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Goosebumps Graphix #3
Scary Summer
Wish that summer would never end?Not THIS Scary Summer!The third GB Graphix collection features acclaimed artists Dean Haspiel, Kyle Baker, and Ted Naifeh. Three hot, talented comic artists adapt these bestselling Goosebumps books into a cool new graphic format.Someone's creeping through the garden, doing nasty things! Dean Haspiel, a veteran of Batman and Justice League comics, knows just how to portray "The Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes."In his comic series like The Bakers and Plastic Man, Kyle Baker proves he's one funny artist, the perfect guy to draw a story about fun and games at camp--until "The Horror at Camp Jellyjam" is uncovered.
132 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2007
About the author
R.L. Stine
1,522 books17.4k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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September 11, 2023
Adapting three books into graphic novel form with roughly 130 pages for all of them didn't really work out. Each of the Goosebumps books could be it's own graphic novel which would allow for the pacing to be more natural, to allow us to get to know the characters, and to draw readers into the story.
Usually the Graphix books are full color, but this was black and white. I wasn't a fan of the three artists' styles. The graphics used for The Horror at Camp Jellyjam seemed more suited for a newspaper comic strip than a graphic novel. The cutesy style also detracted from the "scare factor."
Usually the Graphix books are full color, but this was black and white. I wasn't a fan of the three artists' styles. The graphics used for The Horror at Camp Jellyjam seemed more suited for a newspaper comic strip than a graphic novel. The cutesy style also detracted from the "scare factor."
August 30, 2024
The weakest of the main three Goosebumps Graphics books. Two of the three stories in here didn’t really click; whilst they can have good story beats and decent books behind them, it really comes down to the art styles for these—and their not pretty to say the least. But let’s start with the good in this. Ghost Beach was by far one of the best adaptations from the Graphix series. I’m already a big fan of the story behind it, and one of my issues—the fact that it feels too stretched out—is completely fixed in this version. The art style can be hard to get into, being very cringe and anime-like (a huge turnoff), it grew on me as the story went on, or maybe I’m just dick sucking how disturbing Harrison Sadler looks. Moving on, that story was the best of the three, and I’ll say that the third story—whilst being a pretty good tale over all—has its moments when it comes to art style. Camp JellyJam has many ugly moments but the good outshines it at parts, like the design of the monster and the characters looking okay at times. But that’s about it for upsides for this book overall. Lawn Gnomes was fucking terrible, the worst adaptation of it ever made. The art style is terrible, the story is just as mediocre as the book counterpart, and it’s generally not an enjoyable time. Ghost Beach had no issues besides the anime feel, so I’ll just toss that aside. JellyJam has its fair share of horribly ugly characters at times and just shit art style. The end of the story feels like it’s rushing 5 pages per picture. It’s easy to rush a graphic novel, but this is a whole other level of rushing. And the sports montage was boring as heck. Here’s some ratings for ya:
Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes - 3/10
Ghost Beach - 9/10
The Horror at Camp JellyJam - 6.5/10
Overall - 6/10, this was a bit of a disappointment. I however appreciate Ghost Beach a lot. That’s about all there is to be sought out for from this one.
Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes - 3/10
Ghost Beach - 9/10
The Horror at Camp JellyJam - 6.5/10
Overall - 6/10, this was a bit of a disappointment. I however appreciate Ghost Beach a lot. That’s about all there is to be sought out for from this one.
January 15, 2020
i loved all of the books but my favorite one is horror at camp jellyjam
March 31, 2021
This Goosebumps graphic novel contains 3 short stories drawn by 3 different illustrators. I was kind of expecting this to be a little bit scary, but I like the second one and it had nice art. The other two were meh, but still nice short stories I guess.
October 16, 2018
" The End?"
The quote says it all about the Goosebumps (pun intended) you suffer while reading it. The book is kind of R.L Stine's way of Interacting with fans. He brought in three illustrators who have drawn their own goosebumps-level story and allowed them t publish their short spooky stories in the world with the famous name of Goosebumps. This book consists of three short, illustrated stories which are very good, if not Stine-ly spooky. I personally enjoyed the story and the artwork of the 2nd story which is The Ghost Beach by Ted Naifeh. This review will not have much context of the book as it has three short stories instead of one. So I would like to end by saying that this was one of the most outstanding Goosebumps which one should pick up before Halloween.
