Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright (v. 1) [Paperback]

Chynna Clugston-Major (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 2007

Being a teenager can be a difficult job, something the adult world can never understand. While to her parents and teachers getting Adam Ant tickets is no big deal, to Bleu L. Finnegan it means everything. This could be the defining moment of her life, and there is no guarantee that she will ever achieve it. On the way, Bleu must deal with the travails of adolescence - from prank-playing, porn-addicted boys to sexist-pig radio disc jockeys to trying to figure out how to show that dreamy substitute teacher that she's his perfect mate. It all culminates on that fateful night when Bleu and her best friend, Clover, go to the club and try to get in at any cost! Nothing will bar Bleu from the pop idol of her dreams! Collects the debut mini-series as well as the various short stories that preceded it in independent comic book anthologies.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Comics Worth Reading:

"Blue Monday tells tales about post-punk, hormonally driven teenagers."

"The art has attitude, just like the characters."

"This modern-day Archie for teens accurately captures what it's like to be an adolescent. The boys are boys, and the girls don't take their crap."

The Comics Journal:

"What can I say, I'm a sucker for teen comics that involve ska, scooters, Paul Weller and plaid."

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Oni Press; 2 edition (March 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929998627
• ISBN-13: 978-1929998623
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Pop Pleasure, August 18, 2003

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A. Gaupp "jackie_chun" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright (v. 1) (Paperback)

If you love 80's and 90's pop, mod fashion, or just want to look back on your $#!+ hight school years with rose colored glasses (and who doesn't), buy this book!

It's funny, touching, and goofy all in turn -- and overall will just warm your heart. Worth the dough.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the kids are more than allright, January 16, 2005

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claire de lune (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright (v. 1) (Paperback)

This is the first Blue Monday book, which is about the hijinks of 5 friends in the early 1990s in California. The overarching plot is Bleu Finnegan, our main character trying to get tickets to see her idol Adam Ant. However, much of the plot is also devoted to the various hilarious pranks that the group plays on each other. Chynna Clugston-Major does a really great job of combining sarcasm and gleeful violence with genuine feeling as well as making it often hilariously funny at the same time.

2.0 out of 5 stars Check Out Scooter Girl Instead, May 22, 2011

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D. Ashal "Just some dude" (Aztlan, holmes) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright (v. 1) (Paperback)

The art is okay, Clugston has her own take on faux manga which is certainly not bad. The writing is all cliche crap about subculture kids who are utterly charmless and unlikeable. They even made one girl Irish, the cool ethnicity du jour. It's marketed as "Archie on crack" but it's really more like "Archie as a leering mod pervert with his gay ska buddy Jughead, and Betty and Veronica listen to Op Ivy". Who cares? I mean Jughead actually went punk in the 80s for a while if memory serves. Oh yeah, Adam Ant makes an appearence and there's a lot of fan service. Tha author/artist has another book dealing with unlikable mods and punk that's actually still kind of fun and engaging, called "Scooter Girl". I'd recommend if you want to check this out, start there.