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A review by mattsitstill
Adventure Time: Candy Capers by Yuko Ota, Ananth Panagariya
3.0
It's cute, if forgettable.
After Finn and Jake disappear, Peppermint Butler is assigned to track them down to retrieve Bubblegum's hammer. Not wanting to be a hero, he uses Cinnamon Bun to help assemble a team of characters to lead the search and help out around the Candy Kingdom, though they end up doing more harm than good. The team-ups are fun, but the mystery itself is an afterthought, only really coming back at the end, as if Yuko Ota remembered then there was something Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun were looking for.
The Evan Dahm short is definitely the highlight of the book, with some great linework and a nice sense of rhythm and style that fit in the world.
Ian McGinty's linework is super thick -- maybe too thick for the bright colors and constant action happening on every page, so there are times it takes a few moments to distinguish what's going on. Him and Ota were definitely having fun depicting a more unhinged Peppermint Butler, and his dark power traits get continually more hysterical.
Not the best of the Adventure Time comic miniseries, but enjoyable and fun nevertheless.
After Finn and Jake disappear, Peppermint Butler is assigned to track them down to retrieve Bubblegum's hammer. Not wanting to be a hero, he uses Cinnamon Bun to help assemble a team of characters to lead the search and help out around the Candy Kingdom, though they end up doing more harm than good. The team-ups are fun, but the mystery itself is an afterthought, only really coming back at the end, as if Yuko Ota remembered then there was something Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun were looking for.
The Evan Dahm short is definitely the highlight of the book, with some great linework and a nice sense of rhythm and style that fit in the world.
Ian McGinty's linework is super thick -- maybe too thick for the bright colors and constant action happening on every page, so there are times it takes a few moments to distinguish what's going on. Him and Ota were definitely having fun depicting a more unhinged Peppermint Butler, and his dark power traits get continually more hysterical.
Not the best of the Adventure Time comic miniseries, but enjoyable and fun nevertheless.