The Adventures of Sgoobidoo

by Catherine Lamontagne-Drolet

Follow Sgoobidoo, famed canine detective, to the corner store, bingo hall and amusement park in a series of feeble intrigues with disappointing endings. Listen to the deafening silence of the broken television set as the wretched Sammy sits waiting for the professor, the prospector or his mother to call with a mission. Accompany the pitiful pooch and his humble human through a series of sad adventures in this collection of stories gathered in the familiar format of an Archie digest, interspersed with ketchup-flavoured games and advertisements.
In The Adventures of Sgoobidoo, Cathon pays homage once again to the B-series movies and detective novels that inspiredi The Pineapples of Wrath, her popular tiki murder mystery set in the Hawaiian quarter of Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Genres: Graphic Novels

134 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Caitie Morkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This made me laugh out loud a few times. The illustrations are hilarious and Sam is so blissfully ignorant.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 2 out of 5]

132 x 185 (smaller than other 8) = 19,95 $ CAN / $19.95 USD
->18th English = translated by H. Dascher & R. Lang)

I ADORE this publisher for:
High caliber creators- especially 2x masterpiece Zvaine,
Excellent choices of English translations,
Tender (water) grainy softcovers with flaps,
Cool dual spine logos of story on top and PPP on bottom
Feeling of pride that I even know of them,
The challenge of securing them inexpensively.
So, with blind trust, I endeavor what I am one away from with Catalan Communications- to own every (translated) tome!

Narrative: **
I went with the advertisement as a preface to explain why I'm glad to have this wonderfully visually and physically presented book that simply fails to live up to any of that on the inside. It's just dumb humour by creating the most inane and useless situations possible for gross and absurd characters to seem as stupid and pathetic as possible to make the reader cringe and score a hipster or millennial type ironic snicker/nod at how awkward and stupid it was.

Art: **
What was she getting at by not filling in all of the blacks? Sometimes even leaving it looking scratchy white? Was it an attempt at making the art look even more unfinished? The old "why care, it's all just useless to worry about anyway" cynicism of people with no real problems in life to focus their angst on? I tried to visualize any sort pattern or something within, to discover whatever artistic flair she could be experimenting with, but failed and got bug-eyed. Everything screams hurried with minimum backgrounds.

[Tina Olah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review coming soon!

[Aidin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely for age group of kids
Also, final page : I have 5$ in bank and life is a dream 👍🏻

[Brett Plaxton · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the great crime solving duos. The stories and drawings in here are pretty damn silly.

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating: 3.5

A fun and quirky little graphic novel

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A playfully dry series of misadventures parodying a certain renowned sleuth. Delightful art and text!

[Giovanni Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This personally is my exact style of humor and I loved every page of this. My genuine only critique is that it isn’t longer, great stuff!

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

Sometimes funny, mostly just odd and kinda disappointing.

[Sadie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty funny. I liked all the little fake ads and puzzles too

[François Vigneault · Rating 4 out of 5]

If "Garfield Minus Garfield" made you chuckle, this will make you howl with laugher! Super quirky comic strips full of dark humor, wild cartooning, and perfect timing.