Cinegeek (English Edition)

Cinegeek (English Edition)
Written and Illustrated by Pluttark.
Published by IDW.

Movie Trivia

• John Wayne’s real name was Marion.
• For the movie Babe, film makers used dozens of pigs because those suckers get big pretty quick.
• In Bollywood films, male and female actresses weren’t allowed to kiss on screen until the 90s.
• Adam West turned down the role of James Bond because he felt only British actors should play the part.
• There’s actually a movie called Nudist Camp Zombie Massacre about undead exhibitionists.

Get Your Cinegeek On

If any of these factoids caught your interest then Cinegeek is the book for you. This IDW publication is a fascinating combination of Sunday comics, Hollywood trivia, and fun & games. The book is written and illustrated by French cartoonist Pluttark.

Pluttark devotes a semi-regular cartoony column on movie history on the social media site Cinegeek. He covers everything from the earliest of silent films to recent motion pictures such as Michael Bay’s Battleship. Pluttark’s art and sense of humor go hand-in-hand. His tiny drawings border on caricature while many of his jokes are dripping with sarcasm. But there’s a real fanatic devotion to the material he documents in this book. There’s nothing remotely hostile to Cinegeek, no matter how terrible a film referenced within this book may be.

A Fan of Many Genres

Pluttark appears to be a huge fan of sci-fi and Japanese Kaiju. In those posts, the cartoonist really thrives. Being also French, Pluttark peppers about 10% of the book to the cinema of his native land. However, those references to the films of France are pretty darn obscure.
One thing I enjoyed the most in Cinegeek were the quizzes. Pluttark might draw 10 bad guys and you have to guess who they are. You may also be required to tell the name of the film in some cases. But those darn additions of French movies were what keep me from earning a perfect score every time! I want a retest!!!

Cinegeek is 90 plus pages of trivia fun and challenge. It’s not a bad deal for the cover price $14.99. However, there is a French language version of this book. So unless you can ‘lire francais’, stick to the IDW published edition that debuts in stores today.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

 Review was originally published August 1, 2017 on outrightgeekery.com.