'Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever' by Doug Savage brings another hilarious chapter in the story of weird woodland creatures fighting (and causing) crime.

Laser Moose finds a new threat in the forest. Rabbit Boy only sees a fairly harmless chickadee, but Laser Moose is convinced. When chickadee causes a chain reaction accident, that creates a disco ball spill, Laser Moose's enemy Cyborgupine builds a mirrored combat suit. Laser Moose must find a new way to fight since laser eyes bounce off mirrored surfaces and create havoc. Will Laser Moose foil Cyborgupine? And what the heck is going on with that chickadee?

I loved the first volume in this series, and this one was just as fun. I loved the chain reaction events that happened. I loved Laser Moose's out of control lasers being a hazard. Through it all Rabbit Boy just goes along with things.

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The synopsis sounds interesting and my son really wanted to read it, but the PDF I received was blank and I wasn't able to read it.

A moose and a rabbit fight a cyborg-porcupine wearing a discoball suit. That concept sounds like absolute insanity. This book should not work. And if it took itself seriously it wouldn't. The playful tone and absurd events work in its favor. Especially since as ridiculous as events are they follow a logical progression within the world of the book

Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy are busy keeping the forest safe. Laser Moose has his eye on Chickadee whom he is convinced is evil but he can’t catch in the act. Meanwhile, an escaped load of disco balls has crashed in the forest and Cyborgupine has gathered them to make a fiendishly clever laser-proof suit. Unable to use his lasers to save the day, Laser Moose has an identity crisis. But Rabbit Boy helps give Laser Moose a pep talk and come up with a way to defeat Cyborgupine despite his highly reflective suit.

I liked this much better than the first Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy book. In fact, I might suggest to just skip book one and pick up the series here (since the characters are reintroduced here and book one spends most of its time introducing them you aren’t missing much). Laser Moose learns some important lessons about true worth and jumping to conclusions, and he and Rabbit Boy employ some creative problem solving to save the day. Kids can have fun debating whether or not Chickadee is evil or not since the evidence isn’t super conclusive one way or the other. If you know a lower grade student who is struggling getting into reading and likes unique superheroes, this might be just the thing. And you can learn some unique dance moves from Rabbit Boy in the back of the book too.

Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content or decency issues. Some animals get hit by wayward laser beams but just get flesh wounds that are depicted with a little red.

In this story, talking animals play superhero in a universe where chickadees are more evil than wolves, and eagles are afraid of spiders. That, along with fish landing on the windshield, is why the super pair are avalanched by a cargo of disco balls.
Running is always plan B, but yeah, it should be plan A.
“Sorry, Frank.” Yeah, keep your lasers to yourself.
Squirrel claws to the ass will defeat all superheroes.
“You’re really cheesy, but you’re right.” Howz that for a moral?
At the end the good wolf explains why dancing is good for you. . . and then Rabbit teaches disco, with moves even I haven’t heard of.
With a disco ball giant robot, nothing is too ridiculous here. Incredibly silly, but all the better for it.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

The cartoon escapades and mishaps of an animal team--Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy. A book that might appeal to pre-teen boys. But we'll pass on this one.

Laser firing moose, cyborg porcupines, disco fever and evil chickadees...all make for very funny and insane comic trip!

Laser Moose shoots lasers out of his eyes. Rabbit Boy is a rabbit that is his best friend. This is the second book in the series, and has a much simpler plot than the last one. The basic story is that there is evil out there, and Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy have to fight it, as soon as they figure out what that evil is.

In between all this, a shipload of disco balls comes into their valley, thus the disco fever name for the book, and there is evil, but is it the chickadee? Is it the wolf? And what is the beaver doing?

Fun, sarcastic, easily read by a middle-schooler on up. What a great series. Is there a theme? A message? I guess the message is "things aren't always what they seem."

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When "Silly" Doesn't Mean Stooopid

This is actually a pretty classic superhero comic, it just features funsy forest creatures instead of a man of steel and a bit of silliness instead of angst. But don't be fooled - there's a plot, suspense, some clever hero one-liners, and even an upbeat Justice League sort of message.

Our hero, Laser Moose, (you know, a Moose with laser eyes), suspects that the cute new Chickadee in the forest is actually pure distilled evil. Laser Moose's sidekick, Rabbit Boy, isn't convinced. But every time something bad happens that Chickadee is nearby. Coincidence? Or proof of evil? Meanwhile, Cyborgupine, (you know, a cyborg porcupine), has built a battle robot that uses disco ball mirrors to reflect Laser Moose's laser bolts. How will LM and RB stop him when a moose without laser eyes is just a moose?

We have an interesting story about jumping to conclusions without proof. We have a good and evil conflict where good has to think its way out of trouble. At one point Laser Moose doubts himself and Rabbit Boy has to buck him up. As I say, classic stuff.

