Comix: Arf and the Greedy Grabber

Arf

by Philip Wooderson, Bridget MacKeith (Illustrator)

Tells the story of how Alf's practical joke turned into a problem involving the police.

Paperback

Published April 30, 2001

About the author

Philip Wooderson is an author, creative editor, and co-director of the Limnisa centre for writers in Greece.
His fiction for children and young adults has been published in the UK and US, and translated in several languages. His series, the Nile Files, was used by the Times to promote the Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2 Centre in London.
He graduated in history at the University of Sussex.
More recently he has turned his attention to adult historical fiction. His latest work, Acropolis, a novel in two volumes, Curse of Athena and Wind of Hermes are now available in paperback and kindle editions.

Reviews

[Kaye]

This is catalogued a graphic novel, but it really reads like a story with lots of pictures. You do not need the graphics at all to comprehend the story line. Arf sets a trap for a "Gotcha, Greedy Grabber" that almost traps himself. In the end they get the old lady's purse and belongings back to her and Arf gets a reward of a book titled "100 Unsolved Crimes". At the end of the book there is: a glossary, internet site suggestions, discussion questions and writing prompts.

[Jerrell Powell]

this is something like a mestery