Book Review
Title: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey
Author: D.J. Milky, Kei Ishiyama, David Hutchison & Dan Conner
Genre: Graphic Novel
Rating: *****
Review: So, I requested this because the Nightmare before Christmas and the Corpse Bride are my favourite Tim Burton films and I couldn’t wait to see what Zero’s Journey had in store for me. This review will be quite short because there isn’t too much that I can say on the subject, but I will do my best.
So this graphic novel seems to be a continuation of where the movie left off if you haven’t seen it then go watch it, it’s hilarious. For those that have watched the movie, you will know that Pumpkin Jack made it back to Halloween Town and decided to leave Christmas alone for good. However, in the comic, upon making it back to Halloween Town Jack was obsessed with recreating the portal that took him to Christmas Town in the first place.
Jack manages to create the portal, but he can’t navigate it properly and, in his worrying, he accidentally manages to send his faithful ghost dog, Zero through the portal into Christmas Town. We follow Zero’s adventures through Christmas Town, but he soon becomes sad that he can’t return home to his friend; Pumpkin Jack. However, not everything is good in Christmas Town as Zero doesn’t belong there and is often chased away.
The good thing is even though Zero has found himself in a tough situation, we the reader, knows that Jack and the triplets are heading to Christmas Town once more in order to retrieve Zero. Overall, I really liked this comic and it does begin to answer some questions the movie left behind. Highly recommended.
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Paperback: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
I received this review copy from NetGalley
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