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Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian
As seen on Disney XD, a hilarious graphic novel perfect for fans of Captain Underpants!
Eastwood Elementary has a new student, and he's nothing like the other kids in 3G. Fangbone is a barbarian warrior from another world! And he's been charged with the task of keeping a deadly weapon from Skullbania's vilest villain, Venomous Drool. Can Fangbone's new classmates team up to help him triumph over hound-snakes, lava-ferrets, and his first pop quiz?
Eastwood Elementary has a new student, and he's nothing like the other kids in 3G. Fangbone is a barbarian warrior from another world! And he's been charged with the task of keeping a deadly weapon from Skullbania's vilest villain, Venomous Drool. Can Fangbone's new classmates team up to help him triumph over hound-snakes, lava-ferrets, and his first pop quiz?
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 5, 2012
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October 10, 2018
This is probably great for a pre-teen boy or girl interested in humorous Conan the Barbarian style hijinks. Michael Rex is sharp and funny as ever, but I couldn't connect to Fangbone. I think it out of my age range. I can see young kids really into this.
There is a lot of fighting and masculine stuff in this one. I do love how the teacher trying to be inclusive can't convince the kids the world is round due to some myths Fangbone tells. There is some good humor in here.
I won't be going on with this. I think this is all me and for the right person and age group, this will be a good and funny story.
There is a lot of fighting and masculine stuff in this one. I do love how the teacher trying to be inclusive can't convince the kids the world is round due to some myths Fangbone tells. There is some good humor in here.
I won't be going on with this. I think this is all me and for the right person and age group, this will be a good and funny story.
February 15, 2012
Michael Rex has made a career of sorts out of spoofing classic children’s books of yore. As such, Goodnight Moon becomes Goodnight Goon, Runaway Bunny is Runaway Mummy and Curious George is the stellar Furious George Goes Bananas. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but parody ain’t nothing to sneeze at. Now Mr. Rex switches gears a little. You can go on spoofing picture books until the cows come home but why limit yourself? If you’re going to rework a classic go big or go home. Go for the gold. Take on a classic in the best sense of the term. You don’t need to have read Conan the Barbarian to enjoy Mr. Rex’s new graphic novel series Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian but knowing the books won’t hurt your appreciation either. Basically, if you’ve been waiting around for a series about third graders with swords and deadpan deliveries your prayers have been duly answered.
A warrior never shirks from danger, even if that warrior is just a kid. When the fate of the world (universe?) depends on Fangbone!, a pint-sized expert at arms, to take a supernatural object (a baddie’s big toe) to another dimension (our own) he literally leaps at the chance. Finding himself at Eastwood Elementary School he immediately attaches himself to a good-natured if slightly ADD kid named Bill and places himself in class 3G. There he begins his plan to defend the toe from supernatural baddies and to build an army. Neither task is easy, but with Bill at his side every step of the way Fangbone quickly becomes a force to reckon with in a world gone weird.
Recently small one-color graphic novels have been making a mint. The credit goes entirely to Babymouse, a series whose pink and black (sometimes orange and black, sometimes red and black) interiors changed the game. Suddenly you had books like Jarrett Krosoczka’s Lunch Lady series (canary yellow and black) and Ursula Vernon’s Dragonbreath books (green and black) following in its footsteps and raking in the change. The advantages to this kind of printing cannot be stressed enough. The standard line is that kids won’t read black and white comics (not true, but that’s the general wisdom) so by using a single color you avoid that pitfall while also keeping your printing costs low. Fangbone! is very much along the same lines with an orangish-yellow accompanying the standard black. You might notice that it’s not full color for half a second there. Yet it will only take about a panel or two for you to get sucked into the story and to make you forget.
Plus it's hard to resist. The cover of Fangbone pretty much says it all. Here you have a dead serious, sword-toting, furry underwear sporting, 8-year-old (or so) warrior standing next to a goofy redhead grinning over some tasty hot wings. Fangbone’s tunnel vision regarding his quest and complete lack of a sense of humor is oddly refreshing. There’s a weird comfort in his utter disregard for elementary school politics and niceties. When he brushes off the school bully as immature it’s very satisfying. Rex also has a great sense of deadpan. There are moments when Fangbone will give the reader a half-lidded blank look that appears to be straight out of a Bloom County comic strip. He’s also good at capturing how kids operate. The “special” class that Fangbone and Bill are in contains the kinds of outsider kids you might well recognize. There’s the one that always says that things are “dumb”, the one who wants to be a robot, the one who keeps taking off his shirt . . . they’re realistic without being tropes you’ve seen a million times before. And yes, there’s the requisite gross out humor as well. A toilet discussion, a dismembered big toe that keeps making an appearance, booger eating, etc. It’s considerably less than you’d find in your average copy of Captain Underpants but enough to attract a certain kind of boy readership (though girls, I have no doubt, will get a kick out of this book as well).
