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Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter Digital Omnibus
Chloe Noonan is a monster hunter, but she doesn't have any powers. She can't beat up bad guys, she can't run without getting a stitch. She's kinda flakey and really not bothered about saving the world. Especially when she has to get the bus everywhere.
Set in the fictional British town of Ravensdale, this ongoing series of comics and short stories sees our eponymous hero Chloe Noonan team up with a government led squad of Monster Hunters to solve the ever growing monster problem.
This digital omnibus collects every Chloe Noonan story to date in full colour and comes complete with a cover illustration gallery, fan art section and a look into Ellerby's sketchbook designs.
Set in the fictional British town of Ravensdale, this ongoing series of comics and short stories sees our eponymous hero Chloe Noonan team up with a government led squad of Monster Hunters to solve the ever growing monster problem.
This digital omnibus collects every Chloe Noonan story to date in full colour and comes complete with a cover illustration gallery, fan art section and a look into Ellerby's sketchbook designs.
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153 pages, ebook
First published March 6, 2013
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About the author
Marc Ellerby
173 books22 followersMarc Ellerby is a cartoonist based in Essex, England. His comic book work includes the autobiographical diary comic Ellerbisms, the YA urban fantasy comedy Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter as well as illustrating licensed properties such as Rick and Morty, Doctor Who,and Regular Show.
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May 27, 2014
Things I liked about this:
* It's British. I'm not sure I've read a British-set comic written by a British person before.
* It's hilarious.
* Part of it's fun comes from it's many, and excellently done, pop culture references. It's spot on.
* Pixies! I was enjoying it from the start, but 11 pages into the 1st story and this is what sold me on the series:
* The fun references only continue from there. The deconstruction of the Amy Pond insult! The 'Mewmins'! Amazing.
Just read it. It's quick to get through, wildly entertaining, and I want more of it now!
* It's British. I'm not sure I've read a British-set comic written by a British person before.
* It's hilarious.
* Part of it's fun comes from it's many, and excellently done, pop culture references. It's spot on.
* Pixies! I was enjoying it from the start, but 11 pages into the 1st story and this is what sold me on the series:
* The fun references only continue from there. The deconstruction of the Amy Pond insult! The 'Mewmins'! Amazing.
Just read it. It's quick to get through, wildly entertaining, and I want more of it now!
February 13, 2016
I saw these (Ellerbisms and Chloe Noonan) being promoted on Twitter (download + name your own price), and thought, why the hell not? I love comics, and the art looked great and I loved the idea of Buffy just without superpowers. And I am real glad I bought these books, because they are great. While Ellerbisms is more realistic/non-fiction, this one is silly, magical and kick-ass.
I just loved the premise, what would happen if we take Buffy + monsters, but strip Buffy of all her superpowers? Well, you get Chloe. A girl who has to hunt monsters but can't do anything special. She will just have to use her wits, her words and bombs and whatever is close at hand to fight the monsters and capture them. As you can imagine this makes for some great and hilarious scenes. I actually felt sorry for the poor Kraken, he just wanted to take over the world and then he gets Chloe. Poor, poor Kraken.
Of course a lot of the missions don't really go well. Chloe gets punched, hit, is called names and often loses her monsters. But, she does her best, albeit with an attitude of: Do I really need to do this? I got something else to do *sigh, rolls eyes*. It makes her more likeable than if she would just do stuff instantly and without the complaining or the bitching. I also like that she just has to use whatever is available to get the monster, it makes her character more rounded and more fun than if she was a superhero who just had to flick her finger and bang the monster is captured. That just gets so booooring after a few times.
I loved Chloe for how she was, how she was around friends, how witty and quick she had her comebacks ready. The banter between Chloe and her friends, or the professor was really fun.
Zoe was a brilliant character and she truly makes the book even better with her wit, her ditziness and her readiness to kick some monster ass. Yes, she knows about Chloe and what she does. Oops? :) I also loved her effect on the male population. How men just reduced to nothingness when she talked or when she was around.
I loved how she tags along with Chloe at times (and making snarky remarks about Chloe's inefficiency).
Most stories are kind of like an episode of Buffy, or like an episode in any monster anime. Monster of the day/week/time. Not all of them are bad, not all of them are being kicked, but it was still funny to see.
Of course Chloe also does other stuff next to the whole monster hunting business. She goes to college, is in a terrible band that shouldn't exist, goes to clubs, goes for Halloween stuff and much much more. It was really fun seeing Chloe go through her life.
There are lots of puns, hints to other pop culture stuff (Moomins, Buffy, Spongebob Squarepants, and many more), it was all delightful to see them pop up and recognize them!
The art is great, I really like Marc Ellerby's style of drawing, and I am happy to see that he apparently decided to colour the art for this omnibus/combined bundle.
