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Captain Doodie from Uranus has been sent to earth to determine the likelihood of the planet being a threat to Captain Doodie’s planet and “people.” Captain Doodie is the ‘best of the best’ of his superior race but still finds various challenges presented by the ‘primitive species’ when he crashes his spaceship and ends up tied up to a parachute and tangled in a tree.
This is just the beginning for Captain Doodie, who then faces wild animals (to include an enraged squirrel), a secret intelligence agency, psychotic bees, a human family and their crazy Chihuahua named Herman.
The story is quite entertaining as we follow Captain Doodie’s stream of consciousness as he tries to escape would be captives and survive Herman, the mad Chihuahua, and assassins who are out to get him. The entertaining black-and-white illustrations have a vintage look to them and are, excuse the pun, quite animated.
Some of the characters - especially Herman the Chihuahua and his dialect - are hilarious and endearing. Certain situations ring humorously true, like a kid who is obsessed with video games, the Secret Intelligence Agency looking for signs of intelligence, and some of the mundane conversations that take place between adults (“I’d rather not discuss my feet while I am concentrating”).
I imagine that this series could grow on you. This comic is best targeted for 11 to 14 year olds and die-hard comic readers.
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Maya Fleischmann/2010 for curled
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There's an Alien in My Toilet, Vol. 1