Rabbids (2015 Free Comic Book Edition) (Family Comic Friday)

 The Rabbids, those lovable rabbit scamps from video and cartoon fame headline this 2015 Free Comic Book collection from Papercutz. The Rabbids are kinda like the Minions of Despicable Me. They have grandiose ideas that often come to terrible but hilarious failures. I laughed out loud several times at their antics. So much that I was actually disappointed that this book wasn’t 100% just about the Rabbids.

    Included in this preview comic is a 3-D animated space adventure starring Garfield and Odie, a Smurfs story that introduces Gargamel’s twin brother, and a very funny yarn starring Ariol, the french donkey schoolboy with a heart of gold and a desperate need to complete his sticker collection.

    All of these series can be found either at bookstores, libraries, or Amazon. I highly recommend all 4 books. But the Rabbids were my favorite. True- they don’t speak but they were so funny. It’s one of the few times I didn’t have a problem with a wordless comic. That’s a major compliment from a rabid comic book fans such as myself.

   Worth Consuming

  Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.

Ariol Volume 1: Just a Donkey Like You and Me

   Ariol is about a young donkey and the other assorted animals he goes to school with. Pining for the love of Petunia, his class’s beautiful heifer, daydreaming of his hero Thunder Horse with another fellow classmate who happens to be a horse, and playing gross practical jokes with his best friend, Ramono the pig. The perils of being a student have never been explored with such reality and humor as portrayed by farm animals. It’s like Freaks and Geeks meet Tiny Toons.

There were times I read this going “Man, that happened to me in school once.” What’s even more amazing is that this book was translated from it’s original French and yet has a very American appeal that doesn’t seem forced or fudged like when you watch a Godzilla film.

It’s quite spectacular fun and parents will approve, ever with some gross humor, because of the realistic portrayal of the pain and wonder that is growing up. Having these all-star animals makes this book more relatable to children and has a grown-up reminiscing appeal as well.

Worth Consuming.

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars