The Super Hero’s Journey

Marvel Art

by Patrick McDonnell, Marvel, Stan Lee

The art of the multi-award-winning, beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe come together in this spectacular and bestselling graphic novel

Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, this graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnell’s positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvel’s blockbuster brand.

Using the Marvel Universe as avatars, McDonnell muses on how comics changed his life and inspired him to become a cartoonist, instilling a moral sensibility that he carries through his work and his life.

Visually striking, The Super Hero’s Journey incorporates panels from classic Marvel comics as a tribute by McDonnell to his heroes—Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the other creators of the Marvel Universe—alongside inspirational quotes from Eckhart Tolle, Thoreau, and others, presenting an adventure unlike any you have ever read.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Fantasy, Art, Science Fiction

112 pages, Hardcover

First published September 26, 2023

About the author

Patrick McDonnell’s comic strip, MUTTS, is celebrating its 30th anniversary, having appeared in over 700 newspapers across 20 countries. MUTTS has received numerous awards for its artistry and its animal and environmental themes. These include the NCS Reuben for Cartoonist of the Year, seven Harveys and the Eisner Humanitarian Award. Charles Schulz called MUTTS “One of the best comics strips of all time.”

BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY, a collection of his newsworthy story centered freeing MUTTS chained dog, Guard Dog, will be published in fall 2024.
McDonnell’s latest book is THE SUPER HERO’S JOURNEY, a graphic novel love letter to Marvel Comics and Jack Kirby. It was on 11 ‘best of’ lists for 2023.

THE ART OF NOTHING, an oeuvre of McDonnell’s work, comprehensively celebrates Patrick’s comic strip career. McDonnell is also the author of New York Times bestselling picture books, including THE GIFT OF NOTHING and the Caldecott Honor winning ME...JANE (a childhood biography of Dr. Jane Goodall). Both have been adapted as musicals for the Kennedy Center stage. In addition, he has collaborated with spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle on GUARDIANS OF BEING and with poet Daniel Ladinsky on DARLING I LOVE YOU. HEART TO HEART: A CONVERSATION ON LOVE AND HOPE FOR OUR PRECIOUS PLANET is a collaboration with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness has said “It is my hope that this book will open the eyes, minds and hearts of all people.”

In 2021, Ohio State University hosted Side Effects, a major exhibition of his large scale canvases. There will be a year-long retrospective of McDonnell’s comic strips, book illustrations and paintings at the San Diego Comic-Con Museum opening in January 2025.

McDonnell was a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States for 18 years as well as The Fund for Animals, and continues to serve as a director for The Charles M. Schulz Museum and D&R Greenway Land Trust.

You can sign up for the MUTTS daily email at mutts.com.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Reading those early Marvel comic books by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko was life-altering. Like being bombarded with cosmic rays . . . or bitten by a radioactive spider . . . or blown away by a Gamma bomb. I was transformed and TRANSPORTED!" -- the author, on pages 6 to 9

The best part about the ultimately cornball The Super Hero's Journey was the stylish look of the panels -variously illustrated by legendary artists Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck and/or Vince Colletta - ripped straight from the mid-1960's run of various Marvel titles. Featuring the heroic original line-ups of The Fantastic Four and The Avengers (but, oddly, not a single X-Man?!) as well as soloists Spider-Man, Captain America, and Black Panther, this superficial graphic novel is cartoonist McDonnell's love letter of sorts to the positive impact of the books and their involving characters. Well, no argument so far with that sentiment. However, interspersed with brief autobio segments - McDonnell began reading Marvel comics during his suburban childhood circa 1966, as the company was dominating the market with its unique look and personas - is a saccharine story, punctuated by the author's 'your mileage may vary' sketches, which was a letdown with its trite nature.

[Rod Brown · Rating 1 out of 5]

Self-indulgent pap.

Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell takes a pair of scissors to a bunch of 1960s Marvel comic books to cobble together a half-assed story about Dr. Doom's new invention to spread negativity waves throughout the world, causing a bunch of superhero infighting and setting Uatu the Watcher and Reed Richards on a quest to bring back peace and calm. Between the panels written by Stan Lee and illustrated by the likes of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, McDonnell self-inserts with some scenes from his own childhood, plasters in a bunch of inspirational quotes, and appalls with his own scribbled renditions of the superheroes with the stated intent to "capture the feeling of childhood."

