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taybatwo2 · 2 months ago

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Mini Review of Issue 2 and the Halloween Special IDW Comic

Since I STILL have not had any time to actually make my usual deep dive reviews: I still wanted to get out my quick thoughts on the newest MH comic issues.

Issue 2:

the artwork is still really good (just under the lovely artwork from “I Put a Spell on You”), and done by the same artist from the first issue. There are some great cameos:

Moanica D’Kay is mentioned as wanting to try out for the Cheer Squad, but didn’t show (which was such a let down- she would definitely add something to this series).

Seth Ptolemy (but he’s supposedly dating Nefera…?)

Cleo’s mom is actually alive and around her family MUCH earlier than what “Cleo De Nile and the Creeperific Mummy Makeover” book implied).

Honey Swamp (I don’t believe she was attending Monster High, unless she is a new transfer student there). Catrine, Rochelle, Invisi Billy, Sarah, Cleo’s G1 Vanity, Twyla, Skelita, Robecca, Venus, Heath, LOTHAR(?!?!), Deuce, Jackson, Nefera, Catty, Jinafire, Wydowna, Gil, Lagoona, Jane Boolittle, Eyera, Valentine, Spelldon, CA Cupid, Iris, Lorna, Bonita, Sirena, Holt, Operetta, Spectra are al background characters that show up in this (which is fun to see). The writing is still….not hitting for me personally. Maybe if this was someone’s first entry to G1 Monster High, or if they are much younger than I am. It hasn’t completely turned me off from reading it, so I’ll probably pick up the third issue too. But I am still getting hints of Riverdale in my Monster High (or Lisi Harrison’s Monster High).

Basically, Cleo is upset that Deuce is not groveling at her feet to get her back (she broke it off in the book). BECAUSE Clawdeen “flirted and is still flirting with Deuce.” AND I HATE THIS SO MUCH IN SO MANY WAYS. They have already done the break up multiple times, and Clawdeen and Deuce are literally just looking at each other or just talking. She literally doesn’t have any chemistry with G1 Deuce (Operetta or ROCHELLE as a love “rival” would have been much more interesting to explore with if they wanted to bring this up….again).

Frankie is just wanting the ghouls to patch things up with everyone and is super excited for the cheer try outs.

Frankie’s dad is still the new headmaster; he is drowning in headmaster duties, is super tired, still kinda ignoring Frankie’s interests, and tells her to not go out after sun-up (which was never an issue in any of the other G1 canon….but whatever). And his face IS STILL IN SHADOW.

Draculaura is still stressed out. Clawdeen is here. Toralei is still angry at Clawdeen for some reason, the were twins are still only fanging out with Cleo, Ghoulia is being left behind/taken for granted by Cleo (again, don’t like that they have basically gotten rid of all of Cleo characterization and put her back to season 1 of the webseries) and looks like the “people in the cloaks” are going to start targeting her.…oh joy…

The cheer try outs are successful and Sarah, Iris, Frankie, Cleo, Clawdeen, Draculaura are all under Toralei’s cheer squad this scaremester.

Cleo is still not happy and goes to cry in the library, where Ghoulia is also hiding out.

Okay, now for the Halloween Special (I was expecting a better pun title, but oh well):

Also! There is only ONE story in this comic: “Maze of Frightmares” (not unevenly split between two stories like the Pride Issue). I liked this aspect.

The artwork is different than any of the other comics. It’s much rougher and sketchy, the colors are dingier, but I really like it (probably third favorite after I Put a Spell on You and Issue 1-2). I think Frankie’s dad looks the best here. Also, it looks like the third issue of Monster High has been moved to next month, instead of releasing this month as well.

The cameos are non-existence (there might be Gigi Grant in one panel, but all the backgrounders are new). Elvira is giving out costume prizes. There are fun some references: Ghoulia as Deadfast and Clawdeen as her Scarily Ever After doll.

