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cindyrach's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
pinkreverie's review against another edition
3.0
I’m not a fan of Marceline honestly, so I had a hard time finishing this
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
I am new to the whole Adventure Time World. A few days ago I read Pixel Princesses and hated it, and I have seen some gifs/images on the internet about the show. Other than that, never had an interest to check out the show.
But I have to say this graphic novel/comic was pretty awesome. Marceline and Princess Bubblegum are really fun characters, and the rest of the band also seems awesome. I really loved the parts with the band and them travelling around. Marceline finding about reviews. Bubblegum trying to manage the band (and it not working out always). However the parts that we switched back to Bubblegum's country I just got confused. I knew the characters Jake and Finn, from images/gifs on the net, but it stopped there. So imagine my confusion when I saw Finn without his outfit. I was like, hold on who is that dude? OMG? That is the same dude as that guy who is always in a strange outfit? And why did Bubblegum make Jake temporary king? He doesn't seem like the greatest character to make king. Unless he is a great character for it and I just don't know it because I haven't seen the show.
The only thing I didn't like about Marceline was her attitude and how she acts at times. Yes, bad reviews suck, but live with it. Don't just drop away from a concert or continue to pout endlessly or do all the other stuff she did. It just got a bit lame that she kept running away, instead of just kicking ass and thinking that haters will be just that, haters. Nothing more. That she has enough fans who love her and who can't wait to see her.
Guy and what he was just got to be some sort of joke. Instead of finding him great (as I did when we first found out about him), I slowly started disliking him, and at the part where he confessed, I was just like: Oh, yes, now you say that, but I dare to bet that in a few pages you will confess you are actually something totally different. *rolls eyes*
I didn't read all the side-stories that were included in the chapters. Mostly because they featured characters I never heard of or characters that I didn't know that much that I could enjoy the chapters.
The ending to this volume was really awesome and I was just cheering for Marceline and Bubblegum. We come across Lump Princess (since it looks exactly like the character from Pixel Princess) and dear Lord, it is a bitch again. Seriously, can we just burn that character to hell? Where it belongs? I was so hoping that we wouldn't encounter it in this book.
The art was awesome and I really loved it. It is so vibrant, so much fun, it just felt like it could leap out of the pages and form a party in the real life. :)
I hope there will be more Marceline volumes/chapters coming out someday. She really grew in this one, and I really like her character.
Would I recommend this graphic novel/comic to people? Yes, yes I would.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
But I have to say this graphic novel/comic was pretty awesome. Marceline and Princess Bubblegum are really fun characters, and the rest of the band also seems awesome. I really loved the parts with the band and them travelling around. Marceline finding about reviews. Bubblegum trying to manage the band (and it not working out always). However the parts that we switched back to Bubblegum's country I just got confused. I knew the characters Jake and Finn, from images/gifs on the net, but it stopped there. So imagine my confusion when I saw Finn without his outfit. I was like, hold on who is that dude? OMG? That is the same dude as that guy who is always in a strange outfit? And why did Bubblegum make Jake temporary king? He doesn't seem like the greatest character to make king. Unless he is a great character for it and I just don't know it because I haven't seen the show.
The only thing I didn't like about Marceline was her attitude and how she acts at times. Yes, bad reviews suck, but live with it. Don't just drop away from a concert or continue to pout endlessly or do all the other stuff she did. It just got a bit lame that she kept running away, instead of just kicking ass and thinking that haters will be just that, haters. Nothing more. That she has enough fans who love her and who can't wait to see her.
Guy and what he was just got to be some sort of joke. Instead of finding him great (as I did when we first found out about him), I slowly started disliking him, and at the part where he confessed, I was just like: Oh, yes, now you say that, but I dare to bet that in a few pages you will confess you are actually something totally different. *rolls eyes*
I didn't read all the side-stories that were included in the chapters. Mostly because they featured characters I never heard of or characters that I didn't know that much that I could enjoy the chapters.
The ending to this volume was really awesome and I was just cheering for Marceline and Bubblegum. We come across Lump Princess (since it looks exactly like the character from Pixel Princess) and dear Lord, it is a bitch again. Seriously, can we just burn that character to hell? Where it belongs? I was so hoping that we wouldn't encounter it in this book.
The art was awesome and I really loved it. It is so vibrant, so much fun, it just felt like it could leap out of the pages and form a party in the real life. :)
I hope there will be more Marceline volumes/chapters coming out someday. She really grew in this one, and I really like her character.
Would I recommend this graphic novel/comic to people? Yes, yes I would.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
deerisms's review against another edition
4.0
I still cannot get over how excited Marceline's dad was to finally meet Princess Bubblegum, not because she is the ruler of the candy kingdom, but because she's Marceline's favorite friend. It was so cute.
kingtess's review against another edition
5.0
Solid storyline that speaks to my own fears about faceless criticism, and tons of side stories by writers and artists I love dearly. 10/10, would recommend
xsleepyshadows's review against another edition
4.0
Yaasss, starring the best girls from adventure time.
naleagdeco's review against another edition
5.0
Like the best Adventure Time stories, this one features the incredible absence of Finn and Jake in any significant way.
Beyond that it's a sweet character-driven tale focusing on Marceline and Bubblegum's friendship, esp. around Marceline's insecurities although with a little bit of Bubblegum comeuppance along the way.
It also takes on a really good rock'n'roll tour vibe, with each section of the original comic book series bookended by notes and scribbles that you'd imagine a band to have, setlists, notes on the errands that make a tour happen, etc...
The animation style of Adventure Time aggravates me for probably personal subjective reasons, but in the static mode of a graphic novel I feel the characters' dynamism comes out a lot more and while I can still see the TV show's style within, they are far less annoying.
My only complaint is that the series only takes up about half the book, the rest being filled with some very lovely fanart and other assorted art and sketches from the making of this comic series. It's nice (the orange/black photo of Marcelline/Bubblegum on stage is one of my favourite AT pictures), but it feels like too much "extra" when it approaches 50% of the payload.
Beyond that it's a sweet character-driven tale focusing on Marceline and Bubblegum's friendship, esp. around Marceline's insecurities although with a little bit of Bubblegum comeuppance along the way.
It also takes on a really good rock'n'roll tour vibe, with each section of the original comic book series bookended by notes and scribbles that you'd imagine a band to have, setlists, notes on the errands that make a tour happen, etc...
The animation style of Adventure Time aggravates me for probably personal subjective reasons, but in the static mode of a graphic novel I feel the characters' dynamism comes out a lot more and while I can still see the TV show's style within, they are far less annoying.
My only complaint is that the series only takes up about half the book, the rest being filled with some very lovely fanart and other assorted art and sketches from the making of this comic series. It's nice (the orange/black photo of Marcelline/Bubblegum on stage is one of my favourite AT pictures), but it feels like too much "extra" when it approaches 50% of the payload.
ethers_elixirs's review against another edition
5.0
A clever and compelling side story featuring one of my favorite characters from the Ooo universe, Marceline, and her relationship with Princess Bubblegum and her bandmates.
thursday48's review against another edition
3.0
This was good, it wasn't great but it wasn't horrible. It was weird to see a the tv show I love in comic form. Random gripe: the way PB's eyebrows were drawn in some frames really bugged me because it made her face out of sync with the tone of the frame.
shane_tiernan's review against another edition
2.0
I love the show but this really didn't do much for me. It was silly but not witty enough. Once in a while there was a bright moment but overall I was just kind of bored.