Looks like garbage. Reads like garbage. Must be garbage.

(Best Graphic Novels of 2023 Project: I'm trying to read all the books on the Washington Post 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2023 list. Eight down, two to go! How many have you read?)

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

What the heck was that? The Super Hero's Journey starts off logically enough with a brief prelude about the author's experience reading Marvel comics as a child. So far, so memoir-ish.

Then, abruptly, we're dumped into a classic Marvel plotline (using the original art and text) mixed in with the author's oddly depressed (and poorly illustrated) take on the characters. Like, what if the Fantastic Four were struck by the futility of existence? Fun!

The Watcher also floats through, providing nonsense proverbs. Towards the end, we return to the author's own story, but by then it's far too late for the book to be interesting. The Super Hero's Journey is not even worth skimming.

[Mark]

(This review was published, in German, in the Swiss comics journal STRAPAZIN.)

Faith, Love, and Galactus: Patrick McDonnell’s The Super Hero’s Journey

Patrick McDonell’s Mutts debuted in September 1994, long after the golden years of the medium, but it is nevertheless often regarded as one of the greatest American newspaper comic strips of all time. Mutts is a simple and almost archetypal humor strip chronicling the mostly uneventful daily lives of a limited cast of characters, headlined by a dog and a cat and their owners. McDonnell works magic from this simple premise, at times reflecting the zany self-aware humor and philosophy of Krazy Kat, the visual inventiveness and interiority of Calvin and Hobbes, or the psychological nuance of Peanuts. Indeed, Charles Schulz was on record that “To me, Mutts is exactly what a comic strip should be,” and Matt Groening confessed that “Mutts cheers me up every day. It’s not only sweet, simple, and funny—a rare combination—it’s also the best drawn comic strip around.”

If your local newspaper doesn’t offer a comics section, you may lack an appreciation of McDonnell’s genius—as I surely had for most of the last three decades. Mutts kicked off shortly after I transitioned from academia to business and left The Boston Globe’s magnificent comics section behind to become a daily reader of the dour New York Times--which has no comics section at all and (gasp) doesn’t even publish political cartoons! I’ve had to catch up on Mutts via collections, and if you don’t know this strip then I’d urge you to do so as well. You won’t regret it.

Last month, I was surprised to come across a brand new book by McDonnell about … Marvel superheroes. Huh? The Super Hero’s Journey is a handsome large-format volume with a splashy cover illustration paying homage to the great Jack Kirby. Except that Captain America, Thor, Black Panther and the other heroes are drawn (and there’s no other way to say this) incredibly poorly. As if by a 10-year old. What could be going on here?

I want to avoid spoiling The Super Hero’s Journey in any way. It is full of joy and surprises, and if you have even a smidge of childhood nostalgia for Marvel Comics of the 1960s to 1980s, or indeed if you yourself ever were a child, I am confident you will want to read it more than once. And if you are a true fan of “Silver Age” Marvel you will be thrilled by how McDonnell pays homage to and plays with some of the greatest cover images and pages of all time.

A clue to the book’s aim is its title’s mirroring of a documentary film about Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey. Campbell, a professor of literature and religion, set out to demonstrate how a single, perhaps collective unconscious “monomyth” underlies all of humanity’s stories about heroes, from Gilgamesh and Hercules to King Arthur and Siegfried the Dragon Slayer to Joan of Arc and Luke Skywalker. (George Lucas eventually admitted that Campbell’s work gave him the blueprint for Star Wars.) McDonnell, on the other hand, uses Marvel superheroes (many of whom also nicely fit the monomyth) to reveal how essentially our childhood fantasies can shape the people we grow up to be, and, more so, how profoundly hope, kindness, love, and heroism for others play into leading a meaningful life.

Another revered cartoonist, Alex Ross, blurbs The Super Hero’s Journey as “an antidote to cynicism.” I resonated with the powerful spirituality that subtly underpins McDonnell’s book (he was raised Roman Catholic, strongly advocates for animal rights, and quotes Eckhard Tolle and Teilhard de Chardin), but even agnostics will appreciate the book’s positive messages and the vibrantly creative manner in which McDonell lays them out. Given the times we live in, I’ll take positive messages any way I can get them, including through the mouths of superheroes—and in McDonnell’s hands a childlike allegory blooms with eternal and rejuvenating truth.

