Los últimos frikis del mundo: Las alucinantes historias de la casa del árbol: La novela gráfica

The Last Kids on Earth #6.5

by Max Brallier

La primera novela gráfica de la serie The Last Kids on Earth, superventas del New York Times , ¡ahora con más de 7 millones de copias impresas! Estos seis cómics nuevos a todo color presentan emocionantes historias de Los últimos frikis del mundo y, finalmente, revelan el misterioso paradero de dos villanos de la serie. Los niños y sus amigos monstruos están pasando el rato en la casa del árbol, cuando Jack se lanza a una historia épica, totalmente heroica y súper genial de una de sus muchas aventuras post-apocalípticas. Por supuesto, una vez que termina, todos están ansiosos por mejorar su historia con una historia propia. Pronto, Quint, Dirk, June y Skaelka, e incluso Globlet, obsequian al grupo con detalles a veces escandalosos, a menudo hilarantes, de sus escapadas llenas de acción durante el apocalipsis monstruo-zombi. ¡Con arte original de Anoosha Syed, Xavier Bonet, Lorena Alvarez, Jay Cooper, Christopher Mitten y el ilustrador de la serie The Last Kids on Earth, Douglas Holgate!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Fantasy, Humor, Adventure, Childrens, Science Fiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published April 6, 2021

About the author

Max Brallier is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His books and series include The Last Kids on Earth, Eerie Elementary, Mister Shivers, Galactic Hot Dogs, and Can YOU Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? He is a writer and producer for Netflix's Emmy-award-winning adaptation of The Last Kids on Earth. Max lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. Visit him at MaxBrallier.com.

Reviews

[Greg Barkham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute stories. Awfully refreshing, too. Enjoyed the art styles better than I expected - especially the Dirk western story.

Opened up a lot of lore and canon for future books that now after back-tracking, really makes me wish I would have read this before book 8.

4.6 stars for the awesomeness that is fast paced short stories and great lore building in fun ways.

Thanks again, Max.

[Lisa D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Love this series!

[Shadyside Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was alright. The comics were silly and funny but overall pretty forgettable. Interesting backstory about Evie Snark, I completely forgot about her! I definitely prefer the normal graphic novels over the comics, but this book was technically #6.5 so I figured it’s supposed to be read before book 7.

[Gianluca Raimondo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comics in the book was a little funny...

[Holly Glem · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son liked this one (8-y-o). We read together.

I thought it was really fun having the different illustrators and some of them were fantastic.

We probably would have liked it more if we were more familiar with the characters, but I'd picked this up at the school book fair and didn't know it was the 6.5 in the series.

[Aydan Carman · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a ferocious monster attacks the tree house during their board-game night, the Last Kids on Earth and their monster buddies launch into telling their own adventurous tales to prove who is worthy enough to fight the deadly monster one-on-one.

“The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales from the Tree House” is the first ever graphic novel in the Last Kids series that features six amazing comics each illustrated by a different artist all in full-color. Each entry of the series is extremely fun, action-packed and filled with wonderful illustrations, this novel is no exception. In fact, the illustrations are above and beyond in this novel with the different art styles for each thrilling tale. I thought that each story was hilarious and allowed the readers of the series to hear from characters that have never gotten their own perspective shared before. The sixth and final story is by far my favorite for its focus on two characters that I’ve been itching to learn more about while providing some intriguing teases for the upcoming seventh book: the Doomsday Race. Overall, this graphic novel is an absolute blast, I had a great time reading it and I hope we get to see more like this from the Last Kids on Earth. I’ll like to mention something that I really admire about this book, which are the actual pages, they have the feel of traditional comic book pages (which were mostly made from recycled material) with a tougher and thicker feel to them. That was something I immediately noticed reading the book and admired very much. As always, I recommend this novel to any fan of the Last Kids series and for even those who really like comic books/graphic novels, I think this is something worth seeing here.

Thanks for reading!

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a monster moves in to attack the Tree House where Quint, Jack, June, and Dirk live, everyone plus Globlet and Skaelka thinks they should go fight the monster solo. To settle the dispute they have a story sharing contest of their most epic achievements. So readers get Jack, Quint, Dirk, Globlet, and June/Skaelka's epic adventure stories in graphic novel form before the monster is tackled. And then readers get to find out what Evie Snark and Ghazt have been up to since they last appeared (setting things up for book 7).

I liked how the illustrators chosen for each story reflect the personalities of the characters. Those match ups were done well. The stories range from funny to absurd to exciting (you can probably guess which based on the character narrating). You definitely want to read this after book 6 and before book 7 as there are spoilers for and references to events in book 6 and important info for book 7. Hand this to fans of the series. They will gobble it up.

Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content. There are some monster battles, but in general monsters are usually scared off more than vanquished, and things shown on page are a little funny gross instead of disturbing gross.

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

This just wasn't very good. I'm not a big fan of short stories anyway, so I almost didn't even want to pick this up.

Everything that was getting old about the stories comes back and is cranked to eleven. The emotion of Dirk dealing with his father, the cool new voice of Jane getting her own story, the exploration of the world is all absent here.

We're back to shouting non-sequiturs, while random stuff seems to happen and it all ends with a catchphrase and a pizza party. I never really found myself engaged in the tales, never felt an emotional connection, and just wasn't interested. It wasn't funny, the stories weren't unique enough to be worth my time, the characters all sound the same. The only one with even a little personality is Quint, and his might be the shortest story.

I guess it'll hold you over until the next book, but it isn't really worth it.

[Hal · Rating 3 out of 5]

arc provided by the publisher via edelweiss in exchange for an honest review

This was so much fun! It was awesome being back with the gang especially in this new, full colour graphic novel style! The different artists for each story was a nice touch too!

