Thursday, October 20, 2022

Graphic novel series

InvestiGators (InvestiGators, 1) ~ by John Patrick Green, 2020, graphic novel, 208 pages, 7/10

John Patrick Green's graphic novel series follows the super spy alligator duo the InvestiGators as they travel through the sewers and fight the forces of evil.

InvestiGators: Take the Plunge (InvestiGators, 2) ~ by John Patrick Green, 2020, graphic novel, 208 pages, 7/10

Sewer-loving secret agents Mango and Brash are plunged into a new mystery ― and a BIG mess.  S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation.  But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up ― and the InvestiGators take the blame for it!

InvestiGators: Off the Hook (InvestiGators, 3) by John Patrick Green, 2021, graphic novel, 208 pages, 7/10

InvestiGators Mango and Brash don their fanciest vests as they fight for the GATOR good.  But not even their hi-tech training programs can prepare them for the return of their greatest nemesis, Crackerdile, in a shocking new form.  Even worse, he’s creating a team of super villains.  Faced with the choice between saving themselves or catching the crooks, can Mango and Brash make sure the gator good prevails?

Apparently, children love these.  I managed to read three of the six in this series, but it's not my thing.  I must be too old, but I don't know how children ages 6-9 even understand wordplay like this:

"He forced me to develop a new type of dough.  A super dough.  A hybrid of cracker, cake, cookie, and bread.  A HYBREAD" (Book 1, p.181).

I also ran across this "comic book" quote at least twice, maybe in all three books that I read:  "Oh, please.  No one's going to believe THAT.  It sounds like something straight out of a comic book!" (Book 3, p. 177).  I rated these books 7/10.

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