Wall- E: Out There

by Bryce Carlson, Morgan Luthi (Illustrator)

WALL E and his compacting colleagues blance work and fun under the dictatorship of a controlling, mechanical BULL E (Biosphere Utility Labor Earth class). But when a bright blast hits the Earth, WALL E's curiosity leads him to an astronaut, who soon discovers that he is the only man on Earth. This poignant tale paints a heart-warming picture of the early years where a man a robot find hope and friendship in the place they least expect it.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2010

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only reason I read this is because my son is obsessed with Wall-E (it's got space *and* robots!) and my wife requested a tie in book. This ends up being a tie-in graphic novel which tells a strange and superfluous story that isn't really engaging and doesn't feel like Wall-E at all. I know tie-in stuff can sometimes be a little weird but this just didn't work at all. Skip it.

[Haven Albright · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars.

My favorite Animated Movie movie’s comic book prequel has a prequel???


***SPOILERS***



I enjoyed getting to see Wall-e on another adventure. Bull-e caging the Wall-e’s and then seeing their sad faces… I may never recover.

A huge thank you to McDowell for bringing this to my attention and making a wonderful reading of the comics which included SFX work and sound bits from the movie. It truly brought these 4 episodes to life!

For those interested in the video you can watch it on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/gmt49cts9Ho?si=Aqyzl...).

[Quinn Rollins · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son loves WALL-E. The little robot who's the last thing “living” on Earth after centuries of cleaning up our trash has a special place in his heart. Because of that, WALL-E has a place in mine too. So when I saw the Boom Kids comic book WALL-E: Out There, I had to pick it up for Miles. And me.

Boom Kids has released several different Disney/Pixar comics, including Toy Story, Cars, and The Incredibles. This was our first WALL-E comic. The 112-page trade paperback is a little larger than a “digest size” comic, and smaller than a traditional comic book. The paper is high quality and durable, and the book retails for $9.95.

This book is a prequel of sorts to the movie, and has WALL-E working together with a team of four other identical robots. They're working under the eyes of a giant robot who uses his size and bad attitude to push them around, essentially becoming a big bully. The smaller robots like WALL-E live in fear that he'll crush them, but find times to sneak away and have a little bit of fun. At the end of a long day, an astronaut named Andy returns to Earth from a deep space mission, only to find that everyone has left. It's up to WALL-E to help Andy track down his family, and get them reunited. Of course that would leave WALL-E back where he started, under the thumb of the bully.

Out There, written by Bryce Carlson and with art by Morgan Luthi, does a good job of translating the non-speaking WALL-E into a comic book format. Luthi's artwork gets the lion's share of the credit, working to make the robots' expressions and gestures clear. Carlson uses sound effects and word balloons to help Luthi get the message across, and it all comes together quite nicely. That said, it's nice when Andy the Astronaut does show up, and they can start using actual dialogue to move the story along.

This was a fun look into WALL-E's world, made all the more poignant for what we know is going to happen to WALL-E. Eventually he'll be truly alone on Earth, and we get hints of that here. He wants friends, and he's a friendly little robot—he just needs to find them.

[Kerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Wall-E :)

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wall-EEEEEEE!