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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 7: Bad Dream
We all know that Santa Claus is making a list and checking it twice...but you won't find precocious provocateur Moon Girl on the nice list this year! So when the children of Yancy Street need some holiday cheer, why is it up to notorious grinch Lunella Lafayette and jolly red Devil Dinosaur to fill in for Saint Nick? Then, eight hours of sleep usually means a full night's rest - but for Lunella and Devil, it means a fierce fight to stay out of the Dream Dimension! Welcome to a place at the edge of our subconscious minds, where all manner of monsters dwell - but who is the Dream Dimension's newest resident? And what does their appearance mean for the nocturnal adventures of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur?
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120 pages, Paperback
First published July 9, 2019
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June 11, 2020
The Christmas issue is the best issue of the series to date. It has everything you want to see in a Christmas issue of a comic book. Gustavo Duarte's art is a delight. The main story, Bad Dream, is just all right. It's the kid's version of your standard Nightmare story that you'd see in a Dr. Strange comic. In fact, Dr. Strange along with Sleepwalker do team up with Lunella. I will say that this is the first volume in a long time where Lunella isn't a pompous windbag which was quite refreshing.
July 22, 2019
First up, Moon Girl saves Christmas! Then, it's into the Dream Dimension as Lunella and Devil try to stop Nightmare and his newest protege, the titular Bad Dream, before he can break the barriers between the Waking and Dreaming Worlds forever!
The first issue of this volume gets off to an excellent start. A part rhyming, part speaking, all ass-kicking Christmas issue shows us the true meaning of the holidays while being adorable all the way through. The art from guest artist Gustavo Duarte is even more expressive than usual, and adds to the whimsy quite nicely.
Bad Dream itself however is a meandering mess. Across the four issues, Lunella goes to dreamland, runs away, goes to dreamland, runs away, goes to dreamland...you get the point. The story never goes anywhere, and even as Lunella adds allies in the form of Doctor Strange and Sleepwalker, the plot just doesn't DO anything. Even the ultimate conclusion is some hand-wavy stuff that doesn't actually resolve anything, and the moral that the story is trying to teach is so murky that you'll come away wondering what the hell the last four issues were for. Natacha Bustos' artwork is always lovely though, and her Dream Dimension is full of crazy stuff - there's a monster that looks like something straight out of Powerpuff Girls that I really appreciated.
One fantastic issue saves the remaining four from dragging this down to a two star rating, but I'm glad Bad Dream is easy to wake from, and doesn't become a recurring nightmare.
The first issue of this volume gets off to an excellent start. A part rhyming, part speaking, all ass-kicking Christmas issue shows us the true meaning of the holidays while being adorable all the way through. The art from guest artist Gustavo Duarte is even more expressive than usual, and adds to the whimsy quite nicely.
Bad Dream itself however is a meandering mess. Across the four issues, Lunella goes to dreamland, runs away, goes to dreamland, runs away, goes to dreamland...you get the point. The story never goes anywhere, and even as Lunella adds allies in the form of Doctor Strange and Sleepwalker, the plot just doesn't DO anything. Even the ultimate conclusion is some hand-wavy stuff that doesn't actually resolve anything, and the moral that the story is trying to teach is so murky that you'll come away wondering what the hell the last four issues were for. Natacha Bustos' artwork is always lovely though, and her Dream Dimension is full of crazy stuff - there's a monster that looks like something straight out of Powerpuff Girls that I really appreciated.
One fantastic issue saves the remaining four from dragging this down to a two star rating, but I'm glad Bad Dream is easy to wake from, and doesn't become a recurring nightmare.
March 21, 2021
Bad.
Maybe good for kids.
Maybe good for kids.
