Superbad meets Transformers in James Kochalka's next great graphic novel, with a genuine high-school sweetness mixed in with robot action, comedy, and plenty of fistfights.
JAMES KOCHALKA is, without question, one of the most unique and
prolific alternative cartoonists working in America today. His
comics have been published internationally by almost every
alternative comics publisher; he's recorded several music albums
under the name James Kochalka Superstar (making him a favorite at
college radio stations across the country); and he's developed
animated cartoons for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Hangover.
He is the first official Cartoonist Laureate of the state of
Vermont, appointed in 2011.
Among his best known works are the Monkey vs Robot series, the
superpowered frathouse comedy SuperF*ckers, the beloved children's
series Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, and Glorkian Warrior, and his
magnum opus, the 14-year span of daily diary comics known as
American Elf.
"Mechaboys feels like the return of an old friend... like the
Linklater movie Dazed & Confused mixed with a
garage-built robot battle suit. Pure Kochalka
magic!" — Atomic Books
"Kochalka includes the standard high-school plot points—party in
the woods, gym class rope-climb, an obnoxious bully, secret
crushes, crass teenage repartee—but he deftly keeps it
cliché-free." — Booklist
"A paean to awkward, high-drama teenage
years, Mechaboys gains relevance from its deliberate
echoing of school violence, while distancing its plot from the
real-world horror of school shootings with its superhero comic
book/cartoon elements." — School Library Journal's Good
Comics for Kids
"Almost every panel or page could be framed and hung on a wall, or
printed on a T-shirt." — Slings & Arrows
"The former cartoonist laureate of Vermont has made a triumphant
return with his finest work since Monkey vs. Robot and
the original run of SuperF*ckers." — Page 45
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