Today I will be reviewing a book that I'm sure you've all heard
of. It's Darth Vader and Son by
Jeffrey Brown. I read this book before it was
cool. It's basically a compilation of
really good one panel comic strips. Each one is usually Darth Vader reprimanding
a 4 year old Luke Skywalker for doing something that little kids do like
drawing on the wall or something. Sometimes it's just Luke asking Darth Vader a
question he can't answer (like where do
babies come from). I personally love the
way that Darth Vader is turned into a responsible father and Luke is turned
into a little 4 year old child.
There aren't any scenes in this book. But a panel I like takes
place in the scene on Endor where a
bunch of storm troopers are outside of the
metal station thing and Luke talks to them through the window, except
this time Luke is telling them that his dad tells him
not to talk to strangers. I love this panel because it made me laugh so hard
the first time I read it. I think it's
the funniest panel in the entire book.
The drawing style in this book is the same as all of Jeffery
Brown's other work. Very pencily. I loved this style in his other books and I
love it now. I'm pretty sure that it was drawn with colored pencil. But I have
a signed copy with a hand drawn picture and he used a marker to draw it so he
could have used a marker to draw the book.
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Darth Vader and Son Is completely appropriate
for all ages. I'm sure that anyone with a good sense of humor can enjoy it. If
you haven't seen the Star Wars movies
there will be some references you won't understand, but I'm sure that won't be
an issue. I also forgot to mention that there is a sequel to Darth Vader and
Son called Vader's Little Princess,
which is the same as Darth Vader and Son,
but with a teenage Princess Leia. I think that Darth Vader and Son is the best adaptation of Star Wars to date and I would give it 91/2 toddler Luke Skywalkers
out of 10.
Darth Vader always got a bad rap. He did what he had to do to survive, man! I'm very glad you reviewed this book that showed Mr. Vader in a positive light.
ReplyDeleteYou and Jeffrey Brown definitely know Star Wars better than I, but I know punctuation a smidge better than your guest editor. That's why I get the big bucks.
ReplyDeleteGreat review, boy. Can't wait to read the next one!
I wholeheartedly agree with your review. Have you heard about Goodnight Darth Vader, coming in July? http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/good-night-darth-vader-stm.html
ReplyDeleteExcellent review, Milo. You nailed it. Also, as the sometime breakfast cook, I particularly loved your inclusion of the "Don't you like the eggs I made" panel. You and I were there recently with my foray into fried - as opposed to scrambled - eggs.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, gonna have to by this one for the little Skywalker in my tummy!
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