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The Mighty Skullboy Army Volume 1

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Mighty Skullboy Army: Great comic or the GREATEST comic?
Mighty Skullboy Army takes all of the greatest things you can ever imagine and rolls it up into a burrito of awesomeness that can only be consumed by the largest of brontosaurs. IT IS THAT COOL. Skullboy is a skull boy. His minions are a monkey and a robot. He goes to school. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? Only sissies and mimes would refuse such a great comic that is so good, IT MAKES ITS OWN GRAVY.
YOU NEED TO BUY THIS. Like, RIGHT NOW. Jesus is sitting up in heaven, smoking a giant cigar, eating a big juicy steak, and he's thinking, "Man, what would go really nicely with this delicious porterhouse? I KNOW! Mighty Skullboy Army!" And then he starts reading it, laughing really hard, and all the loud laughing and cigar smoking really bothers the other patrons who are trying to enjoy their meals. But do they complain? No! Because if they did, Jesus would slap them with MIGHTY SKULLBOY ARMY VOLUME 1! That would be lethal!
MSBA (as the kids call it. you know, those cool kids you want to be friends with? Yeah, they refer to it as that. BECAUSE THEY ARE COOL) is so freakin' sweet, it will get you a date with cheerleaders! Even if you wear glasses! MSBA always carries a fat wad of cash, so it can always score the best table at the jazz club! MSBA is the comic that other comics stop on the street and ask autographs from. AUTOGRAPHS ON THEIR FACE.
Dude, I can't make this any more totally clear to you. YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS. If you don't buy it, you will never have friends! I mean it. I don't want that to happen. Skullboy doesn't want that to happen. BUT IT WILL. That's why you need to order Mighty Skullboy Army and have it shipped via FIRE-BREATHING PEGASUS post-haste!

This is one of the few books in the last year that really disappointed me. The publisher blurb states: "Brazen robots! Hostile corporate takeovers! Ill-fated interns! Criminally insane turnips! Distinctly unhelpful helper monkeys! And hats, dear God, hats aplenty! All this and more awaits any brave soul ready and willing to enlist in the ranks of the Mighty Skullboy Army! How do you sign up, you ask? Just purchase this book, absorb its nefarious bounty (we recommend using the eyes-to-brain method), and say hello to your new lord and master, Skullboy! If he's not home from elementary school yet, be sure to pick up a handy pager. You will be called upon when needed. Oh, and be sure to beef up on that health insurance." What it feels like is a cheap blend of Calvin and Hobbes with Pinky and the Brain. Yet without the intellectualism of Calvin or the humor found in Pinky. The illustrations were okay, the story so-so and overall not really worth it. I won't be buying volume 2 if it ever comes out!

I have been following this artist for some time now and I am not disappointed with this book. One of my favorite aspects of Jacob Chabot's storytelling his is creative and brilliant use of contrasts and details. Remove one of the trio of the Skullboy army, and the whole concept falls apart. But as a whole, it is perfect. In addition, many of the subtle details appear on the re-reading of this wonderful book (watch for Number 2's relationship with birds) and one realizes that this is not just a bunch of fine drawings hacked together, but a fantasic work of art.

A Tuxedo wearing skull, a clonky blue robot, and a wiry, silent monkey rage whooly-booly through every fun drenched page of Jacob Chabot's "The Mighty Skullboy Army." From the art to the writing, the jokes and the mayhem this is one fun comic book! The eponymous Skullboy, is a rich young skeletal grump who uses his vast array of money, henchmen and inventions to fight against what all kids find challenging: School, Homework, neighborhood dogs and other kids. His top two assistants, the robot and the monkey named Agents #1 and #2 are ever inept at fulfilling their bosses' wishes.
This book is a lovely marriage of talent and imagination. In one story a giant lobster overruns the city while another tale deals with the pathos of swallowing your favorite pet bug. Great cartoonists are not born, they evolve, and Jacob Chabot, the books artist/writer dynamo is no exception. With so many comic books turning into movies, cartoons and video games these days I have no doubt The Mighty Skullboy Army will have it's moment in the sun.
Skullboy is perfect for kids of all ages, all that is required to enjoy is a senses of humor, a great imagination and a willingness to get hooked on fun comic books! I cannot wait till more Adventures of the Skullboy materialize!

Seriously. How can you go wrong with "distinctly unhelpful helper monkeys"? I mean, aside from actually having distinctly unhelpful helper monkeys! Obviously, that would be a problem if you had to deal with them yourself.

Well, it'd be a problem for you.

Everyone else would laugh.

At you.

A lot.

Are you starting to understand how this would be entertaining if you got to watch somebody else deal with that kind of thing? Buy the book already!

I don't know how I missed out on this comic for as long as I did, but I'm overjoyed that I've finally found it. With crisp, clean-lined art that draws you right in, and straightforwardly adorable characters, this book immediately appeals to the part of me that's still enamored of Looney Toons and Nickalodeon. Then you get to the story. Not only did it make me laugh out loud, but at one point I had to physically throw the book across the room to avoid spraying it with an inopportunely sipped soda. My only complaint is that Chabot doesn't have more Skullboy adventures for me to buy.

I bought this for my sons (ages 7 and 9) based on a review at Newsarama. They both love it, and have read and it continue to reread it. It is very funny and the art is clean. The only problem I have is that I want more material and they only way I can get it is by buying Savage Dragon (in the back their is a crossover between Skullboy and Gman).