And Then I Read: SNARKED! Volume 3

Image © Boom Entertainment and Roger Langridge.

While the characters in this book have their origin in the work of Lewis Carroll (The “Alice” books and “The Hunting of the Snark”), it’s a Roger Langridge comic all the way, and that makes it a great one. Roger has a talent for writing and drawing funny stories, and an equal talent for appealing characters. Even the supposed villains of the piece are appealing, including the famous Snark, which finally shows up in this third and final collection. Scarlett, the daughter of the lost Red King has come with the crew of the ship “Hope” and the Walrus and Carpenter to Snark Island to find and rescue her father. She has pursued this path with singular resolve, despite all kinds of funny and frustrating twists and turns in the plot, and finally the King is found. Trouble is, he doesn’t want to be rescued! He’s quite happy in the Snark’s cave, avoiding all his kingly duties for the first time in his life. Meanwhile, everyone else other than Scarlett has their eyes on the Snark’s vast treasure and are making plans to get some of it and bring it home, if they can avoid being eaten first!

Great stuff, and a book all ages will enjoy. Highly recommended, though of course you’ll want to read volumes 1 and 2 first.