This just made me even more excited for the next book in the series. I’d definitely say this is a must read if you’re a fan of Jack and the gang!

3/5 ⭐️

[Cris · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you have read The Last Kids on Earth Series, then you will enjoy this comic book of short stories. There is a monster attacking the tree house and whoever tells the best story wins the right to fight it! Will it be Quint and his gadgets? June? Jack? Dirk? You will only know if you read the stories!

[audy ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really loved this series💕💕 it's fun, entertaining, and imaginative. my favorite part of this audiobook is interlude 5 to The Epic Tale of The Epic Stuff You Never Saw Happen (But Should Probably Know About!) haha so that's what happen before THAT part on the other book.

[Christa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Happy I was introduced to this series all those years ago by my kids Battle of the Books. My kids aren't interested in these graphic novels but I am still enjoying them.

[Kathleen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Failed to hold my interest! Maybe I'm starting from the wrong volume.

[Aiden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got the author signed copy after attended the author and character book launch webinar by B&N, soooo cool!

[The Book Worm Bookstore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious graphic novel. The audiobook version is equally hilarious and well-narrated. The multiple stories told in the book are fun and engaging. Perfect for your middle grade reader!

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I realy liked this book because i loved how the padges felt. I also liked it because there were multiple art styles in eath chapter.

[Rafael]

i want to read it

[Jessie Otto · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t like this one, but in the book’s defense, I didn’t read it in the correct order either.

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haha, apparently you have to have read book 5.5 and 6 for this. Just a shame that Amazon has been so difficult with books, because this here book took 3 months before it was available and my pre-order could be sent.
IN this book we have a HIGHLY annoying new character named Globlet who is making me think if I want to continue the series... because for now it is a big fat freaking NOPE. God, I am happy that the other half of the stories DIDN't feature that freaking annoying thing. Otherwise I would have DNF it.
But most of the stories were fun to read and I really had a laugh, for instance June's story was just the best though I totally didn't recognise her companion in that one, haha.
I loved that we ended with villain stories!
I also really liked the various art styles in this one and hyped to see a few of my favourites pop up.

[Tania · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Last Kids on Earth is a fun series, and though this installment is an "in-between" offering and presented as a series of comic strips, it delivers just the same. Beautiful illustrations, plenty of action, and new reveals about our heroes/heroines and their friends and foes alike. After a monster appears and threatens their lair, each of our Last Kids on Earth tell their best heroic tale to prove they should fight the monster alone. The tales are quite tall in the retelling, each betraying the personality of its teller. In the end, there is only one solution... of course.

Alongside the battle over who would fight the monster, we also get some additional backstory filling in some gaps between books 4 - 7, which is a great setup for book 7 and a nice refresher for anyone who went a while between books.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandson liked the variety of art styles—especially guest artist Anoosha Syed who drew “A Gaggle of Globlets.” The lost star comes largely for two stories: the audience abuse over “soul/sole” in “Danger on the Diamond” and the looong wind-up in the misleadingly titled “The Epic Tale of Epic Stuff You Never Saw Happen (But Should Probably Know About),” which sets the resurrection of Meathook .

The description of “graphic novel” also misleads. While there is a frame tale that brackets five largely unrelated stories, it comes to nothing. It’s nice to look at. In the cuisine of children lit, ‘Tales from the Tree House’ is a variety 6-pack of frosted cupcakes, hold the cake.

[Corina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Six short graphic stories set in the Last Kids on Earth universe. These are silly mini-adventures about the kids and their monster buddies in the monster-zombie apocalyptic world. I did like how many different artists got to showcase their skills, and the short stories were very stylistically different. The actual plotlines though are pretty inane. Good for kids, maybe less so for adults.

Full disclosure, the kids are pretty anti-TLKOE books so far, so I was surprised when they were into this graphic novel (then again, with the action packed stories, humor, and bright colors, maybe I shouldn't be so shocked).

[David Hodged]

What was that. Was that a monster. Yes the monster was trying to climb up the tree house but within a few seconds jack came up with a perfect plan. He used his older brother's bat to hit the monster with and with one swing of the bat the monster was there laying on the ground.
I loved this book. It had lots of cliff-hangers and was very stressful to read. My favorite part was when the monster climbed up the tree house and Jack quickly grabbed a bat and knocked the monster out with one swing of the bat. Then the minster was laying on the ground and the cooked the monster and had the monster for dinner.

[Katherine Steimle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve completely enjoyed the series so far but this just feels like a money grab. I do not recommend unless you have kids who love the series or students who love the series. I prefer the story vs these little tales. I do not recommend this one.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

My fourth graders (mostly the boys) rave about the Last Kids on Earth series, so I decided a quick read of the graphic novel was the way to go. I don’t see what the appeal is, but I’m also not a 9 year old male so…

[The Loco Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

The comics are so fun! Each character has to tell the most epic story of them defeating monsters in order to see who is the winner. The characters are funny and quirky! I love how this was written and drawn by a bunch of different authors! Very cool!

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good book! My 10 year-old son loved it. We have read every single book of this series and are excited for the next one to be released in the fall of 2023. Thank you Max Brallier. We are a fan of your work!

[Conor Chambers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have only read about 50 pages of this book, which has hooked me so far. I haven't gotten to any crazy action or plot, it is mostly just explaining and reminding the reader what is going on in the series.

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I laughed way too often while reading this. Way. Too. Often.

[Engel Dreizehn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and...there's going pop culture gags people who grew up during the 90's-early 2000 will get + giggle at...hehe. :)