Milo the mummy has zany adventures, daily. In this collection of comics, Milo deals with angry cats, wild gorillas, dangerous pizza and more. Some readers will enjoy the slapstick, self-aware humor ("My dad needs that laptop for online dating!" or "Dad is not going to like the window being broken, again.") and some readers won't. It feels like a very niche market of humor for certain kids and adults. Overall, not a must have.

'Wrapped-Up Vol. 1' by Dave Scheidt with Scoot McMahon and various artists is a graphic novel with a series of stories about a young mummy who really likes pizza.

Milo, a young mummy, lives in an unusual family. He's got a best friend who is a wizard and an older sister who looks out for him. In the series of stories, Milo has to find an enchanted pepperoni, battle an army of cats, and fight off a kaiju while on a field trip with his class.

I had fun reading this graphic novel. The stories are short, but imaginative. There are lots of characters, but they are all managed pretty well. Various artists are used, but the book has continuity in the look is has.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Oni Press, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Wrapped Up Vol 1 is fun. It stars Milo, a twelve year old mummy who loves pizza and skateboarding. My son and I can't get enough of Milo's misadventures. I look forward to the next volume. Good stuff!

Wrapped Up is one of the best original comics for kids to come out in years. Dave Scheidt's incredibly fun sense of humor paired with Scott McMahon's fantastic artwork combines for one seriously awesome comic. The story is so much fun, and we laugh our way through every single issue.

This was a lot of fun. The art is reminiscent of Tiny Titans and the stories fall in the realm of Dog Man, Captain underpants Etc. We follow Milo in his everyday life as a mummy. He is one pizza eating wrap of bandages. My favorite strip in the book is the one in the library where they are trying to find the smelly book. Lots of characters and humor for elementary graphic novel readers.

I'm usually willing to give pretty much any graphic novel a try. Sometimes I'm delighted. Others, as in this case, I get exactly what I expect. A weird, hackneyed collection of half jokes. The concept is a bit odd but I could forgive that if the plot were focused, if it were clever and sharply funny, but it just sort of random.

Wrapped Up Vol 1 features Milo, a twelve year old mummy who’s passionate about pizza and skateboarding. If you want to embarrass him just call him ‘Beetle’. Milo lives with his mummy Mum, archaeologist stepfather Henry and older stepsister Jill. For some reason poor mummy Dad lives with this blended family and no one seems to be weirded out by this. The next door neighbour is a wizard that has no name and is friends with Milo.

I’m not sure how this works but mummy Mum and mummy Dad wound up with a mummy son, even though, being mummies, they’ve been dead for quite a while. This is one of those graphic novels where you need to suspend your disbelief and just go with the flow. For example, in the introductory story a gorilla interrupts the family’s pizza dinner by crashing through the wall and then falls in love with Milo.

In Night of the Pizza Knight Milo wishes he could have pizza every day and No-Name-Wizard who appears perpetually drunk and/or stoned (potions are mentioned) grants Milo’s wish. They hadn’t counted on the arrival of the Pizza Knight or the ire of a cheesed off (sorry!) pizza delivery guy.

In Mummy vs Wild Jill asks Milo to meet her at the zoo. Amira, who we haven’t met until now, tags along with Milo. Once at the zoo the three split up and all of a sudden Milo is being chased and crawled over by zoo animals. This was my least favourite story in the collection.

In The Babysitter’s Flub Milo’s mummy Dad is going on a date and has arranged for Milo to have a witch in training babysitter that is younger than he is. This story features a chocolate milk cow and a psychotic pizza.

In The Ewww-y Decimal System Milo’s mummy Mum has a job for Milo at the library where she works. She needs him to locate the book that someone shelved after vomiting in it as the smell is (obviously) bothering the customers.

In Killer Cats and Mummy Wraps the wizard next door is certain that evil cats are trying to kill him.

In Keep It Down Milo can’t sleep because of the teenage jock frogs having a party in the back yard.

In Hungry, Hungry Kaiju it’s up to Milo to save the day when a ravenous monster causes havoc.

