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Funny Creek #1
Funny Creek (comiXology Originals)
Lilly is a smart girl in the 1980’s who falls into her favorite cartoon: The Funny Creek Show. But this joyful experience will soon become dramatic when her cartoon hero, the Sheriff Clumsy, shows himself in a darker light than she expected.
Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via comiXology and Kindle.
Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via comiXology and Kindle.
- GenresComics
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 4, 2020
About the author
Rafael Scavone
80 books16 followersRafael Scavone is an author and comic book writer from Brazil. His work includes Wonder Woman and All-Star Batman, for DC Comics, Mark Millar’s Hit-Girl, for Image Comics and Eternals 500 Years War, for Marvel Comics. He also adapted the popular Neil Gaiman tale A Study in Emerald for Dark Horse Comics.
His most recent works are Hailstone, Red Tag, Sliced and Devil's Luck: A Hailstone Story, for Stout Club and ComiXology Originals. In Brazil, he also adapted Incidente em Antares, Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, into comics, for Companhia das Letras.
His most recent works are Hailstone, Red Tag, Sliced and Devil's Luck: A Hailstone Story, for Stout Club and ComiXology Originals. In Brazil, he also adapted Incidente em Antares, Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, into comics, for Companhia das Letras.
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October 6, 2020
Wasn’t for me
November 2, 2020
Nebudu lhát, že nebejt Comixology Unlimited a mojí fascinací starejma animákama bych se k tomu nedostal ale jsem rád, že se tak stalo.
Všeobecně nerad převypravuju děj, takže jenom hodně rychle. Ústřední dětská postava se dostane do svýho oblíbenýho tv pořadu a srovnává se tam s traumatem, který nepřímo způsobila.
Musím začít tím, co mě moc nebaví a to je hodně divoký panelování a stylizace. Klaun si drží krásnou stylizaci animace třicátejch let a zbytek je takový Gravity Falls, což se trošku tříská. Uplně mi nesedí ani coloring ale rozhodně mě nerušil tolik.
Co mě hodně baví je tempo příběhu a jak velkou váhu má. Podle mě tohle je přesně komiks vhodnej i pro děti na prvním stupni. Je dobrodružnej, svižnej, zbytečně se nezamotává ale zároveň ze čtenáře nedělá blbečka. Nenamlouvá mu, že všechno bude dobrý a že je život pohádka. Srozumitelným způsobem ukazuje, že se můžou stát strašný věci, na kterejch máte sami podíl a je nutný se s tím srovnat.
Ze všech lidí, který na komiksu spolupracovali, musím vypíchnout Rafaela Albuquerqueho, skvělýho kreslíře, kterej doprovodil artem úžasnej scénář American Vampire Scotta Snydera. Tady je v míň obvyklý roli scénáristy a tak nějak komiks zaštiťuje, což byl jeden z důvodů, proč jsem mu dal šanci. Funny Creek je komiks, kterej se na nějakejch 120 stránkách zaobírá těžkejma tématama s krásnou lehkostí a svižností aniž by je znevažoval. Bejt mi 12, tak je to jasnejch 5/5. Ve svejch 30 letech je to na 4/5 a všema deseti doporučuju na prolítnutí s prckama mezi 8-12 rokama, pokud někoho takovýho máte. Angličtina by pro tyhle špunty neměla bejt překážkou, když jim helpnete. :)
Všeobecně nerad převypravuju děj, takže jenom hodně rychle. Ústřední dětská postava se dostane do svýho oblíbenýho tv pořadu a srovnává se tam s traumatem, který nepřímo způsobila.
Musím začít tím, co mě moc nebaví a to je hodně divoký panelování a stylizace. Klaun si drží krásnou stylizaci animace třicátejch let a zbytek je takový Gravity Falls, což se trošku tříská. Uplně mi nesedí ani coloring ale rozhodně mě nerušil tolik.
Co mě hodně baví je tempo příběhu a jak velkou váhu má. Podle mě tohle je přesně komiks vhodnej i pro děti na prvním stupni. Je dobrodružnej, svižnej, zbytečně se nezamotává ale zároveň ze čtenáře nedělá blbečka. Nenamlouvá mu, že všechno bude dobrý a že je život pohádka. Srozumitelným způsobem ukazuje, že se můžou stát strašný věci, na kterejch máte sami podíl a je nutný se s tím srovnat.
Ze všech lidí, který na komiksu spolupracovali, musím vypíchnout Rafaela Albuquerqueho, skvělýho kreslíře, kterej doprovodil artem úžasnej scénář American Vampire Scotta Snydera. Tady je v míň obvyklý roli scénáristy a tak nějak komiks zaštiťuje, což byl jeden z důvodů, proč jsem mu dal šanci. Funny Creek je komiks, kterej se na nějakejch 120 stránkách zaobírá těžkejma tématama s krásnou lehkostí a svižností aniž by je znevažoval. Bejt mi 12, tak je to jasnejch 5/5. Ve svejch 30 letech je to na 4/5 a všema deseti doporučuju na prolítnutí s prckama mezi 8-12 rokama, pokud někoho takovýho máte. Angličtina by pro tyhle špunty neměla bejt překážkou, když jim helpnete. :)
August 6, 2020
Very cute! The Looney Tunes style background design on the cover really got me for this one. The plot also reads as promising & I'll go into it here without hiding my review for spoilers since it's the #1 issue of a new series & there currently isn't a description of the series on here.