[Chris Browning · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dammit, is today the Chris getting sentimental over comics day or something? This is two in a row that have given me literal tingles of joy. You can imagine a version of this book created by someone like Grant Morrison and it would be wonderful but it would also be… a little cold somehow? And what McDonnell does so beautifully, and it really is beautiful, is repurpose the original comics but give it a woozy, dreamlike and joyous tone that directly speaks to and about childhood. It’s celebratory and full of wonder and, bloody hell, manages to evoke something of the sense of amazement and shock and awe I had at finding an old sixties Fantastic Four story by Kirby and Lee in a reprint annual at a school fete when I was eight. That story was The Torch That Was! from the original FF Annual #4 and I had never seen or read anything like it - the dialogue, the weirdness, the ideas crashing around in it. It left me a bit agog and when I finally got into comics I enjoyed them but none had that sense of cosmic scale that Kirby and Lee have at their best. And McDonnell somehow manages to evoke that wonder beautifully here. Partly I think it’s the use of deliberately childlike drawings of the superheroes (which contrasts fascinatingly with Jeffrey Brown who in his funny strips about superheroes or Star Wars or whoever, tidies his originally scrappy art style considerably. McDonnell is literally doing the opposite), and partly because McDonnell is unafraid to tap into sentimentality in its truest - by which I mean not manipulative - form. It’s a beautiful book and i have no idea why it’s not lauded as a modern masterpiece

[Gary Sassaman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second in a series of MarvelArts original graphic novels produced by Abrams in conjunction with Marvel. The first was Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross (who continues to be a consultant on this line of books). This time it’s syndicated comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell, the creator of the much-loved daily and Sunday strip, Mutts, revealing his love for Marvel Comics of the 1960s, the era in which he and his brothers grew up. This book hits me hard, for I, too, grew up in that era and find it to be the best time for comic book reading. McDonnell’s tale incorporates art from the original Marvel comics, including by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck, in an all new, heart-warming story that has Mr. Fantastic trying to fend off Doctor Doom’s negativity ray, which has blanketed the world (something we can all relate to these days), and the looming threat of a once-again hungry Galactus heading towards Earth. His art is very much in the style of Mutts, but more importantly like his own childhood drawings of the comics characters he loved (make sure you take off the dust jacket on this book to see a wonderful representation of that art). This story is as much philosophical as it is nostalgic, and it’s an incredible mash-up that salutes the original comics, characters, and creators, while telling it’s own uplifting story.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the author, I grew up reading the early Marvel comics in the late '60's. They may not have "turned me" into an illustrator and author, but they did affect my life in significant ways. So I found the framing device of this book, especially the intro about McDonnell's glee and fascination with those early stories by Kirby and Lee and Ditko, pleasantly reminiscent. I felt the same echoes of readings past with all the actual panela from Marvel comics he used to tell this story. It was easy to discern what was original artworl and what was McDonnell's, but that was okay and fun. His drawings were much less polished and had their own charm as a kind of homage. My problem with this whole endeavor was the storyline; it was rather simplistic and even sappy (I debated rating it a 3 for that). And the inspirational quotes scattered throughout might speak to the author's philosophies and life approaches, but they were borderline trite, and often off-beat with what I expected in a comic book about my childhood heroes. In McDonnell's defense, those early Marvel stories were often simple and naive as well, so I guess I shouldn't have expected a sophisicated, cleverly plotted thriller using the heroes powers and personalities in significant and/or humorous ways.

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a frequent reader of "Mutts" than you should know that Patrick McDonnell loves the old 1960s comic books of Marvel. This is his loving tribute to those comics. Filled with artwork from Marvel (Kirby and Ditko) as well as his own with a story line that takes me back to those days when I would search the neighborhood for glass soda bottles to get my pennies so I could buy the comics. I treasured every one of them and read them countless times.

