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What an amazing book! This was an entire story told with almost no dialog. This graphic novel depicts a group of monkeys fighting with a group of robots slowly killing each other until an entire forest and factory are on fire. The monkeys feel threatened by the robots and the robots feel threatened by the monkeys and it all goes downhill at a fast pace. I like this book for a lot of reasons but there are two main reasons that I like this book. The first reason is that this graphic novel requires...
The first true graphic novel I was introduced to, yet still one of my favorites. The epitome of primitive nature being intruded upon by technology. It says so much with practically no words.
Qt Af <3
This comic was part of the Reading Online: Web Originals segment on my BookLikes blog, discussing comics that orignated on the internet before being published in book form. Probably the first "viral video" I ever encountered back in the early '00s, Monkey vs. Robot was also my introduction to both the music and the art of James Kochalka. His comic version, which I read for the first time recently, was a great introduction to his style, both comic and sad. Expressing so much emotion through a ver...
Between that title, and the fact the main thing I know of Kochalka's is Superf*ckers, I was expecting a big dumb smackdown. But turns out this is a surprisingly affecting story about thoughtless pollution and despoliation, though granted that does then take us into technology versus nature as expressed by way of a big dumb smackdown, albeit a slightly less dumb and more melancholy one than Superf*ckers.
Kochalka says it best in his song of the same name:Monkey mate in the jungle.Robot replicate in factory.They both love their mother.Why must they hate each other?Monkey vs. Robot!p.s. "Date read" is a loose term for this wordless-but-for-sound-effects graphic novel.
I read this way back when it first came out and wanted to see if it was as strange and intense as I remembered it. Yes, yes it is! And gloriously so! What starts as a silly idea turns dark really fast. And while there is a hopeful ending, it's on the back of a lot of death and destruction. Probably a little edgy for my kids' collection, but I haven't gotten any complaints yet...
Tis book is pretty good, I don't really like the plot, it leaves you asking questions like " what are they doing?" and " How did they get there anyway?" This book isn't really for me.
For something that seems simple, even infantile, this comic is deceptive. There is drama and a strong POV being advanced in this story of conflict between.... well, robot and monkey. The panels are pitched just right so that there is a thrill in the way the story unfolds almost wordlessly. En route there is immense tragedy despite the cartoonish packaging.A surprise read. Loved it.
For such a silly premise there is a surprising amount of depth to these characters. I could see this being an excellent children's book, for kids prepared to talk about death and our impact on the environment. For adults, it's charming and funny. The deceptively simple artwork has a lot of sophistication behind it-the shadows alone will have you wanting to re-read it.
A classic match-up, a 15 minute read, a joy to behold.
OR: How the industrial revolution destroyed nature.
This book is so good it should win an Oscar! LOL!
Wonderful book by Kochalka which is perfectly summed up by its title. In an unidentified jungle a group of monkeys awaken a team of robots. The pollution brought about by the robot's machines cause death and the monkey decide to seek revenge. You can read many things into the book and also just read it as a simple morality tale.There is very little dialogue, but Kochalka tells his story through his art very well.
Cute and sad graphic novel.
Well who knew James Kochalka had a literary life before Pinky & Stinky? He did. And he had this amazing graphic novel, Monkey Vs. Robot, which is every bit as good as Pinky & Stinky but in a completely different way. Whereas Pinky and Stinky were adorable pigs in space just trying to make friends, the titular Monkey and Robot in this book are at odds with each other after a fatal misunderstanding.The book opens with a monkey slinking across the page looking forlorn and maybe a little suspicious
Monkey Vs. Robot is an almost wordless book that follows the story of a family of monkeys in their nonstop battle against robots. The only thing I can really say about this book is that, I'm having a difficult time reviewing it because I don't remember much about it, which is exactly what this review is getting at. It's not a very memorable piece. While the characters are cute and the action is neat, the artstyle is really one of the bigger pulls into the novel. However, the story, and any indiv...
Monkey vs Robot! Who will win? Loved the clean and concise graphic style of this one, not to mention the concept and content is funny as all heck!
I had no idea how tragic this book would be. It's a simple message that didn't seem at all over-stated to me. I was most interested in my own reading strategy with this book--there's very very little text, and I was really conscious of my interraction with/attention to the images and frames. While there are scholars doing work on reading approaches to graphic novels, I wish there were more *critical* articles available to those of us who are interested in visual/multimodal media, and who underst...
A very interesting project/creation. The artist/author took something that at first blush looks rather silly and made it into something with a message - I am still working out what all that encompasses.I expected something like Spy vs Spy, but this is much more interesting.
