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Capture Creatures #1
Capture Creatures, #1
Inspired by Ken Sugimori's feat of designing the original 151 Pokemon in a single year Becky Dreistadt and Frank Gibson have created 151 unique creatures, relations, and descriptors.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published November 26, 2014
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April 23, 2018
I love the art and the idea, but I feel like I just read a chapter of a book, not a story. I'd like to read the next volumes, but I feel like this whole volume is only a teaser.
October 6, 2018
Really cute illustrations, but the story is confusing. Feels like it is missing some important transition sequences.
January 13, 2019
Capture Creatures was fun and intriguing, with an adorable art style. Fast-paced and full of interesting world-building - I wanted to learn more about the world!
September 22, 2016
Extraordinary :D
September 12, 2023
There's definitely a glimmer of something here but it might need some refining.
Tamzen's dad is a scientist working to bring back plant and animal life to a forest. Tamzen on the other hand spends her time mostly exploring where she shouldn't and running the rangers ragged trying to keep up with her. One of her jaunts exposes some secrets about the surrounding area and gets Tamzen and her friends quickly over their heads.
As cute as the creature character design is (I'm particularly fond of the giant badger-beast ) the overall effect (visually and textually) was just confusing. As much as I respect maintaining some mystery, as a reader, the questions kept snowballing. Tamzen seems like a regular in the griunds yet she and Jory (her dad's assistant) have somehow never met. The age of the characters is indeterminate. Tamzen's dad looks like he could be her grandfather, she's referred to as a teen but is drawn and acts very young, the human character design is so variable it feels like the characters are from different books. There's a way to make this work--Pendleton Ward is pretty good at this, but it somehow doesn't pull together here. Very little of what transpires on the island feels cohesive (at one point I was sure there was a page missing in between) there wasn't. Additionally some of the action sequences were chaotic to the point of being almost incomprehensible. In some cases kind of literally because the lettering style/color choice rendered the sound effect unreadable.
I think there's an intriguing story here but it needs to find its way a little better.
Tamzen's dad is a scientist working to bring back plant and animal life to a forest. Tamzen on the other hand spends her time mostly exploring where she shouldn't and running the rangers ragged trying to keep up with her. One of her jaunts exposes some secrets about the surrounding area and gets Tamzen and her friends quickly over their heads.
As cute as the creature character design is (I'm particularly fond of the giant badger-beast ) the overall effect (visually and textually) was just confusing. As much as I respect maintaining some mystery, as a reader, the questions kept snowballing. Tamzen seems like a regular in the griunds yet she and Jory (her dad's assistant) have somehow never met. The age of the characters is indeterminate. Tamzen's dad looks like he could be her grandfather, she's referred to as a teen but is drawn and acts very young, the human character design is so variable it feels like the characters are from different books. There's a way to make this work--Pendleton Ward is pretty good at this, but it somehow doesn't pull together here. Very little of what transpires on the island feels cohesive (at one point I was sure there was a page missing in between) there wasn't. Additionally some of the action sequences were chaotic to the point of being almost incomprehensible. In some cases kind of literally because the lettering style/color choice rendered the sound effect unreadable.
I think there's an intriguing story here but it needs to find its way a little better.
March 17, 2018
I've loved Capture Creatures ever since Becky and Frank started posting their adorable illustrations about 5 years ago. The whimsical mash-ups of Pokemon and Little Golden books were utterly charming. Now they have their very own comic book series and I couldn't wait to get my hands on they first volume.
Dreistadt works in animation and knows her way around storyboards but you'd never know it by reading this. Action scenes don't flow right and can be hard to follow. Characters will be in front of someone in one panel and the behind them in the nex.t The setting or character context you need to understand what's going on will often be poorly framed or off panel.
But the Creatures are super cute and the characters have enough personality to carry you through. They're expressive and endearing, even when they're just hanging out in the background.
