Details Books In Pursuance Of Yeah!
| ISBN: | 1606994123 (ISBN13: 9781606994122) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.fantagraphics.com/yeah |
Peter Bagge
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.18 | 129 Users | 26 Reviews
Define Of Books Yeah!
| Title | : | Yeah! |
| Author | : | Peter Bagge |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | June 15th 2011 by Fantagraphics (first published February 9th 2011) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Graphic Novels Comics. Humor. Young Adult |
Explanation In Favor Of Books Yeah!
Move over, Josie and the Pussycats!At last, a girl-centered comic book that actually appeals to girls (and even their parents)! Co-created by comics living legends Peter Bagge (Hate) and Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets), Yeah! is a unique masterpiece of all-ages fun.
Originally published as a nine-issue comic book series from 1999-2000 by DC's Wildstorm imprint, this all-ages gem (approved by the Comics Code Authority, no less!) is collected here for the very first time.
Krazy (vocals and guitars), Honey (drums) and WooWoo (keyboards) are the members of the pop band Yeah! They've achieved intergalactic superstardom on every planet but their own (Earth), where they live in anonymity and suffer indignities in their home of suburban New Jersey. The girls struggle with bad gigs (struggling to win $200 amateur-night contests despite playing to packed crowds of adoring fans on Uranus), aliens who have crushes on them, and rival boy band The Snobs.
Separately, writer Peter Bagge and artist Gilbert Hernandez have well-deserved reputations as creators of some of comics' most complex female characters, and in Yeah!, they have collaborated to produce a pop-culture, sci-fi, mainstream
comic that finally offers a riotous alternative to the leaden, out-of-touch humor of Archie Comics.
Rating Of Books Yeah!
Ratings: 3.18 From 129 Users | 26 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books Yeah!
busy art crowds out the fun girl band premiseI can honestly say this wasn't for me. What was interesting though was the introduction by Bagge where he admits that there wasn't a real audience for the book and that's why it ended. He talked about how they never really found their market and how he was greatly inspired by the Spice Girls and Josie and the Pussycats. When I started reading this book I wanted to be that market and I wanted to see how these inspirations played out, but ultimately I just kept getting annoyed by how overdone
Uhhhh pretty freaking weird
This is one of the best comics I've read in a hot second.
Throw Peter Bagge, Gilbert Hernandez and DC Comics together in a blender and you get ... a book for preteen girls?! Yeah! are the most popular band in the universe, except on Earth. It's a charming, completely unironic book, a throwback, well drawn, fun script. Definitely for preteen girls, but well crafted.Alas, Fanta published the trade in b&w. I had the original series from DC in color and it looked even better then.
It's a shame there isn't a clear audience for this book. Bagge says he wrote it for kids, but it straddles the fence between silly Archie-like hijinks, and more teen-or-adult oriented humor, in terms of its sophistication. There's not much objectionable content at all, but it still seems like a lot of it would go over your average kid's head. Still very clever with well-written characters.
A "I can't finish this trainwreck". Josie and the Pussycats in space? With Archie-esque drawings and overly cutesy girl rockers? Who is the target audience for this? It's too dumbed down for adults, yet to mature for children. I can't imagine teens would like it either. It was so bad I could not bring myself to finish it.
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