywood, Hit-Girl
Superhero comics
Comics by Kevin Smith
Image Comics titles
Sequel comics
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