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Wolverine: Worst Day Ever Hardcover – April 22, 2009
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- Print length200 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMarvel Enterprises
- Publication dateApril 22, 2009
- Dimensions6 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-100785137572
- ISBN-13978-0785137573
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- Publisher : Marvel Enterprises (April 22, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 200 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0785137572
- ISBN-13 : 978-0785137573
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,516,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12,158 in Marvel Comics & Graphic Novels (Books)
- #48,357 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels
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About the authors
Called a "YA rebel-author" by Kirkus Reviews, Barry Lyga has published more than twenty novels in various genres in his dozen-plus-year career, including the New York Times bestselling I Hunt Killers and Thanos: Titan Consumed for Marvel Studios. His books have been or are slated to be published in nine different languages in North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia.
After graduating from Yale with a degree in English, Lyga worked in the comic book industry before quitting to pursue his lifelong love of writing. In 2006, his first young adult novel, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, was published to rave reviews, including starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly named Lyga a "Flying Start" in December 2006 on the strength of the debut.
His second young adult novel, Boy Toy, received starred reviews in SLJ, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus. VOYA gave it its highest critical rating, and the Chicago Tribune called it "...an astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim." His third novel, Hero-Type, according to VOYA "proves that there are still fresh ideas and new, interesting story lines to be explored in young adult literature."
Since then, he has also written Goth Girl Rising (the sequel to his first novel), as well as the Archvillain series for middle-grade readers and the graphic novel Mangaman (with art by Colleen Doran).
His most famous series is I Hunt Killers, called by the LA Times "one of the more daring concepts in recent years by a young-adult author" and an "extreme and utterly alluring narrative about nature versus nurture." The first book landed on both the New York Times and USAToday bestsellers lists, and the series has been optioned for television by Warner Bros./Silver Pictures.
Lyga lives and writes near New York City. His comic book collection is a lot smaller than it used to be, but is still way too big.
Eisner and Harvey Award nominated writer Marc Sumerak has spent nearly two decades contributing to the legends of a number Marvel Comics' most popular characters, including the Avengers, Spider-Man, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and many more.
Sumerak has also written a number of books showcasing some of pop culture's hottest properties, including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, and Firefly. He currently provides new story content for the popular mobile game, Marvel: Future Fight.
For more information, visit www.sumerak.com
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Lyga is a young-adult author with the right sensibilities for a young audience. He's honed his craft in other prose books, and Wolverine: Worst Day Ever is close to being a prose work itself. It uses the blog format to advance its story, combined with archive images of Wolverine that have appeared in comics throughout the years. So while not technically a graphic novel per se, it has several of the elements (not least of which is one of the most popular characters to ever appear in comics).
Wolverine: Worst Day Ever is ideal for middle-school-age children, although younger ones would probably enjoy it as well. Violence is present, but it's minimal (and it's centered around Wolverine's annual battle with his archnemesis, Sabretooth). Traditional YA themes of acceptance, fitting in, and learning to express yourself are dealt with, and in a very nice way. Lyga has a nice touch with Eric, and he gives him plenty of room to breathe in the novel.
Older readers will enjoy this new take on Wolverine as well. It's innocent, in a way, but it still keeps Wolverine cool. He is one of the coolest comics characters around, after all. But in this case, he might not be the most interesting character in the book. Eric is fascinating.
Lyga often touches on dark themes in his works (like The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl), but this isn't like that. It's a lot of fun from start to finish, a nice, refreshing take on Wolverine and the whole school for gifted youngsters that Professor Xavier founded.
I read this with my daughter, who's in second grade. She really enjoyed the descriptions of Eric's misadventures, and his fanboy-ing for Wolverine.
I loved that so many kids could empathize with Eric's sense of isolation, and then his slowly learning to value himself, to see that his hero values him, and then how to move out of isolation, by virtue of his own effort.
It's aimed at kids, but is really well written.
My daughter also liked the additional "Power Pack" adventures in the back.
Favorite quote? Still used to this day? yes!
Wolverine - “it takes a real man to drink strawberry milk.”