The quote says it all about the Goosebumps (pun intended) you suffer while reading it. The book is kind of R.L Stine's way of Interacting with fans. He brought in three illustrators who have drawn their own goosebumps-level story and allowed them t publish their short spooky stories in the world with the famous name of Goosebumps. This book consists of three short, illustrated stories which are very good, if not Stine-ly spooky. I personally enjoyed the story and the artwork of the 2nd story which is The Ghost Beach by Ted Naifeh. This review will not have much context of the book as it has three short stories instead of one. So I would like to end by saying that this was one of the most outstanding Goosebumps which one should pick up before Halloween.
July 14, 2023
This is graphic novelizations of The Horror at Camp Jellyjam, The Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes, and Ghost Beach. I felt that Dean Haspiel, Kyle Baker, and Ted Naifeh all did a good job, but Ghost Beach definitely had my favorite art style.
As always with graphic novels/comics, these get right to the point. If you could imagine goosebumps with even less exposition and explanation, these are it. Taking the already fast paced books into 30-40 page comics. It’s breakneck from the go. Kind like a picture book for goosebumps. Image spark notes…
All of these are fun, and of course I had to pick the summer inspired one for my #GoosebumpsJuly this time. The only one that stuck out to me was The Horror at Camp Jellyjam looked a lot more like newspaper art than actual comic work, style just wasn’t for me! Personally a 3/5*.
As always with graphic novels/comics, these get right to the point. If you could imagine goosebumps with even less exposition and explanation, these are it. Taking the already fast paced books into 30-40 page comics. It’s breakneck from the go. Kind like a picture book for goosebumps. Image spark notes…
All of these are fun, and of course I had to pick the summer inspired one for my #GoosebumpsJuly this time. The only one that stuck out to me was The Horror at Camp Jellyjam looked a lot more like newspaper art than actual comic work, style just wasn’t for me! Personally a 3/5*.
June 25, 2021
Goosebumps Graphix: Scary Summer, the third book in the Goosebumps Graphix series, is a fun and spooky read.
Book three features three classic Goosebumps stories: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes, adapted by Daniel Haspiel, Ghost Beach, adapted by Ted Naifeh, and The Horror at Camp Jellyjam, adapted by Kyle Baker. While I haven’t read The Horror at Camp Jellyjam and thus can’t comment, the other two stories are faithful adaptations of the originals.
The art styles vary from one story to the next. My personal favorite was Ghost Beach. It’s dark and foreboding, which fits the story perfectly. However, each illustration style has its charm.
If you love Goosebumps and graphic novels, then I would highly recommend checking out Goosebumps Graphix: Scary Summer.
Book three features three classic Goosebumps stories: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes, adapted by Daniel Haspiel, Ghost Beach, adapted by Ted Naifeh, and The Horror at Camp Jellyjam, adapted by Kyle Baker. While I haven’t read The Horror at Camp Jellyjam and thus can’t comment, the other two stories are faithful adaptations of the originals.
The art styles vary from one story to the next. My personal favorite was Ghost Beach. It’s dark and foreboding, which fits the story perfectly. However, each illustration style has its charm.
If you love Goosebumps and graphic novels, then I would highly recommend checking out Goosebumps Graphix: Scary Summer.
January 27, 2024
Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes: 2/5
-I didn't like the art style.
- It wasn't scary and it was more funny.
Ghost Beach
- I liked this story.
- I saw the twist coming.
-Was very creepy
The Horror at Camp JellyJam
- The mystery was compelling.
- I thought the story was goofy after we found out the badguy.
-the pictures were cute!
-I didn't like the art style.
- It wasn't scary and it was more funny.
Ghost Beach
- I liked this story.
- I saw the twist coming.
-Was very creepy
The Horror at Camp JellyJam
- The mystery was compelling.
- I thought the story was goofy after we found out the badguy.
-the pictures were cute!
June 13, 2018
I read this to make sure it was appropriate for my son since it came from the teen section of the library. It was a good quick entertaining read much in the vein of Are You Afraid of the Dark one of the stories was a little scary. Reminds me of the twilight zone but for kids
February 14, 2021
I really enjoy these Goosebumps graphic novels. Three short stories in graphic novel form by 3 different illustrators. There’s mysterious camps, ghost children and garden gnomes causing havoc in this edition. This will be a good addition to my classroom graphic novels.
September 11, 2018
Really not as good as the books. I guess the storylines don’t translate as well into short comics.
September 17, 2018
The middle story was really cool and had nice art. The other two were a bit meh and the art left much to be desired.
March 22, 2020
Not as scary and creepy as I expected. It contains 3 short stories which are very easy to read. I personally love the second one.
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April 15, 2020Some cool artwork for those goosebumps classics!