I also love that this one includes sketches and some stuff about his storyboards and how he makes the stories. It was really interesting and it gave the book some extra sparkles. :)
All in all, I would highly recommend everyone to read the books, you can find them on Marc Ellerby's website at the ebooks section and you can just name your price and download them. Of course, you can also buy them in paper format or if you live in a country that has English as a native language you can probably also find them in a book store. And yes, this is promotion, and no I don't do it because I am buddies with the author or he is paying me or whatever else. This is just me, a comic book/graphic novel lover, motivating other lovers of said comics and graphic novels to try out this book (and the other one), especially now that it is available like this. Go forth and find this and the other book and read them!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I just loved the premise, what would happen if we take Buffy + monsters, but strip Buffy of all her superpowers? Well, you get Chloe. A girl who has to hunt monsters but can't do anything special. She will just have to use her wits, her words and bombs and whatever is close at hand to fight the monsters and capture them. As you can imagine this makes for some great and hilarious scenes. I actually felt sorry for the poor Kraken, he just wanted to take over the world and then he gets Chloe. Poor, poor Kraken.
Of course a lot of the missions don't really go well. Chloe gets punched, hit, is called names and often loses her monsters. But, she does her best, albeit with an attitude of: Do I really need to do this? I got something else to do *sigh, rolls eyes*. It makes her more likeable than if she would just do stuff instantly and without the complaining or the bitching. I also like that she just has to use whatever is available to get the monster, it makes her character more rounded and more fun than if she was a superhero who just had to flick her finger and bang the monster is captured. That just gets so booooring after a few times.
I loved Chloe for how she was, how she was around friends, how witty and quick she had her comebacks ready. The banter between Chloe and her friends, or the professor was really fun.
Zoe was a brilliant character and she truly makes the book even better with her wit, her ditziness and her readiness to kick some monster ass. Yes, she knows about Chloe and what she does. Oops? :) I also loved her effect on the male population. How men just reduced to nothingness when she talked or when she was around.
I loved how she tags along with Chloe at times (and making snarky remarks about Chloe's inefficiency).
Most stories are kind of like an episode of Buffy, or like an episode in any monster anime. Monster of the day/week/time. Not all of them are bad, not all of them are being kicked, but it was still funny to see.
Of course Chloe also does other stuff next to the whole monster hunting business. She goes to college, is in a terrible band that shouldn't exist, goes to clubs, goes for Halloween stuff and much much more. It was really fun seeing Chloe go through her life.
There are lots of puns, hints to other pop culture stuff (Moomins, Buffy, Spongebob Squarepants, and many more), it was all delightful to see them pop up and recognize them!
The art is great, I really like Marc Ellerby's style of drawing, and I am happy to see that he apparently decided to colour the art for this omnibus/combined bundle.
I also love that this one includes sketches and some stuff about his storyboards and how he makes the stories. It was really interesting and it gave the book some extra sparkles. :)
All in all, I would highly recommend everyone to read the books, you can find them on Marc Ellerby's website at the ebooks section and you can just name your price and download them. Of course, you can also buy them in paper format or if you live in a country that has English as a native language you can probably also find them in a book store. And yes, this is promotion, and no I don't do it because I am buddies with the author or he is paying me or whatever else. This is just me, a comic book/graphic novel lover, motivating other lovers of said comics and graphic novels to try out this book (and the other one), especially now that it is available like this. Go forth and find this and the other book and read them!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
October 4, 2014
This and Ellerbisms (by the same author) grabbed my eye in Waterstones, Brentwood. I bought them both and am so glad I did. More please, Marc!
September 23, 2018
Good fun and so cheap that there's no excuse for not giving it a try. I like how she uses Pixies lyrics to psych herself up for a fight.
July 17, 2024
A light but enjoyable read - kind of a Buffy The Vampire Slayer meets Scott Pilgrim type of book - would love to see more of the character I must admit.
February 15, 2015
Ever wonder what might happen if you crossed Scott Pilgrim with Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Wonder no more...
Chloe Noonan started out as Marc Ellerby's version of Buffy if she didn't have powers. It kind of got a lot more loose from there. Chloe's life is more about her friendship with Zoe, in some ways her polar opposite (though equally powerless), and only incidentally about fighting monsters.
Actually, the monster bit is one of the more notable aspects of Ellerby's storytelling, and not for the obvious reasons. Ellerby's monsters aren't scary so much as unwanted social elements Chloe is just trying to clear out of the way. Maybe in a different context this would be biting commentary, but as I said, Ellerby tends toward a Scott Pilgrim style.
The fact that Chloe (and by extension everyone else) is British doesn't come up right away, but then it becomes important, insofar as anything else that happens is important. It's goofy fun in a cartoon kind of way. That's about the sum of this stuff: it can easily be pictured as a cartoon.
Chloe Noonan started out as Marc Ellerby's version of Buffy if she didn't have powers. It kind of got a lot more loose from there. Chloe's life is more about her friendship with Zoe, in some ways her polar opposite (though equally powerless), and only incidentally about fighting monsters.
Actually, the monster bit is one of the more notable aspects of Ellerby's storytelling, and not for the obvious reasons. Ellerby's monsters aren't scary so much as unwanted social elements Chloe is just trying to clear out of the way. Maybe in a different context this would be biting commentary, but as I said, Ellerby tends toward a Scott Pilgrim style.
The fact that Chloe (and by extension everyone else) is British doesn't come up right away, but then it becomes important, insofar as anything else that happens is important. It's goofy fun in a cartoon kind of way. That's about the sum of this stuff: it can easily be pictured as a cartoon.
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