Creepy Creatures contains three of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books in graphic novel style. Perfect for comic book readers!
Children, young adults, and even grown-ups have enjoyed years of curling up with a spooky Goosebumps book. Now you have something new to enjoy: Goosebumps graphic novels.
In Creepy Creatures (Scholastic, ISBN 0-439-84124-0) you get three of R. L. Stine’s scary books in one: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight, and The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena.
Each story is adapted and illustrated by a different artist: Gabriel Hernandez, Greg Ruth, and Scott Morse.
In the first graphic tale, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, you meet Grady. He and his family have just moved to the swamps of Florida. His father said it would be an adventure, and, boy, was he right!
Strange howlings occur at night, the moon is full, and a neighborhood girl swears there’s a werewolf that prowls the swamps at night.
Is there such a thing as a werewolf? Grady’s about to find out.
Gabriel Hernandez does an excellent job at portraying character feelings with his shadowy illustrations. The annoyance of the older sister and the children’s fear of the old swamp hermit radiate off the pages.
The second tale, The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight, is one that will haunt you long after you’ve set aside the book. Here you will meet two siblings, Jodie and Mark, who are visiting their grandparents’ farm for summer vacation.
Strange things begin happening almost immediately and they are made worse by the ramblings of the farmhand, Stanley.
What is happening at the old farm? Why are their grandparents acting so strange? And why is Stanley so worried about the numerous scarecrows that are in the fields?
Greg Ruth’s illustrations for The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight are intensely haunting. It’s impossible to take your eyes off the pages once you’ve started reading this tale. Incredible!
The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, the third and final tale, brings to life more than just two overly hot children in Pasadena. Here you meet Luis, his sister Ana, and their father, a photographer.
Both children are incredibly hot in sunny Pasadena and desperately want to see snow for the first time. When their father gets a job to search for and photograph the abominable snowman in Alaska, the children jump at the opportunity to take a snow-filled vacation with their father.
Of course, nothing goes quite as planned.
While the children are out looking for firewood, they get lost in a snowstorm. Not able to see what’s in front of them, they fall into snowdrift and soon discover they are in a cave. But, they are not alone.
Scott Morse’s madcap illustrations are quirky and oodles of fun. The story moves along so quickly, the illustrations jumping right along with the two rambunctious children, that the reader can literally feel the action that occurs in The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena.
Creepy Creatures is a fun, spooky, and sometimes campy book that is sure to please anyone who enjoys comic books, as well as fussy readers.
