Copyright Date:
2017
Edition Date:
2017
Release Date:
03/28/17
Illustrator:
Pugh, Steve,
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
1-401-26837-4
ISBN 13:
978-1-401-26837-4
Dewey:
Fic
Dimensions:
26 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Starred Review ALA Booklist
(Mon May 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)
Starred Review Part of DC's Hanna-Barbera line, The Flintstones is not so much a reimagining of the original concept as a deepening. If the 1960s cartoon plumbed comedy from putting the familiar in an unfamiliar context, the comic thrusts contemporary constructs like politics, consumerism, the military, and TV news into a Stone Age setting to encourage a frank reevaluation of perspective. Exploring character and story as well as themes, Russell gives even the animals that serve as household appliances emotional stakes and perspectives and flashes back to Fred Flintstone's time in the military, fighting in a senseless, government-devised war. The episode on marriage is so hopefully, thoughtfully searching, it deserves Eisner attention all by itself, but the entire package is a unique commodity, a comic with an honest-to-god stance on the underpinnings of civilization and the true meaning of life. Lest those seeking humor be scared off, there are laughs here sual jokes and references are pleasingly plentiful t they're in equal measure with a sense of baffled melancholy well personified by its lead. Fred Flintstone here is an everyman desperately trying to stay afloat as the world around him changes too fast. Removing the stylized aesthetic of cartoons and offering realistic, idiosyncratic character art adds an extra jolt, forcing us to look ourselves in the ludicrous, Stone Age face.
Hanna-Barbera has created some of the most recognizable animated characters of all time. As part of DC Comics' re-imagination of cartoons like SCOOBY-DOO, THE FLINTSONES, JOHNNY QUEST, SPACE GHOST, and WACKY RACERS, these new series will be infused with modern and contemporary concepts while keeping the heart and soul of the classic animation.
Fred and Barney reunite for Mark Russell's modern take on Hanna-Barbera's most famous stone-age family!
Welcome to Bedrock, where Paleolithic humans head to dinner for a taste of artisanal mammoth after shopping at Neandertall & Big Men's Clothing, where Wilma shows her modern art, and where, if you take a plane, you could end up sitting on the literal tail section. See Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, Dino, Barney, Betty and Bamm-Bamm as you've never seen them before in THE FLINTSTONES VOL. 1.
THE FLINTSTONES has garnered significant critical acclaim for its modern take on the iconic Hanna-Barbera prime-time animated series. This darkly hilarious title cast an acerbic eye on issues like consumerism, religion, politics and relationships that's both distinctly twenty-first century and uniquely the Flintstones!
The critically acclaimed creative team of Mark Russell (PREZ) and Steve Pugh (ANIMAL MAN, SWAMP THING) set out to turn a beloved classic cartoon into a modern graphic novel masterpiece with THE FLINTSTONES VOL. 1, which collects THE FLINTSTONES #1-6.
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