The other costumes are either a pun: Manny as a “cowboy” and Clawd is “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Deuce is a Roman gladiator, Cleo is Bastet/a black cat, Frankie is a detective, Slo Mo is a hockey player, Draculaura is princess? Vampire queen? Victorian lady??, and Toralei is an 80’s hair metal/rock star.

Again, I’m not a fan of the story, despite it being nice that the story is the whole issue. It feels like it jumps around a bit or some of the ideas/jokes are not fully fleshed out or just dumped. Draculaura and Headmaster Frankenstein decide to throw a Halloween Carnival for all the ghouls to keep them occupied during this “boring normie holiday.” ….i remember it being time to be afraid of Normies and then after a party at Monster High did it end up being a fun party celebrating their scaritage….but okay, let’s see what happens here. They also mostly call Normies: Humans. Also, I miss the crazy amount of puns that “Summer Fangout” and G1 in general uses.

Clawdeen is afraid that all of the costumes she designed are actually bad (she also designed something for Lagoona, but she never shows up). Cleo is trying to get Deuce to notice her (the werecat twins are there, but only speak off panel). Draculaura is worried people are not going to like all the activities (apparently she is afraid of fair rides and mazes too..?)

Ghoulia, Clawd, Frankie and Deuce are there. Slo Mo is also (sometimes) present.

Manny is suddenly super quiet and self conscious (he is still really bad at mazes). He reminds me more of the G3 version. They all decide to run through the maze to see who can get through it the fastest and they all end up living their frightmares (because Headmaster Frankenstein designed it that way…somehow…he also designed a bunch of the games and prizes including x-ray glasses that NEVER COME INTO PLAY besides confirming Slo Mo and any other students in the maze have dispersed). Cleo becomes invisible, Frankie and Manny start talking a lot to one another (and I thought Frankie was just trying to be her encouraging self) BUT CLAWDEEN SAYS THAT THEY ARE FLIRTING AND PUSHES HER TO DO IT MORE (?!?!??!). It is thankfully interrupted by Frankie falling apart (I don’t know why that is Frankie’s worse nightmare, she’s always falling apart and has often used it to her advantage…maybe it’s in front of a guy she wants to impress and I can think of FOUR OTHER GUYS IN CANON THAY FIT THAT BILL: Jackson, Holt, Andy, and Neighthan). Then the flirting is never brought up again…except them hugging at the end. Clawdeen thinks she overhears/sees Toralei calling her fashion sense terrible and Frankie tells her that they are “fine.” Draculaura sees HER DEAD FATHER and he pushes her away and says she is not doing 100% on everything (he brings up Halloween as a day where normies wreck havoc on monsters). Those are the only ones that have frightmares and it’s solved when Dracualaura turns into a bat and flies up to lead them out (in a very unclear two page spread).

Toralei complements Clawdeen’s talent and doesn’t seem to have a chip on her shoulder like in the main issues (and in G1 canon in general). Headmaster Frankenstein congratulates everyone and then freaks out that students are missing.

Elvira gives Ghoulia third place (apparently Clawdeen made her outfit, not Ghoulia herself), Cleo second, and Frankie Stein is first (I smell NEPOTISM).

It ends with Ghoulia freaking out where her boyfriend is, students missing, Headmaster Frankenstein having a meltdown, and Cleo saying that she guesses she won’t sneak out (there was a bet on who would get out of the maze last would have to sneak out to a Normie Party). womp womp….so many meh feelings

So far my personal rankings for the Comics:

I Put a Spell on You (from The Pride Issue)

Issue 1

Issue 2

Free Comic Book Issue: https://www.tumblr.com/taybatwo2/754406016295321600/monster-high-idw-comics-review-part-13-the-fcbd?source=share

Halloween Special

Summer Fangout (from the Pride Issue)

They are still firmly in their own G1 canon continuity (with the Once Bitten Book - see my Free Comic Book Issue Review to see how I have tried to sort out the mess that is G1 canon), and it’s definitely not my favorite G1 “series.”

