Book review - Rocky & Bullwinkle

Title: Rocky & Bullwinkle: Volume 1
Author:Mark Evanier
Genre: graphic novel
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Rating: 

Awfully funny

Summary: This book contains 8 stories: 4 Rocky and Bullwinkle and 4 short Dudley Do-Right. Rocky and Bullwinkle get involved in psychic predictions, try to help out a struggling magician, journey to the moon, and start selling burgers while Dudley is contaminated with a wicked perfume, tries to get his man, gets tricked into buying a useless item, and runs a suspicious errand.
My opinion: Both illustrations and plot wise this new graphic novel follows the format of the original cartoon. The plots are punctuated by cultural references and terrible puns. Many of our favorite characters are present: Captain Peachfuzz, Gidney and Cloy, and of course Boris, Natasha, and their Fearless Leader. It is laugh out loud funny in it's ridiculousness and has some awesome visual elements (the fellow who looks awfully like the Doctor in The Burger Monster/Bullwinkle's Swap Meat for instance). Great for old and new fans.
More information: Rocky & Bullwinkle releases September 23rd.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley.