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Amazing Adventures of Soupy Boy
(Paperback, 1998)
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Author: Damon Burnard
An accident involving radioactive tomatoes at The Gloop Soup factory transforms Ashley Fugg from an ...
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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0395912253
ISBN-13: 9780395912256
Oct 1998
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
96 pages
Grade:
From 3 to 4
Illustrated
Language: English |
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Synopsis
An accident involving radioactive tomatoes at The Gloop Soup factory transforms Ashley Fugg from an ordinary baby into a can of soup who develops into a crime fighter with super powers.
| Size | | Length: | 96 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
Lowbrow jokes about a cylinder-shaped "souperhero" and an alien chef hungry for a human-burger comprise these two graphic novels. In the first title, contact with "radioactive cosmic dust" at a soup factory turns an ordinary baby into a can with arms and legs who can turn himself into Soupy Boy: "(Gasp!) He can roll downhill quickly! (Gape!) He can see fairly well!" The unlikely crime-stopper, who changes his label from "chicken noodle" to "leek" as circumstances dictate, solves the case of a kidnapped children's-book author. The convoluted story is but a vehicle for Burnard's (Pork and Beef's Great Adventure) slapstick humor, which infuses his cartoon panels and third-person narration. For instance, the author mocks choose-your-own-adventure tales by urging readers to skip ahead, then sends them back to make the better choice. Burger! uses a more conventional comic-book format, alternating between scenes of a school cafeteria and life aboard an alien ship. When a space-guy arrives on Earth and begins fattening humans by feeding them free burgers, the only person to suspect the fiendish plot is a vegetarian girl. The small black-and-white cartoons, crudely but effectively drawn, contain ample gross-out fare. Burnard wholeheartedly salutes the dubious taste and ridiculousness of Dav Pilkey's The Adventures of Captain Underpants: expect kid-pleasing humor about extraterrestrial maggots, drooling gluttony and, yes, underwear. Ages 6-10. (Oct.)
Leuchtenburg
Gr 3-5-This comic-book novella is supposed to look like something a fifth grader would draw, and it does. Soupy Boy's genesis is described in a complicated flashback that involves radioactive cosmic dust, a soup factory, and careless parents. The main character is a can of soup that can fly, roll downhill, and transform himself into any variety of soup from alphabet to chicken noodle. When a dastardly criminal kidnaps a famous children's book author (to steal his latest manuscript of course), it's Soupy Boy to the rescue. The crude black-and-white comic-strip frames with handwritten dialogue are interspersed with bold-type narration. An interactive maze and "choose-your-own-adventure" twist can't save the flimsy plot or stale action. This is an appealing-looking book that wears thin quickly.-Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, CA
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