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    The Griff: A Graphic Novel
    The Griff: A Graphic Novel
    The Griff: A Graphic Novel
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    The Griff: A Graphic Novel

    By Christopher Moore and Ian Corson

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    “If there’s a funnier writer out there, step forward.”
    —Playboy

    The always outrageous Christopher Moore—New York Times bestselling author of Bite Me, Lamb, You Suck, The Stupidest Angel, and a host of other prime cuts of literary hilarity—joins forces with award-winning screenwriter and director Ian Corson to bring you The Griff. An absurdly entertaining graphic novel about alien invasion—in the grand tradition of Cowboys and Aliens, but considerably more ridiculous—The Griff is vintage Chris Moore…with pictures! Get ready for thrills, chills, and a chain-smoking professional squirrel, in this high-octane tale of the infestation of Earth by extraterrestrial interlopers and the motley crew of humans who save the world…sort of.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 19, 2011
    ISBN9780062043191
    The Griff: A Graphic Novel
    Author

    Christopher Moore

    Christopher Moore is the author of seventeen previous novels, including Shakespeare for Squirrels, Noir, Secondhand Souls, Sacré Bleu, Fool, and Lamb. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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    • 3/5
      Got this because I thought a Christopher Moore graphic novel would be as funny as his novels. Turns out it wasn't. It was moderately entertaining, but without the need for his humorous descriptions/scene setting, it was too much joke/punch line material. And that made it not as deep or interesting and most importantly not as funny.
    • 1/5
      Hey, Michael Bay, I found your next movie concept! And you can't screw this one up because it comes pre-fucked. Inexplicable, ridiculous threat to humanity? Check. Shallow characters? Check. Nonsensical plot with holes big enough to drive Optimus Prime through? Check. Cliche action dialogue? Check. Females who offer little more than T & A? Check and check. Now, where do I go to pick up my finder's fee?I love Christopher Moore's novels. His zany sense of humor, hilarious dialogue, and obvious compassion for his fellow man is a combination that I find irresistible. But, hole-e fucksocks, The Griff is no Christopher Moore novel and, to be fair, that's established up front in Moore's preface (which also happens to be the best part of the book). Essentially, Moore came up with this idea that he thought would work well as a movie, he and a buddy (Ian Corson) wrote the script as a way of avoiding real work, and then tossed it in a drawer because they knew it would never be picked up as a film. Then the comics came calling and Moore remembered The Griff screenplay and brought it back into the light as a graphic novel.And he should have left it in the dark. While I have no doubt that Moore and Corson had a hoot writing it, it's a hot mess. There's no sense of time (entire weeks pass with no clear signal to the reader, making it seem as though everything happens in the course of a day); the artwork is pretty, but inconsistent and the panels are often confusing (one gets the sense that there were lots of blanks in the plot that they decided to quickly "flesh out" with artwork that has no real sense of narrative direction); and it follows the standard summer action flick formula so faithfully that it offers nothing new. It reads like a screenplay with pictures and has a rushed "Wham, Bam, No-Thank You, M'am" feel to it." A plot this ridiculous (giant alien dragons show up out of nowhere and wipe out most of mankind) could have been fun if it had been more of a spoof or featured more of Moore's signature humor. There are a few bits of dialogue that are pure Moore and, while hilarious, still not worth the price of admission.My advice? Read Moore's Fool, A Dirty Job, or Fluke and give The Griff a pass. Cross posted at This Insignificant Cinder
    • 2/5
      I haven't read any Christoper Moore in a long while and I decided to give this one a shot. It was an interesting idea but I really didn't care for how it unfolded. Some of it seemed way too easy for everyone involved but of course the humans have to win in the end right?
    • 3/5
      Perhaps The Griff was too short to have proper character development or to make me care about any of the 5 humans struggling against the alien flying lizards. Perhaps I should have known I would not be too drawn in, because the art style, though impeccable, is not my favorite; I don't like shiny, superhero-comic-like, computer-generated art usually... There is one character who really voices the Christopher Moore we know and love, so at times that's funny. There are one or two twists in the plot that are good, but not amazing. The most interesting thing, then, was the different walks of life the characters come from, but did I mention that there needed to be much more character development.
    • 1/5
      Yeah, this gets the rare poop shelf rating from me for inconsistency, making very little sense, and one of the worst, most self serving forwards I've ever read. And the art was okay.
    • 3/5
      I feel guilty for giving this three stars... after all it can't be that The Author Guy didn't wow me as he always does. It must be me! The Griff certainly is entertaining. It has a cool plot (gryphon-like things from outerspace destroy humankind), lots of action (a few survivors battle the invaders), token romance scene, and irreverant humor and wit. Oh, and well done illustrations. So why the three stars? The story was choppy and left me scratching my head saying "Huh?" a few times. Certainly not a fatal flaw, but a bit annoying. All in all The.Griff was a satisfying snack before the next main course.... hurry up with that novel, Mr. Moore! Please and thank you.
    • 2/5
      Reason for Reading: I read every new book by the author and was quite excited about his first foray into the graphic novel.The publisher's description of this book pretty much tells the whole story and makes it sound a lot more fun than it really is. Moore is well-known for his eccentric characters and I just didn't have any fun with those in this graphic novel. I found the story quite predictable, the usual run-of-the-mill, alien invasion story. There weren't any surprises and it just fell really flat for me. Moore is a writer and he just didn't get to use his craft with this medium. Yeah, there are a few moments when his witty, wry sense of humour show up in a text bubble here and there but otherwise the story was hard to keep track of since there wasn't much of it and it jumped back and forth between characters that just didn't make the cut for me. A big disappointment. Moore had better stick to his natural medium, the novel, and perhaps let his already successfully published novels be adapted into graphic novels instead.
