Josh Wilding Reviews: KINGS OF OVERGROVE

Josh Wilding Reviews: KINGS OF OVERGROVE

Kings Of Overgrove is a graphic novel from writer Arel Herbrand and artist Dave Nielsen, in which two brothers who must enter a subterranean world in order to defeat horrible monsters and save the family ranch above ground. Hit the jump for our verdict!

Review Opinion
By JoshWilding - Oct 07, 2012 11:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics

If you're looking for a way to introduce your kids to the world of comic books, then Kings Of Overgrove is an essential purchase. While there are a handful of superhero comics available for a younger audience, it's fair to say that these are of varying quality, and not everyone can justify forking out $2.99 a go for a weekly or monthly series! While it's quite clearly aimed at a younger audience, Kings Of Overgrove is still an enjoyable enough read and the themes within (particularly about friendship) send a great message to younger readers. Writer Arel Herbrand's script is fairly light, but no more so than any other children's book, and an awful lot of story is packed in to the 130 or so pages. Dave Nielsen's art is simple and visually pleasing, and is in fact fairly similar to that of Pasquel Ferry (The Mighty Thor), ensuring that it keeps your kids attention throughout!

An enjoyable tale of friendship and adventure, Kings Of Overgrove is full of weird and wonderful characters and locations; my five year old nephew LOVED it and it's not hard to imagine the graphic novel making a great film. Find out how you can get your hands on a copy by clicking HERE to visit the official site, and find the Kings Of Overgrove on Facebook HERE and on Twitter HERE. You can check out a voiced excerpt from the book below.






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ChiefJudge
ChiefJudge - 10/7/2012, 12:49 PM
Introduce kids to this - a whole generation will herald the death of the comic book as we know it.
Very young kids have short attention spans avoid 130 pages if you can and introduce them to funnies. The Beano or the Dandy perhaps and work up to marvel. DC in the teenage years and Vertigo / Dark Horse for the adult audience.
Watchmen and V for Vendetta for the enlightened and politically aware and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for the nostalgic.
thespiderman209
thespiderman209 - 10/7/2012, 12:59 PM
Hey Josh congrats on being on the back of Hit-Girl #3!
ChiefJudge
ChiefJudge - 10/7/2012, 1:37 PM
Noted - I just don't think this is the one book to start them off with. Maybe the FF.
SmellofDuty
SmellofDuty - 10/7/2012, 5:14 PM
@ChiefJudge Why not start them with this? A lot more child oriented than FF for sure. I had an attention span when was a kid and I'm pretty sure I would have loved this one.
ChiefJudge
ChiefJudge - 10/8/2012, 9:18 AM
It doesn't - Hence start them off with funnies.
Look, the thing is if I had started reading with Kings of the Undergrove my comic book library probably would have started and ended there.
In my opinion - and it is just my opinion - this will not be the beginning of a love for comics.
ChiefJudge
ChiefJudge - 10/8/2012, 9:21 AM
All right - You want to get kids into comics - I recommend either Tin Tin or Asterix.
Boogie138
Boogie138 - 10/9/2012, 7:39 AM
am i the only one who when they clicked on the video was reminded of the tales from the cryptkeeper cartoon? think it was the voice acting. or i could be crazy
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