Together, the three try to get at the root of Rayburn's problem. Charles Wilkie is charged by the town fathers to perk the creature up he unwittingly brings along plucky newsboy orphan Tim.
Worst of all, he knows it, so his days are spent wallowing in self-pity. Best of all, a good monster will guard a town from a threat known only as The Murk. Much of the time they're terrorizing the citizenry, and as everyone knows that's just good for business (tourists love to be terrified). There's nothing here YOU won't love.Įvery good town has a good monster. There is nothing here your children won't love. So it is with great rejoicing and the throwing of small pieces of confetti that I welcome to my shelves the fast, funny, not so furious Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell. Thanks to Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre, Sidekicks by Dan Santat, and Jellaby by Kean Soo I've managed to feed their hunger, but nothing's ever been enough. You want kid-friendly fare that's adventurous AND funny? And full-color? Uh. If Scholastic hadn't rereleased Jeff Smith's classic series in full color editions and marketed them to kids, we wouldn't have had to face wave upon wave of impressionable children holding up their worn and battered editions saying, "Do you have anything like this?" Because crazy as it might sound, the answer is usually no. (Nov.See, people? *shakes book in the air* How hard is this, really? I stand beside thousands of children's librarians who have, for years now, been in a bit of a pickle with the kiddos when it comes to great graphic novels. With strong linework and anthropomorphic animal designs reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons, Harrell’s story will delight fans of Dog Man and InvestiGators. Irreverent, animal-based humor drives the segments as art emphasizes close-ups and comic asides to accentuate comedic payoffs. In “Meat the Enemy,” Batpig faces a cued-white human butcher–themed villain and a new weakness (the smell of cooking bacon drains his powers) to save his kidnapped friends. But keeping his new powers and identity from gloomy friend Carl, a green fish with a propensity for spilling secrets, results in the creation of-and a face-off with-supervillain Repto-Man. After being accidentally bitten by friend Brooklyn, a radioactive brown bat, Gary develops super hunger, sight, and strength, plus the ability to float. Via an extended flashback that leaves present-day Batpig strapped to a rocket, “Space Farce” explores the hero’s origin story, following sixth grader Gary Yorkshire, a lighthearted pink pig with a fondness for tasty sandwiches, Crimson Swine comics, and mud baths. Batpig-Big City, U.S.A.’s newest superhero-stars in two stories and an intermission collected in Harrell’s ( Wink) comical graphic novel.
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