The Creeps, Volume 1: Night of the Frankenfrogs (Family Comic Friday 2015 Halloween Edition)

 

 Meet the Creeps: Mitchell, Jarvis, Carol, and Rosario. Four students from Pumpkins County Middle School, who solve mysteries at their school often with disastrous results. Is it their fault that the pudding monster exploded in the school cafeteria? 

      On punishment, the Creeps must defrost the frogs intended for use in biology class. But the amphibians have disappeared much to the delight of the rest of the class. Normally, the Creeps would be on the case, but their classmates really don't want to do this assignment and they are willing to fight for it. 

     But when the students start disappearing and mechanically enhanced frogs start to emerge from the sewers, nothing will stand in the Creeps way to finally find the truth. Except maybe Tom, the new cool kid in school who always skips biology. Or is the culprit the fabled Perry Milburn, the smartest student ever to attend Pumpkins County, and is rumored to be living in the sewers, striving to create the greatest science fair project of all-time? The list of suspects is long and growing, but it should be no problem for our group of junior sleuths.  

    Night of the Frankenfrogs is the first in a series by Chris Schweizer. Just released in August, this series is great for kids of all ages but mostly suited for those aged 9-12. There're some scenes of violence and bullying. But the message of how friends can stick together and that everyone has special talents, no matter how weird is a message I surely could've used when I was in middle school.  

     I thought the story was flawless. I highly recommend it. There is a little bit of  'potty humor' but what do you expect when half the book takes place in the sewers. But hey, kids love that stuff and Schweizer toes the line unlike other popular kids series in the market. 
   
 The only thing that I wasn't really a fan of was the art. It's kinda rough. Now, it is not all bad. The Frankenfrogs are creepy cool looking. But the character of Rosario looks like a Hispanic Danny Devito in need of a shave and wearing a dress. Rosario is super strong but why make her look so manly?   

    There's a second book to this series coming in the spring of next year. The cover for ' The Trolls Will Feast' is already posted on Amazon and it looks interesting. Also, the art work looks cleaner. So with this being Schweizer's first book, maybe he just needs a little time to polish things a bit.  

   Worth Consuming. 

   Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.