Author: Dave Croatto
Artist: Tom Richmond
Genre: Parody / Children's / Superheroes / Humor
Year Published: 2017
Year Read: 2017
Publisher: Mad Books
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Mad Books for
providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I remembered I used to watch Mad
TV when I was little and I was a bit curious about this new parody book
involving Superman that Mad Books had created and I managed to request it from
Edelweiss. Since I was familiar with Mad
TV, I was wondering if this was going to be a vulgar parody of Superman. BUT, I
WAS WRONG! “Superman and the Miserable, Rotten, No Fun, Really Bad Day” which
is written by Dave Croatto along
with artwork by Tom Richmond is a
clever and hilarious parody on the popular children’s classic “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day” and it is definitely one parody that will have you
rolling on the floor laughing!
The story starts off with Superman having trouble
getting up in the morning as he accidentally stepped on his glasses and also realized
at that moment that he may have sleep walked during the night. It was then that Superman found out that he
was going to have a very bad day and man was he right! When Superman was on his way to work, he had
to fight Doomsday, but in doing so, he ended up coming to work late and his
boss Perry ended up yelling at him in front of everyone. Then, when Superman went to the Justice
League, he was forced to do monitor duty, which was a job he really hated
doing. Superman then thinks about moving
to the Fortress of Solitude.
Will
Superman’s day get even worse from here?
Read
this book to find out!
Wow!
This…was…so…amazing!!! I have
always loved parodies of my favorite franchises (provided that they are done
right) and this was one parody that I felt was done right! Dave
Croatto has done a fantastic job at writing this book as it not only
greatly parodies “Alexander and the
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” but it also sticks
closely to the Superman mythos such as mentioning characters like Lois Lane,
Jimmy and Perry White, the Fortress of Solitude and Superman’s time in the
Justice League. I also loved the way
that Dave Croatto weaved these two
worlds together and manages to create a unique and hilarious take on the
everyday life of Superman. Probably,
some of my favorite parts in this book was the part where Superman busted up
his shampoo bottle when he let loose his heat vision by accident and the part
where Superman did not get the chance to ride in Wonder Woman’s invisible jet! Tom
Richmond’s artwork was truly creative and greatly captures the feel of the
artwork in “Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” I
especially loved the fact that Superman is the only character in color while
all the other characters are in black and white as it shows that Superman is
the main focus of this story and it shows how he views each bad situation he
gets into.
Overall, “Superman and the Miserable,
Rotten, No Fun, Really Bad Day” is a truly fantastic read for children who
enjoyed reading “Alexander and the
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” and who enjoyed reading “Superman” comics! I would recommend this book to children ages
five and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
Sounds like a lot of fun, especially for Superman fans!
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