{"id":20698,"date":"2019-09-05T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=20698"},"modified":"2019-09-03T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:54:33","slug":"maddie-kettle-the-adventure-of-the-thimblewitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2019\/09\/05\/maddie-kettle-the-adventure-of-the-thimblewitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddie Kettle – The Adventure of the Thimblewitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Eric Orchard<\/strong> (Top Shelf Productions)
\nISBN: 978-1-60309-072-8 (TPB)
\nWhen this fantastic tale – the debut graphic novel of Canadian cartoonist and illustrator Eric Orchard – was released a few years ago, it created quite a stir among critics and comics fans, won a Spectrum Award and made us all hungry for more. We’re still waiting for a sequel but the power and imagination of the story hasn’t diminished one whit\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <\/p>\n

Maddy Kettle<\/em> is eleven years old and used to work in her parents’ bookshop in Dustcloud Gap, but now she’s a girl with a mission. Unfortunately, that mission keeps changing on the fly…<\/p>\n

With her pet floating Spadefoot Toad Ralph<\/em>, she takes a steam train across the wild country, seeking the spider goblins who attacked their store and seeking the mysterious Thimblewitch<\/em> who turned mum and dad into mole rats\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

When more goblins attack the train, Maddie is lost in the desert, but soon finds new allies in cloud cartographers Harry<\/em> the bear and musical raccoon Silvio<\/em>. They offer her a ride in their moon-gas powered balloon, but refuse to believe her story. After all, the Thimblewitch used to be the protector of the cloudscape and these days doesn’t even use magic anymore\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

After many adventures, and encounters with strange creatures such as vampire bats and unlikely warrior Splike<\/em>, Maddy finally has her showdown with the Thimblewitch, only to learn a few amazing truths and set out on even more perilous quests\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Visually spectacular, hyper-imaginative and mordantly moody in the manner of Ghormenghast <\/strong>and the darker passages of Baum’s Oz books, this is a deliciously dark fable with a wonderfully memorable girl hero, showing that intelligence, determination, creativity, courage and a willingness to admit mistakes are also super powers.<\/p>\n

Available in paperback and eBook formats, this is a fabulous romp no kid of any vintage could resist.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 and \u00e2\u201e\u00a2 2014 Eric Orchard. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Eric Orchard (Top Shelf Productions) ISBN: 978-1-60309-072-8 (TPB) When this fantastic tale – the debut graphic novel of Canadian cartoonist and illustrator Eric Orchard – was released a few years ago, it created quite a stir among critics and comics fans, won a Spectrum Award and made us all hungry for more. We’re still … <\/p>\n

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