{"id":15341,"date":"2016-10-17T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=15341"},"modified":"2016-10-13T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:50:24","slug":"mo-and-jo-fighting-together-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2016\/10\/17\/mo-and-jo-fighting-together-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo and Jo Fighting Together Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jay Lynch<\/strong> & Dean Haspiel<\/strong> (Toon Books\/Raw Junior)
\nISBN: 978-0-9799238-5-2<\/p>\n

Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Superheroes at their Very Best and Most Fitting\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you give them a chance and great material, kids love to read. Happily, these days there’s a grand renaissance of books for the young to cut their milk-teeth on, and thanks to the dedication of folk like David Fickling Books (and their wonderful comic The Phoenix) in Britain and Toon Books\/Raw Junior in the USA, plenty of avenues for youngsters to grow up reading comics too\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

This one even acts as a superb introduction to the weirdly compelling world of classic costumed crusading, courtesy of veteran cartoonist Jay Lynch (Bijou Funnies<\/strong>, Phoebe and the Pigeon People<\/strong>, Nard ‘n’ Pat<\/strong>, Mad<\/strong>, Wacky Packages<\/strong>, Garbage Pail Kids<\/strong>) and multi-talented illustrator Dean Haspiel (American Splendor<\/strong>, The Quitter<\/strong>, Billy Dogma<\/strong>, Justice League Adventures<\/strong>) who have concocted a rousing all-ages tale in the manner of classic Jack Cole Plastic Man<\/strong> and animated movie The Incredibles<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

The riotous romp begins in ‘Fighting\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6’<\/em> as Mona<\/em> and Joey<\/em> stop their seemingly incessant squabbling just long enough to realise mailman Mr. Mojoski<\/em> is watching them. The kids are arguing over world’s greatest hero Mighty Mojo<\/em> and are utterly flabbergasted when the aging public servant reveals he is that valiant champion and that he is retiring forthwith\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

He gives the kids his power-bestowing costume so that one of them can take over his role one day, but they immediately start tussling again and tear it in two\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

All their dreams seem over, but Mom might have a solution\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Next morning the kids get a surprise: two costumes, but they each have only half the power of Mighty Mojo\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

‘Fighting Forever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6’<\/em> finds Mona and Joey still scrapping – but this time with strange and awesome abilities – until a sudden crisis blots out the sun. An emergency has arisen and evil crocodilian overlord Saw-Jaw<\/em> is behind it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Individually, neither of them is able to defeat the reptile raider and they are forced to consider the inevitable: ‘Fighting Together Forever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6’<\/em><\/p>\n

Aimed at the five-and-over age-range, this splendidly child-sized (236 x1 62 mm) tome is a gloriously evocative, sleekly exciting kid-friendly caper, produced in 32-page, full-colour landscape format and the kind of illustrated extravaganza kids of all ages will adore \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and probably fight over…
\n\u00c2\u00a9 2008 RAW Junior, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jay Lynch & Dean Haspiel (Toon Books\/Raw Junior) ISBN: 978-0-9799238-5-2 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Superheroes at their Very Best and Most Fitting\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 10\/10 If you give them a chance and great material, kids love to read. Happily, these days there’s a grand renaissance of books for the young to cut their milk-teeth on, and … <\/p>\n

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