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Stargazer Volume 1: An Original All-Ages Graphic Novel
by
Von Allan (Goodreads Author)
Marni is a young girl dealing with the recent death of her grandmother, which has left her emotionally devastated and struggling to cope. Granny Hitchins was a wonderfully curious woman, responsible for giving her granddaughter a rich sense of imagination and adventure, as well as an old and mysterious "Artifact." Granny Hitchins found the Artifact when she was herself a c...more
Paperback, 122 pages
Published
April 25th 2010
by Von Allan Studio
(first published April 2010)
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Looking up at the stars in black and white
Once a mainstay of popular culture, truly family-friendly or all-ages entertainment has become a rarity in North American media nowadays (with the notable exception of animated films).
That sort of inclusive work seems particularly rare in what ought to be as all-ages-friendly a medium as animation, its close artistic relative, the humble comic-book. But in North America, for a variety of commercial-historical reasons, "comic" has become almost synon
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Marni is suffering through the death of her beloved Grandmother. Unfortunately, her mother, too busy with her own grief, is pushing her away. Her father tries, but really isn't good at this emotion stuff. The only thing beyond the memories, stories and photos that Marni has to remember her Grandmother by is the "artifact". No one seems to know what this thing is, but everyone has decided that Marni should have it.
One night, when Marni and her two best friends, Sophie and Elora, are camping in th...more
One night, when Marni and her two best friends, Sophie and Elora, are camping in th...more
I enjoyed this story. However,it does have a feel that it is for kids, luckily in many ways I am a big kid. I loved adventure stories when I was a kid and Marni kind of reminded me of myself when I was that age. The fact that she was close to her grand-mom hit home as well. However, I do feel that the story was a bit slow paced and should have been longer. The art work I found to be ok. Would I read vol 2 of Stargazer, well yes I would.
* I liked the extras in the back of the book as well. Intere...more
* I liked the extras in the back of the book as well. Intere...more
I was very frustrated by the dialogue in this comic. Every single character in the first 10 pages seems to stutter. (Not just 1 or 2 characters. FIVE of them.) I think the goal of the stuttering was to impart uneasiness or awkwardness on the part of the characters, but instead, it just made for very jagged pacing. Instead of propelling the story forward or adding to the atmosphere, the stuttery dialogue was like taking a car ride where the driver steps on the brakes every 10 seconds.
Von Allan is one of those guys who isn't getting enough credit for the work he's doing. Stargazer captures the awkwardness of young adolescence really well, and the artwork is a welcome change from the forced dynamism of glossy superhero titles and the not-trying-hard-enough minimalism of most indie comics. I won't spoil the plot for anyone, but I will say that it's engaging because it's simple in an L. Frank Baum kind of way. That, and the robot is adorable.
This is easily one of my favourite books and I can't wait to read the second part! Sci-fi/fantasy, adventure...Von Allan is a skilled storyteller and artist, and this one is hard to put down. The main characters, three friends, are interesting, believable, compelling, and fun; you care what happens to them. Highly recommended!
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Von Allan was born red-headed and freckled in Arnprior, Ontario, just in time for Star Wars: A New Hope. The single child of two loving but troubled parents, Von split most of his childhood between their two homes and, consequently, spent a lot of time in the worlds of comics and wrestling. And, to be perfectly honest, what comics and piledrivers didn't teach him, science fiction did. He worked at...more
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