I rank the different books/animated series:

1. The Doll Diaries/Diary Book Series/UK’s Figure Mini Diaries

2. The 13 CGI movies

3. The Webseries

4. The two original Graphic Novels

5. The Ghoulfriend’s Book Series

6. The IDW Comics

7. The Lisi Harrison Books

I have not read the Once Bitten book yet (but I’m going to guess it would be towards the bottom).

Well, what are your guys’ thoughts?? Are you/will you read them?? Are you just going to wait for my longer reviews or the collected edition?? Am I completely off my mark on these comics??

#Aleta’s review #monster high #monster high g1 #IDW comics #IDW Monster High #IDW Monster High Comics #Monster high Halloween special #monster high issue 2 #monster high comics

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taybatwo2 · 5 months ago

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Monster High IDW Comics Review: Part 1 of ?: Free Comic Book Day 2024 Issue

A late review, but I wanted to review this and the Pride Comic together.

Part 2:

https://www.tumblr.com/taybatwo2/754406053729452032/monster-high-idw-comics-review-part-2-of?source=share

Part 3:

https://www.tumblr.com/taybatwo2/754555603918127104/monster-high-idw-comics-review-part-3-of?source=share

Part 4:

https://www.tumblr.com/taybatwo2/754946130507333632/monster-high-idw-comics-review-part-4-of?source=share

Part 5:

https://www.tumblr.com/taybatwo2/755042011333132288/monster-high-idw-comics-review-part-5-of?source=share

Comic Overview: The Free Comic Book Day MH IDW preview has an almost completely different staff to the Pride Issue; the writer is Jacque Aye (she/her, writer who has her own series of novels and likes to “spin tales about woeful women with a surrealist, magical touch.” I don’t feel like that necessarily fits with MH, but her novels look good).

She is interviewed in the back of this preview and it sounds like she has about 40 dolls from various toy lines, and loves her Skullector Series Beetlejuice and Lydia (she used to be afraid of them).

She says that the comic “is YA and inspired by the darkness Wednesday and the drama of Gossip Girl.” Aaaaaand the only thing people need to know about the comic beforehand is to watch the G1 animated webisodes, read the new Once Bitten, Twice Dead novel (it comes out in mid-July) and “to buy a few dolls for your collection ;)” The artist is Siobhan Keenan (she/her, also did “Summer Fangout” in the MH Pride Comic and has a ton of GORGEOUS art on -Twitter- “x” and Instagram: @ siobhanchiffon).

The colorist is Rebecca Nalty (she/her, also worked on “Summer Fangout,” and has beautiful artwork on her own website and Instagram: @ sharkberri). The cover artist (and the MonsterNet artist) is Luciannys Camacho (she/her, again, BEAUTIFUL artwork -including some G3 Venus- on Instagram: @ opal_lines).

Lettered and design is Kielamel Sibal (she/her, another artist on Instagram @ labis_lemaleik). The editor is Riley Farmer (she/her, I think, I can’t access her LinkedIn profile), with the production done by Johanna Nattalie (she/her and has worked on a lot of IDW Sonic titles). They are the same team that also worked on the Pride Comic Issue).

The full series will be rated “T” for teen.

In the back of the preview, it lists a “schedule” for the upcoming releases in the IDW New Scaremester” G1 comic series (I assume they didn’t want to call it Boo Scaremester due to the G1 doll line of the same name).

The floppies will be releasing every month starting in August-May and all 10 copies will probably be collected in the listed “Monster High Fearbook 2024-2025” also in May. ….I assume.

There are three more One Offs: Halloween 2024 (in “Fangtober”), Snow Ball (in December 2024…only October gets a pun), and Spring Break (in April 2025). I don’t know if these will be collected in the Fearbook too, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were.

