Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Kaptara Volume 1: Fear Not, Tiny Alien by Chip Zdarsky - Kagan McLeod, illustrator

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4 Stars

I picked up Kaptara for a multitude of reasons: (1) The liburrrrrry didn’t have Howard the Duck; (2) John Waters blurbed it; and (3) Sam hated it. Now, I don’t make a habit of requesting things Sam hates, but since he hates almost everything sometimes it happens. It also confirmed that I most definitely have the mentality of a 12-year old because I thought this was full of hardy-hars.

It started on the very first page . . .

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Between the uniforms and the “get your pump on” commentary only one thing came to mind . . .

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So it didn’t end up being a story about an ambiguously gay duo, but I still chuckled at even non-funny things since my mind never leaves the gutter . . .



Turns out those asteroids are pretty bad mammajammas which cause the ship to crash on an alien planet where our MC Keith is nearly murdered by a dude named Skullthor . . .

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Luckily a Khal Drogo looking mah fah is there to save the day and bring our MC Keith back to his queen . . .

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Unfortunately, he’s also joined by the queen’s son . . .

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And learns that Earth will be destroyed unless Kaptara does something about it. His reaction????

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(ORDER THE FARKIN’ HOWARD THE DUCK ALREADY, LIBRARIAN!)

Then some stuff and things happen that cause Keith to rethink things and join in on the good fight. He gets a chance to meet some of my relatives . . .

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And turns tricks on them when they ask for help murdering Gandalf . . .

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Other stuff and things happen, including Weekend at Bernie’s references and an offer for a guy who looked like this . . .

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To aid Keith’s sleep by using his “love hand” . . . .



Oh god. I love lowbrow humor.

So you might lose a few brain cells while reading this, but come on laughing is good! It’s summertime - Lower your standards and have some fun : )

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