Basically this is a story where a stranger comes to town bearing a toe (not his own) and brings together a ragtag group of misfits. It’s like Shane meets The Bad News Bears with some hound-snakes and dirt devils thrown in for spice. War and Peace it is not, but I have a vague suspicion that someday some of the kids who read this book might stumble on some old Robert E. Howard short stories about Conan the Barbarian and try it out. And as crazy as that sounds, I think that would be a fantastic use of their time. Long live crazy pulp classics! Long live incredibly amusing graphic novel sagas! Long live Fangbone!
For ages 6-10.
A warrior never shirks from danger, even if that warrior is just a kid. When the fate of the world (universe?) depends on Fangbone!, a pint-sized expert at arms, to take a supernatural object (a baddie’s big toe) to another dimension (our own) he literally leaps at the chance. Finding himself at Eastwood Elementary School he immediately attaches himself to a good-natured if slightly ADD kid named Bill and places himself in class 3G. There he begins his plan to defend the toe from supernatural baddies and to build an army. Neither task is easy, but with Bill at his side every step of the way Fangbone quickly becomes a force to reckon with in a world gone weird.
Recently small one-color graphic novels have been making a mint. The credit goes entirely to Babymouse, a series whose pink and black (sometimes orange and black, sometimes red and black) interiors changed the game. Suddenly you had books like Jarrett Krosoczka’s Lunch Lady series (canary yellow and black) and Ursula Vernon’s Dragonbreath books (green and black) following in its footsteps and raking in the change. The advantages to this kind of printing cannot be stressed enough. The standard line is that kids won’t read black and white comics (not true, but that’s the general wisdom) so by using a single color you avoid that pitfall while also keeping your printing costs low. Fangbone! is very much along the same lines with an orangish-yellow accompanying the standard black. You might notice that it’s not full color for half a second there. Yet it will only take about a panel or two for you to get sucked into the story and to make you forget.
Plus it's hard to resist. The cover of Fangbone pretty much says it all. Here you have a dead serious, sword-toting, furry underwear sporting, 8-year-old (or so) warrior standing next to a goofy redhead grinning over some tasty hot wings. Fangbone’s tunnel vision regarding his quest and complete lack of a sense of humor is oddly refreshing. There’s a weird comfort in his utter disregard for elementary school politics and niceties. When he brushes off the school bully as immature it’s very satisfying. Rex also has a great sense of deadpan. There are moments when Fangbone will give the reader a half-lidded blank look that appears to be straight out of a Bloom County comic strip. He’s also good at capturing how kids operate. The “special” class that Fangbone and Bill are in contains the kinds of outsider kids you might well recognize. There’s the one that always says that things are “dumb”, the one who wants to be a robot, the one who keeps taking off his shirt . . . they’re realistic without being tropes you’ve seen a million times before. And yes, there’s the requisite gross out humor as well. A toilet discussion, a dismembered big toe that keeps making an appearance, booger eating, etc. It’s considerably less than you’d find in your average copy of Captain Underpants but enough to attract a certain kind of boy readership (though girls, I have no doubt, will get a kick out of this book as well).
Basically this is a story where a stranger comes to town bearing a toe (not his own) and brings together a ragtag group of misfits. It’s like Shane meets The Bad News Bears with some hound-snakes and dirt devils thrown in for spice. War and Peace it is not, but I have a vague suspicion that someday some of the kids who read this book might stumble on some old Robert E. Howard short stories about Conan the Barbarian and try it out. And as crazy as that sounds, I think that would be a fantastic use of their time. Long live crazy pulp classics! Long live incredibly amusing graphic novel sagas! Long live Fangbone!
For ages 6-10.
November 25, 2012
My 9-year-old son insisted that I would love this book, and he was right.
Very funny book about a child from the warrior race of another dimension who winds up on Earth at an elementary school. In his home dimension, he is belittled for being to young. ("You have not even one hair on your back.") But he is sent to Earth on a dangerous mission and told to blend in.
Some of the humor can't possibly be aimed at kids, like the fact that Fangbone is clearly in a class for special kids. When it is revealed that he can't write his name, the teacher says, "Oh you are in the right class." Also during the climactic battle Fangbone tells his friend to calm down and focus, and his friend says, "I can't. I didn't take my medicine today."
Some of the jokes reminded me of Hercules Amongst The Americans, one of my favorite comics and one of my prized possessions. It cracked me up when the teacher asks why the sun rises and sets and Fangbone launches into a bizarre legend involving a flaming eyeball that the class decides they like better than the idea of a round Earth.
I'm definitely buying the rest of the series, for my son of course.
