I Luv Halloween, Volume 1 [Paperback]

Ben Roman (Author), Keith Giffen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 11, 2005

Believing that the apples they received at their first house of the night are the cause of the bad candy they've been receiving, the kids plot deadly revenge on the old lady who handed out the cursed fruit.TokyoPop

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From Publishers Weekly

Finch and his sister, Moochie, are all ready for Halloween, and they look adorable. Finch is dressed as a zombie, while Moochie is the Tooth Fairy. By the time we realize that Moochie is stealing teeth from a house full of dead bodies, and Finch knows more about zombies than any child has a right to, we've already been drawn into their cute but gruesome world. Giffen (Formerly Known as the Justice League) and Roman (The Lonely Tombstone) have concocted a black comedy that reads as if Quentin Tarantino and Tim Burton had collaborated on a Halloween heist story. As the story progresses, a mysterious kid dressed as a devil who might just be one, razor blades in apples, a boy named Mr. Kitty with a breast fetish, a dead dog, a missing bra and much more mix together for a lively and inventive tale. Giffen's darkly humored script draws laughs from such things as evisceration while capturing the childlike glee at dressing up and walking by a scary graveyard. He also leaves plenty of mysteries for the next two volumes to solve. Cocreator Roman's art is occasionally too detailed for the small pages, but he excels at unique character designs and macabre details. Full of ghoulish tricks, I Luv Halloween is a seasonal treat that the not easily offended will thoroughly enjoy. (Oct.)
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From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up–Four boys–cool Finch, girl-obsessed Mr. Kitty, slovenly Pig Pig, and enigmatic Devil Lad–set out in search of candy one All Hallow's Eve. Along the way, mishaps and misadventures ensue involving revenge on an elderly woman who doles out apples as treats and a bloody pursuit that revolves around a piece of stolen lingerie. What follows is a feeble plot overshadowed by off-color sexual humor and gratuitous violence. At first glance, this book appears to have a Nightmare before Christmas meets South Park feel, though it is clearly not meant for those with a weak stomach. Placing itself in the comedy-horror genre, it offers more gore than laughs and even fewer scares. A stronger buy in this category would be Ted Naifeh's Courtney Crumrin series (Oni Pr.) or Matsuri Akino's Pet Shop of Horrors (Tokyopop). Instead of delivering trick-or-treat fun, I Luv Halloween presents little more than a meager blood-spattered romp.–Jennifer Feigelman, Plattekill Public Library, Modena, NY
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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (October 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595328319
• ISBN-13: 978-1595328311
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,070,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, February 13, 2006

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adamarie wallis "hettar7" (lebanon, tn United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Luv Halloween, Volume 1 (Paperback)

Can't believe no one has reviewed this book yet. It's absolutely hilarious in a very demented sick way. If your humor runs to enjoying others pain and suffering, if you really wish to rule a zombie army, if you get off on paying no attention to other people then screwing them over, well .. aside from being on messed up freak .. you'll love this book. Not for the morally minded, there are various nipple appearances. But not for the fanboys either, the main female character is a rock weilding murderer still in toddler clothes. no need to go to tokyopop's website to preview the first chapters, just buy the book. deffinetly worth it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something new., July 6, 2006

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This review is from: I Luv Halloween, Volume 1 (Paperback)

This book really isn't given enough appreciation to end where it really excels. Many readers, going into this, are frankly in the wrong for carrying too many expections along with them. Here you will not find the familiar lodgings of a Slave Laboresque horror/humor mashing. While Lenore and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac present us with worlds that are, in essense, fantastic reinterpretations of our own, Benjamin Roman and Keith Giffen present the reader with a world governed by unfamiliar rules. Not provided with a safety net narration, the reader is thrust into a world which on the surface is similiar to ours, but underneath has jarring and facsinating differences that work with the story elements toward more and more unlikely scenarios. The narration told just enough to leave me pondering like a child over the laws that govern this fictional universe. It's a blast just to observe the goings-ons, read the off-beat exchanges between characters, and watch the overarching and glib plot unfold.
The hints of supernatural twists in this volume are enough to drive me to the next one, which promises an elaboration of the only glimpsed at zombie theme.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, October 4, 2008

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This review is from: I Luv Halloween, Volume 1 (Paperback)

I thought this book was so funny I almost wet my pants laughing. You defenately need to have an open-minded humor though, But if you laugh at sex jokes, strange ways of murder, and a little girl ripping peoples teeth out with pliars, then this book is for you