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Cover art by Brooke Allen via avclub.com

Comic Corner: Unexplainably entertaining

» ‘Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy’ review

Brittney MacDonald

B Life & Style Editor
Mlifeandstyle

@theotherpress.ca

 

WwW simplistic art and
page after page of
oddity, Lumberjanes by Noelle
Stevenson and Grace Ellis
is probably one of the most
unique reads I’ve had recently.
The plot follows five
friends attending camp at
“Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin
Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s
camp for hard-core lady-types,’
and if you thought that was
hard to wrap your head around,
try getting through the rest of
the book. Mixing elements of
magic into a modern setting,

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: this graphic novel represents

: the entire genre of urban

: fantasy down to a “T,” even

: going so far as to include a

: magical quest that the diverse
: plethora of main characters

: have to perform.

Now, with a write-up like

: that, you might assume that I
: didn’t like this graphic novel,
: but you’d be wrong. I enjoyed
: Lumberjanes, I just have no

: idea why I enjoyed it. The

: setting makes no sense and

: the dialogue can be tedious

: and complicated—but the

: narrative and the characters

: are so charming, I couldn't stop
reading.

Lumberjanes is quirky,

: funny, and similar to cartoons

: like Adventure Time and Bee

: and PuppyCat. You have no idea
: what’s going on, and even when

: you think you do, something
: changes and youre back to
: going “What the heck?”

: to say. Lumberjanes is super

: cartoony and very simplistic

: with minimal use of black.

: Done by Brooke Allen, the art
: is a little messy and not super
: impressive. I really wish that

: Stevenson had illustrated this
: herself, because in my opinion
: she is a far superior artist,

: based off of other publications
: I have read, such as Nimona

: and Sensation Comics Featuring
: Wonder Woman.

enjoys long walks to the coffee

: shop or imported beer, this off-
: beat graphic novel will probably
: delight you. I recommend it if

: youre looking for something a

: little off the wall.

Art-wise there’s not much

 
 

If you're a hipster who

Art by Brooke Allen via themarysue.com

 

Drac’s pack 1s back

» A review of ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’

Lauren Paulsen
Senior Columnist

OO008.

Hives) is just around
the corner, so it’s time to
bring out the monster-themed
movies!

I’m a sucker for animated
movies, and I really liked Hotel
Transylvania when it came out
in 2012. When the teaser trailer
came out for a sequel, I was
super excited. I couldn’t wait
to meet the sweet child that

and Johnny (Andy Samberg)
had, as well as see all of the old
characters and find out what
they had been up to.

2, but didn’t feel that it lived
up to its predecessor. But isn’t
that usually the case with
sequels? The basic plot of the
movie is that Dracula (Adam

: Sandler) wants his half-human,
: : half-vampire grandson, Dennis

: (Asher Blinkoff), to get his

: fangs to prove he is more

: vampire so that Mavis won't
move away with him. Déja-

: vu, anyone? Dracula is still as
: clingy to his family as ever.

I felt that the plot was

: rushed somewhat. I would

: have liked a more fleshed-out

: version, and didn’t feel that the
: go minutes was enough time to
: do this. However, I do have to

: keep in mind that it is geared

: towards kids, and won't be as

: “deep” as I would like it to be.
Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez) : ep ee eee

Despite not feeling like

: I got enough out of Hotel

: Transylvania 2, it was still fun
: to watch and makes a great

, __ } Halloween family movie.

I enjoyed Hotel Transylvania : Dennis is absolutely adorable,

: and my new favourite character
: from the series. I still really love
: this world and would like to see
: more of it.

 

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