Very funny book about a child from the warrior race of another dimension who winds up on Earth at an elementary school. In his home dimension, he is belittled for being to young. ("You have not even one hair on your back.") But he is sent to Earth on a dangerous mission and told to blend in.
Some of the humor can't possibly be aimed at kids, like the fact that Fangbone is clearly in a class for special kids. When it is revealed that he can't write his name, the teacher says, "Oh you are in the right class." Also during the climactic battle Fangbone tells his friend to calm down and focus, and his friend says, "I can't. I didn't take my medicine today."
Some of the jokes reminded me of Hercules Amongst The Americans, one of my favorite comics and one of my prized possessions. It cracked me up when the teacher asks why the sun rises and sets and Fangbone launches into a bizarre legend involving a flaming eyeball that the class decides they like better than the idea of a round Earth.
I'm definitely buying the rest of the series, for my son of course.
July 3, 2012
While I don't think that I'm quite the intended audience for this book, I found it rather funny despite/because of? the kind of gross and slapsticky humor. It was a rather fun, fast read with essentially a decent message in the background. The art is interesting because essentially, everyone in the book is rather ugly. It seems that more and more graphic novels are using this type of style, an interesting contrast to the comics and manga that often seem to over-idealize the characters. Despite the limited color scheme of black, white, grey, and shades of orange, the book maintains a very active pace that is assisted by the focus on people and very sparse backgrounds. For me, the density of lines is just about perfect- enough to convey emotion and motion but not enough to get in the way of quickly reading the pictures.
January 9, 2014
Fangbone third grade barbarian is a compact book consisting hilarious jokes and funny action. In this book Fangbone ( AKA:Bonesword )needs to protect the big toe from Skullbantia's arch nemesis,Venomous drool.To do this he travels to the normal world. when he gets there he meets a third grade boy called," Bill." Will Fangbone and bill be able to protect the big toe from drool or will skullbantia be dooomed.
August 24, 2011
I think this is going to be a great new graphica addition for boys, especially those in 2nd and 3rd grade. A 9 year-old barbarian goes through a wormhole from his ancient home to modern day and ends up in the 3rd grade at Eastwood Elementary. Funny, funny, funny interactions between a boy in fur underwear and kids who really have a hard time surviving dodge ball.
August 13, 2018
Cute story. A little more grossness than I like, which probably verifies that I am not necessarily part of this book's target audience. All in all, though, a nice story, with lots of action and humor, and actually a sweet message about teamwork and friendship (and neurodiversity).
January 16, 2014
There was a bay named Fangbone who lived in Skullbania. He had to come to a new place, in a elementary school.to protect a bi
July 3, 2019
The hardest thing about third grade for Fangbone is not fighting evil beings or being really far from home...it's pop quizzes. Also his new best bud may not be able to fight hound-snakes or dirt devils but he and the and the rest of the kids in 3G can teach Fang some life lessons. If your young reader has read all the Captain Underpants, Lunch Lady or Ook and Gluk they may want to give this one a try (especially since Netflix just made it into a series).
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And if you are in search of new books to read, try our services, What Do I Read Next. Our library staff are standing by to create a personalized recommendation list for you!
February 12, 2015
"This Is Sorcery!! ...Nope. It's Plumbing"
You know, I get underpants and farts and psycho butts and boogers. I love the disgusting loopiness and poetry of Mr. Gum, and am drawn to the great relationship between Wiley and his Grampa, even as they fight off zombies with snot bombs. But I've never before read a book that trades in those sorts of antics and yet also includes heart and true friendship and even touches of the heroic.
Young Fangbone has been thrust into our world, tasked with safeguarding a relic that will keep a terrible evil, (the "Venomous Drool"), from arising on his home world. He decides to hide out in an elementary school and is immediately and unquestioningly befriended by Bill, who takes it upon himself to introduce this foreign "student" to the mysteries of third grade. Some of the Fangbone-out-of-water business is silly fun, but all around it the author has embroidered some very sly and knowing humor. This book addresses ADD, special needs classes, bullies, obtuse adults, and the loneliness of the outsider kid, without once ever making it a big deal, and it offers more support, good humor, hope and optimism than any dozen earnest message books. Some of the humor is obvious, some is subtle, rueful and wry, but that just means that readers of different abilities will be able to draw different pleasures from the book.
The vibe reminded me a great deal of Daniel Pinkwater's books for the middle grade and YA audience, which usually feature lumpy, deadpan and unassuming heroes who turn out to be wise, strong, courageous, funny and clear-eyed, gimlet-eyed, forgiving observers of the passing human comedy. That seems to be a lot to hang on a young reader's graphic novel that includes a discussion of boogers versus "gloobus", but the very fact that the author has managed to pull off that remarkable feat is a cause for happy celebration. This is a terrific, generous, and big-hearted book in which every kid character gets to be a hero in his own way. What a surprising and rewarding treat.
