Sanjay and Craig #1: 'Fight the Future with Flavor' (Sanjay & Craig)

This first edition of Sanjay and Craig features six stories about a boy, Sanjay, and his pet snake, Craig.In the title story, “Fight the Future with Flavor,” Sanjay’s father fixes his son and Craig an afternoon snack of traditional Indian food. Sanjay and Craig are both repulsed. The duo prefers a diet of hot wings from the Frycade restaurant. To help the two get out of the nutritious snack, Sanjay’s alter ego materializes. He tells an apocalyptic story recalling the day he ate just such a snack, and what it caused.Instead of commercial interruptions, fictitious movie trailers fill the space between each story. Tufflips Productions announces the arrival of each movie. Remington Tufflips is the star, director, producer, writer, and anything I might have forgotten. First up, the swashbuckling high seas adventure “Hi-Yacht,” rated PG for “gratuitous puns.”Sanjay is the winner of a video game contest at the Frycade, winning a month of free hot wings, in “Hot Wings from Heck.” Sanjay and Craig take advantage of the prize by eating hot wings three meals a day, nearly putting the Frycade out of business. Penny, the owner, builds a Frankenstien-ish hot sauce that self-duplicates and then tries to take over the town. Sanjay and Craig are heroes when they eat the town clean.Now, another Tufflips Production movie trailer: Mall rats take over the shopping mall until the Mall Security Samurai tackles the overgrown mall rats. “Let’s Go Chopping,” is rated PG for “realistic mall melee action.”(On original post at Kid Lit Reviews, there are pictures between these paragraphs, showing you the "ad.")The colorful graphic novel continues with, “Lord of the Pipes.” Dad loses his wedding ring in the garbage disposal while retrieving Sanjay’s Aquaman figurine. Craig volunteers to slink into the sink drain and reclaim the ring. First, Craig must fight off a “Garbage Disposal Domain” creature determined to keep the ring and remain eternally in power. The ring’s inscription reads, “Forever.”This Sanjay and Craig graphic novel is fun, tongue-in-cheek geekiness. Sanjay and Craig take the boy-and-his-pet to the extremes with Craig and his human capabilities. Their adventures are strange, absurd, and what pre-teen boys—and many girls—will love. The illustrations are colorful and filled with imagery boys crave (aliens, destruction, strange characters, and bodily functions, among other oddities).Kids who love this Nickelodeon show will enjoy this series of grahic novels--comic books. In full color, humorous, and adventurous. Both boys and girls will love Sanjay and Craig. This is number 1 of a new series and oint venture between Nickelodeon and publisher Papercutz.Original review at Kid Lit Reviews/received in exchange for an honest review.

Great book! Son loves it!

My little boy will love this, great looking book.