This is not a deep psychological story, just a enjoyable and loving comic with the characters from the 60s that (here and there) quote poets, writers, religious leaders, philosophers, as well as Stan "the Man" Lee (before he became a cultural icon) and Jack "the King" Kirby. This is a book that is meant to be appreciated for what it is, not to be deeply discussed over bad coffee at Starbucks...

[Jerad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great diversity of reviews on this site! This graphic novel is not canon but will powerfully resonate with anyone who as a child was transported and caused by comics-code-approved books to reflect on life, what matters to the self, and can now look back with gratitude on how the stories shaped them today.

The art throughout, while inconsistent in style, was in full service of the story. Tears for this reader.

[Logan Polk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extremely goofy and full of heart

[Michael Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Mutts cartoonist exhibits his love for Marvel’s Silver Age with his illustrations mixed with panels from some legendary artists. It’s a sincere tribute that, like all of McDonnell’s work, is genuine and heartfelt.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Para quem não sabe Patrick McDonnell é um grande cartunista dos Estados Unidos, responsável pela tirinha de jornal Mutts (que alguns dizem ser herdeira espiritual de Peanuts), e que teve poucas publicações aqui no Brasil. Mutts foi uma das mais elogiadas tirinhas surgidas nos últimos suspiros do agonizante mercado de quadrinhos para jornais. Em A Jornada do Super-Herói, misto de autobiografia com homenagem aos primeiros anos da Marvel, McDonnell explica como esses quadrinhos influenciaram sua verve artística e como, dentro da história que ele criou, ele pode ter salvado o universo narrativo da Marvel. O quadrinho é cheio de homenagens visuais e referências textuais a grandes nomes da Marvel mas também a grandes pensadores, principalmente da filosofia do extremo oriente. Se você está esperando uma grande arte ou uma história épica, esqueça. Esse é um relato emocional e emocionante sobre como super-heróis podem mexer com a vida de uma pessoa a ponto de direcioná-la para uma paixão, no caso, os quadrinhos. Gostei bastante.

[Jenna Reimann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Won this book as a giveaway. Amazing art. Amazing message. Funny at times. I don't normally read graphic novels but this book makes me want to! I enjoy that it has quote sources listed at the end as there were many times when reading I thought, hmm this would make a great tattoo 🤣

[Rory Wilding · Rating 4 out of 5]

A couple of years ago, a new initiative commenced through the collaboration between Marvel and Abrams ComicArts, known as Marvel Arts. Starting with Alex Ross' Fantastic Four: Full Circle, this allows various artists putting their own distinctive style towards the Marvel Universe with stories that don't have to worry about the decades-long history. The latest title to come from this imprint is The Super Hero's Journey, written and drawn by Patrick McDonnell.

I went into this book completely blind, on the basis of not knowing the author himself, best known for his comic strip Mutts. From the initial pages, you think this is going to to autobiographical as it opens in 1966 where we are introduced to young Patrick and his family in Edison, New Jersey. Every Sunday, they go to church, much to Patrick's chagrin, only to be rewarded with a trip to the pharmacy where the children were treated to cherry colas, and for Patrick to gaze upon the comic book rack, comprising of the Marvel comics from that time.

As the author documents his childhood that revels in the imagination of creators like Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, the story slowly becomes about the Marvel characters themselves, ranging from the Fantastic Four to the Avengers. As Doctor Doom creates a machine that gives out negative energy towards many people, causing harm towards one another, it is up to Mr Fantastic and the Watcher to save the day.

Very much to a love letter to 1960s Marvel Comics, where despite the grand ideas that would shape the Marvel Universe that we know today, the stories from that time always had an air of silliness, since they were made for children. McDonnell embraces that sensibility, especially how the conflict resolves itself in the upbeat way, whilst referencing Jack Kirby's own experiences from war and realising the value of humanity.

The thing that readers will most take away from the various art-styles going on throughout the book. From McDonnell's own comic strip illustrations to the splicing of the classic Kirby/Ditko drawings, it is an interesting, if somewhat jarring experiment in combining original and previously published art to craft a whole new story. This approach to sequential storytelling won't work with everyone, but will attract those who are interested in comics history.

As previously stated, The Super Hero's Journey is Patrick McDonnell's illustrative way of expressing his love for the Golden Age of Marvel Comics, as its heartwarming sincerity and combination of art-styles is mostly a success.