"Lilly is a smart girl in the 1980’s who falls into her favorite cartoon: The Funny Creek Show. But this joyful experience will soon become dramatic when her cartoon hero, the Sheriff Clumsy, shows himself in a darker light than she expected." Is the official blurb.
Not in the description is how Lilly "falls." Like many stories where a character finds themselves in a fictional world that they're familiar with, Lilly knocks herself unconscious running from her mother and wakes up in her favorite cartoon, The Funny Creek Show.
The cartoon features Clumsy the Sheriff, a clown who serves as the law in the lawless Old West setting for the show. The cartoon is obviously intended to have the usual 'good triumphs over bad, so be brave and good, never bad' message typical of children's cartoons. As Lilly enters the supposed reality of her favorite show, she finds that residents under Clumsy's protection clearly aren't as protected by the clown as the cartoon episodes imply. The series blurb also hints that the comic's storyline will skew darker and more mature than a child's cartoon. So far, though, we only see the hint that all is not as the show lets on, based on how the cartoon's character of Betsy confronts Sheriff Clumsy after fleeing the shows villain, Cold Joe.
As an introductory issue, it does well to set the stage and leave me interested in the next issue. It leaves readers wondering why Lilly, clearly upset on the first few panels, was running from her mother. Is this all going to just be a concussion dream for Lilly? What led to her finding herself in this particular setting and how will she get out? How much with coming issues change her opinion of Clumsy the Sheriff and her favorite cartoon? We've got 4 more issues to resolve all that.
The biggest criticism that I have for this issue is the illustration. When Lilly "wakes" in The Funny Creek Show, she looks at herself and immediately sees that she suddenly looks like a cartoon version of herself. For us, the reader, there is absolutely no change. It is difficult, considering that the whole thing is being drawn, but there are still several ways that the drawing style could have been changed to give us some kind of representation that real Lilly is different from cartoon Lilly. The easiest would have been for the cartoonish version to be like the cover illustrates while going for a more realism in the art for the opening panels. Something, anything, that sets the tone for this series covering two separate and different realities.
"Lilly is a smart girl in the 1980’s who falls into her favorite cartoon: The Funny Creek Show. But this joyful experience will soon become dramatic when her cartoon hero, the Sheriff Clumsy, shows himself in a darker light than she expected." Is the official blurb.
Not in the description is how Lilly "falls." Like many stories where a character finds themselves in a fictional world that they're familiar with, Lilly knocks herself unconscious running from her mother and wakes up in her favorite cartoon, The Funny Creek Show.
The cartoon features Clumsy the Sheriff, a clown who serves as the law in the lawless Old West setting for the show. The cartoon is obviously intended to have the usual 'good triumphs over bad, so be brave and good, never bad' message typical of children's cartoons. As Lilly enters the supposed reality of her favorite show, she finds that residents under Clumsy's protection clearly aren't as protected by the clown as the cartoon episodes imply. The series blurb also hints that the comic's storyline will skew darker and more mature than a child's cartoon. So far, though, we only see the hint that all is not as the show lets on, based on how the cartoon's character of Betsy confronts Sheriff Clumsy after fleeing the shows villain, Cold Joe.
As an introductory issue, it does well to set the stage and leave me interested in the next issue. It leaves readers wondering why Lilly, clearly upset on the first few panels, was running from her mother. Is this all going to just be a concussion dream for Lilly? What led to her finding herself in this particular setting and how will she get out? How much with coming issues change her opinion of Clumsy the Sheriff and her favorite cartoon? We've got 4 more issues to resolve all that.
The biggest criticism that I have for this issue is the illustration. When Lilly "wakes" in The Funny Creek Show, she looks at herself and immediately sees that she suddenly looks like a cartoon version of herself. For us, the reader, there is absolutely no change. It is difficult, considering that the whole thing is being drawn, but there are still several ways that the drawing style could have been changed to give us some kind of representation that real Lilly is different from cartoon Lilly. The easiest would have been for the cartoonish version to be like the cover illustrates while going for a more realism in the art for the opening panels. Something, anything, that sets the tone for this series covering two separate and different realities.
August 4, 2020
What?
I really don’t even get it. It was super short and didn’t really have a story so please explain what’s going on
I really don’t even get it. It was super short and didn’t really have a story so please explain what’s going on
August 9, 2020
This is cute. I am curious where they are going. I will keep reading if it's available on prime reading.
August 29, 2020
Kind of odd.
Good color artwork. Comixology comics freebie. 28 pages. A tween girl is transported into her favorite cartoon show.I wonder how weird things will get?
Good color artwork. Comixology comics freebie. 28 pages. A tween girl is transported into her favorite cartoon show.I wonder how weird things will get?
August 11, 2020
I’m interested but I need to see where this is going. Very little set up
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