Sybil, la fée cartable, Tome 1: Nina

Sybil #1

by Michel Rodrigue, Dalena (Illustrator), RAZZI Manuela (Illustrator)

Nina is a girl in middle school with a little brother and a single mom who barely has enough time to spend with her. Put down at school by nasty cliques, Nina’s life is not much fun. All this changes when a magical fairy named Sybil turns up in Nina’s backpack! Sybil and Nina have a blast giving Nina’s tormentors a taste of their own medicine. There’s only one problem: demons from the magical world that Sybil comes from have followed her to our dimension, and they’re out to cause some damage of their own!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Bande Dessinée, Comics, Young Adult, Childrens, Magic

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 16, 2009

About the author

Michel Rodrigue a beau être né un 1er avril, quand il fait quelque chose, il ne plaisante pas ! Ainsi, il est parvenu à mener de front une licence d'archéologie médiévale et une carrière de rugbyman de haut niveau. Cultivant l'éclectisme, il a aussi été marionnettiste, artiste de cirque et acteur de théâtre. En 1986, cette dernière expérience le conduit à adapter le "Cyrano de Bergerac" d'Edmond Rostand en BD. Il crée ensuite la mascotte de la première Coupe du Monde de Rugby, puis reprend les célébrissimes "Pieds Nickelés". Il dessine ensuite des séries humoristiques, au Lombard : "Doggyguard" et "Clifton" avec Bob de Groot , "Les nouvelles Aventures de Cubitus" avec P. Aucaigne et Erroc et "Bidule" avec A. Blondieau. Il mène également une carrière de scénariste. Cela lui permet de partager son goût pour les contes et légendes via notamment "Le Chat qui courait sur les Toits" co-« Signé » avec R. Hausman, "Sybil, la Fée cartable" avec A. Dalena et M. Razzi, ou encore "Légendes des montagnes de France", avec David Pellet.

Reviews

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cover of this book is super cute and I thought I might like the story, but I wasn't into it. The art is okay. The story was too fast moving and with zero information. Why is there suddenly a fairy hanging around Nina? And the whole thing with Ramses was random, and I felt it wasn't necessary for story progression. I don't have any interest in reading the rest unfortunately to see if it gets better. And my interest in knowing why Sybil is suddenly there wasn't even remotely peaked enough to keep me interested in reading the rest of this series.

The artwork is good though. I will give it that.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

💭𝕊𝕪𝕓𝕚𝕝 𝕝𝕒 𝕗𝕖́𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕋.𝟘𝟙💭

𝘔𝘰𝘪, 𝘤'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦, 𝘤'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘺𝘣𝘪𝘭, 𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧é𝘦. Ê𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧é𝘦, 𝘤'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 ! 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦 𝘥'𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 ! 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘪 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦 𝘮'𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢î𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘱𝘭é 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘧é𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶'𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦...

🧚‍♀️ J'adore ces univers fantastiques qui reprennent des choses de notre univers et les transforment en fantastiques... Pensons entre autre aux nombreux volets de la franchise Shrek ou à Ella l'enchantée avec @annehathaway. À la 2e page de cette bd, ils m'ont tout de suite eu avec leur drive-in pour dragons 😱!

🧚‍♀️ Un super moment de lecture: les graphiques sont clairs et bien nets (on se rappelle que j'adore ça!), des personnages intéressants et une histoire rythmée! C'est certainque je vais lire la suite!

🅜🅐 🅝🅞🅣🅔: 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️/5

[The Book Sale Scrounger · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I'm going to roll over and die when Papercutz actually serializes something I end up really enjoying.

This volume was all over the place. It started off trying to establish to rich fantasy setting and then pinballed to a typical school setting. I'm not even sure how the fantasy is supposed to tie into the plot to begin with. The characters are rushed in introduction and seemingly serve no purpose besides "hilarious" filler involving school escapades and bullies. They make a few mentions of Sybil's future purpose in the fantasy world, but they're weak at best, and uninteresting at worst. I have absolutely no incentive to pick up a second volume of this mess, and I don't know why anyone else apart from a child would, either.

Also, please kill pseudo-anime art styles in American graphic novels. They're so hard to get down and rarely look good.

[Aleap · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although I dearly, dearly loved the illustration style, the story itself was lacking. It was rushed, felt incomplete, promoted cheating in school, and just plain held no interest for me. It's a shame, as I really wanted to like it.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the premise of this book (how cool to have a fairy that lives in your backpack) and the humor of many of the situations, as well as the idea of hidden realms within our world that we can never see. I did find some aspects of the story rather predictable and flat, but it was OK.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read by my 7-year-old daughter who loved it! She rated it 5 stars and would like to read the rest of the series.