The “2025-2026 Scaremester” will start its new set of floppies in August of 2025. If this schedule is followed to the “t.”

Some information on the G1 canon to date, because G1’s canon is kinda a mess that contradicts itself EVERWHERE (unlike the EAH books, which all kinda mesh pretty well with another and a pretty good read) and can be broken down into several categories:

The Doll’s Diaries 2010-2022 (I consider these to be the most important as they delve into the characters internal feelings and we get a deeper look at them and their relationships with one another. I wish they continued making them, but not everyone has read them). You can lump UK’s MH Figurine Collection Mini-Diaries, and Nessi Monstrata’s MH Diary Series in with these as they follow the same premise.

The Monster High G1 Animated Webisodes (175 webisodes, 2010-15)/Commercials/New Ghoul at School (these seem to be what most people still imagine the G1 characters acting and sounding like. It’s kinda a mixed bag of episodes -especially the first and ending seasons- and I feel like the diaries do a better job at characterization, but I have a nostalgic soft spot for these webisodes. It does sometimes contradict itself and the diaries).

Monster High Supplemental Books/Web Stuff: Books that mostly just repeated facts/pictures from the Webisodes and Diaries (such as the MH Annuals 2014-2016, 2013’s MH Fearbook, 2013’s MH My Monster Life, 2013’s MH Meet the Monsters, and the 2014’s MH Collection) or LIGHTLY built-off the canon that was mostly explored in the webisodes and diaries. (For some reason the movies were not mentioned quite as often). These include 2015’s Scare-ific Secrets (this one was a great read for a G1 fan), the Monster High website’s 2012 Boo Year’s Eve Countdown, 2012’s-2013’s Freaky Fab 13, and the 2014 Dance the Night Away: A Night in Scare-adise Prom.

The 13 G1 CGI Monster High Movies (these would contradict themselves. Like MH’s Ghoul’s Rule involving a lot of more of New Salem/Salem’s normies, or the Great Scarrier Reef forgetting a lot of Lagoona’s characterization. They do have some of my favorite MH moments in them).

Could MOSTLY fit into the lore. These are stories that can technically fit into the main timeline, but may not be mentioned again by other characters (the Ghoulfriend’s Book series -has a whole new villain, some new side characters, and MH dorms, and the two Graphic Novels: “I Only Have Eye for You” -it is mentioned off handedly in Kieran’s Diary, but doesn’t fit in chronologically- and “Hopes and Screams” -basically a collection of original webisodes in comic form, and Shannon Hale’s EAH/MH crossover: “The Legend of Shadow High,” EAH is hinted at in “13 Wishes” and “Boo York, Boo York”). Or they are just slightly off from the main canon (2011’s MH Ghoul Spirit and New Ghoul in School games have in-game only main characters).

Information given by the creators (such as Garrett Sander’s Q and A’s and Instagram doll breakdowns). They’re really fun and interesting but teeeechnically not canon.

Their own thing (the Lisi Harrison novels were MH in name only and the Monster High Anime: Scary Cool Ghouls, a fun watch, but their own continuity). I’m also going to guess that the just announced Universal Live Action G1 movie will hang out here too.

I’m going to assume (after my breakdown of the FCBD IDW preview that the main IDW comics and Once Bitten will be in the last category…oh…joy…)

Okay, that was a lot of information. Time for my personal thoughts/review and more pictures under the cut!!!!

First off …I don’t have much confidence that I will like it due to:

1. Being out of the age range of “YA” (I still like some of it, but it’s not guaranteed).

2. The writer comparing it to two shows I didn’t personally care for.

3. It sounds like it will be in the same G1 continuity as the Once Bitten, Twice Dead novel and that novel screams NOT FOR ME (it honestly sounds like my least favorite YA fiction tropes: overly angsty and dark…and in a cringy way to try and make it sound more adult. Like CW shows! Or that cancer live action Power Puffs reboot/ continuation). It’s not continuing the G1 MH canon I was personally connected to.