[Nan O'Leary · Rating 4 out of 5]

My thanks to both Goodreads and the publisher Harry N. Abrams for an advance copy of this new book of appreciation and biography featuring the importance of Marvel Comics to the author growing up.

My children were the ones who started me on comic books. I would listen to them talking about what there were reading, and showing my interest in what they were doing became a fascination into the world they were sharing with each other. I was always surprised by the weighty things they were discussing, in between talking about brawls and the usual who was stronger. They loved comics, and slowly, so did I. I'm not really into the new stuff, there is a certain samenesss I can't get past. I still find it funny reading one issue in a Marvel Masterwork takes me longer than an entire graphic novel, published today. However things change, and I have the issues I enjoy, so unlike certain people in fandom, I am happy with what I have. And it seems that Patrick McDonnell also enjoyed this same issues. The Super Hero’s Journey, is the second in the Marvel Arts series, and features a bit of biography from both author, comic book creators, and a look back at when the futures seemed as bright as the 4-colors in a comic.

The book begins with a brief description of the author buying comics, before becoming a story, told in classic panels about Doctor Doom, bringing the negativity of the negative zone to the Earth, causing the heroes to fight. Mr. Fantastic joins with the Watcher to help fight off these waves, and explores the idea of peace, watching and stillness, with a good ole heroes fighting heroes. The story is good, but art really sells it. The full pages, the old and new art mixing together. Minutes are spent looking at each page, and thinking back to when this was all new, and written by the seat of Stan's and Jack's pants.

A work for older people, who remember when heroes were heroes, even if Spider-Man might have stopped being a hero a few times. A nice paean to reading this stories, or hearing them read aloud by children who still are fans, but maybe don't believe as much as the should. I'd like to think there are still True Believers, and i am sure that Patrick McDonnell is one.

[Colin Murtagh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting experiment, that didn't quite work for me. Using old comic panels, with work from Kirby, Ditko et al., McDonnell has tried to make a new story with odd panels he's drawn dropped in. It's an interesting idea, that just doesn't quite work.
I've two issues with it, the story works as a narrative. He's been careful in what panels he's taken, and it's stitched together beautifully. Whether it's the story he wanted, or whether it's just the way it worked out, it is just a little too trite, a touch too saccharine for me.
The other issue is the art. It's jarring, as he's drawing in his own style, which doesn't really jibe much with the 60s Marvel style, so it pulls you out of the story a bit.
It's a wonderful idea, but the execution doesn't do it for me. Saying that, I'm sure there will be an audience for it, and if you don't experiment, then you can't progress.

[Michelle Tuite · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading 2024
Book 2: The Super Hero’s Journey by Patrick McDonnell

First graphic novel of the year. This was on Time’s list of best graphic novels of 2023. I had read a bunch of the GNs already, needed to read this one and a few others to finish up the list.

Synopsis: Visually striking, The Super Hero’s Journey incorporates panels from classic Marvel comics as a tribute by McDonnell to his heroes—Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the other creators of the Marvel Universe—alongside inspirational quotes from Eckhart Tolle, Thoreau, and others, presenting an adventure unlike any you have ever read.

Review: This was an interesting book, a look at the journey of each of the Marvel superheroes. It was good, maybe more suited for a different reader. My rating 3.5⭐️.

[Adam Gerber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately this one didn’t live up to its premise. Much like Alex Ross’ Full Circle, the art is absolutely beautiful and it is trying hard to pull depth out of the early Marvel Bullpen. I just don’t think either book convinces me the original texts were particularly rich to begin with. Pivotal, undeniably. But not deep. And when you try to apply scaffolding to an insecure base it just comes off feeling forced. I do love the artist choice to make the drawings feel childlike, and the painstaking recreations of Kirby and Ditko’s art really do sing in this large format. It’s a great way to get a taste of those old comics without having to slog through Stan’s dialogue. I’m glad I read this and I’m particularly excited for this to be one my kids stumble upon cause it’s message of hope and optimism is really beautiful. Plus early exposure to philosophy can’t hurt…right?

