Rated Free For Everyone is a collection of kids
titles published by Oni Press. I’ve been quite impressed with Oni over the
years and they publish quality work. This 2013 Free Comic Book Day offering is
no exception.
The star
of the book is Mermin. He’s the little amphibian creature you see riding a Orca
and enjoying it. In Mermin’s story, he goes on a field trip with some children
to an aquarium. Unfortunately, due to his aquatic nature, Mermin doesn’t
understand that you look at the fish from behind glass- not go swimming in
hopes of making new friends. At any moment, I expected to see Leonard Nimoy
swim by. (Let me know if you get the reference.) It was a very funny story and
would not mind getting my hands on future editions.
Riding the
killer whale with Merman and looking scared to death is Crogan. Crogan is a
Hessian soldier during the Revolutionary War. But he’s a good guy- so maybe he’s
wearing the uniform of a Hessian he killed (not sure.) Anyway, Crogan and his
men learn some important lessons about the importance of command and trust
those you’ve just met. It was a good story, but not as good as the Mermin tale.
Both stories are kid friendly. But I would put
Mermin’s tale at ages 7 and up and the Crogan tale at 10 and up. There’s
nothing really objectionable, it’s just that Mermin has some big words and
there is killing of redcoats and minutemen in Crogan’s story. So, parents will
want to take note of that.
Worth Consuming.
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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