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Death Jr Volume 1 Gary Whitta Ted Naifeh Books Reviews

In the best tradition of Charles Adams comes this witty and hysterically funny trade paperback collecting the adventures of Death Jr., the son of the Grim Reaper. Written by Gary Whitta and beautifully illustrated by Ted Naifeh, Death Jr. is a morbidly funny book.

Life isn't always so easy when you're the son of the Grim Reaper. Dad casts rather a long an imposing shadow. On top of that things, such as the pet cat, seem to die with alarming frequency when they are around you. Add to that...you've just found out that you have to ride the short bus to school! Junior finds himself on the short bus with an odd mix of bizarre children such as spooky friend Pandora who simply can't resist opening any box; Smith & Weston, Siamese twins who are joined at the head; Stigmartha who bleeds from stigmata wounds when she's nervous, and Seep, whose basically a grumpy baby torso floating in a tube of chemicals that rides on a track similar to a tank.

Junior can't wait to get into the "family business" but dad knows he's not yet ready for the task. Like any kid, Junior is upset that his dad still thinks he's a kid and wants to prove him wrong. A trip to a museum leads to the ever curious Pandora opening a box containing the imprisoned spirit of Moloch, the previous Grim Reaper and the brother to the current GR. "Uncle" Moloch seduces junior into stealing dad's Scythe and eventually reveals his true motives imprisoning Dad. Moloch releases the spirits of the dead upon the city including animating the dinosaur statues in the museum. It's now up to Junior and his misfit friends to save the day.

Death Jr. is a refreshingly funny book filled with colorful and bizarre characters. Contray to what you might think, the Death family, including a very normal appearing, June Cleaver like mother, do not live in a ramshackle, mysterious old home, but rather smack dab in the middle of suburbia, which only lends to its amusing charm. Ted Naifeh has a clean, cartoony style that fits the subject matter perfectly. A great, change of pace type of read for comic fans looking for something just a little bit different.

Reviewed by Tim Janson
DJ is a cheerful, friendly boy starting his first day at a new school but for some reason he's having a hard time fitting in with the rest of the kids.

Maybe it's because his father is the Grim Reaper. Maybe it's because he's a pint-sized skeleton in black. Or maybe it's because plants and animals seem to always die in his wake.

But DJ isn't the kind of kid who let's things get him down and soon enough he befriends a small group of fellow misfits Pandora, a charming girl with a compulsive need to open anything locked regardless of the consequences; Smith and Weston, twins conjoined at the head who have a gift for disastrous inventions; Stigmartha, a waifish girl who bleeds from her hands when she gets upset and The Seep, a smart-talking limbless boy who lives in a giant mechanical pickle jar.

The only real trouble in DJ's life is the fact that his father is reluctant to bring him into the family business until he's a little older.

But then the kids go on a field trip to a museum. DJ and his friends sneak away from the main group and find a small box said to contain a terrible demon. Of course, Pandora just can't resist opening it and what comes out of the box is far worse than a terrible demon.

It's DJ's Uncle Moloch, who is determined to take over the family business by force and bend it to his own evil purposes. Uncle Moloch imprisons the Grim Reaper in the box and begins to wreak havoc on the world.

It's up to DJ and his friends to save his father and restore the balance of Life and Death to the world.

Death, Jr.'s charm stems from the odd combination of wry morbid commentary on the nature of death and an unapologetic Father-Knows-Best romanticism. It is difficult to say what age this is targeted towards.

Though it is full of monsters, grotesquery and death, it somehow manages to always convey a sense of optimism and hope. Ultimately, it humanizes death in a way that is neither didactic nor patronizing. This might be the perfect story for a preteen struggling to come to grips with the concept of death.
The post said this item was Used - Like New, but it came with severe warping on the back cover and last few pages. It won't affect my ability to read the book, but I am a little disappointed.