Copyright Date:
2016
Edition Date:
2016
Release Date:
03/08/16
Pages:
161 pages
ISBN:
1-620-10270-6
ISBN 13:
978-1-620-10270-1
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2015948983
Dimensions:
26 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
(Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2016)
Electrogor is one of a new group of prisoners at Kaijumax, the maximum security prison for giant monsters. As he tries to figure out how to escape and get back to his beloved children, he must contend with violent and unstable inmates, corrupt and power-mad guards, and an uncaring system that wants him to disappear forever. Illustrated in a candy-colored, cartoonish style, Cannon's story might seem to be a joke at first, aimed at fans of kaiju films such as Godzilla. But the pain and horror of prison life are no laughing matter, and readers will ache with sympathy for some characters, while seething with frustration or anger over others. Death, rape, and violence are all prevalent, as are corruption, greed, and shortsightedness. Though the various subplots are a bit confusing at first, especially as readers learn to understand the prison slang, liberally sprinkled with kaiju references, Cannon is a top-notch writer and illustrator, and readers will be sucked into his unique, yet familiar, world.
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ALA Booklist
(Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2016)
"This is a poignant, modern critique of culture in an easily accessible and satirical package." – BOOKLIST
THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE! On a remote island in the South Pacific lies KAIJUMAX, a maximum security prison for giant monsters. Follow doting father Electrogor as he stands up to the cruel space-superhero warden! See corrupt guard Gupta manage his illicit uranium-dealing empire and pay off his gambling debts to the Queen of the Moon! Watch Mecha-Zon battle his own programming when the monster he was created to destroy shows up on the pound! These stories and more will assault you from every angle in the cesspool of corruption that is KAIJUMAX.