June 21, 2023
I liked Ted Naifeh's adaptation the best. I'd give his 4 ⭐, but the other two three ⭐
July 31, 2023
"I don't want to hear any more crazy gnome stories. They're only lawn ornaments."
April 17, 2024
Cool and scary
March 13, 2019
This entertaining book has three different scary tales in one. The first story ’The revenge of the lawn gnomes'tells about when a boys father goes out and buys lawn gnomes for show in his garden(backyard). But yet soon mischief happens night after night in his neighbors backyard when these gnomes arrive...The main character then gets falsely blamed for all the mischief.He soon thinks the knows are to blame and soon investigates with his friend.
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November 12, 2019
Good, but liked the previous volume better. I'm still not too familiar with the overall Goosebumps series but so far each one of them has at least one memorably creepy or eerie moment, even if they still get completely silly. I haven't read the artists other works, some of them Eisner winners and nominees, but I was still more impressed with the art in the previous installments. I don't know if it bothers me more that the characters in "Ghost Beach" aren't drawn with noses, or that they only SOMETIMES drawn with noses that just disappear the rest of the time. The backgrounds in Lawn Gnomes are expertly detailed but the faces are uncanny. Also the way the sister's pajama's a drawn in Lawn Gnomes compared to her brother made me uncomfortable. The artist for "Horror at Camp Jellyjam" flat out says he doesn't draw beyond sketches, and while I understand that's a style, it's still weird to me. In terms of story, "Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes" was my least favorite episode of the TV series as a kid, but that one works better here as an uncanny fantasy than a horror. "Ghost Beach" had a decent atmosphere and themes about demise, but was ultimately half baked and trying so hard to have unexpected twists. "Jellyjam" was likely my favorite of the three, mostly because it had a clear cut beginning middle and end and is likely one of the few Goosebumps stories I know of with a non-white protagonist. Decent for kids and fans.
March 5, 2013
Attention: Spoiler Alert!!!
Keon Oh Kim
8F English
2013/3/1
Book Review
Scary Summer
I read the book Scary Summer. It is a book that has three stories. I want you to introduce the first story. There are many characters, main character is Greg. This story starts with Greg’s father buying gnomes for decorating his garden. That night his neighbor’s crops got destroyed several times. Greg got doubt, because he was trying to catch culprit, but he got caught by his sister and he got doubt. Next time, he was looking at the garden with his fiends and he saw gnomes were alive, and they caught gnomes. Gnomes said they were cursed by other stranger, and they asked them for a help. They believed gnomes and they went to gnomes store to lift a curse. But it was trap. Every gnomes in the store became alive. Suddenly they thought gnomes can’t move if there’s a light and they used flash light and they could get out of there.
There are some reasons I would like to recommend this book. First, it looks like just a comic, but it has takeaway value. You should not doubt anyone without evidence. Suspect will feel depression, and also it can disrupt people to figure out who is the real suspect. Second, there’s a reversal. First, gnomes are alive, and second gnomes lied and they trapped Greg and his friends. It will make you more thrilled and more interested in the stories.
You need to aware that it will also can bore you. Because it has not realistic character, such as gnomes are becoming alive. It makes you boring it is not realistic, because it makes hard to empathy. Also it is kind of predictable. Like you can predict that there will reversal, if you don’t I think it will be fun for you but if not, it will be boring. Because you can predict the end, and you can know how does the story ends.
I would like to recommend this book, if you would like to have fun rather than get information or lessons. First, it is comic, comic is for fun not earning information. Second, it has unrealistic characters, and when you have unrealistic character, it is more easier to make reader to be interested in the stories, but it is hard to give information to readers. Because character is fiction so readers will have hard time to trust that information. So I would like to recommend this book, if you are trying to have fun with reading. Specifically I would like to recommend this book to people who are trying to have fun with reading and having hard time with reading. Because it has easy vocabs to read and it has good plot so most of people can enjoy it.
Keon Oh Kim
8F English
2013/3/1
Book Review
Scary Summer
I read the book Scary Summer. It is a book that has three stories. I want you to introduce the first story. There are many characters, main character is Greg. This story starts with Greg’s father buying gnomes for decorating his garden. That night his neighbor’s crops got destroyed several times. Greg got doubt, because he was trying to catch culprit, but he got caught by his sister and he got doubt. Next time, he was looking at the garden with his fiends and he saw gnomes were alive, and they caught gnomes. Gnomes said they were cursed by other stranger, and they asked them for a help. They believed gnomes and they went to gnomes store to lift a curse. But it was trap. Every gnomes in the store became alive. Suddenly they thought gnomes can’t move if there’s a light and they used flash light and they could get out of there.