Please note that I found this book while browsing the local library's Kindle books, and downloaded it for free. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
You know, I get underpants and farts and psycho butts and boogers. I love the disgusting loopiness and poetry of Mr. Gum, and am drawn to the great relationship between Wiley and his Grampa, even as they fight off zombies with snot bombs. But I've never before read a book that trades in those sorts of antics and yet also includes heart and true friendship and even touches of the heroic.
Young Fangbone has been thrust into our world, tasked with safeguarding a relic that will keep a terrible evil, (the "Venomous Drool"), from arising on his home world. He decides to hide out in an elementary school and is immediately and unquestioningly befriended by Bill, who takes it upon himself to introduce this foreign "student" to the mysteries of third grade. Some of the Fangbone-out-of-water business is silly fun, but all around it the author has embroidered some very sly and knowing humor. This book addresses ADD, special needs classes, bullies, obtuse adults, and the loneliness of the outsider kid, without once ever making it a big deal, and it offers more support, good humor, hope and optimism than any dozen earnest message books. Some of the humor is obvious, some is subtle, rueful and wry, but that just means that readers of different abilities will be able to draw different pleasures from the book.
The vibe reminded me a great deal of Daniel Pinkwater's books for the middle grade and YA audience, which usually feature lumpy, deadpan and unassuming heroes who turn out to be wise, strong, courageous, funny and clear-eyed, gimlet-eyed, forgiving observers of the passing human comedy. That seems to be a lot to hang on a young reader's graphic novel that includes a discussion of boogers versus "gloobus", but the very fact that the author has managed to pull off that remarkable feat is a cause for happy celebration. This is a terrific, generous, and big-hearted book in which every kid character gets to be a hero in his own way. What a surprising and rewarding treat.
Please note that I found this book while browsing the local library's Kindle books, and downloaded it for free. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
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April 17, 20151. This is the story of a very small barbarian who is ridiculed by the other barbarians for his size and yet he shows that even though he is small he protect the sacred toe from the villain, Venemous Drool. The plot is easy to follow as the layout and formation of the text bubbles are very straightforward and easy to follow. The graphics illustrate the emotion and experiences of the characters very well. Students will be drawn to the simple yet action packed images as well as the comic elements of the graphics. The graphics give you the feeling they were drawn by a young student which will help students identify with the piece. The color scheme is interesting being only black & orange it allows students to really focus on the the expressions of the characters and their movements.
2. This book will appeal to young boys and reluctant readers. This piece would be great for a book bundle for a student that enjoys adventure and comedy as it is heavy on the disgusting references. Reluctant readers will appreciate that it is light on text yet full of adventure. The piece has a great underlying message about accepting others who appear different which would make it a good selection for boys that have a hard time fitting in. I appreciated that the theme of cultural differences was prevalent throughout the book-the teacher in the book was very good about accepting Fangbone with his differences. This book is perfect for intermediate students who thrive on slapstick humor and disgusting references. For kids that really enjoy this series a great connection would be Conan the Barbarian-a seamless way to encourage students to read different texts.
3. The best thing about this book it is will have wide appeal to struggling readers and experienced readers alike in the intended age range which is 7-10. The piece is definitely not a curricular piece but a great piece to get kids to read for fun. The fact that it is the first in a series is even better because it will encourage kids to keep reading. The language can be a little vulgar but in general it is just silly which is what kids this age enjoy-I can see every young boy laughing at text such as "pick the spiders out of my armpit".
2. This book will appeal to young boys and reluctant readers. This piece would be great for a book bundle for a student that enjoys adventure and comedy as it is heavy on the disgusting references. Reluctant readers will appreciate that it is light on text yet full of adventure. The piece has a great underlying message about accepting others who appear different which would make it a good selection for boys that have a hard time fitting in. I appreciated that the theme of cultural differences was prevalent throughout the book-the teacher in the book was very good about accepting Fangbone with his differences. This book is perfect for intermediate students who thrive on slapstick humor and disgusting references. For kids that really enjoy this series a great connection would be Conan the Barbarian-a seamless way to encourage students to read different texts.
3. The best thing about this book it is will have wide appeal to struggling readers and experienced readers alike in the intended age range which is 7-10. The piece is definitely not a curricular piece but a great piece to get kids to read for fun. The fact that it is the first in a series is even better because it will encourage kids to keep reading. The language can be a little vulgar but in general it is just silly which is what kids this age enjoy-I can see every young boy laughing at text such as "pick the spiders out of my armpit".
August 13, 2012
Five hundred winters ago, the greatest evil that ever lived ruled over Skullbania. Venomous Drool was his name. He built an army that swept through the lands and almost wiped out the clans.
