{"id":23123,"date":"2020-11-26T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=23123"},"modified":"2020-11-25T18:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:02:48","slug":"lolas-super-club-my-dad-is-a-super-secret-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2020\/11\/26\/lolas-super-club-my-dad-is-a-super-secret-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Lola’s Super Club: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Dad is a Super Secret Agent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Christine Beigel<\/strong> & Pierre Foiullet<\/strong>, translated by Jeff Whitman<\/strong> (Papercutz)
\nISBN: 978-1-5458-0563-3 (HB) 978-1-5458-0564-0 (TPB)<\/p>\n

Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Fantastic Fantasy Fun\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once upon a time, stories designed to enthral and entertain young girls were a prolific staple of comics output. However, by the end of the 20th<\/sup> century the sector had all but faded from the English-speaking world, but enjoyed a splendid resurgence – particularly in America – as the graphic novel market expanded to its current prominence.<\/p>\n

Based in New York, Papercutz are committed to publishing comics material for younger readers – especially girls – and combine licensed properties such as The Smurfs<\/strong>, Gumby<\/strong> and Nancy Drew<\/strong> with compelling new concepts such as The Wendy Project<\/strong> and intriguing European imports like Brina the Cat<\/strong> and Chloe<\/strong>. They’ve recently taken on the challenge of finally introducing Asterix<\/strong> to poor, culture-deprived New Worlders. I must check that out on your behalf of course\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

An eagerly anticipated transatlantic transplant soon to be yours, Lola’s Super Club <\/strong>is the brainchild of prolific children’s novelist Christine Beigel & comics veteran Pierre Fouillet (co-creators of Le Chat Pelote: Adoptez Moi!<\/em><\/strong>) detailing the manically frenetic exploits of a little lass blessed with a superabundance of imagination.<\/p>\n

Lola<\/em> is able to animate her cat Hot Dog<\/em> and selected favourite toys – such as the size-changing lizard Super James (in undies)<\/em> – to accompany her on adventures across all Time and Space as the irrepressible Super-Lola<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

This initial outing offers two complete adventures in one sleek volume (available in hardback, paperback and in digital editions) as Lola and her crew come to the rescue of her father Robert Darkhair<\/em> (AKA superspy James Blond<\/em> – an Agent so Top Secret, even he doesn’t know he’s licensed to thrill\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6) in eponymous romp ‘My Dad is a Super Secret Agent’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

To save him from arrogant Arch Fiend\/shabby supervillain Max Imum<\/em>, his sinister talking hounds Zero<\/em> and Zero <\/em>and his diabolical witch mother Mini Mum<\/em>, Super Lola engages in a frantic chase from home in Friendly Falls, USA through sordid sewers and dank dungeons, into the stratosphere and through terrifying jungles, encountering and defeating or befriending skeletons, monsters, jungle men and pirates before she can declare her mission accomplished and her dad and missing mother reunited safely at home\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Further helter-skelter Imagineering ensues in second adventure ‘My Mom is Lost in Time’ <\/em>after Lola and her gang \u00e2\u20ac\u201c sorry, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Club\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – are sucked into a TV show and end up battling bears at the frozen pole, fleeing dinosaurs in the Jurassic, and clashing with Egyptian crocodile god Sobek, while making history in all the wrong places\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

However, with every stopover in significant moments the Super Club is getting closer to home and to Lola’s absent mum\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Fun, fast-paced and furiously inventive, these fanciful feasts combine imagination and discovery with a solidly positive message of family solidarity and free expression every child desperately needs to experience and absorb. Make sure this book is in your young’uns’ stocking this year and that the subtext becomes part of their life story, no matter how far-fetched or extraordinary\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\n\u00c2\u00a9 Christine Beigel + Pierre Fouillet, 2010. \u00c2\u00a9 Bang. Ediciones, 2011, 2013 All rights reserved. English translation and all other material \u00c2\u00a9 2020 by Papercutz. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Lola’s Super Club: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Dad is a Super Secret Agent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> is scheduled for release on December 8th<\/sup> 2020 and is available for pre-order in both print and digital editions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Christine Beigel & Pierre Foiullet, translated by Jeff Whitman (Papercutz) ISBN: 978-1-5458-0563-3 (HB) 978-1-5458-0564-0 (TPB) Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Fantastic Fantasy Fun\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 8\/10 Once upon a time, stories designed to enthral and entertain young girls were a prolific staple of comics output. However, by the end of the 20th century the sector had all … <\/p>\n

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