There are some reasons I would like to recommend this book. First, it looks like just a comic, but it has takeaway value. You should not doubt anyone without evidence. Suspect will feel depression, and also it can disrupt people to figure out who is the real suspect. Second, there’s a reversal. First, gnomes are alive, and second gnomes lied and they trapped Greg and his friends. It will make you more thrilled and more interested in the stories.
You need to aware that it will also can bore you. Because it has not realistic character, such as gnomes are becoming alive. It makes you boring it is not realistic, because it makes hard to empathy. Also it is kind of predictable. Like you can predict that there will reversal, if you don’t I think it will be fun for you but if not, it will be boring. Because you can predict the end, and you can know how does the story ends.
I would like to recommend this book, if you would like to have fun rather than get information or lessons. First, it is comic, comic is for fun not earning information. Second, it has unrealistic characters, and when you have unrealistic character, it is more easier to make reader to be interested in the stories, but it is hard to give information to readers. Because character is fiction so readers will have hard time to trust that information. So I would like to recommend this book, if you are trying to have fun with reading. Specifically I would like to recommend this book to people who are trying to have fun with reading and having hard time with reading. Because it has easy vocabs to read and it has good plot so most of people can enjoy it.
December 9, 2015
The Goosebumps graphic novel is an adaptation of 3 R.L. Stine books. The books were adapted to give a new format for different audiences and each book has a different illustrator. This book is targeted for the middle grades and is suggested for ages 8-12.
Genre:
Graphic Novel - graphic style, comic type print
Fantasy - fantasy characters and supernatural traits with actions and ideas that could not happen in reality
Writing Traits:
(1) Ideas - The writing goes beyond the obvious style of a chapter and sentence book. The illustrations in graphic form create a new world for the reader to visualize and interpret what is going on and what may happen.
(2) Voice - entertaining
The adaptations of 3 R.L. Stine books with unique, select illustrators bring to life the R.L. Stine novels in a new format that can engage a multitude of readers within the classroom. Those students who may be struggling or have no real interest in reading can use this style of novel to become engaged and increase their reading time. This book can be used in the classroom to increase reading fluency and, couple with the illustrations, can increase student comprehension. Students can feel less overwhelmed using these type of novels due to the lesser amount of lengthy wording within the book. As an easier read students who struggle with reading can find this format engaging and recreational.
I would suggest that this book and genre style could be used for silent reading time to keep students interested and engaged. This book in particular could be used in the reading content area to compare and contrast this style of book to others within the genre or for a student to write/discuss their summary of the graphic novel with another student who has read the chapter novel.
Genre:
Graphic Novel - graphic style, comic type print
Fantasy - fantasy characters and supernatural traits with actions and ideas that could not happen in reality
Writing Traits:
(1) Ideas - The writing goes beyond the obvious style of a chapter and sentence book. The illustrations in graphic form create a new world for the reader to visualize and interpret what is going on and what may happen.
(2) Voice - entertaining
The adaptations of 3 R.L. Stine books with unique, select illustrators bring to life the R.L. Stine novels in a new format that can engage a multitude of readers within the classroom. Those students who may be struggling or have no real interest in reading can use this style of novel to become engaged and increase their reading time. This book can be used in the classroom to increase reading fluency and, couple with the illustrations, can increase student comprehension. Students can feel less overwhelmed using these type of novels due to the lesser amount of lengthy wording within the book. As an easier read students who struggle with reading can find this format engaging and recreational.
I would suggest that this book and genre style could be used for silent reading time to keep students interested and engaged. This book in particular could be used in the reading content area to compare and contrast this style of book to others within the genre or for a student to write/discuss their summary of the graphic novel with another student who has read the chapter novel.
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November 6, 2013The book Goosebumps, Scary Summer was written and illustrated by Stine, Baker, Naifeh, and Haspiel. This is a fun and easy read for young eager readers. The book has many stories embedded into it that are short and fun. The book starts out with two neighbor boys named Joe and Moose, that are spending there summer vacation together. Both of their dad's are trying to win the neighborhoods garden contest and they think that each another are out to get the other person. Joe and Moose want to pull a prank on Joe's dad by adding two more gnomes to the front yard. The two gnomes turn to life and makes Joe and Moose's summer vacation much more interesting. This book was a good and easy read and is set up like a comic book. The pictures are very detailed and you can see the expressions and feel just what they are feeling. The book's illustrations are all done in black and white but you can still view the images as they are full of color.
December 4, 2011
This was creeper. Particularly the endings for each story.
