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Junior Braves of the Apocalypse Volume 1 by Greg Smith, Zach Lehner, Michael Tanner
3.0
Book Review
Title: Junior Braves of the Apocalypse
Author: Greg Smith (Author), Michael Tanner (Author), Zach Lehner (Illustrator)
Genre: Graphic Novel
Rating: ***
Review: So, this graphic novel opens in Roseland, Washington where we meet Marvin, Lucas and their parents who all seem to be Lutherans which isn’t common in the place they are living at the moment, but he is still determined to go on the Junior Brave Camp out. We also meet a lot of other boys going on the camp out as they head out on their journey. However, they soon learn they aren’t going to the registered camp but to a wild reserve and while some of the boys are uncomfortable with this they soon settle into camp life when they see where they will be staying.
Things get a little strange when some heavy bomber planes fly over the camp site which is extremely unusual especially to the camp leader. However, this isn’t really gone into and the boys continue on with their trips and we learn that some of the boys come from some very difficult background and they incorporate a number of races, religions and social backgrounds. When they return at the end of the week everyone seems to have disappeared and been replaced with mutants or monsters, it isn’t clear but when one of the boys is snatched away the others move to the bell tower of the church for safety.
I really like how the graphic novel was broken up with informative sections on real life survival technique that are referred in the book itself. As the town seems to be unsafe the boys and the assistant leader find what supplies they can and look for somewhere safe, but they are missing two people, and another wandered off in the night and there is no telling whether they are still alive although I doubt it but it isn’t uncommon for characters in graphic novels like this to disappear and reappear later on.
The group are looking for a safe location and as the church is out and the homes are too crowded, the opt for the school only to find that the teacher have gone mental in the week they were away and that there may be a virus turning the townspeople into monsters and they now have to be c=wary of infection as well as find a safe place to hide from the monsters and as the method of infection isn’t clear it just adds to the atmosphere and suspense.
The group eventually ends up at the local supermarket, but it has been taken over by your stereotypical redneck gang and they find themselves thinking that they would have a better chance of survival on the outside but are threatens verbally and physically to stay on more than one occasion. Eventually they do get out and find a gas station to head west in the hopes of finding somewhere safe where they find Padre again who we haven’t seen since the beginning of the novel as I predicted earlier.
One nice thing about the novel that I really enjoyed was that all the boys have unique skills and flaws, that we get to see through the novel, not one of the characters development is sacrificed for the sake of another so we get to know the boy’s equally and how the events are truly affecting them.
Title: Junior Braves of the Apocalypse
Author: Greg Smith (Author), Michael Tanner (Author), Zach Lehner (Illustrator)
Genre: Graphic Novel
Rating: ***
Review: So, this graphic novel opens in Roseland, Washington where we meet Marvin, Lucas and their parents who all seem to be Lutherans which isn’t common in the place they are living at the moment, but he is still determined to go on the Junior Brave Camp out. We also meet a lot of other boys going on the camp out as they head out on their journey. However, they soon learn they aren’t going to the registered camp but to a wild reserve and while some of the boys are uncomfortable with this they soon settle into camp life when they see where they will be staying.
Things get a little strange when some heavy bomber planes fly over the camp site which is extremely unusual especially to the camp leader. However, this isn’t really gone into and the boys continue on with their trips and we learn that some of the boys come from some very difficult background and they incorporate a number of races, religions and social backgrounds. When they return at the end of the week everyone seems to have disappeared and been replaced with mutants or monsters, it isn’t clear but when one of the boys is snatched away the others move to the bell tower of the church for safety.
I really like how the graphic novel was broken up with informative sections on real life survival technique that are referred in the book itself. As the town seems to be unsafe the boys and the assistant leader find what supplies they can and look for somewhere safe, but they are missing two people, and another wandered off in the night and there is no telling whether they are still alive although I doubt it but it isn’t uncommon for characters in graphic novels like this to disappear and reappear later on.
The group are looking for a safe location and as the church is out and the homes are too crowded, the opt for the school only to find that the teacher have gone mental in the week they were away and that there may be a virus turning the townspeople into monsters and they now have to be c=wary of infection as well as find a safe place to hide from the monsters and as the method of infection isn’t clear it just adds to the atmosphere and suspense.
The group eventually ends up at the local supermarket, but it has been taken over by your stereotypical redneck gang and they find themselves thinking that they would have a better chance of survival on the outside but are threatens verbally and physically to stay on more than one occasion. Eventually they do get out and find a gas station to head west in the hopes of finding somewhere safe where they find Padre again who we haven’t seen since the beginning of the novel as I predicted earlier.
One nice thing about the novel that I really enjoyed was that all the boys have unique skills and flaws, that we get to see through the novel, not one of the characters development is sacrificed for the sake of another so we get to know the boy’s equally and how the events are truly affecting them.