Earthboy Jacobus

The last TenNapel book from the huge haul my 7th grader got from the library a few weeks ago. I am not the target demographic for these books, so I always struggle with rating them.

I actually liked this one more than most of the others. The story was not as jumpy, and was actually TOLD within the comic (rather than leaving the reader trying to figure out what is going on).

However, as usual, I think this one is just soooo far fetched. Yes, it's clever, but it's too clever. Terra whales. Ectoids. Weird hands. A parallel universe. A dog in a exoskin. But this story is at least straightforward.

This a cute, fantastical “triumph over evil” voyage. There were a few things that even really piqued my interest. It’s a veiled version of Jonah and the Whale and a not-so-veiled US Marines versus the “commie” hive-minded insects tale, but the art alone is worth it.

http://blog.worldmaker.net/2008/jan/03/books-moment-doug-tennapel-graphic-novels...