{"id":1104,"date":"2012-08-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/19\/comic-review-jungle-book\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:00:15","slug":"comic-review-jungle-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/19\/comic-review-jungle-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Review: Jungle Book"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
A pirate ship carrying four children
\ncrashes on the shore of a mysterious and merciless jungle. Each child is taken
\nby a separate tribe of animals as a means to keep the peace between the
\nspecies. It is a peace that will not last…<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fifteen
\nyears later the children have now become young adults and each will have to
\nface the destiny that awaits them in the unforgiving jungle. A place where only
\nthe strong will survive. Zenescope brings you their newest reinvention of a
\nclassic tale that is going to blow you away!<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Good<\/u>\u00a0:<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The
\nart. Jungles are these beautiful places filled with such details and color. And
\nthe team visually creating this series does a great job and recreating the
\nclassic jungle. The amount of detail and the vividness of the colors are so eye
\ncatching. You can tell that people who actually cared about the project created
\nthis.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The
\noverall story. It takes a while to start but once it did, I found myself
\nwanting to know what happens next. Even though most of the characters are
\nanimals, they have this form of dominance versus coexistence that most nations
\nhave. There is little backstory, it is just, one group hates the others and you
\njust read to see how the others respond.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The
\ncharacters. They are being developed well so far. Mowglii as a female doesn\u2019t
\nreally change anything. Baloo is always a fan favorite. The vulture, however,
\nis great comic relief. I just love how he pesters and doesn\u2019t quit. If a
\nvulture could taunt in English, he\u2019d probably be this guy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Bad<\/u>\u00a0:<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 1st<\/sup>
\nissue had a few red flags go off as I read it. The opening pages seemed like it
\ncould be Wendy\u2019s room from Peter Pan. \u00a0There is an explosion that I really didn\u2019t
\nget. I understand that they needed a way to get the boat to the island, but lightning
\nhitting wood doesn\u2019t make a huge boom.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There
\nis a huge fight and you don\u2019t really know why everyone is killing each other.
\nThey have the ability to speak and show diplomacy, but for some reason, they
\nall want each other dead but are able to stop so quickly. That just bothered
\nme.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Small
\ndetails. The animals speak but they still say \u201cgrrr\u201d in the speaking bubbles.
\nThat just bothered me. People don\u2019t say \u201cgrrr\u2019 as a word**. One character is
\nwearing the claws of a tiger that died at least 15 years earlier. The claws are
\nstill very clean without any sign of mold. That irked me too.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Summary<\/u>\u00a0:<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Give it
\nmore than the 1st<\/sup> issue. This story develops well after issue 1. I
\nfound myself wishing they had sent issue 4 when I was done reading. The
\ncharacters are good. The art, namely the colors, are great. Everyone knows
\nMowglii, so to have her in the same setting but in a different story, is
\nintriguing. There are still more characters to be introduced and a big show
\ndown is inevitable. The story and art are good enough to make me care to see
\nhow it all ends.<\/div>\n

For more information regarding this<\/a>\u00a0or any other Zenescope titles, check out their website<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n

** Note from Katie : I totally say grrr as a word!<\/p>\n

Life With Katie received copies of these books for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and comments belong 100% to Walter who wrote this review, except for the commentary by Katrina at the end.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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