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perilous1's review against another edition
4.0
Originally reviewed for YA Books Central: http://www.yabookscentral.com/kidsfiction/22111-comic-squad-detention
Eight different author/illustrators bring to life (and panel) eight different stories told via sequential art, with the uniting theme of one of the more dreaded of school time punishments: Detention.
The message content ranges from meaningful to humorous to benign. Coming in at 160 pages, this collection varies widely in art style and approach, and may appeal best to young readers who are already familiar with one or more of the authors.
Short stories include:
*The Breakfast Bunch In… Detention Disaster tells the tale of three kids who wind up in detention after eavesdropping on a teacher who they’re convinced is planning to use bioengineered rats to rob their city. It also has the bonus of a one-page step-by-step guide to drawing one of it’s characters.
*Cheating Death W/ Sisyphus cunningly compares detention to the famed Greek myth (in which the gods condemned a king by the name to forever push a boulder up a mountain, only to watch it roll down again.)
*Worse Than Detention is a twisting and amusing story about community service gone wrong—and right. It also features some of the highest levels of artistic detail within this collection.
*Milo’s Journey is a sweeping-yet-condensed daydream of epic proportions, presenting as a keenly stylized world-within-a-world fantasy.
*Too Nice! Is a comedy of errors, as a boy-crazy “nice girl” tries everything she can think of to land herself in detention, all in the hopes of winning the notice of a wannabe rocker.
*Cyclopean Kid: Detention Is Forever tell the tale of a cyclops who nods off in monster school, and who’s teacher accidentally leaves him in detention longer than she meant to.
*Think About What You’ve Done! introduces readers to a day-dreaming doodler, and the not-so-invisible friend who makes his detention time more bearable with its mischievous antics.
*Squish: Leave No Cell Behind! is the story of a single-cell organism who winds up in trouble after his favorite comic book hero inspires him to commit a good deed. The last page includes a guide on drawing the main character.
All in all, this graphic book is an engaging medium that effectively conveys a wide range of characters, plotlines, humor, and emotion; while also encouraging creativity. A solid pick for any hesitant young reader.
Eight different author/illustrators bring to life (and panel) eight different stories told via sequential art, with the uniting theme of one of the more dreaded of school time punishments: Detention.
The message content ranges from meaningful to humorous to benign. Coming in at 160 pages, this collection varies widely in art style and approach, and may appeal best to young readers who are already familiar with one or more of the authors.
Short stories include:
*The Breakfast Bunch In… Detention Disaster tells the tale of three kids who wind up in detention after eavesdropping on a teacher who they’re convinced is planning to use bioengineered rats to rob their city. It also has the bonus of a one-page step-by-step guide to drawing one of it’s characters.
*Cheating Death W/ Sisyphus cunningly compares detention to the famed Greek myth (in which the gods condemned a king by the name to forever push a boulder up a mountain, only to watch it roll down again.)
*Worse Than Detention is a twisting and amusing story about community service gone wrong—and right. It also features some of the highest levels of artistic detail within this collection.
*Milo’s Journey is a sweeping-yet-condensed daydream of epic proportions, presenting as a keenly stylized world-within-a-world fantasy.
*Too Nice! Is a comedy of errors, as a boy-crazy “nice girl” tries everything she can think of to land herself in detention, all in the hopes of winning the notice of a wannabe rocker.
*Cyclopean Kid: Detention Is Forever tell the tale of a cyclops who nods off in monster school, and who’s teacher accidentally leaves him in detention longer than she meant to.
*Think About What You’ve Done! introduces readers to a day-dreaming doodler, and the not-so-invisible friend who makes his detention time more bearable with its mischievous antics.
*Squish: Leave No Cell Behind! is the story of a single-cell organism who winds up in trouble after his favorite comic book hero inspires him to commit a good deed. The last page includes a guide on drawing the main character.
All in all, this graphic book is an engaging medium that effectively conveys a wide range of characters, plotlines, humor, and emotion; while also encouraging creativity. A solid pick for any hesitant young reader.
abigailbat's review against another edition
4.0
Another Comics Squad collection, this one focusing on detention. This is a great series for kids who love comics - lots of their favorite comic artists are represented here. Since each story is short, this makes an excellent book for browsing or for times when kids don't have a lot of time to read.
rjlee89's review against another edition
4.0
This was cute and I'm hoping that there will be more installations of the Comics Squad! I love seeing my favorite authors in action. My favorite though was the one about the girl who goes to a school that "doesn't do detention" and so she gets to be the kindergarten helper, where she makes a friend. It was a delight and these short stories were sweet.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
Another great collection of comics with enough variety to appeal to lots of different readers.
destdest's review
2.0
A fun collection of shorts involving detention is great for most kids.
Breakfast Bunch in Detention Disaster 2 stars
Too silly for me
Cheating Death
Meh
2 stars
Worse than detention 3.5/4 stars
I loved this one! My favorite of the collection. I've worked with kids, and they have a tendency to be just like Mitchell.
Milo's Journey 3 stars
Nice. I liked the fantasy elements even tho the wizard business was confusing. I thought Milo was dreaming, but I guess he wasn't *shrugs *
Too Nice 3 stars
Oh my gosh! The art style is super cute! The story's cute too.
Cyclopean Kid 3 stars
"The world looks so sad through the blur of my tears. "
Super adorable art style!
Think about what you have done 3 stars
Simple but I liked it!
Squish Leave No Detention 2 stars
It was fine
Breakfast Bunch in Detention Disaster 2 stars
Too silly for me
Cheating Death
Meh
2 stars
Worse than detention 3.5/4 stars
I loved this one! My favorite of the collection. I've worked with kids, and they have a tendency to be just like Mitchell.
Milo's Journey 3 stars
Nice. I liked the fantasy elements even tho the wizard business was confusing. I thought Milo was dreaming, but I guess he wasn't *shrugs *
Too Nice 3 stars
Oh my gosh! The art style is super cute! The story's cute too.
Cyclopean Kid 3 stars
"The world looks so sad through the blur of my tears. "
Super adorable art style!
Think about what you have done 3 stars
Simple but I liked it!
Squish Leave No Detention 2 stars
It was fine
alicea's review
3.0
As I've mentioned before, I sometimes just pull random books off of the shelf if the cover tickles my fancy. That's precisely how I ended up reading Comics Squad #3: Detention by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Matt Phelan, Victoria Jamieson, Ben Hatke, Rafael Rosario & Jorge Aguirre, and George O'Connor. (Please excuse me while I take a nap after copying down all of those authors.) As you might have guessed, this is a collection of comics by different authors all centering on the theme of detention. I'm obviously not the right audience for this because 1. I'm too old to get detention and 2. Even when I was old enough for it I never got detention. So while I didn't feel as overwhelmingly into this collection as a typical middle grader I still enjoyed it overall. That being said, there were some that stood out more than others and when I looked back through them I realized they were all by the same artist: Matt Phelan. I immediately added his works to my TRL (look out for that post in the near future). If you're interested in trying out a wide variety of illustrative styles and author's voices then this is a really great way to do that. It's definitely a mixed bag so you'll come away with hopefully at least one author/illustrator that you'll want to check out further. It was a light, fast read that served as somewhat of a palate cleanser after some of the denser books that I read previously. It's a 6/10 for me but I wouldn't say no to more books in this series (which do indeed exist if you didn't guess by #3 in the title).
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