If you’re looking for a fun young adult comic book then I highly recommend Carolyn Watson Dubisch’s entertaining series. Readers will be enthralled with this quick fantasy comic book that captures the imagination with charming artwork and an interesting use of magic. The Dragon in The Closet, Dragon’s Journey: Issue #3 takes readers on a lively adventure through a magical realm where, it seems, anything can happen. The bits of backstory and lore that is slowly revealed in this story is intriguing and I can’t wait to uncover the rest in future issues. Monsters pop up nearly every other page, even a sweet old lady hides something dangerous, and the children are learning something new about the world and their past. This is a very creative story and I never knew where the story would go. This is issue three in the series and readers are dropped right into the middle of the action, so if you haven’t read issues one and two then I would recommend you do so. I liked the artwork that accompanied the opening to ‘How to Kidnap a Dragon’ because I felt that it really captures the adventure inherent in this intrepid story, and it was well drawn as well. Each piece is a delightful sketch art piece that captures the emotion of all the characters in each scene. Each page has edge to edge artwork that has a consistent artistic style throughout. This is a wonderfully imaginative children’s comic book that moves quickly. Will they reach their destination or will they succumb to the horrors of the forest?
They face a shapeshifting lion in The Candy Cottage where Lucy must gather her courage to face the lion.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Nana set off to meet up with Dragon and Orrin and face their own dangers. In route Orin must survive being attacked by a tree and cave imps if he’s ever to reach the Ghostwood Tree.
Dragon is flying north to help Orin face his monsters and defeat his family curse. This is my honest review.The Dragon in The Closet, Dragon’s Journey issue number three sees the Dragon take flight. I received a complimentary copy of The Dragon in the Closet: The Curse. It would probably most appeal to reluctant readers who are older elementary aged. I do not think it will appeal to a wide audience. I would not place this title in a K-12 school library. Neither of these will be well-received by some audiences. Then there is the whole issue of the curse. The grandmother of the main character is a witch (complete with riding on a broomstick).
The writing style reminded me of some of the writing I have read done by older elementary students. The story doesn’t seem to have much substance and doesn’t really flow well. This graphic novel written by Carolyn Watson-Dubisch is like a comic book with several “episodes” in it. While the art is fairly well done, I do not think it is that well-written. My family members are big fantasy fans and if there are dragons all the better so I had high expectations for The Dragon in the Closet.
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