Saturday, August 2, 2014

Saturday Shorts

*Book source ~ Library
Publisher ~ Spotlight
Published ~ 1 January 2006
Genre ~ Graphic Novel
Pages ~ 148

My Rating ~ 3 bites

Do I really need to summarize this book? It’s Treasure Island, a classic for Pete’s sake! Ok, ok…Jim Hawkins is a young son of an innkeeper. When a drunken pirate, Billy Bones, comes to stay at the inn he tells Jim many different stories, but he also has Jim keep a weather eye out for a pirate with a wooden leg. Hawkins and Long John Silver end up sailing to an island looking for buried treasure. Much shenanigans ensue.

Ok, I’ve read Treasure Island before. But this is the graphic novel. It does a pretty good job of conveying everything that was in the original book in a short amount of pages. I didn’t particularly care for the artwork though. It seemed sparse and unfinished. But then again, I like a lot of detail and color. If you want a short quick read of Treasure Island then this graphic novel may do the trick.

*Book source ~ Library
Author ~ Scott Mitchell Rosenburg
Publisher ~ It Books
Published ~ 28 June 2011
Genre ~ Graphic Novel
Pages ~ 112

My Rating ~ 3 bites

It’s 1873 in Arizona and Zeke and his partner are protecting a caravan trying to reach their destination of Silver City. Attacked by Indians, Zeke rides off to the Fort for help only to find aliens are taking over.

Not a bad graphic novel. Art is ok and story is also ok. As far as being like the movie though, other than having aliens and cowboys it is nothing like the movie. Yes, I saw the movie when it came out. Hello. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford? How could I not. Besides, the kids wanted to see it. We went, we saw, we were entertained. When I saw the graphic novel in the library I decided it was a must read to revisit the movie. Then I read it and was like, huh. Ok. I ended up returning it to the library before I wrote the review and I can’t remember the names of anyone else in it. So, I was slightly entertained by it and then almost completely forgot about it.

6 comments:

  1. I've never read Treasure's Island. haha I did see the movie Cowboys vs. Aliens, but I wasn't really a fan. Glad you liked the graphic novels alright. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You've never read Treasure Island?! *gasp* Just kidding. There are many classics I haven't read yet. And may never read. lol I enjoyed the movie because I like stuff blowing up and CGI. Plus, Daniel Craig. Nom! *winks*

      Delete
  2. Both sound quite skippable. I read Treasure Island a million years ago and remember little of it. I haven't seen Cowboys and Aliens, it sounded too weird for me. Maybe some day.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yeah, I agree. lol I liked the movie because I like action movies. And Daniel Craig. It was kinda dumb though. But...Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. lol

      Delete
  3. You know, I still haven't gotten on the graphic novel bandwagon. I don't know why exactly, but they just don't appeal to me. I do have a serious itch to read Buffy Season 8+ though, so maybe that will be the icebreaker.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I don't read that many of them. They're hit or miss with me. I like colorful ones and really, I prefer a graphic novel of a favorite series that has an original story instead of rehashing an old one. It doesn't stop me from reading, say Dresden Files, but it would be nice to have new short stories in graphic novel form.

      Delete