Sidescrollers
by:
Matthew Loux (author)
Brian, Brad and Matt are best described as lovable perpetual losers. They're good guys who just lack direction and are all too happy to be enjoying that lazy time after high school. Their favorite thing to do in life is to play video games, eat junk food and kick around the suburban town they...
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Brian, Brad and Matt are best described as lovable perpetual losers. They're good guys who just lack direction and are all too happy to be enjoying that lazy time after high school. Their favorite thing to do in life is to play video games, eat junk food and kick around the suburban town they live in. All of this tranquil laziness is interrupted when Brian, Brad and Matt discover that the new girl Amber (of whom Matt is sweet on) is going to that night's big local rock show with Richard, the bully football jock. Determined to steer her away from Richard, the boys are launched off of their lazy rears and forced into a grand adventure. Chased by an irate football team, a vengeful troop of Girl Scouts and a stalking evil cat that may actually be possessed by Satan, our heroes are thrust into a giant rock 'n' roll videogame adventure.Sidescrollers is on the of American Library Association's YALSA top ten list of greatest graphic novels for teens for 2008!Matt Loux and Sidescrollers has been nominated for the 2007 Harvey Awards for Best New Talent!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781932664508 (1932664505)
ASIN: 1932664505
Publish date: October 17th 2006
Publisher: Oni Press
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
I am so not the target audience for this graphic novel. The protagonists are kind of cute, but only because it's not scratch'n'sniff. Slacker boys adrift between adolescence and whatever comes next (they certainly haven't a clue) engage in stupid shenanigans and end up with the hawt girls despite th...