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Bully Wars
Bully Wars #2
The Bully Wars are invitation-only, but with Spencer’s help Rufus may have a real bully’s way in. The pieces are coming together, but getting invited is just the first step. Training day has arrived!
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29 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2018
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Skottie Young
650 books1,051 followersSkottie Young has been an illustrator and cartoonist for over ten years working for entertainment and publishing companies such Marvel, Warner Bros., Image, Upper Deck, Mattel, and many more.
He is currently illustrating the New York Times Best Selling and Eisner Award Nominated adaptions of L. Frank Baum's OZ novels with writer Eric Shanower. The series has gained acclaim from both fans and critics.
Skottie currently lives in Illinois with his family, Casey, Baxter and their Saint Bernard, Emma.
He is currently illustrating the New York Times Best Selling and Eisner Award Nominated adaptions of L. Frank Baum's OZ novels with writer Eric Shanower. The series has gained acclaim from both fans and critics.
Skottie currently lives in Illinois with his family, Casey, Baxter and their Saint Bernard, Emma.
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October 11, 2018
Controlled Chaos
As we learned in Issue #1, nerdy Spencer and his semi-nerdy pals Edith and Ernie are not looking forward to moving on to high school in the company of Rufus, the monster bully who has tormented them since "before they could remember". When it turns out that at high school Rufus is so small time that he gets bullied by the really big boss bullies, the four kids team up to help Rufus win the "Bully Wars" in exchange for Rufus thereafter giving them all a pass on any future bullying.
Skottie Young is one of the only writers I know of who consistently produces funny and entertaining graphic novels and comics that manage to combine deadpan and sly humor with manic action and drawing, and he does it just as well here as he did in his "I Hate Fairyland" series. In the first issue the authors set up the premise, but in this second issue we start training up Rufus for the Bully Wars. Throughout all of this we get edgy humor from all of the characters, because Young makes both Spencer and Rufus interesting characters who can spin off subtle or slapstick or unexpectedly insightful observations. We start by having Spencer and Rufus take the first halting steps toward friendship, but then move on to extortion and scheming against other bully competitors. Busy, busy. If possible, the art in this issue is even more jagged and manic and brightly colored and exaggerated than in Issue #1. Panel design and layout remains all over the place, with many panels bleeding into other panels. It feels jazzy and wired until you get used to it, but the energy is still through the ceiling.
So, the story is moving along nicely, the characters still hold the reader's attention, the jokes are clever, and the series is still steaming along.
(Please note that I had a chance to read a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
As we learned in Issue #1, nerdy Spencer and his semi-nerdy pals Edith and Ernie are not looking forward to moving on to high school in the company of Rufus, the monster bully who has tormented them since "before they could remember". When it turns out that at high school Rufus is so small time that he gets bullied by the really big boss bullies, the four kids team up to help Rufus win the "Bully Wars" in exchange for Rufus thereafter giving them all a pass on any future bullying.
Skottie Young is one of the only writers I know of who consistently produces funny and entertaining graphic novels and comics that manage to combine deadpan and sly humor with manic action and drawing, and he does it just as well here as he did in his "I Hate Fairyland" series. In the first issue the authors set up the premise, but in this second issue we start training up Rufus for the Bully Wars. Throughout all of this we get edgy humor from all of the characters, because Young makes both Spencer and Rufus interesting characters who can spin off subtle or slapstick or unexpectedly insightful observations. We start by having Spencer and Rufus take the first halting steps toward friendship, but then move on to extortion and scheming against other bully competitors. Busy, busy. If possible, the art in this issue is even more jagged and manic and brightly colored and exaggerated than in Issue #1. Panel design and layout remains all over the place, with many panels bleeding into other panels. It feels jazzy and wired until you get used to it, but the energy is still through the ceiling.
So, the story is moving along nicely, the characters still hold the reader's attention, the jokes are clever, and the series is still steaming along.
(Please note that I had a chance to read a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
June 28, 2020
The joke in this comic about Dungeons and Dragons is worth reading this comic for. It's a perfect send off to how our interests put us into groups and lables and how utterly absurd it all is.
Otherwise, as it stands, my disinterest was barely able to drag me to the finish line.
That's not a crime either. It didn't occur to me until it was over that this comic is intended for ages far younger than I. And I intend to gift this one to my nephew as a result. I think he'd get more a kick of it than I did. As it stands it is entirely harmless with beautiful art and a good message tucked under it. Is it my thing? Not especially. But I don't think it was meant to be.
Otherwise, as it stands, my disinterest was barely able to drag me to the finish line.
That's not a crime either. It didn't occur to me until it was over that this comic is intended for ages far younger than I. And I intend to gift this one to my nephew as a result. I think he'd get more a kick of it than I did. As it stands it is entirely harmless with beautiful art and a good message tucked under it. Is it my thing? Not especially. But I don't think it was meant to be.
October 12, 2018
Best comic I’ve read in a year! The art and detail might be the best I’ve seen from an artist.
April 27, 2019
The consolidation issue. Introduces what we are up against.
Still not loving helping the bully part.
Let's see.
Still not loving helping the bully part.
Let's see.
December 8, 2021
Maraqlı davam kitabı idi. 💜
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