4. Despite all the artists having great looking artwork in their instas, I personally do not care for the artwork….or maybe the layout…both…(?) in the comic. I think it looks a bit generic looking (where is Frankie’s boxier head, Clawdeen’s larger nose, Cleo’s sharp angles?!). Like, it’s not necessarily bad, but the art style just doesn’t grab my attention in this comic (maybe it was rushed…?).

I will probably check out the first full floppy volume for this run, but otherwise I don’t collect floppies (single issue released comics) because they’re so fragile and it’s more affordable for me to get their collected versions.

5. I am not the biggest western-comics fan and generally prefer independent graphic novels or manga/manhwa due to their stories feeling more cohesive (I generally don’t have to worry about different runs being picked up or dropped by different artists and writers) and I like knowing the inside/panel art will look very similar to the quality of the cover art (generally different artists will work on ongoing western comic series and I find it disappointing to pick up a comic with a beautiful cover to only be met with a different art style inside -like this comic-).

Soooo taking that all into consideration, let’s delve in:

The opening letter is from Headmistress Bloodgood (using her original G1 signature, what a fun detail). Remember how Bloodgood would fight for her students and was a fair, but lightly strict Headmaster? Maybe the school board gave her absolutely no choice.

Speaking of Bloodgood, is she a reanimated normie? Or does she come from a long line of headless monsters….ghosts?? I’m pretty sure Hexiciah is mostly human (besides the little bit of fairy blood in him), and Victor Frankstein is most definitely human….

I would be surprised if Jackson/Holt are going to be in this continuity. Their mom definitely broke the “no romance with normies claws” to have made them and Jackson is often considered a normie. I’m guessing the Ghouls Rule movie didn’t happen in this continuity either…

This letter is alluding to a bunch of fuuuuuun (aka dark angsty shit with normies) that went down in Once Bitten and that this comic series is going to be dealing with the blowback from that.

Geeze, for being the most “inclusive and accepting school for monsters” it is hardcore against the real monsters….THE normies. DUN! Dun! DUUNN!

I feel like these “no normie rules” are influenced by G3’s NO NORMIE policy; or the Lisi Harrison books. I’m getting a whole lot of vibes reminiscent of the Lisi Harrison books. Woof…

“”The School Board has voted to more stringently uphold these claws moving forward.”” I do find it funny that the Monster High Universe seems to be run by Monster High’s school board.

If the artwork in the corner is anything to go by, it looks like the G1 CGI movie version of the school will be used for this iteration.

I might have to re-upload the comic pages without the speech bubbles for copyright reasons, but since this one was a free issue, I thought it would slide:

Page 1:

The actual comic starts off with a very distraught Frankie wanting to spend time with her dad this summer, but he declines. He’s too busy with his research into trying to make a perfect reanimating process….?

Whoaaa buddy I’ve got some bad news for you. I think you are a bit late to the party.

G1’s Victor Frankenstein reanimated you and your wife, I believe you guys both made Watzie for Frankie, Frankie created Hoodude and the gingerbread boy and that’s just the Steins. Hexiciah Steam created Robecca, and I’m sure some of Monster High’s Zombies were reanimated and not born naturally!! Another change in this comic, they decided to call Viktor Stein (Frankie’s dad) just Frankenstein. Aaaand make him both conventionally attractive and constantly in partial shadow (is he going to be super broody in this??). I remember him being a lot more playful towards Frankie in the diaries and liking dumb puns.

And, I mean, I’m not against more dilfs in MH (Hexiciah *cough cough* and G2’s Dracula *cough cough*), but I was kinda hoping for a more interesting/fun-take on the monster-y design.

MH already has these designs kicking around!

A small nitpick: they used a distractingly large/thick brush to ink-in the black parts of his hair, and I don’t like how it messily covers the finer lines of hair.

