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Sam and Max: Surfin' The Highway. Is it good?

HomestarloverHomestarlover
edited June 2009 in General Chat
Just today, i ordered Sam and Max Surfin' The Highway. I don't know a whole lot about what will be within those pages soo... can someone tell me what it mainly is about and PLEASE PLEASE PLEAAAAAASE tell me if it's any good! Make sure you tell me before July 20th cause that's when i get it.

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  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2009
    ...Shouldn't you have asked this before you ordered it?
  • HomestarloverHomestarlover
    edited June 2009
    Actually, i maybe should've. OH SHOOT! I'M SCREWED! SOMEONE TELL ME IF IT'S GOOD, ASAP!!!
  • MaxFanMaxFan
    edited June 2009
    It's great, and you'll get to pick up some of the jokes and references you missed when you played the games (or maybe get the references when you do play the games). Sam & Max's adventures are even a little wackier in printed form. Plus there are activity pages, though using them could destroy them!
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2009
    It is an amazing book. I bought three copies! I just found it amusing that you said "Okay. Bought it. Any good?"
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited June 2009
    Yes. It's good.

    But I think you should read it at least twice before making any judgements for yourself. It's one of the things you read and then wonder what you just read.

    Also, have you read the webcomic? It's not exactly the same as the print comics, but it's similar. The thing you need to know to understand the comic is that none of the characters other than Sam and Max have appeared before. I didn't know that the first time I read it, and I was horribly confused.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2009
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Yes. It's good.

    But I think you should read it at least twice before making any judgements for yourself. It's one of the things you read and then wonder what you just read.

    Also, have you read the webcomic? It's not exactly the same as the print comics, but it's similar. The thing you need to know to understand the comic is that none of the characters other than Sam and Max have appeared before. I didn't know that the first time I read it, and I was horribly confused.
    You really should link them to the beginning.. The comic isn't Japanese, so you don't read it backwards. :D
  • LuigiHannLuigiHann
    edited June 2009
    I enjoyed it.
  • deadlinejondeadlinejon
    edited June 2009
    i liek sam and max, should i get? i thinking about it now.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited June 2009
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Yes. It's good.

    But I think you should read it at least twice before making any judgements for yourself. It's one of the things you read and then wonder what you just read.
    I agree. I was not overly fond of it during the original readthru but repeated usage brought favorable results.
  • HomestarloverHomestarlover
    edited June 2009
    Alright everyone. Thanks for your summery on this book, and i will thouroughly enjoy it when it arives! Don't want to hear any spoilers.:) As for deadlinejon, please don't be rude about this.
  • HomestarloverHomestarlover
    edited June 2009
    And BTW, i kinda knew what the book was about, but i didn't know how it would be presented. Sorry for those who already describbed it.
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited June 2009
    Would it spoil it for you, if I told you that Max dies in the end?
  • GozzoManGozzoMan
    edited June 2009
    I absolutely loved it! :)

    Here's my review of it for anobii.com:


    Purcell at his best.

    Wonderful, simply wonderful.
    I was rather set back by a few of his more recent works read online, but this is Steve Purcell at his best.
    Absurdist, but not simply a collection of casual random absurdities, with followable funny plots... which is exactly what you need to really appreciate the seemingly casual random absurdities thrown in here and there and everywhere! ;)
    Again, simply wonderful. Must read.

    Suggestion: to be read just a few stories at a time, taking the time to appreciate details.
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