{"id":10083,"date":"2013-05-06T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2013-05-11T07:56:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T07:56:43","slug":"star-wars-darth-vader-and-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2013\/05\/06\/star-wars-darth-vader-and-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: Darth Vader and Son"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jeffrey Brown<\/b> (Lucas Books\/Chronicle Books)
\nISBN: 978-1-4521-0655-7<\/p>\n

It’s never too late to find a treasure or have a good time. Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown certainly knows that, as a glance at any of his painfully incisive autobiographical mini-comics, quirky literary graphic novels and hilarious all-ages comedy cartoons will show.<\/p>\n

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1975, Brown studied Fine Art at the Chicago Art Institute but abandoned painting to concentrate on comics.<\/p>\n

His painfully intense, bizarrely funny observational strips soon garnered him fans amongst in-the-know consumers and fellow creators alike: all finding something to love in such varied fare as Every Girl Is The End of the World For Me<\/b>, Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations<\/b>, Little Things <\/b>or current on-going series Sulk<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Happily, unlike so many creators with such an eclectic oeuvre, Brown has also achieved a measure of mainstream success thanks to his keen artistic sense and a lifelong love affair with the most significant popular arts phenomenon of the last 35 years.<\/p>\n

In 2012 Brown created a breakout and mainstream best-seller with his hilarious spin on the soft and nurturing side of the Dark Lord of the Sith: exploring what might have been, had the most dangerous man (more or less) in the Empire had the opportunity to spend a little quality time with his missing son and heir\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

The hilarious pre (Jedi) school experiences of Star Wars – Episode Three and a Half<\/i>: Darth Vader and Son<\/b> features deliriously daft and telling snatches of Skywalker<\/i> domesticity highlighting such memorable moments as baseball practise with light sabre, a day at the beach (on Tatooine), budding sibling rivalry with a stupid-head sister, having \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the talk\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about babies, Trick or Treating with dad in tow, playing in Trash (compactors), finding a babysitter for a precocious kid, shovelling snow on Hoth, playing with that Solo kid and the joy of that first (Speeder) bike as well as a host of other awkward, touching warm moments in the otherwise drab life of a galactic nemesis.<\/p>\n

No fan of the all-conquering franchise could possibly do without this deliciously sweet and still readily available hardcover hit \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or its recent sequel Vader’s Little Princess<\/b> – and these superbly subversive cartoon treats could easily make converts of the hardest hearted, fun-starved rationalist or clone.<\/p>\n

Gloriously daft and entrancingly fun, this is a superb treat for fans and unbelievers alike and there’s even the promise of a third volume in the pipeline\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n