***I was provided a e-arc copy from netgalley.com and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thought and opinions are my own***
Title: Saved By The Bell Vol 1
Author: Joelle Selner, Chynna Clugston Flores, and Tim Fish
Publisher: Roar Comics
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Description:
The classic TV series gets an update for today’s brand new high-schoolers as the coolest kids at Bayside High start their freshman year!
All your favorite characters – Zack, Slater, Kelly, Lisa, Screech and Jessie (and Mr. Belding, of course!) – are starting freshman year at Bayside High, trading in brick phones and mullets for iPhones and Twitter accounts. Does Lisa’s fashion show get on the air, and will Screech ever leave her alone? Will Jessie get that A+? And, most importantly, who’s Kelly going to go out with – preppy Zack or new star athlete A.C. Slater? It’s alright, ‘cause we’re saved by the bell!
All your favorite characters – Zack, Slater, Kelly, Lisa, Screech and Jessie (and Mr. Belding, of course!) – are starting freshman year at Bayside High, trading in brick phones and mullets for iPhones and Twitter accounts. Does Lisa’s fashion show get on the air, and will Screech ever leave her alone? Will Jessie get that A+? And, most importantly, who’s Kelly going to go out with – preppy Zack or new star athlete A.C. Slater? It’s alright, ‘cause we’re saved by the bell!
My Review:
It is a recent trend in comics to take a TV show and spin it into a new comic book series and I will be the first to say that I love where this is going.
Saved by the Bell was a TV series on in the 90s about a California high school and a certain group of friends in this school who were all very different but were always getting along and getting into mischief.
This first volume was like watching a series of episodes come alive on the page. It felt so authentic to the original TV show that it really made me appreciate these authors and what they did. I thought the stories were great and the characters all had similar thoughts and values to the ones on the show. Lisa still loves fashion but now she vlog's about it, Slater is still a jock, Jesse still a badass feminist, Kelly is still lusted after as the girl next door, and Zack is still the handsome goof who is always getting into trouble. And Screech is still Screech. I loved that his robot from some of the TV episodes made an appearance and they kept him as the nerdy but computer savvy character who just wants a date.
If you loved the TV show than I definitely think this will both entertain you and bring back lots of fond memories. I would suggest it to fans of the show and fans of fun brightly illustrated comics about high school students.
My Star Rating:
4 out of 5
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