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shazzerwise 's review for:
Sidekicks
by Dan Santat
As posted on Outside of a Dog:
Finally, I get to a “traditional” graphic novel, i.e., a superhero story. It may be traditional, but there’s nothing conventional about Dan Santat’s Sidekicks, the story of a superhero and his super sidekicks, even the ones he doesn’t know about. Sidekicks tells the tale of Captain Amazing, who’s getting a little long in the tooth. He decides it’s time for a new sidekick, and his pets Roscoe (a dog), Fluffy (a hamster) and Shifty (a chameleon) are up for the challenge. They practice in secret, with the begrudging help of Manny, aka Static Cat, who was Captain Amazing’s old partner and pet before he ran away. Sidekicks has all the tellings of a great superhero legend. It’s the classic origin story of how the gang got together and learned how to use their superpowers. There’s lots of first rate action and witty dialogue and characters you can really get behind. Who doesn’t want to root for little Fluffy in his red, white and blue bedecked costume when he hits the streets to fight crime? I certainly hope this is only the first in a long line of Sidekicks stories. There’s a whole wide world of superhero mythos to plumb, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for our heroes.
Finally, I get to a “traditional” graphic novel, i.e., a superhero story. It may be traditional, but there’s nothing conventional about Dan Santat’s Sidekicks, the story of a superhero and his super sidekicks, even the ones he doesn’t know about. Sidekicks tells the tale of Captain Amazing, who’s getting a little long in the tooth. He decides it’s time for a new sidekick, and his pets Roscoe (a dog), Fluffy (a hamster) and Shifty (a chameleon) are up for the challenge. They practice in secret, with the begrudging help of Manny, aka Static Cat, who was Captain Amazing’s old partner and pet before he ran away. Sidekicks has all the tellings of a great superhero legend. It’s the classic origin story of how the gang got together and learned how to use their superpowers. There’s lots of first rate action and witty dialogue and characters you can really get behind. Who doesn’t want to root for little Fluffy in his red, white and blue bedecked costume when he hits the streets to fight crime? I certainly hope this is only the first in a long line of Sidekicks stories. There’s a whole wide world of superhero mythos to plumb, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for our heroes.