Abadazad Back - In Book Form

For those that remember over 2 years ago, CrossGen began releasing Abadazad. Mixing the mythical with the topical, it followed a young woman's search for her kidnapped brother in a mystical world. Unfortunately, CrossGen filed for bankruptcy a few issues later and the series folded, But then, Disney picked up the property through it's publishing arm. Normally we hate all things associated with Disney, though we applaud them in this case.

Last weekend Mister Fanboy staff were in a local bookstore and were pleasantly surprised to see the first 2 volumes released by Disney. If you missed the series -- and most of you did -- you are highly encouraged to pick the story up in its new format that mixes illustration with prose. Who cares that it's targeted towards kids. It's that good. According to a Mister Fanboy staff member, it's Wizard of Oz meets The Phantom Tollbooth meets The Chronicles of Narnia meets Alice in Wonderland with a dose of race relations thrown in. Aside from the aforementioned film pitch cliche, the story is that good. It really is. The books have been in the Mister Fanboy staff lounge all week and we've had fights break out over who is to read them. If you have children in your life, it's a great book to get under cover of them and would make great bedtime stories. More volumes are forthcoming. The creators of the series, destined to be a classic, are J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog.