Oh yay!..we have monsters people!
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Let's get Dungeoning now quest members! Cause this is going to hurt me more than you all, who roll's next?
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Once upon a time, a control enthusiast with a pen drew himself a monster--and the rest is history.

You can test-flight this book at Bucher's site, [...] where all 200 of the monsters he eventually released still live--going to their jobs, having their babies, reading and writing and dancing and taking over the world--doing all the things monsters do.  I encourage you to do so, and then buy this book.

Someday someone you are talking to will rail against the web, talk about all the terrible things on it, all the bad people.  Then you can point to 100 Days of Monsters, and you can say, "Things like THIS--people from all over the world sharing a creative moment, interacting to make something beautiful and funny and playful--how would you make something like THIS happen, if not for the internet?" And if not for, it goes without saying, Stefan G. Bucher and his band of authors.

I came to the game too late to be part of the book--but oh, it was a lovely thing to have my child come downstairs every morning and say, "Mom! Did you monster yet?"

What a wonderful time.  I thank you, Stefan.  You did good.  You didn't just talk the talk, you walked the walk.  You followed your heart, and it shows.  :)
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Boomer is kick ass and taking names!  All grown up and fighting the big and ugly monsters.  Can't wait to see where this goes...already downloading the next in the series.
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Solid production. Good story, Great critters! Four Monsters!
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I LOVED THIS BOOK! It had all the best monsters, a brilliant story idea, and I read it in one sitting. I can not wait for book 2 to come out. Worth buying a hard copy of the book.
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Being a fan of the T-Man, I naturally got around to MONSTER ZOO. This offering is introduced--glowingly--by Todd McFarlane (a name familiar, doubtlessly, to comics lovers).

As usual, we get nifty art, humor, scary things one needs to fight (ya know, good versus evil), humor, characters you can root for, a bit of romance, and humor. :D

In MONSTER ZOO--well, you can guess the setting, right?--we have two best pals, kids you know are tagged as losers in high school--the fat and farty one with the skinny and shy one--who visit the zoo. Also present this day, however, is a new exhibit of this huge monster idol from Africa called "Ungabe," the name the natives called it as they fled in terror once it was unearthed. The zoologists hope it will bring in moolah to get the zoo in the red. (They totally ignore that "flee in terror" part, but we know something's up.)

Also at the zoo as the story is set up we see a girl our hero has a crush on, and her goon-idiot boyfriend (who bullies the hero early on).

Things get much worse than wedgies when animals start transforming into delightfully weird monster versions of themselves (freaky walrus thing, zebras with giant maws on their haunches, razor-toothed monkeys attacking in tandem) as the Ungabe gets its killer act in gear.

It's gonna be an "animal apocalypse" if the foreign and very short "witchy woman" and the kids don't survive and prevail.

I have to say, as a gal with a soft spot for romantic subplots, that I always appreciate when TenNapel does that little, gentle bit of romance magic (like in Creature Tech, Black Cherry, et al). He does it with a very sweet hand given the surroundign wackiness, so it's like a bit of tender calm in the storm. I like that.

There were a couple spots where I had to reach for the tissues cause I was laughing to tears. But then, Doug does that to me. :)

Bring it on D.T. I'm ready for the next wild ride.

Thumbs up!

Mir
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This book consists of forty brief vignettes about various monsters, some of whom are, as the title implies, sad. Not every monster cries himself to sleep at night, though; some quite enjoy their lives of monstrosity. Most of them have romantic problems. It's not easy to be a monster on the prowl in the dating sense, what with also prowling in the nomming sense

It may interest you to know that the author, Frank Lesser, writes for The Colbert Report. This sets some pretty high standards for the book to follow. Thankfully, Sad Monsters was just what I hoped it would be. Puns and irony abound, along with some cute postmodernism (ain't that reevaluation of that monster and his secret pain just precious?).

You get a really wide range of monsters in here. Lesser definitely isn't sticking only to the most popular (zombies, werewolves, vampires). Some of my favorite vignettes were Godzilla wondering what the point of all the stomping is (also, did you know that Godzilla likes M*A*S*H as much as I do?), formerly people-munching diets going vegan or carb-free, peaceful zombies being chased by humans, unsuccessful monsters like Count Macula (who just might work at my office) and Igor's rsum. Pretty much each of the little stories will make you bust out laughing, snort, groan or teehee.