July 15, 2021
What an unexpected and total joy this is - Marvel have been their own worst enemy for many years with their endless crossovers and cancelling/ restarting titles at random. It pleases me no end that bubbling under the hoo ha of the big hitters, small scale and lovely things like this and Squirrel Girl are being published. When I was a Marvel fan as a kid you basically had Alpha Flight, and now we have a genuinely thrilling and sweet hearted comic full of zip, silliness and earned pathos that’s crucially never talking down to its audience. And it looks beautiful. More of this please
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May 8, 2020It opens with a charming Christmas issue, before the boundaries between waking and dreaming worlds start breaking down and Lunella's frustration at the idiots around her is exacerbated by sleeplessness, which always makes everything so much worse. But mainly I enjoyed this for the scene where Devil Dinosaur is curled up with his teddy.
April 5, 2021
I love these stories about Lunella aka Moon Girl and her Devil Dinosaur. Mrrroooo?
I am still waiting for my own Devil Dinosaur. I hope she will be red.
I am still waiting for my own Devil Dinosaur. I hope she will be red.
May 13, 2020
I feel like I'm going out and deliberately kicking puppies when I get critical about the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur books, but this is the second-to-last volume and it's time to be honest: these books have never lived up to their promise and have mainly wasted their premise by being plodding and unengaging for kids. I started picking these up way back at the beginning because I loved the idea of a super-smart girl who needed a friend and found one in a big, red dinosaur who was lost, exiled from his own time. Lunella has always been a prickly character, but she's still written as lecturing and repetitively pushing people away, isolated continuously in ways I find sad and frustrating, without fun shenanigans to make up for it. I'm treating this as a character trait, but I'm not sure the writers did this deliberately, it's more what the reader takes away after reading on collection at a time. I wanted these to be fun, for dino adventures, for science and triumph! Instead, it's continuous lecturing about how Lunella is too smart, has too many responsibilities, and can't count on anyone. My six-year-old eagerly asks me to read these to her, and then gets bored before we finish, which to me is the strongest possible criticism. I hope Lunella and DD can find new life with creators who can harness the potential of her genius and make her story one my kid wants to read.
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August 19, 2022 from my blog where there's more information on where I got my copy and links and everything.
Well, this was really fun. It starts out with Lunella saving Christmas. I don’t know if that issue is canon (is Santa real in Marvel? I know he is in DC) but it’s certainly fun and would be a really fun comic to put in a stocking or a gift bag for a kid at Christmas.
I also really liked the main plot. It’s all based in dreams and the colours are super vibrant and gorgeous, and the illustrations just feel a bit unreal, like a dream. It’s so good. Also, Devil Dinosaur sleeping with a teddy bear is the cutest thing ever.
Off-topic but Doctor Strange shows up in this one, and does the movie just make him boring? Because I feel like he’s always kind of funny and interesting when he shows up in things I read but what I’ve seen of him in the movies just seems super dull.
Big recommend here as usual.
Well, this was really fun. It starts out with Lunella saving Christmas. I don’t know if that issue is canon (is Santa real in Marvel? I know he is in DC) but it’s certainly fun and would be a really fun comic to put in a stocking or a gift bag for a kid at Christmas.
I also really liked the main plot. It’s all based in dreams and the colours are super vibrant and gorgeous, and the illustrations just feel a bit unreal, like a dream. It’s so good. Also, Devil Dinosaur sleeping with a teddy bear is the cutest thing ever.
Off-topic but Doctor Strange shows up in this one, and does the movie just make him boring? Because I feel like he’s always kind of funny and interesting when he shows up in things I read but what I’ve seen of him in the movies just seems super dull.
Big recommend here as usual.
April 10, 2020
This book was a little better than the last volume, but I guess it helps that the main antagonist that Moon Girl had to face was one outside her typical wheelhouse. When it comes to the super-geniuses of the Marvel Comics books, the best way to stump them is to make them face things of a more mystical nature that defy science. And this dream-focused story arc was an interesting choice.
It wasn't a typical encounter with the dream dimension and yes did feature the likes of Nightmare, Doctor Strange and even Sleepwalker, but only as limited supporting characters. They managed to keep things fairly focused on Moon Girl and the new Bad Dream character and that worked out well enough given the general tone and direction of the book.
