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10/10. Absolutely amazing. Showstopping. Incredible! No but seriously! This was adorable and funny! I looooooooooved the artwork. I've read a lot of Jeffrey Brown's Star Wars books and they are just as cute. This one is no exception.

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This was a cute book to read through, but maybe not quite my type of humor - or maybe I didn’t know what to expect. As a comic book reader I appreciated the variety in the cast of characters, but wish there was more of a connected story instead of stand alone jokes.

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Nostalgia was the primary emotion this book made me feel both with Jeffrey Brown's art, having written Vader's Little Princess, a childhood favorite, and featuring some of my favorite characters not just in X-Men but the world. The journey the book took me on was an endearing yet short one. Marvel's The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Fun is definitely a great book for young children interested in comics or the Marvel universe. Thank you, NetGalley and Chronicle Books, for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This was such an adorable read. I've previously read through some of Jeffrey Brown's Star Wars children's books that we have at the library, so when I saw that he had an X-Men one, I knew I would have to try it out, having gotten very into the comics this past year. This is definitely a fun book for young children who are into superheroes but aren't quite ready for the more serious comics and graphic novels. But it's also very fun for long time comic book fans who sometimes just want a break from the drama of their comic books and just want to see their favorite characters put in silly situations.

The only issue I have with this book (and this is just a joke, so don't take this too seriously!!) is Cyclops' eye beams are concussive blasts and are not lasers!! Sigh.

Lovely book though, and I'd love to see Brown write some more silly situations with the X-Men in the future.

Thank you to Netgalley and to Chronicle Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This is my first Jeffrey Brown read. After I completed my first read of Marvel The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Fun, I researched Jeffrey Brown's work. He has gained notoriety by creating humorous perspectives of popular culture. Brown definitely did just that with X-Men. He takes popular X-Men scenes, writes a humorous bit, and provides artwork with it. I was laughing when I read page 24. Nightcrawler is sleep-teleporting. And, I was laughing again when Cyclops tricks Wolverine into "taking out the trash" to the garbage bins (p. 64). The graphics are colorful. The narrative punches the humor through to X-Men fans. Young readers may need help understanding words, like telekinesis and telepathic.

Thank you to #JeffreyBrown, #ChronicleBooks, and #NetGalley for my e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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This was cute and funny. I got a real joy out of reading it. The illustrations were ok looking but wasn't too complicated.

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"The Uncanny X-Men" is a graphic novel by Jeffrey Brown, in the vein of his previous Star Wars books where he takes a theme and turns it into funny short comic scenes. This will definitely appeal to fans of the X-Men, but those without X-Men knowledge will likely be confused by some of the comics. Atrwork is simple, colorful, and humorous. A recommended purchase where X-Men graphic novels are popular.

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