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Scribblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination #1-9
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
The sequel to the popular video game SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED arrives in this collected edition!
Following the events of Scribblenauts Unmasked, Madame Xanadu and Phantom Stranger foresee a new threat to the DC Universe. They must enlist the help of Maxwell and Lily to return to the DC Universe and save the world as we know it.
Collects Scribblenauts A Crisis of Imagination #1-9
and Scribblenauts Unmasked #1.
Following the events of Scribblenauts Unmasked, Madame Xanadu and Phantom Stranger foresee a new threat to the DC Universe. They must enlist the help of Maxwell and Lily to return to the DC Universe and save the world as we know it.
Collects Scribblenauts A Crisis of Imagination #1-9
and Scribblenauts Unmasked #1.
208 pages, Paperback
First published February 17, 2015
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About the author
Josh Elder
43 books2 followersBy day, Josh is a mild-mannered graphic novelist known for co-creating the nationally syndicated comic strip Mail Order Ninja, writing The Adventures of Superman and Scribblenauts Unmasked for DC Comics and editing the Comics That Make Kids Smarter anthology for Andrews McMeel Publishing. By night, he serves as a Comics Ambassador for the US State Department, spreading the word about comics in the classroom to the far corners of the globe!
As a consultant, Josh advises companies and institutions on best practices for using comics in the classroom and developing comic-centric educator programming. His clients include Andrews McMeel Publishing, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the New York Comic Con.
As a lecturer, Josh has led cartooning workshops and professional development seminars on using comics in the classroom at schools and libraries in Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Charlotte, New York City, Ann Arbor, St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Las Vegas, Fort Knox, Halifax, Santiago and Minsk among many other cities and towns worldwide.
As a presenter, Josh has spoken at the International Reading Association’s annual conference, the American Library Association’s annual conference, TEDX Peachtree and the CUSP Design Conference. He also given talks at Northwestern University, Stanford University, Grinnell College and the University of Concepcion.
As a consultant, Josh advises companies and institutions on best practices for using comics in the classroom and developing comic-centric educator programming. His clients include Andrews McMeel Publishing, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the New York Comic Con.
As a lecturer, Josh has led cartooning workshops and professional development seminars on using comics in the classroom at schools and libraries in Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Charlotte, New York City, Ann Arbor, St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Las Vegas, Fort Knox, Halifax, Santiago and Minsk among many other cities and towns worldwide.
As a presenter, Josh has spoken at the International Reading Association’s annual conference, the American Library Association’s annual conference, TEDX Peachtree and the CUSP Design Conference. He also given talks at Northwestern University, Stanford University, Grinnell College and the University of Concepcion.
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April 16, 2015
I received this book for free as a Goodreads First Read.
Remember when you sat in front of the TV on Saturday mornings as a kid? (Perhaps some of you are too young to remember the joy of Saturday morning cartoons, but I digress...) At the end of the cartoon block -- after shows like Transformers, Thundercats and Bravestarr -- the classic cartoons would play. My mom would peek into the living room around that time and I would unglue my eyes from the screen to watch her. She usually had a small smile on her face and I'd occasionally see her laugh at something on Looney Tunes that wasn't all that funny. In those moments I'd quirk my head & wonder why?
Fast forward to the modern day. I'm reading through this Scribblenauts/DC story and I stop and pause at something that Wonder Woman says. It looks familiar. Very familiar. I feel a small smile come to my face and it finally dawns on me: Wonder Woman is paraphrasing Conan the Barbarian. More importantly, Conan's famous answer to the question "What is best in Life?" It's such a simple line. Not all that amusing to a kid that's never seen Schwarzenegger's Conan, but chuckle-worthy for most adults. The circle is complete.
And that is where this book wins. This book has a little bit of something for older and younger readers alike.
Don't get me wrong; this is not a perfect book. Some of the story elements are lacking a certain finesse. Also, a few of the character choices on the DC end are a touch lackluster. That's easily forgivable when you consider the amount of heroes and villains that are crammed in this book.
