Cars: The Rookie

by Alan J. Porter, Albert Carreres (Illustrator)

See how Lightning McQueen became a Piston Cup sensation in this pulse-pounding collection! THE ROOKIE reveals McQueen's scrappy origins as a local short track racer who dreams of the big time...and recklessly plows his way through the competition to get there! Along the way, he meets Mack, who help McQueen catch his lucky break.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2009

About the author

Alan J. Porter has been a regular writer on various aspects of popular culture and technology for over fifteen years.

He is best known as a writer of pop-culture reference books, as well as a critically acclaimed Beatles biography, business books focused on content strategy, and various comics.

He is also an Editor-At-Large at RevolutionSF.com where he mainly writes movie reviews.

He is president and founder of 4Js Group - a Content Strategy consulting company focused on helping companies and organizations recognize and leverage their largest hidden asset, their content.

Reviews

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[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. This is about Lightning before he became Lightning, before Radiator Springs, before Mater became his BFF. Loved his relationship to The King (43), how The King gave 95 his nickname, and how King even protected him a bit. I swear, whenever I read these comics, I read Mack's parts in John R's voice.

[Duane · Rating 3 out of 5]

For young readers who enjoy Cars the movie,this book will appeal to them. Focusing on how "Lightning" got into the big league of racing, the artwork is appealing and the text is meant for preteen readers. A book that will help with reluctant readers.

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

In trying to get my son Oscar to read comics, I've had the most success with this Cars comic from Boom! Studios. Of course, I paraphrase some of the text, but it's still a good early comic.