Cryptozoo Crew

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 96 pages
• Published by: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing July 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1561634662
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1561634668
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.5 x 0.3 inches
• Weighs: 5.6 ounces

From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up–A zany collection of adventures starring brawny but intellectual cryptozoologist Tork Darwyn and his blond bombshell of a wife, Tara. They come up against all kinds of creatures, carnivorous plants, and the ever-elusive Yeti while searching for new and unknown species in the jungles of the world. The book features constant back and forth between Tork and Tara that points out the differences between men and women, puns galore, and eye-catching black-and-white art. The typeface is large and easy to read, the dialogue bubbles are crisp, and there is no question of who is speaking. The stories will appeal to a variety of ages and some are laugh-out-loud funny. More lighthearted than some other graphic novels out there, this one fills the goofy niche nicely.–Melissa T. Jenvey, New York Public Library
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From Booklist
Cryptozoo Crew promises wacky adventures, loony characters and critters, and lousy puns; and it delivers on all counts. For Tork Darwyn's work as a leading cryptozoologist takes him far afield. As campy heroes go, it's hard not to imagine that Tork sounds just like Adam West's Batman. Finally, Tork's schoolteacher wife, Tara, who is often dragged along on Tork's assignments through the ruse of vacation, plays a smart, unflappable verbal foil to him. From searching for yeti in the Himalayas to finding mothmen in rural Virginia, Tork's escapades yield many wacky results. Gross' tongue-in-cheek writing is well complemented by Carr's bold, quirky art. In the post X-Files world, it's hard not to love Tork and Tara's madcap Mulder and Scully. Tina Coleman
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: Cryptozoo Crew 1 (Paperback) This book is a cute read, quick but cute. It's really just filler with a couple of funny ideas along the way. There's not too much depth to it. This idea would be good as a daily comic strip but is too close to a one trick pony to last the length of a graphic novel.