Calamity Jack Youth Graphic Novel Review and New Weekly Schedule
Summary
In this sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge we learn Jack's back story which includes some magic beans, a giant, and floating penthouse? Jack also yearns to show Rapunzel he's a sauve city boy--but upon returning home he finds his city on the verge of destruction and his mother kidnapped by giants! Can he save the day in time and win Rapunzel's love? Find out in this clever, fast-paced steam-punk adventure!
Overview
The story of this and its predecessor are both delightfully clever while still being unambiguously age appropriate. They manage to make a good story without talking down to children, which is what I look for in good youth fiction. Their plot-lines both follow and stray crazily from the original fairy tales but it's always good.
The characters might be a little simplistic but they're still more fleshed out than their fairy tale counterparts and their standard motivations like love, fear, and jealousy are easy to relate to. It's also hard not to love them and want good things to happen to them. They are the stuff childhood heroes are made of.
I also enjoy the bright colors and style of the artwork. The drawings are a little Disney-esque if Disney did awesome steam-punk fairy tales.
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In blog news. I'm thinking I'm only going to remember weekly posts if they are on a specific day. Since I seem to have forgotten this week. So the new day shall be Sunday. I should be able to swing that. We'll see. If not, I'll change it. But for now, expect to see a post every Sunday.
In this sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge we learn Jack's back story which includes some magic beans, a giant, and floating penthouse? Jack also yearns to show Rapunzel he's a sauve city boy--but upon returning home he finds his city on the verge of destruction and his mother kidnapped by giants! Can he save the day in time and win Rapunzel's love? Find out in this clever, fast-paced steam-punk adventure!
Overview
The story of this and its predecessor are both delightfully clever while still being unambiguously age appropriate. They manage to make a good story without talking down to children, which is what I look for in good youth fiction. Their plot-lines both follow and stray crazily from the original fairy tales but it's always good.
The characters might be a little simplistic but they're still more fleshed out than their fairy tale counterparts and their standard motivations like love, fear, and jealousy are easy to relate to. It's also hard not to love them and want good things to happen to them. They are the stuff childhood heroes are made of.
I also enjoy the bright colors and style of the artwork. The drawings are a little Disney-esque if Disney did awesome steam-punk fairy tales.
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In blog news. I'm thinking I'm only going to remember weekly posts if they are on a specific day. Since I seem to have forgotten this week. So the new day shall be Sunday. I should be able to swing that. We'll see. If not, I'll change it. But for now, expect to see a post every Sunday.