Presenting the initial Courtney Crumrin miniseries in a new digest-sized format. Courtney's parents have dragged her out to a high-to-do suburb to live with her creepy Great Uncle Aloysius in his spooky old house. She's not only the new kid in school, but she also discovers strange things lurking under her bed.
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Fantasy Book Spot:
"[Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things] has a magnificent depth of character and setting thanks to the immaculate pencils and script done by Ted Naifeh."
Ninth Art:
"It seemed that [Roald] Dahl's mixture of mirth and menace died with the man. That is, until Courtney Crumrin came along."
"[Courtney] is some of the most wicked (and wickedly funny) fantasy comics of the last several years, the sort of stuff that can have you shivering in your seat on one page and cackling evilly on the next."
"The volumes of COURTNEY CRUMRIN are some of the best and darkest fantasy on the market."
"It's a great all-ages book, with the edge of darkness that makes for a really satisfying children's story."
"For those who miss the mixture of mirth and menace that Roald Dahl used to provide, look no further than the twisted woods of Hillsborough."
iComics:
"Like the creature under your bed, Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things waits until you're complacent before grabbing your ankle."
"Courtney herself is a great character, with just the right level of sarcasm and sass that makes her someone that you'd want to hang out with."
"Naifeh's dark sensibilities have created a story that wicked people of all ages will adore."
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great,
By Henriksson "Leviathania" (Uppsala, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 1: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things (Courtney Crumrin Tales) (Paperback)
Courtney Crumrin can be compared to Harry Potter, but it's not really the same thing. Read this if your into the more gothic parts of magic and also have a sense of humor. The only thing I want to complain about is that the book is too short - I read it from cover to cover and immediately wanted to read the next book.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good..,
By Kate (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 1: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things (Courtney Crumrin Tales) (Paperback)
This all-ages comic is relatively good. While it is not going to revolutionalise gothic-esque comic genre, it is better than Lenore and most others of its counterparts.
While the manga-style art is just lovely, particularly the frames when Courtney enters the non-human/faery world, the plot is a little meandering and quite weak and basic at times. While I have not read the follow-up works, which may include this element, I would have like to see Courtney explore her own magic a little more. Additionally, there was minimal interaction between Courtney and her grandfather, and yet we are meant to imagine that they had become close allies. I did however feel that the character of Courtney was quite interesting and completely identifiable. Similarly, the parental characters were suitably ghastly and disinterested. This is a short but cute enough read. If only there were more comics examining the same topic of magic and childhood isolation, just slightly more adult and fleshed out.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite graphic novels,
By poltroon "poltroon" (Mendocino County, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 1: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things (Courtney Crumrin Tales) (Paperback)
Courtney Crumrin has just moved to a new school, into her creepy old uncle's house. Her story starts with the typical new-girl-in-school blues, but escalates quickly with the realization that there are REAL goblins about, not just her disinterested, shallow parents and her predatory schoolmates.
I especially love this sequence: "She knew she wasn't going to be miss popularity, but thus far, a full three weeks after her arrival, she still had no friends at all... "At least, none who hadn't been eaten." The illustrations are complex and interesting, and Courtney herself grows and develops. The overall feel reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer... not in a derivative way, but in the way it so deftly wove real world cruelty and otherworldly cruelty and the everyday - and the power of one young woman to take charge despite all that. I enjoyed it, and I think it might be a very good choice for older reluctant readers who find a page of text intimidating but who need a complexity of story not found in books for younger readers.
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