Rating: 3/5 Lamenting Men
Remember when you sat in front of the TV on Saturday mornings as a kid? (Perhaps some of you are too young to remember the joy of Saturday morning cartoons, but I digress...) At the end of the cartoon block -- after shows like Transformers, Thundercats and Bravestarr -- the classic cartoons would play. My mom would peek into the living room around that time and I would unglue my eyes from the screen to watch her. She usually had a small smile on her face and I'd occasionally see her laugh at something on Looney Tunes that wasn't all that funny. In those moments I'd quirk my head & wonder why?
Fast forward to the modern day. I'm reading through this Scribblenauts/DC story and I stop and pause at something that Wonder Woman says. It looks familiar. Very familiar. I feel a small smile come to my face and it finally dawns on me: Wonder Woman is paraphrasing Conan the Barbarian. More importantly, Conan's famous answer to the question "What is best in Life?" It's such a simple line. Not all that amusing to a kid that's never seen Schwarzenegger's Conan, but chuckle-worthy for most adults. The circle is complete.
And that is where this book wins. This book has a little bit of something for older and younger readers alike.
Don't get me wrong; this is not a perfect book. Some of the story elements are lacking a certain finesse. Also, a few of the character choices on the DC end are a touch lackluster. That's easily forgivable when you consider the amount of heroes and villains that are crammed in this book.
Rating: 3/5 Lamenting Men
February 11, 2015
3.5 Read as digital ARC.
Scribblenauts is a super weird mix, because you've got a clearly deep level of DC comic-book knowledge mixed with characters who refer to Bats as "Mr. Batman." It's an interesting read and fun to look at with all the chibi-DC going on, but I suspect it would be made better by familiarity with Scribblenauts lore beforehand. (It's hard to believe that World's Finest really need Max and Lily to bail them out, after all.) Still, it had me grabbing screen shots because of funny jokes I wanted to remember and name drops that I needed to research. Doppelgangers, good versus evil? That's my bread and butter.
Scribblenauts is a super weird mix, because you've got a clearly deep level of DC comic-book knowledge mixed with characters who refer to Bats as "Mr. Batman." It's an interesting read and fun to look at with all the chibi-DC going on, but I suspect it would be made better by familiarity with Scribblenauts lore beforehand. (It's hard to believe that World's Finest really need Max and Lily to bail them out, after all.) Still, it had me grabbing screen shots because of funny jokes I wanted to remember and name drops that I needed to research. Doppelgangers, good versus evil? That's my bread and butter.
February 20, 2015
I haven't played the game, but I have watched my son play it a bit. This graphic novel is cute, the art is cute and the humour is cute. It has an engaging superhero vs villains plot that, unfortunately, didn't really appeal to me much. It certainly does have a good plot for a comic based on a video game and I'm pretty sure it will appeal to its intended audience.
February 24, 2015
A very cute book ! for those who did not play Scribblenauts Unmasked, I strongly play the game first then read this !!! For those who are gamers, starting to know the DCU or for the little ones on a trips to grandma's house HIGHLY RECOMENDED !!!!!!
October 6, 2015
A fun little title. A little hard to follow if you haven't played the game it is a sequel to, but Maxwell and Lily bring such a joy to the DC Comics Universe, and the entire thing is peppered with a high concentration of inside jokes for fans of both.
July 3, 2016
Actually got this a few years ago on FCBD as a curtsy/apology after accidentally knocking over things in the store...but kept forgetting to read it. Very zany and random like the videogame its adapted from with the DC comics serious tone.
December 6, 2023
So fun it convinced me to buy the Nintendo DS game.
But really, it knows a lot of DC lore to summon anything they want by scribbling out a word. Props to the research.
But really, it knows a lot of DC lore to summon anything they want by scribbling out a word. Props to the research.
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