Scary Summer (Goosebumps Graphix, No. 3) [Paperback]

R. L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Wish that summer would never end?
Not THIS Scary Summer!
The third GB Graphix collection features acclaimed artists Dean Haspiel, Kyle Baker, and Ted Naifeh.

Three hot, talented comic artists adapt these bestselling Goosebumps books into a cool new graphic format.
Someone's creeping through the garden, doing nasty things! Dean Haspiel, a veteran of Batman and Justice League comics, knows just how to portray "The Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes."
In his comic series like The Bakers and Plastic Man, Kyle Baker proves he's one funny artist, the perfect guy to draw a story about fun and games at camp--until "The Horror at Camp Jellyjam" is uncovered.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Ted Naifeh, creator of the Courtney Crumrin series, lives in San Francisco, California. Dean Hasapiel's work has appeared in Batman and Justice League comics; he lives in Brooklyn, New York. Kyle Baker, the award-winning artist of the Plastic Man books, lives in New York City.

About the Author

Ted Naifeh, creator of the Courtney Crumrin series, lives in San Francisco, California. Dean Hasapiel's work has appeared in Batman and Justice League comics; he lives in Brooklyn, New York. Kyle Baker, the award-winning artist of the Plastic Man books, lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Graphix (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439857821
• ISBN-13: 978-0439857826
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #899,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Emmy award winning artist, Dean Haspiel is a native New Yorker who created the Eisner Award nominated BILLY DOGMA, the semi-autobiographical STREET CODE, and helped pioneer personal webcomics with the invention of ACT-I-VATE.com. Dino has collaborated on many great superhero and semi-autobiographical comic books published by Marvel, DC/Vertigo/Zuda, Dark Horse, Image, Scholastic, Toon Books, and The New York Times, including collaborations with Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Ames, and Inverna Lockpez, and draws for HBO's "Bored To Death," for which he won an Emmy. Dean is a founding member of DEEP6 Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn and steeps in psychotronic movies, Jack Kirby pulp, and electronica music.

http://www.deanhaspiel.com/
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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'd Only Recommend It To True Fans, June 25, 2007

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Dr. Alfengheist - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scary Summer (Goosebumps Graphix, No. 3) (Paperback)

I've been a huge fan of the Goosebumps books ever since I was younger (I'm 19 now, and although I rarely read them anymore, nothing is more nostalgic for me than digging through my box of Goosebumps books and flipping through them).
Having said that, I must say that the Goosebumps Graphix can probably only be appreciated by fans like myself. Anyone picking up these books without being able to appreciate them as Goosebumps adaptations would most likely find them cheesy, short, and messy.
I've only read #3 (Scary Summer), and here is my review:
"Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes" was well-done graphically, although the first several pages seemed too rushed and and it only started showing a real plot about halfway through.
"Ghost Beach" was by far the best of the three, combining very dark and appropriate artistry with a decent adaptation of the original material, although the plot twist at the end wasn't as well-adapted as it could have been.
"The Horror of Camp Jellyjam", one of the more quirky books of the original series, was my least favorite here. The drawing style seemed to be ripped right out of a newspaper comic strip, and the artist just didn't seem to put too much thought into properly adapting the plot and fleshing out the frames (many of the backgrounds were left blank, other than the occasional tree or stick figure).
It was nice to see short biographies of the three authors at the end of the book, showcasing their past works and adaptation methods.
Overall, I think the Goosebumps Graphix series is a well-though-out idea, and I really enjoyed seeing the different writing and art styles depicted in each story. I hope to see more books like this in the future.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great books for non readers, December 29, 2007

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S.K. "reading fanatic" (Exeter, NH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scary Summer (Goosebumps Graphix, No. 3) (Paperback)

My son does not like to read, however, the graphix novels really grab his attention and keep it, probably because it is more like a comic book. He can't put them down and that makes me very happy!