Laser Moose is a more interesting and reliable hero than most of the grownup ones I've read lately. Rabbit Boy is perceptive, steadfast and loyal. Other forest creatures are fine supporting characters who comment on the action. Cyborgupine is a great villain - not too scary, but definitely a bad guy. The plot is a bit twisty and very clever, but easy enough for a little reader to follow. Tension builds to a final throw down, and the story follows all of the superhero rules for plot developments and pacing. The drawings are crisp and bold and it's always clear what's happening. There are no fart jokes or boogers or anything like that. One feels that that sort of thing would be beneath this story. This book is silly, not stupid, and it doesn't take cheap shortcuts.

So, there was a lot more here than I expected, and it was all pretty good. A nice find.

(Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

outdated and might go over their heads. (Ie: Going to the disco.) The drawings are comic-strippy and very appropriate for a wide age range. There are, of course, a few valuable lessons in Disco Fever. A moose without lasers is still an awesome moose. Mirrors are evil. Appearances can be deceptive. Friends support each other.

The story flows easily. The strips are easy to understand. The action is ridiculous. The dialogue will make you chuckle. One can't help but snicker at the ridiculousness of your basic 'superhero must find his strength again' put into moose and rabbit drawings.

It seems like every time I read a ridiculous line in a book, the universe sets out to send me a book that will top it. In this case, I think it'll be quite a while before I find a line worse/better than:

"I don't know if I can defeat cyborgupine and his disco suit."

Seriously. Cyborgupine. Disco suit. (And yes, the drawings of these two things are everything you could ever dream of to accompany it.)

Also, at the end, there's a bonus section that talks about the importance of dancing and will teach you to do a little dance if you follow it carefully. (I read it, I did not attempt it.)

Overall, while I don't think I would have picked the book up under normal circumstances, Disco Fever was an enjoyable read. I am kind of curious to read the first book to see how everything got started. If you're thinking about picking up this book for your kids, you may want to pre-read it yourself because mileage may seriously vary.

The 2nd Laser Moose is here and we were so excited!!! This book is so silly that we all laugh. I love how incredibly silly it all gets.

Sometimes they are sarcastic which is really funny for adults. And sometimes it's just silly which is really funny for kids. Frank is there, and there's a vegetarian wolf!

And the real star, the evil chickadee! But can Laser Moose find the proof he needs?

Laser Moose is just what he sounds, a moose that has the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes. This can be cool, but also a bit troubling (think trees accidentally felled). The trouble intensifies when a truck full of reflective disco balls falls into the woods and Laser Moose's lasers are reflected everywhere by the small mirrors. When Cyborupine -- an evil porcupine with a bionic eye, natch -- decides to make a transformer type monster out of reflecting disco ball mirrors, trouble ensues. Is this the work of the evil chickadee that lives in the forest, or is the chickadee an innocent bystander. Confused? Intrigued? This is the world of Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy and it's a doozy. Lots of fun and unlikely action, great starter comic book for kids.

Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever. Huh? Having never heard of Savage Chickens or Doug Savage before, I had to rely solely on my intrigue at the strange illustration on the cover in my decision to take a chance on this graphic novel. I am so glad I did! Although this book's target audience is kids, don't let that fool you! Adults will get as much, if not more, joy from this book as their kids.

Whenever the cute but obviously evil chickadee is around, bad things happen. Laser Moose, protector of the forest who shoots lasers from his eyes, and Rabbit Boy, his dancing sidekick, are on the case. Cyborgupine, Laser Moose's cyborg-porcupine nemesis, makes use of a truckload of disco balls to attempt to defeat Laser Moose once and for all. Can Laser Moose still be a hero if he can't use his lasers?

With Gus (a vegetarian wolf), Frank (a deer), squirrels, a fish, an eagle and a spider along for the ride, I couldn't choose a favourite character. I liked them all! I even noticed a cameo appearance by Mechasquirrel from the first Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy book.

Doug Savage's illustrations had me happily making a fool of myself by randomly bursting into laughter throughout the book. I particularly loved the chain reactions that evil chickadee caused. This graphic novel is the perfect example of a picture painting a thousand words. The details are important in Doug's pictures and if you pay attention to what's happening in the entire scene you'll be rewarded. Something small and seemingly insignificant at the beginning of the story may well come back into play later.

As soon as I finished reading I searched for more graphic novels by Doug Savage. I found the first of this series along with plenty of Savage Chickens offerings available on my library's digital comic book and graphic novel app. (What would I do without libraries?!) Needless to say, every single one has been downloaded ready for my amusement. Incidentally, as I've recently discovered my love for this publisher, I also downloaded as many Andrews McMeel Publishing titles as I had space to store and plan to go back for more once I've devoured this lot.

I received an ARC of this graphic novel from NetGalley (thank you so much to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the opportunity) in exchange for honest feedback.