Review: Adventure Time Season 11, #5

Gwen Dylan Stacy

6 years ago

Â For those of you not familiar with the Cartoon Network series, Adventure Time has always been its own unique blend of laughs and true to life seriousness that allows us to both enjoy and connect with characters outside of what we normally might consider “heroes”“ in the traditional cape wearing sense of the word. The title itself, written by Ted Anderson, is definitely more oriented toward younger readers, from what I can tell. Between its narrative and the beautiful interiors by Marina Julia (which, by the way, remind me of hand drawn child art and I LOVE it), it primes itself to be a fun read for just that demographic. The colors by Meg Casey, who was assisted by Francesco Seagala, look straight out of the animation. It“s a nice little nod to what“s become home for those who might have viewed the cartoon.

Don“t let this deter you. There“s actually a lot deeper content here than one might think as far as the title itself, being that it deals with Finn“s alienation despite being around other human beings. It touches on how, despite all our similarities, that we can still feel isolated and different as well as bringing subtle light to the idea of self sustainability which opens up for conversations between child and parent readers. If you dig even further under those layers, you find that it also allows the ability to speak about xenophobia and how it“s important to encourage interactions with those outside our own specific self identifiers.

If you“re not current with the actual cartoon or past issues, I suggest trying to catch up or at least getting a Cliff Notes version of what has happened previously. As this title also aligns itself up to pick up from where everything left off and you“ll have a deeper understanding of why certain mentions are poignant as well as why, for example, Finn doesn“t have a house. It“s not that it“s impossible, however, if you don“t feel like delving into all that to understand the general premise of this issue, fortunately, since it mostly recaps a large portion of itself.

If you“re a person who has a child that is getting into comics or enjoys family story time then I highly suggest this title for this purpose. Especially since it“s quality content that I give a 4 out of five stars, not only for its wonderfully written and illustrated self, but because it lends us a mouthpiece to speak to our youth about important issues without being overly pushy.

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(W) Ted Anderson (A) Marina Julia (CA) Jorge Corona