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Explorer: The Lost Islands
Raina Telgemeier, Katie Shanahan, Kazu Kibuishi, Dave Roman, Jake Parker, Michel Gagné, Jason Caffoe, Chrystin Garland, Steven Shanahan
3.82 AVERAGE
99 reviews for:
Explorer: The Lost Islands
Raina Telgemeier, Katie Shanahan, Kazu Kibuishi, Dave Roman, Jake Parker, Michel Gagné, Jason Caffoe, Chrystin Garland, Steven Shanahan
3.82 AVERAGE
The second installment! Radio Adrft by Katie Shanahan & Steven Shanahan was my favorite out of the bunch. Really, almost any story with a witch makes me happy. My second favorite was Carapace by Jason Caffoe. It felt like a short Pixar story in comic book form.
The art felt too fuzzy in Jake Parker's Rabbit Island but I liked the message and The Fishermen by Kazu Kibuishi was gorgeously colored by Jason Caffoe but the story was just alright.
On to Book 3!
The art felt too fuzzy in Jake Parker's Rabbit Island but I liked the message and The Fishermen by Kazu Kibuishi was gorgeously colored by Jason Caffoe but the story was just alright.
On to Book 3!
I've been reading Kibuishi's Amulet series with my nephew and I saw we had these Explorer collections, as well. They're like the Flight collections only for the 8-12-year-old group. I figured I'd give 'em a go.
I liked this one better than The Mystery Boxes.
Rabbit Island by [a:Jake Parker|51668|Jake Parker|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1309150970p2/51668.jpg] is a parable about what happens when machines make for a lazy populace.
The Mask Dance by [a:Chrystin Garland|9799262|Chrystin Garland|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is a cautionary tale about what happens when you run off to the party instead of waiting for your dad, as originally planned. I liked the art in this one quite well.
Carapace by [a:Jason Caffoe|4107843|Jason Caffoe|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is an example of helpfulness and selflessness. Also, there are super cute crab ghosts. I liked this one a lot.
Desert Island Playlist by [a:Dave Roman|266715|Dave Roman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1200331121p2/266715.jpg] and [a:Raina Telgemeier|21618|Raina Telgemeier|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1200153437p2/21618.jpg] is a little mystical and meta-cal. I didn't love it for the same reason I didn't love "The Escape Option" in the first volume of Explorers.
Loah by [a:Michel Gagné|98003|Michel Gagné|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] shows what we can accomplish if we work together. This one is super pretty and I enjoyed that aspect of this story immensely.
Radio Adrift by [a:Katie Shanahan|4107847|Katie Shanahan|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1351705332p2/4107847.jpg] and [a:Steven Shanahan|4821222|Steven Shanahan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is the most light-hearted and least teachy/preachy of the lot. A mage-in-training is the last in her class to hatch a pixie egg until she finally finds just the right sound to help her out. It's pretty cute.
The Fisherman by [a:Kazu Kibuishi|27372|Kazu Kibuishi|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1311988001p2/27372.jpg] is the [b:The Old Man and the Sea|2165|The Old Man and the Sea|Ernest Hemingway|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1329189714s/2165.jpg|69741]-lite and with a more plainly didactic ending.
I liked more of the stories in this collection but it's still light and fluffy and no-too-memorable when all is said and done.
I liked this one better than The Mystery Boxes.
Rabbit Island by [a:Jake Parker|51668|Jake Parker|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1309150970p2/51668.jpg] is a parable about what happens when machines make for a lazy populace.
The Mask Dance by [a:Chrystin Garland|9799262|Chrystin Garland|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is a cautionary tale about what happens when you run off to the party instead of waiting for your dad, as originally planned. I liked the art in this one quite well.
Carapace by [a:Jason Caffoe|4107843|Jason Caffoe|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is an example of helpfulness and selflessness. Also, there are super cute crab ghosts. I liked this one a lot.
Desert Island Playlist by [a:Dave Roman|266715|Dave Roman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1200331121p2/266715.jpg] and [a:Raina Telgemeier|21618|Raina Telgemeier|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1200153437p2/21618.jpg] is a little mystical and meta-cal. I didn't love it for the same reason I didn't love "The Escape Option" in the first volume of Explorers.
Loah by [a:Michel Gagné|98003|Michel Gagné|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] shows what we can accomplish if we work together. This one is super pretty and I enjoyed that aspect of this story immensely.
Radio Adrift by [a:Katie Shanahan|4107847|Katie Shanahan|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1351705332p2/4107847.jpg] and [a:Steven Shanahan|4821222|Steven Shanahan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is the most light-hearted and least teachy/preachy of the lot. A mage-in-training is the last in her class to hatch a pixie egg until she finally finds just the right sound to help her out. It's pretty cute.
The Fisherman by [a:Kazu Kibuishi|27372|Kazu Kibuishi|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1311988001p2/27372.jpg] is the [b:The Old Man and the Sea|2165|The Old Man and the Sea|Ernest Hemingway|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1329189714s/2165.jpg|69741]-lite and with a more plainly didactic ending.
I liked more of the stories in this collection but it's still light and fluffy and no-too-memorable when all is said and done.
As a whole, I found most of the stories in this anthology to be of a higher quality than those in Explorer: The Mystery Boxes. And they all had astonishingly beautiful artwork, especially The Mask Dance, Carapace, Loah, and The Fishermen. The Mask Dance was hands-down my favorite of these stories. The style was interesting, the colors exquisite, and the Great Unmasking genuinely startled me--wasn't expecting that!
Very fun little way to spend half an hour or so. Can't wait for more installments.
Very fun little way to spend half an hour or so. Can't wait for more installments.
How are islands formed? Thinking about this after reading these stories.
Ranging from beautiful to silly in both art style and content, Explorer continues to be an interesting series.
Sometimes the THEME is the moral or lesson, and sometimes it is a unifying idea. Every story in this book features a lost island. It's fascinating to see how each graphic novelist approaches this theme!
I was disappointed by this collection. Like the first Explorer collection, it's a graphic novel anthology based on a single theme, Lost Islands. Putting aside that most of them weren't 'lost' these stories didn't have much depth and the art was lacking, some was downright ugly (the one with the dark-skinned islander with the bizarre wide noses and huge lips bothered me)
I did like Loah, about a fish and Radio Adrift (this was my favorite). The one with the ghost crab was fun too but over all it's a forgettable bunch and I'm glad this was a library rental.
I did like Loah, about a fish and Radio Adrift (this was my favorite). The one with the ghost crab was fun too but over all it's a forgettable bunch and I'm glad this was a library rental.
Not nearly as engaging as the first collection. I appreciate seeing different takes on the lost island concept, but none were very interesting to me.
This is a collection of seven short graphic stories. They all center around tales on islands. There is Rabbit Island where the rabbits become to reliant on a robot. The Mask Dance is a scary story about a girl who sails to another island and dances all night with ghostly masked figures. Carapace tells the story of a young man lost on an island and his ghostly companion. Desert Island Playlist is an unusual story about a young girl who washes up on a beach and meets a baby and an old woman. Loah is a tale of fish who escape their exploding island. Radio Adrift is about a young mage-in-training who enlists the help of a DJ to hatch her pixie. The Fisherman tells the story of a group of fisherman who discover a mysterious island. I enjoyed the variety of these stories and the wonderful illustrations.