Muddy Max
The Mystery of Marsh Creek
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Publisher Description
"Muddy Max takes that eternal struggle between kids and parents---whether to play in or stay out of mud puddles---and turns it into an epic tale full of secrets and superpowers and one very important lesson: Don't eat mud. It's earthworm poop."
--Matthew Holm, co-creator of Babymouse and Squish
"What happens when genius-writer Elizabeth Rusch and super-artist Mike Lawrence get together? A book you won't be able to put down---or wash off! Not only does Muddy Max ooze adventure, it can also teach all of us something about bravery, science, and earthworm poop."
--Bart King, author of The Big Book of Superheroes and The Big Book of Gross Stuff
Max may be the cleanest middle-school kid in the world--his neat-freak parents make certain of that. But what's behind their mysterious fear of mud? When Max finds himself face-down in a murky puddle, muddy from head to toe, he discovers something amazing: Mud gives him super powers. But there's more going on in Marsh Creek--and in his family--than he could ever imagine. Follow Muddy Max and his friends as they dig through the dirt to solve the mystery of Marsh Creek.
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In her first graphic novel, Rusch (Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World) introduces middle-school student Max Dredge, who discovers that coming into contact with mud gives him superstrength, invisibility, an enhanced intellect, and other abilities. But the more he indulges in this mucky miracle, the more the mud refuses to let him go. Max's "neat freak" parents, who have forbidden him from getting muddy for this very reason, begin to sense that something is wrong when his behavior becomes increasingly erratic. Meanwhile, Max grows suspicious of what his parents aren't telling him and traces various clues to a swamp outside town. Despite the potential for a superhero comic built around mud (as evidenced by Paul Grist's somewhat similar Mudman series), elements of the plot strain an already contrived premise (such as Max's friend's implausible technological capabilities, as well as the book's resolution). Colored in appropriately dull browns and grays, Lawrence's sequential art tries to play up the story's goofy sensibility and tone, though the mud itself can read more like watery chocolate than viscous muck. Ages 7 12.
