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Title: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things by Ted Naifeh ISBN: 1929998422 Publisher: Oni Pr Pub. Date: 27 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wondrous Rarity, an Artist Who Can Write
Comment: Ted is one of those wondrous rarities, an artist who can write. Well.
There are too many books with beautiful artwork and insipid plots. This is not one of them. The pen and ink illustrations are beautiful, and humorous, and spooky, and all the other good things you want in a book, but the storyline? Marvelous and brilliant, with well rounded characters, good suspense, and all the rest. Including unexpected niceties such as incantations that actually scan (a rarity in even modern books of witchcraft) and are folklorically accurate (again a rarity, even among modern books of witchcraft).
If you liked the Books of Magic, you'll like this, except you'll probably like it better.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the BEST comics on the market
Comment: Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things is an outstanding follow-up to Ted Naifeh's work on Gloom Cookie (published by Slave Labor Graphics).
This first mini-series is a joy to read, and Ted's art is a wonder to behold.
Courtney is an interesting character with a very pessamistic view of things. A new town and a new home does nothing to improve her disposition. However, her uncle's dealings with the supernatural opens up a whole new world for her and provides lots of opportunity for strange adventures.
And while this particular mini-series is fantastic, the follow-up (Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics ) is even better (and should be available in trade paperback format soon).
You should definitely read Courtney Crumrin and the Nights Things, and be on the look-out for the sequel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Spooky, funny, brilliant!
Comment: I found the first Courtney Crumrin comic book at a friend's house. After flipping through it, I had to borrow it and read the whole thing. Now I've got all four issues in this trade paperback, and I love it!
Courtney Crumrin is a kind of a brat, but it's not her fault. She's got shallow yuppy parents, stuck-up rich snob classmates, the school bullies beat her up, and there are Things living in the house at night. Her life sucks, and at first the only way she can blow off steam is to make sarcastic comments about all of it. She's pretty darn smart and funny, too. Then she figures out that her creepy old uncle Aloysius is a magician, and after digging around in his old spellbooks, she comes up with a new hobby and a much more effective way of dealing with the problems in her life.
I love Courtney's cranky anti-heroine personality and Aloysius' crusty facade and irreverant attitude. The night things are spooky and cute at the same time, especially Butterworm, and the house ... the house is a character all by itself! Great art, great story, fantastic characters all around. I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves Harry Potter, or who hates Harry Potter because it's too 'nice.' Actually, I'd recommend it to anyone, hands down!
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Title: Slow News Day by Andi Watson ISBN: 0943151597 Publisher: SLG Publishing Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: New X Men by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Ethan Van Sciver ISBN: 0785108874 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Channel Zero by Brian Wood ISBN: 0967684749 Publisher: AiT/Planet Lar Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Sparks: An Urban Fairytale by Lawrence Marvit ISBN: 0943151627 Publisher: Slave Labor Publications Pub. Date: 08 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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Title: X-Force: Famous, Mutant & Mortal by Peter Milligan, Darwyn Cooke, Mike Allred ISBN: 0785110232 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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