[Amanda Blau · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 7 year old loves this super-attractively illustrated book about having a magical back pack fairy

[Stacey Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nina is having trouble in school and when she finds a weird duo in her backpack it doesn't help matters. Getting to know and trust her new fairy friend Sybil proves difficult but interesting. There's so much Nina doesn't know but Sybil doesn't reveal all.

[Margaret · Rating 2 out of 5]

I mostly like the art style, but the writing has lots of exclamation points! Everyone is excited! About everything! And that didn't sit well for me.
This has similar pacing to TV shows like the Winx Club; one thing after another resolved very quickly, then there's something else right away.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This first volume sets up a large number of plot threads for later stories, but the basic premise is cute and clever. Nina has been assigned a fairy to help her through life. The fairy has an assistant, sort of a tiny troll with a huge appetite. While both the fairy and the troll mean well, their actions often complicate Nina's life as much as they help her.
Nina's life isn't all that simple to begin with. She lives with her mother and baby brother, after her parents have separated. Her mother is trying to have a social life, but Nina doesn't exactly approve of the guy she's seeing. In addition, she's still a tomboy at the point where the popular girls in school are "maturing," or at least dressing in girly clothes and wearing makeup.
Sybil, the fairy, can only be seen by Nina or by animals. When she tries to help Nina with her homework on ancient Egypt, things get a bit out of hand. Then, there's the mysterious "enemy" fairy who seems to have an agenda of her own.
Don't forget to read the bonus section at the end, highlighting some of the side effects of having a fairy around the house. It's got some very funny extra bits, involving egg races and a flying baby brother.

[78sunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich habe mich sehr erschrocken als ich feststellte, dass dieser Comic seit über zwei Jahren ungelesen in meinem Regal steht. Das ist mir aufgefallen, weil ich gerade Band 2 günstig bekam.
Nun habe ich es endlich gelesen und es hat mich sehr gut unterhalten.
Die Story um das junge Mädchen Nina, die eines Tages in ihrer Schultasche eine Fee und ihren Helfer findet, fand ich sehr amüsant. Sie hat so einige Schwierigkeiten in der Schule, wobei ihr dann die Fee hilft, aber es gibt auch Probleme, die gerade durch die Fee entstehen. Das war wirklich sehr unterhaltsam und das obwohl ich absolut nicht mehr zur Zielgruppe gehöre.
Der Zeichenstil gefiel mir unglaublich gut. Die Gesichtszüge waren unglaublich witzig. Auch die der Tiere. Auch die Farbwahl fand ich klasse. Wirklich bunt aber gut aufeinander abgestimmt.
Ich freue mich schon sehr auf den nächsten Band, zumal man am Ende von Band 1 bereits einen Ausblick darauf bekam, was an Konflikten dazukommt.

Story 4,0/5
Charaktere 4,6/5
Zeichenstil 5,0/5
Gesamt 4,6/5

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

C'est Soobie qui essaye de lire quelque chose en français mais elle n'a pas le courage pour lire un livre et pour cette raison elle lit beaucoup de BD.

J'ai choisi cette BD parce que j'ai déjà lu une autre œuvre illustrée par Antonello Dalena avec les couleurs de Cecilia Giumento. Je savait que les dessins serait très beaux.

L'histoire est un peu très naïf mais je l'ai lu avec intérêt: j'aime les historie de voyages dans le temps. Et ici, on a aussi Ramsès II...

C'est le premier tome et l'auteur ha laissé beaucoup de demandes sans réponses. On devra lire aussi le deuxième tome qui a une sirène sur la couverture. ^__^

[Ham · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Loved the art. The story was original and pretty engaging. Didn't like the fairy's skanky-licious attire, but I suppose it's a teaching opportunity for my 6-year-old girl. "Can you point out the shameless hussy on this page?" :)
I'll read the sequel if I can find it at the library.

[Stacey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just not that engaging. The opening was not informative enough, and the rest of the book followed suit. I don't need to read another one to decide, and that is a bad sign with graphic novels.

[Traci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and full of trouble.

[Candice M (tinylibrarian)]

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[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid three and a half stars. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, want to read more.

[ponderinghope · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved every part of this book i just wish there was not a second book.

[taeli · Rating 2 out of 5]

finished 9/8/13

[Di'Aysia · Rating 5 out of 5]

sybil the backpack fairy is a good way to get caught up in nina's adventure's although nina gets into trouble alot she is also a great person

[Kellie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A quick read with wonderful drawings, however I felt as though the story skips in places.