[Peter Derk · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's cute, it's interesting, but I'm not sure if all the pieces come together. This is my rating a book, by the way, not my partner typing in a review of our relationship.

If my partner did review our relationship...I think I'd score a 7. Which I consider very good.

A 10 is unrealistic. Hell, we don't even own a home, and therefore cannot have a cat, so that's got me down to an 8 before anything else is even considered. Cat-less life is an 80% at best.

We also don't totally agree on Halloween decorations. One of us likes cute Halloween, one of us is like, "I can buy an entire barrel of fake blood on Alibaba for like $10 bucks!"

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Super Hero's Journey by Patrick McDonnell is a unique exploration of the Marvel Universe and its impact on the author's life. Although the book is visually striking and offers a memorable tribute to legendary Marvel creators, it wasn't entirely my cup of tea. I found it difficult to connect with the referenced comics and found the artistic style and text font not to my preference. Overall, I would rate this book with 2 stars out of 5. Perhaps those with a more in-depth knowledge and appreciation of the Marvel comics referenced would find more enjoyment in this work.

[Erik Wirfs-Brock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ultra corny but fun, and also hits on some truth about how profound comics can be if you read them at the right moment in your life. Enjoyed the mix of remixed 60s marvel comics, autobiography, and the author doing his own cartoony version of marvel characters to tell the story of Reed Richards searching for a way to overcome endless superhero discord. If marvel doesn't want to put out more ambitious books themselves, I am glad they outsourced it to another company.

[Villain E · Rating 2 out of 5]

What . . . what is this supposed to be?

Starts as Patrick McDonnell and his siblings reading comics. But then we're in a story involving the Fantastic Four, Avengers, and Spider-Man in which Doctor Doom has a plan to make everyone sad. McDonnell takes original art and dialogue from the 60's and blends it with his own, which does not work well. If he had used all original art and text, it might have been a more coherent story.

[Jack Bumby · Rating 5 out of 5]

This really worked for me. A truly uplifting, unique work of art.

Very surprised at some of the one-star reviews on here. I know everyone's tolerance for schmalz is different, but try and let a little joy into your life for pete's sake.

Always remember:

"If you find this ending too mushy, believer -- remember, our costumed cavorters are human first, and superheroes second! -- In fact... aren't we all?"

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was given this book to review. The graphics are great. This a send off to all the Marvel comics the influenced the writer. It a story about loving yourself but it didn’t grab me because I don’t have detailed enough knowledge of the characters to get as involved as needed and the ending was a bit overly sweet.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well. That wasn't awful. But it wasn't completely clear what it was. It did come across as a classic Marvel one-shot, with some autobiographical elements. The art that was the author's was basically awful, but didn't detract from the story because there wasn't that much of it. And there wasn't that much of a story.

[Daniel Santos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gostei da leitura apesar da sensação de estar lendo o diário de alguém que não conhecia.
a obra nos convida a uma viagem pelas memórias do autor e como a marvel através de suas hqs estiveram presentes em sua vida.
é interessante porém não me tocou tanto quanto eu imaginava, talvez por ser focada na época dos anos 60 uma fase distante para mim que comecei a ler hqs nos anos 90

[Konstantinos Georgokitsos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mutt is deeply in love with the 60s Marvel comic books from his childhood years. So he spins with a childs joy a story that could have sprung from his 10 year self. Mixing his own distinct style we know and love from his great Mutt series with classic superhero panels from only the greats this genuinely heartfelt book is a treasure for old and young fans of the silver age of Marvel comics.

[Anthony Wendel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book acts as a love letter to Marvel comics and that's what it is. The author shows how marvel comics have been a big part of his life and how the art and stories still have a way of being meaningful even today. There is a lot of love for comic book legend Jack Kirby in this book as well and some very poignant quotes which will stay with you when you close the book.

[Van Reese · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mutts is one of my favorite comic strips, so when I needed a graphic novel for my reading challenge and Patrick McDonnell published this book, I had to read it. It is a quick read and enjoyable for anyone interested in Mutts and Marvel Comics.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fairly enjoyable. I like the simplicity of the artwork, and the story was ok. It was kind of fun to see some of the original origin stories weaved into this homage of Marvel comics. But that is what it is, an homage, not a true story in the sense of the word.