    • 3/5
      Meh. This was okay, I guess. I'm not a big fan of either graphic novels or science fiction and only read this book because it was co-written by Christopher Moore, author of some excruciatingly funny books that I just love. But this book was neither funny enough nor scary enough to satisfy me. I probably would have appreciated it more if I were into graphic novels and books about alien invasions.
    • 5/5
      Today I needed to read something that did not require a review. I picked up Christopher Moore's The Griff from the library. Christopher Moore has several novels that have caught my attention but that haven't made it to being read. The Griff is a graphic novel and I can always slip one in to my reading pile.I loved this. Slightly humorous and all action. The world has been conquered by dragon-like beings from outerspace. The book follows five survivors as they connect to come up with a solution to their problems.It's not a deep plot with subtext as novels have a tendency to have but a straight forward good vs evil (more us vs them really). Christopher Moore and Ian Corson originally created this story as a screenplay and I have to tell you - it's a movie I'd watch. I hope that someone steps up and hands them the money to produce it. I can picture it as a great action movie. The characters are just every day people who use the situation to re-invent themselves and their skills.So, Syfy channel - if you are reading this, I have your next movie right here.
    • 2/5
      Very sparse dialog and rapid jumps between scenes makes this rather hard to follow.
    • 2/5
      A handful of people battle to survive after dragon-like creatures have wiped out most of humanity.Why I picked it up: Christopher Moore participated in a pretty good campaign to promote the book on Twitter and Facebook.Why I finished it: It was short; some good flashes of the Moore-ish humor, but not enough. The book was best with Moore's use of character-based snark, weakest when the art needed to tell the story.I'd give it to: Can't really recommend.
    • 3/5
      I have been a big Christopher Moore fan for years. He's never written a thing that I didn't like--and I think if The Griff WAS written I would have liked it. But it's not a novel, or even the screenplay that it started life as. The Griff is a graphic novel, and the first book of that type I've ever read. There is a reason for this. I know myself well enough to know this is not the medium for me. I'm not a fan of contaminating words with pictures. I don't even like subtitled films very much.So, I broke this long-standing embargo for Chris Moore and his collaborator on this project, Ian Corson--and I can't say I really enjoyed the book. I think the fault lies more with the biases of the "reader" and less with the authors, but not entirely. I get that the pictures are supposed to help tell the story, but still, I found it so... inarticulate. It felt like an old Batman episode, except instead of being made up of "BAM!" and "POW!" this graphic novel was full of "SKREEEEE!" and other even less useful, uh, words.And I'm sad to write this, because I kinda dug the story being told. The Griff is a post-apocalyptic tale of alien invasion. Most of humanity has been picked off by these huge, flying predators who strongly resemble mythological griffins, hence the appellation. Among the few survivors are some humans with very useful skill sets. Mo (Maureen) was a video game designer. She knows strategy, weapons, and diverse technology. Curt is an expert on all things military. Liz is a killer whale trainer at Ocean World; she knows how to deal with large predators. Other survivors seem to have lucked out. Oscar was just a guy who wore a squirrel costume at a theme park, but each character has something to contribute--even if it's mostly comic relief.So, yeah, I could get into this story, but there just wasn't enough for me to dig into. There were a few chuckles along the way, but Chris Moore is a WRITER, and there just weren't enough words on the page.
    • 5/5
      The Griffs are coming! The Griffs are coming! After a strange beacon is activated on Earth, alien ships soon show up overhead. After a short time, over 6 billion are dead as the result of an extremely hostile alien race known as the Griffs. After systematically destroying any resistance and crippling communications, the Griffs roam the Earth picking off survivors one by one. One group of survivors comprised of Mo, the goth, Steve, the clueless dork, and Curt, the military man, meet up with Liz, the whale trainer, and they band together in an attempt to save humanity.Christopher Moore is back! Now with pictures. Christopher Moore and Ian Corson team up to deliver a graphic novel of unusual proportions. Christopher Moore doesn't fail to deliver his famous one-line wonders that are sure to have you laughing out loud. A short and wonderfully illustrated read (thanks to Jennyson Rosero), I finished this book in less than 24 hours. But just because it is short doesn't mean it should be overlooked. This book will keep your attention (it's a giant picture book after all) and is short enough to read all the way through in one sitting. NOTE: Book is intended for mature audiences and rated R for strong language and comic (literally) violence.This book is not yet available to the public. Book will be released July 19th, 2011.

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    The Griff - Christopher Moore

    Dedication

    This one is dedicated to Rachel Spradlin,

    who has always wanted to be a dragon from outer space.

    —C. M.

    For my brother Jay,

    who changed my writing forever when he first suggested I use verbs.

    —I. C.

    Contents

    Cover

    Title Page

    Dedication

    Foreword

    The Griff

    Afterword

    Bonus Material

    Acknowledgments

    About the Authors

    Credits

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

    Foreword

    So, I know what you’re saying. You’re saying, How and why did Christopher Moore, a man allegedly known for writing novels of profound goofiness, come to write a graphic novel?

    Well, I’ll tell you. It was like this: About ten years ago I was reading a story by my friend Catherine Ryan Hyde (in her story collection, Earthquake Weather) about a kid who has a nightmare of being chased by a giant bird of prey. The description was so vivid, and so frightening, that I started thinking about a story in which giant creatures came out of the sky to hunt

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