1. Creepy ending
2. Really creepy ending
3. Surprisingly, An actual happy ending.
Regardless, the stories are all things that children come to fear, just the basic fears: Things coming alive at night, creepy men and ghosts, and giant gelatinous monsters that reek and threaten to devour you.
All three stories were an entertainment to read but it is really for younger kids who really have no time. Why not ride a bike?
However: This was fun. I really liked this book way better than the "Tales from the Crypt" It had humor and real horror. It was a great entertainment to go through. I could relate with characters and see things in a new way. It was fun and scary. Great book, I can't wait to read the rest. I might even get into reading the original Goosebumps. Just because...why not?
1. Creepy ending
2. Really creepy ending
3. Surprisingly, An actual happy ending.
Regardless, the stories are all things that children come to fear, just the basic fears: Things coming alive at night, creepy men and ghosts, and giant gelatinous monsters that reek and threaten to devour you.
All three stories were an entertainment to read but it is really for younger kids who really have no time. Why not ride a bike?
However: This was fun. I really liked this book way better than the "Tales from the Crypt" It had humor and real horror. It was a great entertainment to go through. I could relate with characters and see things in a new way. It was fun and scary. Great book, I can't wait to read the rest. I might even get into reading the original Goosebumps. Just because...why not?
March 10, 2017
it was amazing with all of the different
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March 18, 2011
So I love R.L.Stine, he’s one of the authors that really got me into reading. I have a mission to read every book he has written, or that is based on one of his books. So naturally when I love graphic novels and I see an R.L.Stine one why not pick it up? Well it wasn’t anything special.
I haven’t read many of the Goosebumps books but out of this one I did read the Ghost Beach one. So I liked being able to compare the graphic novel to the actual book… I liked the book better.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the art style’s in these stories they look sort of odd to me, unless that’ what they were going for. So over all I give this book 2 out of 5 stars.
I haven’t read many of the Goosebumps books but out of this one I did read the Ghost Beach one. So I liked being able to compare the graphic novel to the actual book… I liked the book better.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the art style’s in these stories they look sort of odd to me, unless that’ what they were going for. So over all I give this book 2 out of 5 stars.
May 5, 2016
Scary Summer
4/5 stars
The Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
3.5/5
I like the friendship of Joe and Moose. I liked the deception of the gnomes and the classic goosebumps of it all and of course it had the go to Stine ending.
Ghost Beach
5/5 stars
This story was awesome it had all of the fun tropes that Stine tends to throw into his writing. It was creepy and beautifully illustrated.
The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
4.5/5 stars
Aw this one was cool. It kind of reminded me of an episode of Buffy. The king thing was gross and the ending was a little anticlimactic but the art was super cute and I liked the whole summer camp hypnotized, somethings going on vibe.
4/5 stars
The Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
3.5/5
I like the friendship of Joe and Moose. I liked the deception of the gnomes and the classic goosebumps of it all and of course it had the go to Stine ending.
Ghost Beach
5/5 stars
This story was awesome it had all of the fun tropes that Stine tends to throw into his writing. It was creepy and beautifully illustrated.
The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
4.5/5 stars
Aw this one was cool. It kind of reminded me of an episode of Buffy. The king thing was gross and the ending was a little anticlimactic but the art was super cute and I liked the whole summer camp hypnotized, somethings going on vibe.
September 16, 2008
Three chilling tales of R.L. Stine are illustrated by Kyle Baker (MAD Magazine), Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin) and Dean Haspiel (Bizarro Comix).
All three of these stories play upon the typical fears of the adolescent psyche--from garden gnomes who come alive at night, wreaking havoc around the neighborhood (the results of which are subsequently blamed upon the young protagonist) to a seemingly perfect sports summer camp with a sinister prize for the best athletes.
These are great stories, but not too scary.
All three of these stories play upon the typical fears of the adolescent psyche--from garden gnomes who come alive at night, wreaking havoc around the neighborhood (the results of which are subsequently blamed upon the young protagonist) to a seemingly perfect sports summer camp with a sinister prize for the best athletes.
These are great stories, but not too scary.
June 22, 2012
Okay, I saw this on the library shelf, and the grinning lawn gnomes sucked me in...
It didn't impress ME, but it might impress the target audience. Kids can be spooked by the very IDEA that lawn gnomes could come to life, or horrible creatures might be just over the fence at summer camp, or that ghosts could fool you... into bad things...
So if you have a kiddo in the 'goosebumps' age range, this isn't a bad shot. The art was fun, but as adults and older kids go, it would fall flat. Alas.
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