Burrows, Gavin & Gane, Simon – All Flee!

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All Flee!

A giant monster eating somebody right on the cover? If you were guessing that I love this comic, you would be absolutely right. Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of ways to screw up a comic about giant monsters, it’s just that Gavin and Simon managed to avoid all of them. This is mostly the story of a cranky old teacher at a school for monsters, who tries to teach them classical methods of destroying towns, while all the whippersnappers at school just want to do things their own way. Their way includes using guns, flashing bling and having monkey/robots dancing through the city. What follows is almost your typical “Things were so much better in my day” story except, of course, with a bitter old monster. The next story deals a bit more with the kids and throws in a love interest, as a new teacher appreciates the old ways. And, lest I forget, there’s also a fantastic parody of the nerd getting sand kicked in his face at the beach, except in this case it’s a monster who doesn’t seem to realize he could crush everyone rather easily. Finally there’s a story about the rise of the dorks, which would have been a great story in any other comic, but felt like a bit of a letdown after the mayhem of the rest of the comic. That’s me being entirely too hard on it, as there are plenty of funny lines, it’s just hard not to suffer by comparison to a cranky monster ordering unsalted humans. Top Shelf put this book out, but you can also buy it from that link to Simon up there, if you were curious, and you know you are… $3.95