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herrkelm's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this story, it was reminiscent of a great Disney classic and the artwork was amazing. great story for big and small kids
smallhawk's review against another edition
4.0
This was a really cute read and I liked the artwork a lot! Read it in one very slow day at the summer reading desk.
glitterandtwang's review
4.0
It's impossible not to compare this to Calvin and Hobbes -- little kid with a toy that comes to life! -- but Kunkel has certainly put his own spin on things. He's created a really heartwarming story about family connection and the importance of belief, without ever connecting that idea of belief to religion. I was a little nervous when this idea of belief came up that it was going to be a thinly veiled allegory, but instead it's about the innocence and conviction of childhood. Herobear and the Kid also have plenty of goofy, robot-fighting fun.
rabbithero's review
5.0
Today, comics strive so hard to be relevant, to be a mature and multi-faceted, and on nearly every occasion they fall 100% flat. The work is never given the thought to make it a highly relevant artistic masterpiece, but it's just half-baked enough to fall short of being a whimsical fantasy.
Such is the state of the artform. But here, in Mike Kunkel's Herobear and the Kid, is a work that somehow, sort of, manages to do both. This comic is so sincere, so honest, that it shrugs off all that blotted, self-important nonsense that people like Alan Moore get on their high horse about. And yet, it tells a story. A story with a distinct message. And in many ways, one we all need to hear.
Herobear and the Kid plays with its reader, not in a cynical, ironic sense, but in that delightful, child-like way, where play means possibilities, and to be clliche is sorta okay. It talks about heroism, and has giant robots, and mystery and romance, and it has them all the way we envisioned them being when we were 11 years old.
Bravo!
Such is the state of the artform. But here, in Mike Kunkel's Herobear and the Kid, is a work that somehow, sort of, manages to do both. This comic is so sincere, so honest, that it shrugs off all that blotted, self-important nonsense that people like Alan Moore get on their high horse about. And yet, it tells a story. A story with a distinct message. And in many ways, one we all need to hear.
Herobear and the Kid plays with its reader, not in a cynical, ironic sense, but in that delightful, child-like way, where play means possibilities, and to be clliche is sorta okay. It talks about heroism, and has giant robots, and mystery and romance, and it has them all the way we envisioned them being when we were 11 years old.
Bravo!
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