Many battles were fought, and many great warriors died to keep his evil from spreading. Finally, Drool was defeated, and cut into many small pieces. The pieces were separated and taken to different lands so that Venomous Drool could never rule again.
But since my birth, a new army of Drool worshipers has been moving through Skullbania, collecting the pieces one by one, and rebuilding Drool. The only piece they do not have is his big toe! My clan was put in charge of protecting the big toe because it is the most evil, cursed, wretched part of his body.
I was given the toe and sent into your world. Venomous Drool and his army will never find me here. He will never get his big toe back! For I am Fangbone! Protector of the Big Toe of Drool!
And that's how the new student in class 3G introduces himself--while dressed in a cape, leather boots, forearm bracers, fir kilt, horned helmet, and a sword slung across his back--after Bill adopts him as a friend. Fortunately, in 3G "everyone learns at their own speed" and individuality is accepted, so the teacher and class take Fangbone in as one of their own.
His classmates soon learn more of Fangbone's world, as mystical creatures keep popping up to attack him and steal the big toe, and Fangbone decides he will prove his mettle to the warriors back in his world by crafting them into his very own army. Of course, to earn their respect and win them to his cause, he must first help them stand up to the school bullies in the Beanball Games.
Imagine Dav Pilkey's Ook and Gluk dropped into George and Harold's school, shave a slight (just a slight) bit of silly off, and add in the tiniest amount of sincerity and heart. Most fun.
Many battles were fought, and many great warriors died to keep his evil from spreading. Finally, Drool was defeated, and cut into many small pieces. The pieces were separated and taken to different lands so that Venomous Drool could never rule again.
But since my birth, a new army of Drool worshipers has been moving through Skullbania, collecting the pieces one by one, and rebuilding Drool. The only piece they do not have is his big toe! My clan was put in charge of protecting the big toe because it is the most evil, cursed, wretched part of his body.
I was given the toe and sent into your world. Venomous Drool and his army will never find me here. He will never get his big toe back! For I am Fangbone! Protector of the Big Toe of Drool!
And that's how the new student in class 3G introduces himself--while dressed in a cape, leather boots, forearm bracers, fir kilt, horned helmet, and a sword slung across his back--after Bill adopts him as a friend. Fortunately, in 3G "everyone learns at their own speed" and individuality is accepted, so the teacher and class take Fangbone in as one of their own.
His classmates soon learn more of Fangbone's world, as mystical creatures keep popping up to attack him and steal the big toe, and Fangbone decides he will prove his mettle to the warriors back in his world by crafting them into his very own army. Of course, to earn their respect and win them to his cause, he must first help them stand up to the school bullies in the Beanball Games.
Imagine Dav Pilkey's Ook and Gluk dropped into George and Harold's school, shave a slight (just a slight) bit of silly off, and add in the tiniest amount of sincerity and heart. Most fun.
February 10, 2012
Fangbone is too small to be taken seriously by his fellow barbarians. Mocked and belittled, nevertheless it is Fangbone who is given an important role as battle threatens his home as everyone else insists they are needed for their combat prowess. The young barbarian is given the big toe of Drool and sent far away to keep the toe from falling back into Drool's hands. It is the last piece Drool needs back to become an even more powerful enemy.
Fangbone finds himself on Earth. He spies a large building with many children entering. He thinks this could be the perfect place to raise an army to protect the toe. Little does he know that this palatial building (in his eyes) is a school and soon the barbarian is a part of class 3G with his new friend Bill.
There is much Fangbone doesn't understand about school. He doesn't know not to stand on the desks, what snack is or that a flush toilet is not a work of sorcery. He doesn't know when the school bullies are making fun of him or why it is so horrible that 3G always loses the beanball tournament. His fellow classmates start adopting helmets, capes and furred underwear just like Fangbone, much to the frustration of their teacher. The principal, on the other hand, thinks this is a great way of learning through culture.
This isn't just a story of being lost in a strange land. Fangbone's troubles didn't stay behind in Skullbania (which everyone at his school thinks is somehow in New Jersey). Monsters wanting Drool's big toe begin appearing. While Fangbone does not shy away from a fight, he needs Bill's help to deal with these monsters' threats.
Michael Rex, the creator of Goodnight Goon, started this funny new graphic novel series with this book. Readers who enjoy Captain Underpants and Super Diaper Baby should enjoy this read and its gross moments. The story is easy to follow and Fangbone's reactions to our world are bound to crack smiles. I think kids will also relate to the frustrations the students of 3G feel at losing time and time again.
Fangbone finds himself on Earth. He spies a large building with many children entering. He thinks this could be the perfect place to raise an army to protect the toe. Little does he know that this palatial building (in his eyes) is a school and soon the barbarian is a part of class 3G with his new friend Bill.
