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Petit Vampire #2
Little Vampire Does Kung Fu!
When his best friend Michael is tormented by the school bully, gutsy Little Vampire concocts a clever plan that will teach the bully a valuable lesson, but his scheme soon goes awry--with hilarious results!
40 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2003
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Joann Sfar
485 books509 followersJoann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, and film director.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
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November 13, 2024
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the previous one.
November 25, 2020
En este segundo número Miguel es "buleado" por otro niño en su escuela, así que pide el consejo de Pequeño Vampiro y su séquito de monstruos y fantasmas. Los consejos y resultados son delirantes y grotescos. El arte sigue siendo increíble (amé al pulpo que siempre acompaña al Capitán de los Muertos).
July 13, 2021
What a strange little comic! I was intrigued to read this because on reddit someone was like: "What's that one book, I think it was for kids, but it had some really graphic gore and violence in it?" and when the answer was a title like Little Vampire Does Kung Fu I had to see if my library system had it (they do)!
It's a very silly comic, the words are small and the pictures and panels tightly packed in, and I'm pretty sure boys aged 9 and up would love it!
The gore... not too explicit and gorey but a kid would get a kick out of it.
I think my biggest complaint is that the title is misleading. Little Vampire DOESN'T know kung fu! And it's the little boy Michael who needs to learn it! Little vampire doesn't even learn kung fu!
It's a very silly comic, the words are small and the pictures and panels tightly packed in, and I'm pretty sure boys aged 9 and up would love it!
The gore... not too explicit and gorey but a kid would get a kick out of it.
I think my biggest complaint is that the title is misleading. Little Vampire DOESN'T know kung fu! And it's the little boy Michael who needs to learn it! Little vampire doesn't even learn kung fu!
December 12, 2024
Siempre sí a los libros irreverentes, llenos de monstruos y cosas graciosas/grotescas. Son ideales para los chicos que dicen que los libros no son lo suyo, porque luego terminan disfrutandolo mucho. Más que sus padres, definitivamente, con tantas escenas de tripas y niños descosidos, venganzas y golpes a mansalva.
Un libro para reírse, ¡claro que sí, bienvenidos sean!
Un libro para reírse, ¡claro que sí, bienvenidos sean!
July 29, 2023
Don't let your kids read this!!!
BAD BAD BAD.
Teaching wrong values and doesn't help with a kid growing up that violence is not the way to solve any problems. Does not build good character.
I 'd would give it negative stars if I could.
BAD BAD BAD.
Teaching wrong values and doesn't help with a kid growing up that violence is not the way to solve any problems. Does not build good character.
I 'd would give it negative stars if I could.
August 24, 2024
Accompagné de son meilleur ami, le petit vampire, Michel apprends que se battre n'est (presque) jamais une bonne idée. Drôle, touchant avec des messages qui aident à aborder avec les plus jeunes des thèmes majeurs de notre expérience humaine.
July 11, 2009
Little Michael wants to kill his bully of a classmate. Literally.
...Or so he believes, after a particularly humiliating experience in the playground that day. Having been hounded about his lack of parents (I do have parents... but they're dead," he explains), and been beaten by a group of his peers in an attempt to impress the bully - in front of his female classmate, no less - well, Michael comes to the conclusion that killing the boy is the only solution.
But that isn't what he truly wants. This is a lesson he comes to learn throughout the story. Before all of this, however, Michael learns the art of self-defence without even realizing it (with Little Vampire's intervention).
This addition to the Little Vampire mythos is even darker than the first - and again, it is something resembling a children's book but best left to the older ones. Or, as always, with parental discussion following the book's resolution. Far from being the "grim 'n' gritty" series which remained popular in comic books throughout the early-to-mid 1990s, there is plenty of humour on every page.
But it isn't all laughs and kids' fare, either.
...Or so he believes, after a particularly humiliating experience in the playground that day. Having been hounded about his lack of parents (I do have parents... but they're dead," he explains), and been beaten by a group of his peers in an attempt to impress the bully - in front of his female classmate, no less - well, Michael comes to the conclusion that killing the boy is the only solution.
But that isn't what he truly wants. This is a lesson he comes to learn throughout the story. Before all of this, however, Michael learns the art of self-defence without even realizing it (with Little Vampire's intervention).
This addition to the Little Vampire mythos is even darker than the first - and again, it is something resembling a children's book but best left to the older ones. Or, as always, with parental discussion following the book's resolution. Far from being the "grim 'n' gritty" series which remained popular in comic books throughout the early-to-mid 1990s, there is plenty of humour on every page.
But it isn't all laughs and kids' fare, either.
April 30, 2010
Very random but funny comic by Joann Sfar, who I love reading. Little Vampire's friend Michael wants revenge on a bully terrorizing him and with the help of a Rabbi Cat learns how to be a Master of Kung Fu. Only Little Vampire's monster friends eat up the bully and they have to bring him back to life again. My favorite parts are the scenes with Mrs. Pandora and Captain of the Dead, with his flamboyant enormous hat.
October 4, 2009
This graphic novel is for younger readers (Grades 9-12) that deal with bullies. I don't know that the author offers any practical solution for dealing with bullies, but she does provide an entertaining story.
August 19, 2008
DEAR Joann Sfar, you are so good at drawing monsters. I never ever get tired of it. Keep it up please.
September 10, 2016
No es tan bueno como el primero de la serie, pero contiene momentos impagables. Sólo por el dibujo de Sfar ya merece la pena.
October 11, 2016
I'd forgotten that I had read this years ago in a Little Vampire anthology. It was a lot of fun to re-read, though!
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