The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny

by James Kochalka

Overview

In volume 3 of James Kochalka's off-kilter science fiction series for young readers, the eponymous hapless space adventurer is joined by three horribly annoying little kids. Everything is terrible, and nothing is okay.

Well, that's not entirely true. There's a really great mustache. And a valiant cup of coffee. And a truly dastardly villain. And the Glorkian SuperGrandma even makes an appearance!

With gorgeous, lively illustrations and super silly humor The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny, the third volume in the Glorkian Warrior series, is jam-packed with extra-gross gross-out humor and ludicrously bad decisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626726956
Publisher:	First Second
Publication date:	03/15/2016
Series:	The Glorkian Warrior , #3
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	41 MB
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Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

James Kochalka is the author and illustrator of several beloved children's book series, including Johnny Boo and Dragon Puncher, the second installment of which won an Eisner Award in 2012. His comics for adults have won four Ignatz Awards and a Harvey Award. In 2011 he was named the first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont. In addition to drawing comics he designs video games (Glorkian Warrior: The Trials of Glork).

Editorial Reviews

"Bright and very busy panels take readers through a roller-coaster ride of guffaws, gaffes, and giggles; silliness reigns supreme, and sense is conspicuously absent." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

02/01/2016
Gr 3–7—The Glorkian Warrior is back with another surreal graphic novel adventure that will take readers to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. His sidekick, Gonk, has amassed a group of friends that are desperate to become Junior-Junior Glorkian Warriors. After following the Glorkian Warrior all day, they all unwittingly stumble upon Quackaboodle The Space God. They accidentally unleash him out into the galaxy where he starts trouble wherever he goes. No background information from the two previous books are given nor is it necessary. This adventure stands alone so new readers can join the fun without having to read the other titles (although they most likely will seek those out). Kochalka's signature blend of bonkers storytelling and pencil, ink & digital illustrations has its fans and they will definitely enjoy this volume in this bizarre, yet endearing series. This is a great choice for reluctant readers who may want something more than your standard fare.

School Library Journal

2016-01-09
In this third offering, the three-eyed titular hero and his Super Backpack team with a gang of young aliens to fulfill the prophecy of one unusual dream. The intensely pink and untiringly goofy Glorkian Warrior awakens after a doozy of a dream in which he's bedeviled by clingy children, headpieces he can't get off, and a giant flapping mustache. Of course, after such an experience he needs coffee, which is so welcome that he deems his coffee his new talking friend (it's really Backpack conversing behind him). The warrior, his backpack, and his coffee are then joined by a group of candy-colored child creatures who aspire to be warriors and who will help him defeat—with sheer silliness as their only weapon—his next enemy: the lime-green, headpiece-adorned, self-described Space God, Quackaboodle. After working together, the children are transformed by a visit from the Glorkian SuperGrandma, and the Warrior's long-standing sidekick, Gonk, finds himself changed and mustachioed. Bright and very busy panels take readers through a roller-coaster ride of guffaws, gaffes, and giggles; silliness reigns supreme, and sense is conspicuously absent. Kochalka's oddly wonderful—and very offbeat—bubble-gum-psychedelic, madcap adventures may not be for everyone, but they certainly are creatively unparalleled. Every volume seems to ratchet up the wackiness; readers can only guess—but most likely without success—where subsequent volumes will take them. (Graphic fantasy. 6-10)

Kirkus Reviews