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Papercutz Slices #2: Breaking Down (2011)

by Stefan Petrucha(Favorite Author)

2.95 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1597072451 (ISBN13: 9781597072458)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Papercutz

series

Papercutz Slices

review 1: If you know anything about the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, then you know it is massively popular, but there are vastly divergent opinions of the series. Personally, I’ve never read them and have no desire to. For those who haven’t read the Twilight series or seen the movies, I’ll give a brief rundown. Bella moves to Forks, Oregon to live with her dad. She meets Edward, who is a sparkly brooding vampire. They fall in love. There are the obvious complications and their relationship has its ups and downs.Breaking Down is a parody of the series. This graphic novel includes parodies of all four of Ms. Meyer’s Twilight novels. Since it is an unauthorized parody, character names have been changed, but it’s obvious who the characters are supposed to be. The... more jokes are quick and funny, and you don’t need to read the original series to get them all. The writing is very good and the artwork is well-done, and highlights the fact that this IS a parody. While not all of the jokes are directly related to the books, Maia and Stephan Petrucha do quite well at poking fun at the series. Breaking Down is a fun read, and one that I think most readers would enjoy. Recommended.Reviewed by: Colleen Wanglund
review 2: Breaking Down was a quick, entertaining if slightly odd parody.Breaking Down is narrated by Bleh-Bleh’s father Duck. He gives us an update on what’s been happening over the last few years and we get to see in pictures how the story unfolds.Bleh-Bleh is quite true to her Twilight counterpart, being exceptionally dull and dim-witted. It is emphasised here in her addiction of sticking her tongue in light-sockets “for a buzz”.Fredward and J-Bob have equal panel time to Bleh-Bleh in this parody and it is made quite obvious who the authors think Bella should have ended up with.We also get a cast of evil child stars (including appearances by the Rugrats, Stewie and Chuckie), super-heroes and quite well drawn renditions of the Volturi.What kept me entertained about Breaking Down was that all of the questionable things from the Twilight Saga were brought up and emphasized, including but not limited to: Jacob’s imprinting on a child, Bella’s ability to chose the cold, dead, scrawny guy over the hot, live, nice guy, and Bella’s inability to realise that Edward was a dangerous killer.Breaking Down was odd, it was not what I am looking for in a parody, when I think parodies I think Disc World series, a parody of life but not outrageously so, there is still a story in front of the comedy. This was an obvious jab at all the atrocities of Twilight, it was a weekend comic put together by Petrucha and his daughter and it was funny, it was light and it was quick.I have still yet to find a parody that I enjoy without thinking “well, that’s just stupid and obvious”, but Breaking Down was an entertaining read for those of us that have read the Twilight series and who will be able to pick up on the major jokes but also a lot of the subtle and well hidden ones.Breaking Down was a light, funny and playful approach to the Twilight saga.Find this review at storywings.com less

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