Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

The Tick: The Complete Edlund

by Ben Edlund

4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 · rating details · 104 ratings · 7 reviews

Paperback, 416 pages

Published 2008 by New England Comics Press

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

Required Reading Graphic Novels

310th out of 575 books — 923 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 157)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Jun 09, 2011 Michael rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Comic book readers

Shelves: comics, comics-superheroes

The Tick is awesome. I've felt that way since I first saw the now classic '90's cartoon. The cartoon was written by none other than Ben Edlund. This first volume was also written by Ben Edlund. The Tick is Ben's creation. The comic is what can be considered the greatest black and white indy book from the late 80's early 90's. This comic takes humor and superheroes to a level that could be in league with Justice League International.

This classic looks at so many different styles. You got ninja's...more

1 like · like · see review

Aug 02, 2011 Ron rated it 1 of 5 stars

The TV show and the cartoon were pretty bad, and the proof is in this utterly dull and broad parody of super heroes.

like · see review

Jan 01, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Laura by: Danger Room Comics

Shelves: cthulhu, fanfiction, graphic-novel, hero-s-journey

I have never laughed so hard at Oedipus. That's some quality metatexualism. SPOON!.

like · see review

Aug 16, 2010 Robert Marsh rated it 5 of 5 stars

What fun! Love the Tic. And Arthur. Good to see the Tic's misadventures getting a classy rerelease. Spoon!

like · see review

Apr 05, 2011 Stacy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

Great for what it is, but not really my thing.

like · see review

Dec 24, 2009 Wilson rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: picturebookswithwords

God damn this was awesome.

like · see review

Oct 04, 2011 Jeff Heimbuch rated it 4 of 5 stars

SPOON!

like · see review

May 21, 2013 Taylor rated it 5 of 5 stars

May 20, 2013 Valerie is currently reading it

May 18, 2013 El_camello rated it 5 of 5 stars

May 08, 2013 Christopher Ham rated it 3 of 5 stars

May 06, 2013 Legato Darksummers added it

Shelves: daddy-dark-s-baby-warrior-list

May 06, 2013 'kris Pung marked it as to-read

May 05, 2013 Greg Jones marked it as to-read

May 04, 2013 David marked it as to-read

Shelves: comics-i-want-to-read

May 04, 2013 Tory rated it 5 of 5 stars

Apr 30, 2013 Nicholas DeVitto-Skiles marked it as to-read

Apr 29, 2013 Theresa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Apr 28, 2013 Dan Egan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Apr 15, 2013 Matthew Gardiner rated it 4 of 5 stars

Apr 12, 2013 Pete rated it 5 of 5 stars

Apr 08, 2013 Benjamin Wright rated it 4 of 5 stars

Apr 03, 2013 Jay rated it 5 of 5 stars

Apr 01, 2013 Alison Scott rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mar 28, 2013 Kyle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, reread

Mar 27, 2013 Nate rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mar 13, 2013 Travis Trudell marked it as to-read

Shelves: comicazi-book-club

Mar 06, 2013 William marked it as to-read

Mar 07, 2013 Seth rated it 5 of 5 stars

Feb 21, 2013 Frank rated it 5 of 5 stars

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »

Recommend it | Stats | Recent status updates

Genres

Sequential Art > Comics

8 users

Sequential Art > Graphic Novels

3 users

Comics > Superheroes

2 users

Humor

2 users

See top shelves...

About Ben Edlund

In 1988, Ben Edlund launched the comic book that would make his name known to many comic and cartoon fans across the nation. It was the tale of a 300 lb., 7ft tall big blue insect named "The Tick". It was a character that Ben created a few years before in high school. The original series, drawn and written by Ben and published by New England Comics, only lasted 12 issues, but became quite popular...more In 1988, Ben Edlund launched the comic book that would make his name known to many comic and cartoon fans across the nation. It was the tale of a 300 lb., 7ft tall big blue insect named "The Tick". It was a character that Ben created a few years before in high school. The original series, drawn and written by Ben and published by New England Comics, only lasted 12 issues, but became quite popular in the underground comic world. The creation of a 13th issue is something Ben still hasn't decided against, but he has become a busy man since.

In 1994, Ben worked with Fox Kids Network to bring The Tick (and Arthur) to the small screen in an animated series. The show was a pretty faithful interpretation of the quirky heroic characters introduced in the comic book. It became an underground hit with a cult following. The show lasted for 3 seasons but eventually succumbed to being marketed as a kids show. The humor was often targeted to an older audience and trying to cater the show to children just stifled its creativity.
Fox wanted something to sell happy meals and figures. The Tick did just that, for a time, but shows would come along that Fox saw as better suited to a child audience.
Comedy Central picked up syndication rights to the show and aired it for a while. There it picked up some more fans and its popularity continued to grow.

In 2000, Ben began working on the Tick's 3rd incarnation, a live action television show. With the support of Barry Sonnenfeld (Director of Addam's Family, Men in Black), and the talent of Patrick Warburton (best known as Putty from Seinfeld) as the embodiment of big blue justice, the show had much promise. After a delay of almost a year after the acceptance of the pilot, The Tick finally aired. However, a difficult timeslot, (against NBC's Must See TV and CBS's Survivor), preemption by Baseball, as well as little promotion by the Fox Network, and other reasons I won't get into here (though I could!) would have the show end after only 8 episodes. It was the second time Fox had mismanaged one of Ben's creations.

In fall of 2002, Ben was working as a producer and writer on the Joss Whedon created show Firefly. He and Joss had worked together before on the screenplay for Titan A.E. Firefly was an innovative, character-driven space western. Unfortunately, Firefly was cancelled after only an 11 episode run, including the pilot. The only episode penned by Ben that aired was Jaynestown. And yes, Firefly was also on the Fox Network, but we've blamed them enough today. Currently Ben is writing and producing for Angel.(less)

More about Ben Edlund...

Books by Ben Edlund

The Tick Omnibus Vol. 1: Sunday Through Wednesday

The Tick Omnibus Vol. 2: Thursday Ad Infinitum

The Tick Omnibus Vol. 4: The Tick's Giant Circus of the Mighty

More…

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About The Tick: The Com...

No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »

title link	preview: The Tick: The Complete Edlund
avg rating	preview: The Tick: The Complete Edlund Goodreads rating: 4.44 (104 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6592019-the-tick?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1297714391l/6592019.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6592019-the-tick?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]The Tick: The Complete Edlund by Ben Edlund[/url]

The Tick: The Complete Edlund

Friend Reviews

Lists with This Book

Community Reviews

new topicDiscuss This Book

Genres

About Ben Edlund

Books by Ben Edlund

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website

Trivia About The Tick: The Com...

new topic
Discuss This Book