Dreistadt works in animation and knows her way around storyboards but you'd never know it by reading this. Action scenes don't flow right and can be hard to follow. Characters will be in front of someone in one panel and the behind them in the nex.t The setting or character context you need to understand what's going on will often be poorly framed or off panel.
But the Creatures are super cute and the characters have enough personality to carry you through. They're expressive and endearing, even when they're just hanging out in the background.
May 3, 2018
This was a fun, quick read. The graphic novel features great illustrations that in all honesty, we enjoyed more than the story itself. The story is a fun, really fast paced read. This books definitely reads more like a teaser than a completed book. Not sure if that is meant to be like that, because this was a preview copy, which would make sense, however the back of the book has a barcode and price on it. I would have liked to have a little more of a completed story, but either way, I'm looking forward to reading the next volume. I loved the collection of cover art included at the end of this book.
June 4, 2018
Review for 1 thru 4. All were okay. I was hoping for more in a off brand Pokémon comic. The creatures were cute but the story paced to quickly and the writing a little too juvenile. Two characters are suppose to be teenagers but they look, act, and talk like children.
March 9, 2020
This is hovering close to a 3-star, but not quite.
There is a lot of potential, but it doesn't feel very fleshed out. I really like the artwork. The animals are very cute.
*I read issues 1-4, free from ComiXology.*
There is a lot of potential, but it doesn't feel very fleshed out. I really like the artwork. The animals are very cute.
*I read issues 1-4, free from ComiXology.*
March 27, 2021
Was a really cute and fun read but felt more like a bit of a teaser and that some transition scenes were missing. At places it felt like it just jumped ahead/mentioned something without an explanation.
September 18, 2017
2.5
Very cute drawing, the background context seems interesting, but not much really happening so far...
Very cute drawing, the background context seems interesting, but not much really happening so far...
February 19, 2018
The artwork in this is super cute but the story is a bit confusing and paced too quickly.
September 24, 2018
Recommended for Pokemon fans, but I found it rather hard to follow both the plot and the action. The critters are cute, though.
July 15, 2019
This is a fun and cute read!
Quick, and definitely reminiscent of pokemon, the world of capture creatures is colorful and delightful.
Quick, and definitely reminiscent of pokemon, the world of capture creatures is colorful and delightful.
August 23, 2019
Very cute but not a lot of story—you don’t really did things out organically- the characters tell you what’s happening, so it feels a bit off.
October 29, 2019
The art is really cute, but some of the sentences didn't make sense. Not sure but maybe it's a translation from another language. The story was a bit disjointed too.
January 25, 2020
Like Pokemon, but with an environmental and conservationist edge. Would be good for most kids, methinks.
January 30, 2020
This was adorable but very confusing. It felt like part of a story not the whole thing. Would have loved some more structure. The art however was exceedingly adorable.
February 12, 2022
Miss 7 enjoyed reading this. She liked that there was a girl as a main character and seeing the kids go on an adventure. (she also likes Pokemon).
February 22, 2022
A trip to return a lost creature back to a deserted island leads Tamzen, Jory, and Teddy to the discovery of an island full of bizarre creatures.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 2, 2022
Super cute and fun! I wish there was more.
Read on hoopla.
Read on hoopla.
September 29, 2022
Can’t think of anything redeeming in this nonsense of a book. Another one I wish I’d DNF’d when I saw it going downhill.
January 14, 2020
I liked the monsters! The rest of the book didn't always live up to it.
June 16, 2016
Cute.
December 5, 2015
I thought this comic was just so cute and the pictures were all so pretty, a nice quick read if you're on a reading slump
December 26, 2015
It was a bit confusing because it's only kind of implied it's set in the future, or maybe an alternate world? I don't know, but I really liked the artwork!
October 10, 2016
Pretty cute illustrations.
November 24, 2023
I love this book. I love the red panda the most. I also love the other creatures in this story they are so cute. I want them so bad.
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