Adventure Time vol. 1

by Ryan North

Other authorsShelli Paroline (Illustrator), Braden Lamb (Illustrator)

Comic book, 2012

Status

Available

Series

Adventure Time (Volume 1)

Collection

Manga/Comics

Publication

KaBOOM! (2012), Edition: Original, 128 pages

Description

Comic and Graphic Books. Juvenile Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) The totally algebraic adventures of Finn and Jake have come to the comic book page! The Lich, a super-lame, SUPER-SCARY skeleton dude, has returned to the the Land of Ooo, and he's bent on total destruction! Luckily, Finn and Jake are on the case...but can they succeed against their most destructive foe yet? Featuring fan-favorite characters Marceline the Vampire Queen, Princess Bubblegum, Lumpy Space Princess and the Ice King!.

User reviews

LibraryThing member MASON545

Adventure time was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LibraryThing member melissarochelle

Read from August 19 to 20, 2014

So I've heard of Adventure Time, seen it in the periphery. When I saw it sitting on the graphic novel shelf I thought, "why not see what it's about?"

Yeah...I don't get it. Maybe it's better as a cartoon?

Great to see everyone come together in the end to defeat the

bad guy!

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LibraryThing member bragan

When I finished binge-watching Adventure Time and realized there were a series of comics based on the show, I thought, oh, that might be worth taking a look at at some point. Then I realized they were by Ryan North, and my response immediately transmuted into "shut up and take my money!"

In this

first collection, Finn and Jake and friends have to save the world from the Lich, who is sucking everything into a magic bag of holding. I have to say, there are some elements of the plot that... Well, I was going to say "that are a bit silly," but silliness is perfectly reasonable for Adventure Time. Silly in ways that didn't quite 100% work for me, maybe. But fortunately that didn't at all stop me from enjoying it! It's funny and fun and it feels right, in ways that had me feeling genuinely nostalgic for the show. Which is kind of weird, maybe, given that I only finished watching it a few weeks ago. You wouldn't think that's enough time to get nostalgic about anything, but here we are. I also like the way it takes advantage of the comics format to add some amusing meta touches that are definitely silly in the right way.

I've already picked up several more of these, and I'm very much looking forward to continuing on with them. Apparently I'm not remotely ready to leave Ooo behind yet, no matter how satisfying a conclusion the final episode was.

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