Saturday, July 16, 2016

Luna the Vampire, Volume 1: Grumpy Space

Luna the Vampire, Volume 1: Grumpy Space
author: Yasmin Sheikh
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.76
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2016/07/16
date added: 2016/07/16
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
It's best to approach 'Luna the Vampire, Volume 1: Grumpy Space' as a graphic novel for older readers. In spite of it's childlike Cartoon Network look, it's not something I'd recommend for children.

Luna is a vampire who lives in space. Her delivery people are zombies and her friend is a witch. The book is a series of shorter adventures with a little bit of linking between them. Luna gets a new pet, a space worm, that is kind of a difficult choice in pets and not nearly as cute as the Bat Cat that she misses seeing. She is also criticized about her weight and loses a lot just in time for the trend to change. She has travails in her job in retail and goes to comic con.

The art is garish and ugly, but that is not an insult. I quite like it. It reminds me of the work of Peter Bagge. It does look like something a child would gravitate toward, but the humor is definitely for late teens and older. I found the weight loss/gain story kind of disturbing and not very funny. I'm not sure why these stories took place in space or even necessarily featured monsters. I liked it, but didn't really love it.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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