It wasn't a typical encounter with the dream dimension and yes did feature the likes of Nightmare, Doctor Strange and even Sleepwalker, but only as limited supporting characters. They managed to keep things fairly focused on Moon Girl and the new Bad Dream character and that worked out well enough given the general tone and direction of the book.
December 30, 2021
Lunella finally interacts with the forces of magic and it is kind of funny seeing her trying to use logic against someone like Nightmare who is not a being of logic. It is kind of a nice lesson for her having to learn that not everything can be solved by simple logic but require something else. Also like previous volumes we learn that another character as their own kid villain to give Lunella another foil and it is ok and a interesting idea.
July 16, 2019
I’d give it 3 stars but it has my favourite hero, Sleepwalker, so it gets a bonus star for him showing up, even if they didn’t really use him that well. Also, it was nice to see Lunella not be as obnoxious as she was in the more recent volumes. She’s still a kid but she’s learning a smidgen of empathy and patience lately.
October 23, 2019
A fun little volume that contains a story about Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur saving Christmas. The second story has Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur fighting off Nightmare and returning a young boy who was stolen as a child into the dream realm with the help of Dr. Strange.
The girls enjoy these. I like that they have a female protagonist who is smart and tries to solve problems on her own.
The girls enjoy these. I like that they have a female protagonist who is smart and tries to solve problems on her own.
October 9, 2024
Lunella heads to dream land to deal with Nightmare and a new character, Bad Dream. Its clever and as expected. Nothing of note and I think Montclare could have done more with Lunella's nightmares. The story was fine for what it was. There was also an adorable Christmas tale. The art was very good and another perfect fit. Overall, a decent read that didn't capitalize on the environment.
September 30, 2019
I know he has been back for a few issues, but I do love Devil Dinosaur. Bringing in Doctor Strange with the Dream Dimension was fun. Lunella is so matter of fact and going after Nightmare (total bully) is refreshing!
November 11, 2019
This was kind of an odd entry in this series, but it still has the fun characters and wholesomeness that make this title stand out, and bringing Doctor Strange into the mix made for an interesting change of tone.
January 21, 2023
I love that this comic has humor and spunk. I love Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The art and Christmas theme are fun. I’m just not a comic person�.but I keep trying. 🙃
Read harder challenge #8: read a graphic novel you haven’t read before
Read harder challenge #8: read a graphic novel you haven’t read before
January 22, 2023
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur discover that everyone on Yancey Street has been sleeping poorly. Will they save the day? I enjoyed the story about Bad Dream and his connection to Nightmare. The artwork style is great for the story telling.
May 19, 2023
A fun romp as Lunella and Lunella find themselves having to deal with a character known as Bad Dream. It doesn't offer as much development as other volumes did to Lunell'a character but it does showcase some very entertaining moments through some reality bending aspects.
July 28, 2019
Yeah, I’m done. I felt Lunella improved a little, but the story was confusing and thin.
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October 7, 2019
3.5 Cute. The Santa story was adorbz
October 26, 2019
Yay, getting better.
The Christmas issue was super adorable.
The Christmas issue was super adorable.
November 26, 2019
Always a nice palate cleanser. 3.5/5.
January 3, 2020
A few plot jumps were confusing, but I love this series. Overall good installment.
January 9, 2020
3.5 stars
September 26, 2020
There are some cute cameos in the xmas story.
January 14, 2021
I am going to have to remember that Christmas issue next year for storytime, lol!
May 5, 2021
The strangness of dreams and the power of them too. I really enjoied the Night Before Chrismas bit at the begining to, it was both cute and sweet.
January 11, 2022
💤 🛌😴💠Think what you want about me, but I know who I am. As long as I know
me, I am satisfied.
me, I am satisfied.
February 11, 2022
The writers are starting to reach now. The whole Bad Dreams part really lost my interest.
March 25, 2024
Eldest read
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