There is much Fangbone doesn't understand about school. He doesn't know not to stand on the desks, what snack is or that a flush toilet is not a work of sorcery. He doesn't know when the school bullies are making fun of him or why it is so horrible that 3G always loses the beanball tournament. His fellow classmates start adopting helmets, capes and furred underwear just like Fangbone, much to the frustration of their teacher. The principal, on the other hand, thinks this is a great way of learning through culture.
This isn't just a story of being lost in a strange land. Fangbone's troubles didn't stay behind in Skullbania (which everyone at his school thinks is somehow in New Jersey). Monsters wanting Drool's big toe begin appearing. While Fangbone does not shy away from a fight, he needs Bill's help to deal with these monsters' threats.
Michael Rex, the creator of Goodnight Goon, started this funny new graphic novel series with this book. Readers who enjoy Captain Underpants and Super Diaper Baby should enjoy this read and its gross moments. The story is easy to follow and Fangbone's reactions to our world are bound to crack smiles. I think kids will also relate to the frustrations the students of 3G feel at losing time and time again.
February 21, 2017
Fangbone is a new student at Eastwood Elementary, but he is a bit different than the other students; he is a barbarian from the another world. In his other world, Skullbania, he was always made fun of by other barbarians due to his small stature. However one day, he receives a challenging request; he is required to complete a task of keeping a dangerous weapon away from Venomous Drool, a super villain. Fangbone realizes that this is a task that he cannot complete alone, so he decides that he needs to build an army, so he requests his classmates to help him with his task and to defeat barbaric monsters that stand in the way. Will he be able to accomplish this daunting task with the help of his classmates?
Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian is a typical graphic novel that usually attracts the attention of a younger audience (typically more boys than girls). However, unlike other graphic novels like the Captain Underpants series, this graphic novel only uses a variety of orange hues and some dark tones like gray and black; it is not as colorful, so this might not attract as many children. However, the illustrations are really detailed and each page is made up of several panels with interesting shaped gutters that allows the reader to use their imagination to help determine what is going on in the story. The comedic illustrations and plot line also attracts the younger audience and allows them to enjoy reading.
Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian is a typical graphic novel that usually attracts the attention of a younger audience (typically more boys than girls). However, unlike other graphic novels like the Captain Underpants series, this graphic novel only uses a variety of orange hues and some dark tones like gray and black; it is not as colorful, so this might not attract as many children. However, the illustrations are really detailed and each page is made up of several panels with interesting shaped gutters that allows the reader to use their imagination to help determine what is going on in the story. The comedic illustrations and plot line also attracts the younger audience and allows them to enjoy reading.
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May 22, 2012For all of you out there who loved the Captain Underpants series, this one is for you. Fangbone is a viking style warrior from a land of battles and primative living. He gets transported to modern day, charged with a mission to "blend in" while he is protecting the toe of Drool. (More about Drool later). He immediately becomes part of a class of 3rd grade misfits and has to quickly get up to speed. There's plenty of potty/booger humor, and cool action sequences as Fangbone and his new buddy Bill (who Fangbone dubs, "Bill the Beast" after they defeat an enemy together) do battle against the forces in league with Drool. There's a side story about classroom 3G, where we find out that it's the classroom for students with learning disabilities. The story does not make fun of them, but treats them with respect and even elevates them to superheros too when the final battle scene plays out. The students of 3G get treated to several entertaining mythology lessions wherein Fangbone explains the origins of the sun and the earth. I'm sure the part with Drool, who is a vanquished evil force about to be re-assembled (thus "the toe of Drool" )by his new supporters will be further explored in subsequent graphic novels in the series. For ages 8 and up and of course, anyone who likes/loves Captain Underpants.
May 28, 2014
The first graphic novel in a series, the story centers around Fangbone, a young barbarian who offers to defend Skullbania (his homeland) from the evildoer, Venomous Drool. To defend his homeland, he must travel through time and through magical forces he is transported to Eastside Elementary school, where he is put to the unexpected task of learning in a classroom setting. Fear not... Skullbania will not be defeated while Fangbone is around to protect it, but then again, Fangbone is stuck in classroom 3G. Fangbone becomes friends with several of his classmates who help him in his quest to protect his homeland.
Marissa B. / Marathon County Public Library
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April 17, 2014Positive/Caution: Though not inherently offensive, there is little content to recommend in this graphic novel. I understand that there are themes of "Everyone has their own talents/everyone deserves a chance to test themselves". However, the conflicts aren't presented in a way that shows that the characters have real worth based on their own merits, just that there are a lot of weird kids in Fangbone's homeroom. The gross-out humor will have little trouble attracting an audience with 2-4th grade boys, but the message isn't necessarily strong enough to justify spending great lengths of time on.