““The day I sewed your parts together and zapped you to life was the best day of MY life.””

From this line, it sounds like G1’s Viveka Stein is going to be MIA in this series as he doesn’t mention her at all in creating Frankie. This man is either taking all the credit here or Viveka was taking a snooze or something…

Pros: Frankie looks very cute in the second panel (except for the fingers which look a bit off) and Siobhan can draw hot older men VERY well.

Page 2:

“Frankenstein” explains to Frankie that he’s too busy trying to get his (redundant) research ready for the “World’s Scare Science Exhibition.” Frankie interrupts and sees that her ghouls need her. Frankenstein once again alludes to this version of G1 being a melodrama “let me know how they’re faring.”

I find Frankenstein’s: “I could never create another you my dear. You’re one of a kind.” Kinda silly.

Alivia has entered the chat (shhh I know she’s G2).

“What I am doing here is something different. Something that’s never been done before.” Again -Vik- Frankenstein, you’re a bit late to the party there.

Personal Nitpick: Why use “Scare Science Exhibition,” when you’ve been using the “Mad Science” pun in G1 already. IMO, I think it also sounds better.

Pro: Frankenstein’s face looks well drawn (especially in the fourth panel-ignoring his blotchy, black hair streaked- look at his cute little bolt eye-glasses).

so does his armchair in the first panel,

and Frankie’s face in the first and second panel.

Con: I think all of their hands look off (especially the fingers). I don’t know if it’s the line work or the coloring, but they all read as awkward and oddly sharp (Frankie’s thumb in the first panel, and whole left hand in the third panel).

Page 3:

Sounds like the ghouls are fighting again, Frankie is caught in the middle, and Draculaura is dealing with the brunt of the shit show from the “Once Bitten” book.

Personal Nitpick: Draculaura is drawn REALLY tall in this photo (in the webisodes and CGI movies, she is teeny).

Pro: Frankie looks great in the first panel, I like her and Clawdeen’s smile in the photo, and her expression in the fourth panel. Con: Frankie’s hands look janky in the first panel.

Page 4:

Apparently Frankenstein remembered electricity being vital to reanimation, and rushes to find his notes (that were apparently not on his desk). But his notes are missing. Dun! Dun!! I wonder who the brains in the jar belong to?? Perhaps Vivika and Victor Frankenstein are in this version of G1 after all…

Pro: I liked his exclamation: “by Mary Shelly’s ghost.”

I really liked how Frankenstein is drawn in the third panel and how he breaks out of the frame of the panel too. It just feels a lot more “alive” and energetic.

The lightning bolt is drawn well and the toppled mug of coffee in the background of the fourth panel is a nice addition. Page 5 (the last of the paneled comic in this preview):

A super eeeevillll person suddenly sprouts up from nowhere (was this guy squatting down in the corner of the room; waiting for Frankenstein to figure out the key to reanimating life) and grabs Frankenstein’s “life’s work;” threatening to destroy it, unless he agrees to work with him. Frankie-boy agrees. Meanwhile, Frankie is still talking to her boos, while flipping through her photo album.

I also wonder if the ghouls are not allowed to fang out during summer break and can only see each other during the school season?? Otherwise, why can’t they all fang out. :/ Personal Nitpick: how did that burglar get into that room?? Was he there the whole time (pretending to be a table) or did he sneak in after Frankie left?

Frankenstein’s “life’s work” is entirely made up of a two whole envelopes(?) and two spiral notebook pages. That’s it Frank?!? That’s all?!? And is Lagoona not part of the main squad in this version of G1 (maybe she WAS actually boiled alive in the previous book)?

Pro: Frankenstein’s hand (once again breaking the panel’s outline) looks very well drawn. Frankie mostly looks great in the last two panels (I love her pose in the fourth panel

and her cute smile in the last one). Con: Cleo’s face doesn’t look like herself in the last panel (where did all of her sharp facial angles go)??

