From DreamWorks’ latest computer-animated extravaganza comes MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: THE OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTATION. I haven’t seen the film, but I’ve seen the trailer umpteen times, and just judging from that, this graphic novel appears to indeed earn its authorized status.
The story in a nutshell: On the day of her wedding, blushing bride Susan Murphy gets hit by a rock from outer space and grows into a giant, mid-vows. Worse, her hair turns albino-white. The military shows up and, under the orders of one Gen. W.R. Monger, uses her to fight alongside the likes of a one-eyed gelatinous blob and a lab-coated cockroach against a potential planet-ending alien threat.
In other words, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS. Yeah.
At 48 pages, this work is super-thin, able to be read even by its grade-school target audience in less time it takes to watch a TV cartoon. But they’ll enjoy that time. The story is quickly paced, the colors are bright, and the art by S.L. Gallant and Alex Dalton is crisp and clean. Plus, their character designs ring true to what moviegoers will see onscreen.
Kids are likely to want to pick up the companion book, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: THE M FILES, which serves as a prequel with two all-new illustrated tales. The spirt is the same, even if the creative team is different. —Rod Lott
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