As with the rest of the Archie Comics 2015 update, Lil Jinx gets a turn by updating her fun hijinks to high school and it is definately fun to see how the mischevious little girl and all her friends grew up.

And don’t worry Lil Jinx retains her hot tempered nature. Whether it be fighting with her dad over curfew or trying out for the football team against the wishes of like all the male faculty. Including accidentally slugging the coach. But hey, it proves she has the strength for it. She also has her own little arc that wasn’t presented in the Lil Jinx shorts because well, obviously a teenager would have a little more growth and character development than a 5 year old.

Here she is dealing with the growing hormones, and conflicting emotions and shifting friendships that come with high school. Like she and Greg are now in the testy stage between best friends and possible crushes and where do they go from here, especially as everyone else is pushing them together. Not to mention the conflict of Roz vs Gigi, and her guy friends not fully supporting her bid for the football team. She realizes that the carefree friendships of old are suddenly a lot more complicated.

She also is dealing with the fallout of her parents’ divorce. Yep! Jinx’s mom is finally shown here and Jinx has conflicted feelings of abandonment, longing, anger and then surprise when she meets her mom’s new paramour. Yeah, there’s a lot going on here and its really riveting to read Jinx’s state of mind as she navigates all these relationships.

Jinx’s other friends are fine. Obviously none are the title character so they don’t get much development or focus, but they all stand out as distinct people in their own right. Especially anxiety-ridden Mort, adorkable Greg and Charley Hawse. Charley was obviously set up to be still a bit of bully who also had a crush on Jinx. Though sometimes with his comments he and Jinx truly can’t seem to stand each other so I can’t really find a reason why he likes her. Then again, teengers aren’t paragons of rationality, maybe he just thinks she’s attractive even if he hates her. Though Russ was very underutilized.

The art was good, I have no complaints in how it perfectly fit the characters especially in their outfit choices.

Overall, it’s a nice update albeit short series that I believe Jinx and slice of hih school life fans will enjoy.