They gave Frankie yaoi-sized hands in the fourth panel. Haha! They’re huge!

This is the last “comic page” in this FCBD preview. There are four Monster Net profiles of the main ghoul, a Schedule (I covered this earlier), an interview with the author (also covered earlier), and another picture of the cover art. The Monster Net is a clever G1 upgrade, I like these and the details that went into them (even if I don’t like the implication of what written here). The artwork is done by the cover artist: Luciannys Camacho, and looks great.

In Frankie’s her dad is confirmed to be her only parent… :/ Boooo!!!

Draculaura’s profile is just…very sad. The poor ghoul apparently has had a bad year with her dad (who may or may not be dead) making her drink blood (to save her life…? Was it a ritual..? He was begrudgingly okay with her vegan life style beforehand) and going to meetings (is she taking over a business, is she being called in to testify what happened the last year at MH)? I am so not looking forward to what’s going down in “Once Bitten”….

I guess that her new step mom from the Diaries Series (Ramoanah) is also not a thing in this either (none of these ghouls get moms). Draculaura also looks super cute in this artwork!!

Clawdeen’s bio really plays up her being a fashion influencer and I think that perfectly works for her. Her bio is also hinting at everyone being sad, distant, and off. It confirms she has a girlfriend: Toralei….which I have mixed feelings on. I really like G3 Clawdeen and Toralei and I have seen REALLY cute artwork for G1 Clawdeen and Toralei. But that’s about it. Besides their dog/cat theme, I haven’t been swayed to ship them just yet (Toralei did some horrendous things to the ghouls and while I’m a sucker for enemies-to-lovers they haven’t done enough flirting with each other for me to hop on board yet). I assume they will have their relationship built up in “Once Bitten” and not just “Summer Fangout” (because that still just felt like it was skimming the surface).

Her artwork also looks great (her outfit especially looks well drawn).

Cleo’s profile is also fine. But WHY did the newest Monster High Diaries (from the Haunt Couture line) and THIS comic want to break up G1 Cleo and Deuce?!? They are a great power couple and have already gone through so many ups and downs in G1 to prove that they love each other. Since when does Cleo care about who Nefera has dated (apparently Nefera has dated someone in another dimension….is she dipping into the fairy tales and dating someone at Ever After High or the Barbie verse? Is this what happened to Blaine after Barbie dumped him to be with Ken again?!?).

Final Thoughts:

Well, that was certainly a preview of what’s to come and I’m super wary of it. :/ Again, I might’ve just aged out of G1’s YA melodrama that they’re leaning into. But I was hoping for a semi-proper continuation of the MH G1 continuity. Maybe see the ghouls graduate (after following them around their senior year) and head to college…? See some of their family members start MH…? G1 Monster High has some good bones and ideas to play around with (it’s far from perfect-I already mentioned how confusing the lore is). Plus, writers now can be inspired (or know what to avoid) by what’s happened in G2 and G3.

I already stated that this fits into the last category of MH G1 Lore “It’s Own Thing,” and this IS just a peak into it, and MAYBE I’ll be swayed, but so far, I’m just not super impressed. I give this preview a 5.8/10. The artwork is mostly pretty good, the paneling is not groundbreaking, but also not bad, it flows well. The story is what’s holding me back (but it is a free issue and it got me to finally go into our local comic book shop for Free Comic Book day).

Anyways, those are just my thoughts. What do you think of the story so far? Are you excited about “Once Bitten”/IDW MH comics living their best alternate G1 lives? Are all of my takes awful? Let me know!

Part 2 of this series of reviews will be part one of (hopefully four posts of) MH’s Pride Issue’s Comic: “Summer Fangout.”

#Aleta’s reviews #IDW Monster High comic #IDW monster high #Monster high #g1 monster high #IDW monster high comics #IDW free comic book day 2024 #IDW FCBD 2024 #IDW free comic book day Monster high #IDW FCBD Monster High

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