The Remarkable Worlds of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle [Paperback]

Erez Yakin (Author), Boaz Yakin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Vertigo (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563898462
• ISBN-13: 978-1563898464
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,126,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Monty Python-esque Adventure Through Time, February 8, 2002

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Daniel V. Reilly (Upstate New York, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Remarkable Worlds of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle (Paperback)

Professor Phineas B. Fuddle has a simple enough idea: Introduce modern technology to past civilizations, and the present will be retroactively upgraded. So the loopy Prof. builds a time machine, and heads back into history, to make the World a better place....

BUT...instead of making a modern-day utopia, he creates a chaotic Hell-on-Earth; He's messed with the past so much, that the present has become a war-zone where anarchy reigns. Plus, at Midnight tonight, it'll all be moot: the time-stream will collapse due to the stress of the changes Fuddle has made. Two men, one of them Fuddle's Nephew, must follow his trail through the time-stream, and bring Fuddle back to the present (London, 1902) before midnight....they are Humanity's only hope....

I thought the book started slow, but by the end I was really into it. There are some parts that are just laugh-out-loud funny...I especially enjoyed Suliman, the intelligent Mandrill.

One of the big mysteries concerning the book is this: Boaz Yakin is a fairly well-known name among movie-lovers. (He Directed, among others, Remember The Titans...)Why didn't DC Comics give the book some publicity touting Yakin's Hollywood background? This is the kind of thing that could potentially bring new readers into the field....A big blunder, in my book....

On the art front, Erez Yakin provides some REALLY detailed work. Just check out some of the double-page spreads, particularly the part where Angus & McKee arrive in "Hell"....I don't know why I've never seen his art before, but I hope he decides to do some more comics. While not as flashy as some "Flavor of the Month" Artists, he delivers some first-rate STORYTELLING; his art and page layout is innovative, yet easy to follow. I hope the Yakin brothers decide to do some more comic work together...maybe even Fuddle II...?

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Artwork, Poor Writing, October 13, 2011

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H. Muller "muller" (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Remarkable Worlds of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle (Paperback)

This item features some very fine artwork; unfortunately, the writing is truly uninspired and unimaginative hack work. The whole book is basically one long chase scene filled with senseless prattle by the two protagonists. Half thru I was hoping they'd be caught and eaten just to shut them up. Clearly hoping for a sequel, this work ends with nothing resolved.

Nevertheless, children 12-15, lacking discriminating taste, may find the book an enjoyable romp thru alternate histories.