Audience: Lower elementary (2-4th) boys
Application: Shelf placeholder to get reluctant readers to start reading in the first place. Potentially a unit on fantasy/mythology as well
Adapted Review: (2012, March 01) School Library Journal. http://www.booksinprint.com/DetailedV...#
Audience: Lower elementary (2-4th) boys
Application: Shelf placeholder to get reluctant readers to start reading in the first place. Potentially a unit on fantasy/mythology as well
Adapted Review: (2012, March 01) School Library Journal. http://www.booksinprint.com/DetailedV...#
February 20, 2013
Boys and girls in my after school book club literally could not stop talking about their favorite lines in this book. All I had to do was sit back and let them talk, calling on the next person as they finished.
Sure this is sometimes gross out humor ( picking noses, picking spider eggs out of underarm hair) but sometimes subtle as well.
The kids picked up on all of it; most read the book in one sitting,not wanting to put it down. They understood when the nose digging kid said, "it's my culture" and the teacher responded, "no, it's just gross!" They loved it that the principal showed up wearing fur books just like Fang Bone's.
I've seen reviews criticizing the series, and I have to wonder if the reviewers have any memory of their own childhood. Perhaps they were not comic book fans...too bad for them!
Sure this is sometimes gross out humor ( picking noses, picking spider eggs out of underarm hair) but sometimes subtle as well.
The kids picked up on all of it; most read the book in one sitting,not wanting to put it down. They understood when the nose digging kid said, "it's my culture" and the teacher responded, "no, it's just gross!" They loved it that the principal showed up wearing fur books just like Fang Bone's.
I've seen reviews criticizing the series, and I have to wonder if the reviewers have any memory of their own childhood. Perhaps they were not comic book fans...too bad for them!
April 3, 2015
Ten Second Synopsis:
Young warrior wannabe Fangbone is charged with protecting the big toe of Drool and sent hurtling through space time to find himself in a grade three special needs class. Hilarity ensues.
I was drawn to this book because of the hilarious title, and I didn't realise that it was a graphic novel. That's okay though, because I quite like a good comic. I found this to be a fun and fast-paced comedy-adventure story for the middle grade set. Boys, in particular will enjoy Fangbone's antics as he tries to sort out life in the strange new world of grade three. There's plenty of monster-thwacking and boogers to keep the kids interested and enough subtle humour to keep any adults reading with kids from falling asleep.
Highly recommended for middle grade kids, in particular reluctant readers.
Young warrior wannabe Fangbone is charged with protecting the big toe of Drool and sent hurtling through space time to find himself in a grade three special needs class. Hilarity ensues.
I was drawn to this book because of the hilarious title, and I didn't realise that it was a graphic novel. That's okay though, because I quite like a good comic. I found this to be a fun and fast-paced comedy-adventure story for the middle grade set. Boys, in particular will enjoy Fangbone's antics as he tries to sort out life in the strange new world of grade three. There's plenty of monster-thwacking and boogers to keep the kids interested and enough subtle humour to keep any adults reading with kids from falling asleep.
Highly recommended for middle grade kids, in particular reluctant readers.
December 15, 2013
3.5 stars.
Fangbone is a young barbarian boy who strives to participate in the same battles as the adult warriors of his clan. They mock him and laugh at him, though is hopes aren't dashed. He volunteers to protect an evil toe, and finds himself in present day Earth, and soon after, in a third grade classroom. Here Fangbone battles monsters from his lands as he tries to assemble his army, all the while passively influencing his classmates to emulate his barbarian ways.
The flow of the frames and story is smooth, and the artwork is clear and nicely done. I'm not a big fan of the color style, but it wasn't overly detracting. It's not color, it's not black and white, it's more a sepia, with lots of orange, I suppose.
A fun read for elementary-aged kids.
Fangbone is a young barbarian boy who strives to participate in the same battles as the adult warriors of his clan. They mock him and laugh at him, though is hopes aren't dashed. He volunteers to protect an evil toe, and finds himself in present day Earth, and soon after, in a third grade classroom. Here Fangbone battles monsters from his lands as he tries to assemble his army, all the while passively influencing his classmates to emulate his barbarian ways.
The flow of the frames and story is smooth, and the artwork is clear and nicely done. I'm not a big fan of the color style, but it wasn't overly detracting. It's not color, it's not black and white, it's more a sepia, with lots of orange, I suppose.
A fun read for elementary-aged kids.
January 9, 2013
Fangbone is too small to be taken seriously as a warrior to his clan. When faced with the inevitable destruction of his clan, Fangbone accepts the task of protecting the "big toe" of Drool by leaping through a portal through space and time opened up for him by a sorcerer. His leap takes him to Eastwood Elementary School where he must learn to blend in with other third graders.