In Children of the Night Jill is having a picnic with her vampire friends one night in the cemetery (as you do). They realise they’ve been caught and have to bail, leaving their snacks behind 😢, but the person behind the torch light isn’t who they thought it was.

In Night of the Creepy Kewpie think Chucky but it’s a Kewpie doll instead and it’s decided Milo is its father.

In Halloween Treats Milo and the Wizard-With-No-Name learn what becomes of the discarded Halloween candy that nobody likes.

My favourite character in this strange family is Jill. She rocks awesome purple hair, loves vampires, has great clothes, jewellery and makeup, and works in a comic book store.

There were several artists involved in this collection. My favourite artwork was by Scoot McMahon and would have preferred it had they illustrated the entire book. There wasn’t anything wrong with the other artists’ work. I just really liked Scoot’s style.

My favourite panel features a gigantic purple cat doing a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man impersonation by reaching for Milo and Wizard-Man who are on the roof of a building. The awesome thing about this gigantic cat is that it’s actually all of the cats joined together to form the shape of the “man-cat”.

This collection was a bit of a mixed bag for me. There were a couple of stories I wasn’t a fan of and I felt the others needed to be fleshed out (apologies again!) some more. I enjoyed the stories more once I stopped questioning everything that didn’t make sense to me and let them flow over me instead. The series itself has potential and I’m interested to see where it goes from here.

Thank you very much to NetGalley, Lion Forge and Diamond Book Distributors for the opportunity to read this graphic novel.

This book was funny. I think fans of Tiny Titans and Trolls will enjoy reading this book.

Unfortunately, I cannot give this a reliable review. My file would not work properly with my programs, and that meant that I could only read a few of the pages from this graphic novel. What I did read was cute and fun, but I would have liked to actually enjoy the story.

When I first spotted this on NetGalley, I thought it would be a fun read for my nephew. And after reading it? I can safely say I have every intention of picking up a copy for him.

There are plenty of flaws with the book -- loose plots, characters that are barely developed -- but Wrapped Up reads like a cartoon and that's what helps it succeed. In fact, this is something I could easily see existing on Cartoon Network. The (insane) storylines were funny enough that, despite the lack of real plot, they still held your interest. The artwork was also rather great, too, to my surprise. While this isn't something I'd want to continue to follow, it's something I can see my nephew thoroughly enjoying.

This is a collection of cute comic stories surrounding the main character, Milo. Milo is a mummy who lives with his father and mother, his human step-father and his human step-sister. He is also friends with a bumbling wizard. I loved the artwork in this book. Bright, clear, and colorful! Milo gets himself into a few wacky situations, all which are solved in just a few pages. The kid really loves his pizza, too. The most interesting thing to me being an adult, is that everyone was loving. There is no apparent weirdness with his father and step-father living together in the same house and no animosity between Milo and the step-family or between his birth parents. I would certainly share this with some kids in my life. The only down side is that because it is quite simplistic in story, I feel it is best suited to children, perhaps 8-12 years old.

Wrapped up was cute and short. It is a diverse comic. It is about a boy making a vlog of his very blended family. His parents are divorced and his mom remarried a human and he has a human stepsister. Oh, right I forgot to tell you he is a mummy! Cool, I know! In here it is made up of short stories about his adventures. The vlog is the first story and the introduction of the character and his family. But the stories are funny and entertaining. The comic itself is drawn great. It is full of color and it helps with following along with what happens in the story. The third story was drawn differently and I was not a fan of it.

Score: 4/5

It's a collection of comics about this zombie kid named Milo and the weird things that happen to him.

Artwork and easy to read fonts. It consists of spontaneity that upper elementary/middle school kids will like. A neighbor who does not have boundaries and breaks your house and makes life miserable but also goes with you to fix things. Small amount of bathroom humor.


Diversity in the side characters in some of the comics. It's fun, interesting and definitely would be liked by kids who like random, odd, and some small gross moments in this.

Whacky neighbor who bothers the family. Destroys their house with a Gorilla busts through window for pizza. Kid steals Dad's card and goes to town eating pizza without permission. Bathroom humor.


Recommend?

Yes

Downloaded through Netgalley to read for an honest review.

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