Reading Sad Monsters takes somewhere around an hour. This is an estimate, since I read multiple books at one time; suffice it to say that it is quite short. I feel like this is an excellent book to pull out to amuse your friends with or to buy quirky friends for Christmas (don't know what to get them but know they love Colbert style humor?). Plus, how cute is that monster on the cover!?!
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This movie is hilarious!  The male leads were all bigger and scarier than the monster! That poor monster did not stand a chance against them.  The women were teeny tiny damsels in distress adorably concerned with beauty pageants and tiaras and such.  It was very sad indeed to witness the death scene of the monster.  The entire movie was actually from the POV of the monster.  You could not help but root for the monster, just so very hungry and searching for a snack, but being overrun by tourists in its natural habitat
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Once again, this not a book for soft heart liberals.  I wish there would never be "monsters" in the world.  But i am damn glad to have these monsters on the good side.  Some may say a monster is a monster, but as the author shows us, there is a huge difference.

A lot of very fast paced action, very bad bad guys, and lots of opportunities for John's group to help them see the light.  Fun book as are all of his books.  Enjoy
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I didn't know anything about the comic when I first watched this film and I still don't. But that aside, this is a cool monster movie, it's got every thing a horror fan could want.. vampires, werewolves, ghouls and zombies. Although it's a comedy/horror it's not laugh out loud funny but it has it's moments. The story is pretty good and the effects/makeup of the monsters was great, especially the 7 foot tall zombie!.. to me if you put Blade, Van Helsing, Beetlejuice and Constantine in a blender you'd get Dylan Dog. That's just my goofy opinion lol. Check this out if you love comedy or horror
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Horrifying and hopeful at the same time; this story causes one to examine human nature at its worse and at its best. Left me wondering who the real monsters were. Looking forward to the second book in the series!
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Oh the zombies outside are frightful in this well done slasher horror film from Sweden. Standard slasher rules apply: group of 20 something students go to remote cabin, creepy local tells them about a horrible moment in the history of the place, and before you know it, it's undead bingo hour! There's Nazis! Zombies! Nazi Zombies! Spewing intestines! A brain on the floor! And MORE zombie Nazis!

How the Nazis became zombies is never related to you, but who cares? You've got terrified screaming students racing through the snow as jackbooted corpses chase them! You have a menacing Commandant who looks like he still gets to the Undead-Gym three nights a week! You get an outrageous two-on-thousands men vs zombie battle, complete with chainsaw! And a killer snowmobile! All in 90 minutes.

Really, what is not to love here? "Dead Snow" is bloody, trashy fun, even if you can predict what's coming from a mile away.
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Dracula. Frankenstein. The Werewolf. The Mummy. They're alive-and they're angry. These scary subjects of innumberable nightmares have been brought to life, but there was a problem in the process...
Though imbued with most of the expected attributes, the creatures' creator made a little error in the equation. The frightening fiends materialized in miniature! Three feet tall and not happy at all, the minuscule monsters embark on a mad mission to complete their creation-at any cost!
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I love it!  People who think little boys should act like little girls are the real monsters.  this book has a great ending.
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As horror/monster reader we put up with a lot to get what we want, mostly that means amateurish writing and poor editing. We are happy to step across these little hurdles to get what we want, namely, good ideas of scary value. This book delivers that without any such impediments. The writing and characters are quality stuff and I recommend them to all. The first chapter was a touch stilted but it was smooth and fun the rest of the book.
Thank you to the folks that brought it.
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I enjoyed this book. I thought the building of a whole new mythology was really amazing. A new breed of monster is refreshing. Not the same old vampire, zombie or werewolf. It is interesting because it is a mix of monster, villain, sociopath, cold blooded killer, evil personified and scary as hell, all rolled into one. The authors character building was fantastic, you really get to know these people, their back grounds and how they are connected to one another. He also writes very strong women characters who are the backbone of these families. The women are the hero's, they try to keep their families safe. His writing reminds me of Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian. If you liked that book you will like this one. The sequel to this book is also out now.
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These monsters are very interesting. My favorite monster was the Orthrus and the Chimera. Combining animals to make monsters is captivating. By Sam G (2nd grade)