Fangbone has just the right amount of action combined with the necessary gross factor to appeal to the school age set while tossing in a touch of school humor for grownups. I had to sneak to read this book at school before the kids saw it and took it away from me. I love it when they do that. Intrigue =readers.
Fangbone has just the right amount of action combined with the necessary gross factor to appeal to the school age set while tossing in a touch of school humor for grownups. I had to sneak to read this book at school before the kids saw it and took it away from me. I love it when they do that. Intrigue =readers.
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January 16, 2016Loved it. Just what I needed - laughs upon laughs.
Fangbone is transported though a time portal to escape his pursuers in his world who are attacking his tribe. He alone needs to protect the last remaining piece of the Evil one so that the Evil cannot be conjured. His entrance into our world places him in a third grade classroom with an assortment of kids who don't seem to fit in. He is oblivious to his impact on his classmates until their battle with a monster sent thought the portal. A great comment on friendship and embracing who you are. Just because you don't fit in doesn't make you deficient.
Fangbone is transported though a time portal to escape his pursuers in his world who are attacking his tribe. He alone needs to protect the last remaining piece of the Evil one so that the Evil cannot be conjured. His entrance into our world places him in a third grade classroom with an assortment of kids who don't seem to fit in. He is oblivious to his impact on his classmates until their battle with a monster sent thought the portal. A great comment on friendship and embracing who you are. Just because you don't fit in doesn't make you deficient.
September 15, 2012
Grades 2-4. Fangbone is a Barbarian from another planet. There he is considered weak because of his size, but when his clan needs someone to travel through a wormhole in space-time, they send Fangbone to protect the Toe of Drool (the last piece of their arch-enemy who needs it to come back to life). Once on Earth, Fangbone must assemble an army to fight creatures Drool may send their way. But it's hard to take a kid serious on earth when he's wearing fur underpants. Fun graphic novel for fans of Captain Underpants or Squish. My 2nd grade son loved it and read it himself.
April 30, 2013
Graphic novel, first in the Fangbone series. 3rd grade or so. Very funny. Excellent illustrations.
Fangbone, a warrior child from Skullbania, is sent to Earth to hide and protect the Toe of Drool from the new army of destruction. He ends up in a 3rd grade classroom and works to enlist his classmates in an army to defeat the agents of the bad guys--dirt devils, a hound snake, etc. In the meantime, Fangbone learns about toilets, chicken wings, and 3rd grade beanball.
Will keep most 2nd-4th grade boys reading.
Fangbone, a warrior child from Skullbania, is sent to Earth to hide and protect the Toe of Drool from the new army of destruction. He ends up in a 3rd grade classroom and works to enlist his classmates in an army to defeat the agents of the bad guys--dirt devils, a hound snake, etc. In the meantime, Fangbone learns about toilets, chicken wings, and 3rd grade beanball.
Will keep most 2nd-4th grade boys reading.
April 28, 2015
This one has passed the read-aloud test with all of our nephews, proving that it passed Alex's test too since he was willing to read it again. It is quite an interesting premise!
Alex and my favorite part is when the kids point out to the teacher that they should all be allowed to wear caveman clothes and believe that the sun is the eye of an ancient god. Their rationale? We respect all cultures religions and beliefs equally! Nice way to show that sometimes our modern values conflict with each other.
Alex and my favorite part is when the kids point out to the teacher that they should all be allowed to wear caveman clothes and believe that the sun is the eye of an ancient god. Their rationale? We respect all cultures religions and beliefs equally! Nice way to show that sometimes our modern values conflict with each other.
February 10, 2016
Not going to lie, I picked this up because I am a huge DnD nerd (NG C LFG). And it was exactly what I imagined it to be. Michael Rex tells a simple story. It's not trying to be epic, there's no winding sub-plots or half-a-dozen characters to keep track of on your living room wall. It's a young barbarian child from an underdeveloped world trying to figure out the weirdness of our world and 3rd grade. It's funny, charming, and gosh darned it, I'm really wanting to see a live-action Nickelodeon or Disney channel sitcom out of this.
June 19, 2018
Fangbone is a good book. In the beginning, Fangbone travels here from another world. He brings a evil big toe with him to stop the bad guys from using it to revive the ecil man. In the middle, Fangbone meets a 3rd grade boy named Bill. In the end Fangbone helps the other third grade kids win a beanball game (like dodgeball). I like this book because it is funny. The funniest part of the book is when he talks about the big toe being the evilest part of the body.
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July 16, 2014As much as I appreciate the set up, I wasn't compelled to go back for more snot and toejam jokes.
Library copy.
Library copy.
April 14, 2018
I liked that Fangbone, the main character, went into a different world! That world was actually our world! He was protecting the big toe of drool. This book is very cool and funny!
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