Yungblud Presents: The Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 2: Weird Times At Quarry Banks University

The Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club #2

by Ryan O'Sullivan (Writer), Yungblud (Writer), Mino Miyabi (Illustrator)

From the messed-up mind of music sensation YUNGBLUD comes the follow-up to 2019's smash hit graphic novel The Twisted Tales of The Ritalin Club! Now eighteen, and having graduated from Blackheart's High School; YUNGBLUD, plus his super-powered friends Harmony, Scout, Zombie Joshua, Em, and Encore are now enrolled as students at Quarry Bank University. At first, it seems like university life is all drugs, sex and relationship drama. But when a new foe with a familiar face arrives from the Manga Dimension, the Ritalin Club find themselves caught in a trip that may cost them their very lives.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, LGBT

160 pages, Paperback

Published November 12, 2020

About the author

Ryan O'Sullivan is a comic book writer from the North of England. Best known for original works such as A Dark Interlude, Fearscape, Void Trip, and Turncoat; Ryan has also written for licensed properties such as Dark Souls, Warhammer 40,000, and The Evil Within; as well as music industry professionals such as RZA of the Wutang Clan, Yungblud, and Abbey Road Studios. His original graphic novel, Fearscape, was one of only two comics selected for The Guardian newspaper's "Best Books of the Year 2019". He is one quarter of the White Noise comic-writer studio.

Reviews

[AGG · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like the universe that Yungblud has created with this comic and the previous one!!! I love how he is always able to transmit important claims through his stories! I think I liked the first one more but this one is so awesome and entertaining as well.

[Sabrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all.. 18+ TW: Self-harm, Substance Abuse, Death, Murder, Violence, Explicit Sexual Activity, & Grief. This comic book is meant for adults. The first volume of this comic book I could possibly see older teens reading, but not this one personally. I absolutely loved the storyline in this volume even more than the first volume. I didn’t like the illustration as much in this one as I did the first one though. I don’t want to say too much and ruin it. Worth reading! Definitely LGBTQ+

[Priyanka · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this one!! can’t wait for more ritalin club adventures and to see what happens next

trigger warning for discussion and depiction of self harm

[Qurzejka · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Cassidy (Kenji Kishimoto’s Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ STARS!!
“I realize I sound crazy, and am acting crazy. But when the world is crazy, sometimes acting mad is the only sane response.”

[Xan Rooyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hm, this was again as weird as one would expect coming from the mind of Yungblud. There were again some pretty dark themes and issues addressed (CW: the book opens with someone in recovery for self-harm and there are a few panels later in the book that might be triggering). The story pretty much revolves around mental illness and I found the whole concept of how denying aspects of your self can be ruinous. The idea of embracing your inner demon/darkness is something I personally appreciate in terms of how this is used and resolves in the plot.

There are again a variety of gender and sexual identities in this book, which is awesome, and I'm glad some of the slut-shaming directed at a polyamorous character was addressed, but I felt like it could've been stronger as polyam people are often misunderstood and judged.

The numerous pop culture references and the self-awareness of its own story-telling devices delivered some extra snide humor, which I also appreciated.

Overall, this installment continued the bizarre but fundamentally wholesome story in a satisfactory way. I look forward to seeing what the Ritalin Club gets up to next.

[Havana · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was horrible. I love Yungblud as an artist but this graphic novel was terrible. The writing had tons of spelling mistakes and the story was cliche and didn’t really have a plot. The only good thing about this was the character/world art.

[Evie Stiles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't read many comics, but just had to read this because of my love for Yungblud.
The story line was good and had positive messages throughout. However, the description and narrative were a bit weak, and there were multiple spelling mistakes.
However, if he writes more comics, I would love to see the improvement and development of his writing skills in them.
Recommend to anyone who likes Yungblud!

[Jules · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I enjoyed this one, I enjoyed the first Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club more. I would absolutely still recommend this to a Yungblud fan, though.

[Shelby Cranor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this so much, it felt as though I was part of the novel.

[Saphron (saphycanread) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can I have a Vol. 3 please?!

I'm really impressed with this. It's got a bit of everything... Story, themes, style. I could could go on.

[Kayla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great art but a mediocre story that made even less sense then the first one.

[Gaël · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again it was a great comic ! It was a bit confusing at first but I still loved it !

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's weird, strange, and absolutely odd. Just as anyone who has listened to YUNGBLUD would expect.

[Noah Gammel · Rating 4 out of 5]

not as amazing as the first one but still great ;)