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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'The Mutts Diaries' by Patrick McDonnell is a great collection of comic strips for kids. I found myself liking it quite a bit as well.
Every character gets a chapter, but the characters are featured throughout. Cat Mooch and his best friend Earl. Bip and Bop are two squirrels that like pelting people on the head with nuts (among other things). Guard Dog, Crabby, Shtinky Puddin' and Chickpea and Chickpea's brother are also featured. Comic strip themes include vacations, life in the pound, having an owner, what each character would teach in school. The strips are silly and sometimes poignant.
It's a quick read, but the kind of thing I loved as a kid. I remember reading Nancy and Sluggo, Peanuts, Garfield and Bloom County. The drawings are simple but pretty adorable. The only character that seems a bit out of place in a kids collection is Crabby, who can't seem to make a sentence without a cuss word in it. Words are substituted by characters (#$%!*), but I still found it less funny for a kid's book. Other than that, I enjoyed this collection a lot.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this fun ebook.
Every character gets a chapter, but the characters are featured throughout. Cat Mooch and his best friend Earl. Bip and Bop are two squirrels that like pelting people on the head with nuts (among other things). Guard Dog, Crabby, Shtinky Puddin' and Chickpea and Chickpea's brother are also featured. Comic strip themes include vacations, life in the pound, having an owner, what each character would teach in school. The strips are silly and sometimes poignant.
It's a quick read, but the kind of thing I loved as a kid. I remember reading Nancy and Sluggo, Peanuts, Garfield and Bloom County. The drawings are simple but pretty adorable. The only character that seems a bit out of place in a kids collection is Crabby, who can't seem to make a sentence without a cuss word in it. Words are substituted by characters (#$%!*), but I still found it less funny for a kid's book. Other than that, I enjoyed this collection a lot.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this fun ebook.
ogreart's review against another edition
4.0
Cute. Not my favorite comic strip, but it was pretty good.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
4.0
The Mutts Diaries is a wonderful collection of the Mutts comics. I’m glad they put it into a graphic novel to spread the Mutts love.
cdehlert's review against another edition
4.0
Collection of comic strips organized with a section for each of the main characters. Mutts is my favorite comic strip because of its subtle sense of humor, intelligence and compassion.
tylertylertyler's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley for a review copy of this!
I can't believe I forgot to review this when I first read it. I don't have a lot to say, it's true, but this book is absolutely darling. I've never read the Mutts comics all that much in my life, though I've always had a bit of a fondness. But this collection is absolutely great. Very cute, a lot of cleverness and witty humour. Absolutely lovely comics and well worth the read.
I can't believe I forgot to review this when I first read it. I don't have a lot to say, it's true, but this book is absolutely darling. I've never read the Mutts comics all that much in my life, though I've always had a bit of a fondness. But this collection is absolutely great. Very cute, a lot of cleverness and witty humour. Absolutely lovely comics and well worth the read.
raven168's review against another edition
5.0
This was such a cute quick read of some of the comics from this series. None of my favorites were included but there were so many that had me laughing out loud at them and most others simply smiling. These comics are just cute and funny. Impossible to dislike.
The only problem I had was reading it. I got it on my kindle and not only was every single page out of order, but each strip was put onto two pages instead of fitting on one (which would have been totally doable). I'm hoping when it's released in October this is fixed or that it simply was my download.
ARC provided by publisher via Netgalley
The only problem I had was reading it. I got it on my kindle and not only was every single page out of order, but each strip was put onto two pages instead of fitting on one (which would have been totally doable). I'm hoping when it's released in October this is fixed or that it simply was my download.
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thatbookishwriter's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
jehansen127's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
ssejig's review against another edition
3.0
Not too much to say about this one, your favorite Mutts characters in a series of fall strips.
atroskity's review against another edition
4.0
(I received an ARC of this title from the publisher via Netgalley, in return for an honest review.)
Mutts geared for the younger set. Since it’s not a terribly sophisticated comic strip, this really isn’t hard to do, so it doesn’t lose much in being edited specifically to cater to a kiddie sensibility. The chapters are divided into separate “diaries,” with strips focusing on individual characters. Of course, there are the main cat and dog duo, Mooch and Earl (and their owners), but many others get little segments of their own as well. Mirroring the way the strip has evolved over time since 1994, the little vignettes in this collection are first just silly, innocuous little observations of animal behavior- cats are lazy, dogs like belly rubs- but then it gradually takes a turn into deeper, more meaningful territory. It never gets truly dark or loses all of its silly charm, but when McDonnell starts showing the dreams of shelter animals in the Shelter Stories shorts, or how lonely and sad it is to be a dog chained up every day of your life, it hits hard. Right. In. The. FEELS.
Mutts has been my favorite comic strip for a long time, and this collection, though brief, does capture the charm of the characters and McDonnell’s exquisitely simple art.
(How does this not break your heart? ADOPT, DON'T BUY, people)
Cross-posted at Booklikes: http://atroskity.booklikes.com/post/978629/review-mutts-diaries
Mutts geared for the younger set. Since it’s not a terribly sophisticated comic strip, this really isn’t hard to do, so it doesn’t lose much in being edited specifically to cater to a kiddie sensibility. The chapters are divided into separate “diaries,” with strips focusing on individual characters. Of course, there are the main cat and dog duo, Mooch and Earl (and their owners), but many others get little segments of their own as well. Mirroring the way the strip has evolved over time since 1994, the little vignettes in this collection are first just silly, innocuous little observations of animal behavior- cats are lazy, dogs like belly rubs- but then it gradually takes a turn into deeper, more meaningful territory. It never gets truly dark or loses all of its silly charm, but when McDonnell starts showing the dreams of shelter animals in the Shelter Stories shorts, or how lonely and sad it is to be a dog chained up every day of your life, it hits hard. Right. In. The. FEELS.
Mutts has been my favorite comic strip for a long time, and this collection, though brief, does capture the charm of the characters and McDonnell’s exquisitely simple art.
(How does this not break your heart? ADOPT, DON'T BUY, people)
Cross-posted at Booklikes: http://atroskity.booklikes.com/post/978629/review-mutts-diaries