Synopses & Reviews
In the goofy space adventures of a little girl called Sardine, encounters arent always friendly: weird creatures, cosmic squids, masters of the universe, talking clouds, and evil beings abound. In this volume of seven stories, Supermuscleman, the chief executive dictator of the universe, is on a mission to make all the galaxys kids behave. Sardine must enlist the help of her cousin Lou and her pirate uncle, the gruff Captain Yellow Shoulder, to outwit him and his evil plans.
Review
“. . . there is a distinct lack of chores in space, which makes for a free-wheeling ride peppered with as much grisly monster-filleting action and bodily fluid humor as a young reader could want.”—
Booklist
“With nonstop action, humor geared to multiple levels of cultural awareness and the promise of more episodes to come, even readers stubbornly resisting the trendy formats lure with find that, as Supermuscleman sneers shortly before gorily blasting his own foot, ‘Resistance is futile.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“Punky heroes, interplanetary action and unpredictable bouts of silliness characterize these hyperbolic color comics. . . . the pirate humor and gothic panels—abundant with Jolly Rogers, drippy slime and creepy-crawly creatures—provide surprises in every space vignette.”—Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Pirates and outer space—it doesnt get much better than this!
Synopsis
In this volume of seven stories, Supermuscleman, the chief executive dictator of the universe, is on a mission to make all the kids in the galaxy behave. Sardine enlists the help of her cousin Lou and her pirate uncle, the gruff Captain Yellow Shoulder, to outwit Supermuscleman and his evil plan. Illustrations.
Synopsis
Pirates and outer spaceit doesnt get much better than this!
About the Author
Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar are two of the most talent comics authors to come from France. Prolific, inventive, and versatile beyond common sense, the two shared a Paris studio from 1995 and 1999, where stories—including this one—grew like ragweed. Taking turns writing scripts and drawing pictures, Joann and Emmanuel have collaborated on a number of prize-winning graphic novels, such as
The Professors Daughter, the
Black Olives series, and now
Sardine in Outer Space.
Working solo, Sfar is the author of the popular Little Vampire and Vampire Loves series, as well as the bestselling The Rabbis Cat. As for Guibert, his many works for readers young and old include Alans War, an extraordinary biography of his late from Alan Cope, an American WWII veteran.