Diamond Island

by Max Winters, Joseph Kirsch, Taylor Bills

Overview

After discovering an ancient journal that tells of a distant island littered with rubies and gems, the lovable Richie Rockstein bids farewell to his family and heads out to uncover Diamond Island.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623027384
Publisher:	Idea & Design Works, LLC
Publication date:	03/11/2015
Series:	Diamond Island
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
File size:	85 MB
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Editorial Reviews

04/13/2015
Hapless Richie Rockstein is a cog in his father’s corporation, and his repeated disastrous missteps lead to his inevitable ousting. At rock bottom, Richie acquires a map to the legendary Diamond Island, where precious stones litter the landscape. He acquires great wealth, but Richie’s nature as a disaster magnet trumps his luck, resulting in a crushing reversal of fortune and important life lessons learned. This all-ages graphic novel suffers from being overlong and having problems with its visual pacing. Sequences attempt to replicate the flow and timing of animation, but they paradoxically slow the proceedings to a near-halt while bloating the page count. The story’s moral lesson is also hammered home with the impact of a frozen ham to the skull, which comes off as deeply patronizing to its intended audience. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly