Idiotz, Volume 1

by Gary Greenfield, Jason Waltrip

Overview

Harold Melman wanted nothing more than to break a long-standing family curse and successfully serve his country in the armed forces. Unfortunately, his clumsiness and lack of wit prevent any branch from taking him. After getting kicked out of Harry's Boot Camp&Nail Salon (in spite of his lovely cuticles!), Melman gathers a mismatched band of wannabe heroes to fight the good fight - for those who are too dumb to fight it themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781427864567
Publisher:	TOKYOPOP
Publication date:	04/14/2020
Series:	Idiotz manga , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	97 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

Editorial Reviews

As an example of American manga, this book is somewhat interesting, but as a story it's negligible. Since strapping, gung-ho Harold Melman is too stupid to join any official fighting force, even the army, he must gather his own band of misfits to protect the innocent and battle evil. Harold takes the name of Capt. Pinhead and gives the other team members, including his dog (probably the smartest of the lot), military titles. Together, they call themselves the Idiotz, and they live up to the name. Greenfield's script and the Waltrip brothers' art capture some of the energy of Japanese comics. The action explodes through the panel borders, and the characters stretch their bodies and distort their faces wildly. As a story, though, there's not much going on besides mild parody of comics cliches that feels like much-diluted Mad magazine. People who flinch at the violence in Three Stooges movies might enjoy Idiotz, since these characters prove to be as dense and hard to damage as bowling balls. Like Harold himself, the book is good looking but very, very dumb. (Feb.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly