The Flintstones: Deluxe Edition

The Flintstones: Deluxe Edition

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  • Author：Mark Russell
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Summary

Welcome to Bedrock， where Paleolithic humans head to dinner for a taste of artisanal mammoth after shopping at Neandertall & Big Men's Clothing， where Wilma shows her modern art， and where， if you take a plane， you could end up sitting on the literal tail section。 It’s Fred， Wilma， Pebbles， Dino， Barney， Betty and Bamm-Bamm as you've never seen them before！

The Flintstones garnered significant critical acclaim for its modern take on the iconic Hanna-Barbera prime-time animated series。 This darkly hilarious title casts an acerbic eye on issues like consumerism， religion， politics， and relationships that's both distinctly 21st century and uniquely the Flintstones！

The critically acclaimed creative team of Mark Russell （Prez） and Steve Pugh （Animal Man） turned a beloved classic cartoon into a modern graphic novel masterpiece， and the entire 12-part story is collected in this Deluxe Edition hardcover—along with Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special #1， where DC’s time-traveling hero meets Fred and Barney！

This volume collects The Flintstones #1-12 and Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special #1。

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Reviews

Dan ，

If anyone had told me that one of the best graphic novels that I had read recently was about the Flintstones， I would have laughed and said you were "Way-Out"。 Outside of the vitamins， I don't think I have given the Flintstones much thought since watching them on Channel 5 in New York years ago。This comic by Mark Russell with art by Steve Pugh is amazing。 I care more about the relationship between and elephant/ vaccum cleaner and a bowling ball/ armadillo than anything I have read recently。 The If anyone had told me that one of the best graphic novels that I had read recently was about the Flintstones， I would have laughed and said you were "Way-Out"。 Outside of the vitamins， I don't think I have given the Flintstones much thought since watching them on Channel 5 in New York years ago。This comic by Mark Russell with art by Steve Pugh is amazing。 I care more about the relationship between and elephant/ vaccum cleaner and a bowling ball/ armadillo than anything I have read recently。 The writing is superb， a look at our messed up world through the eyes of a modern stone age family。 Every page is a revelation。 Jokes， asides， puns， political comments。 There is a lot of retro conned history， but it makes so much sense。 Bam-Bam's origins， the Great Gazoo。 I really have no idea how DC or Hanna-Barbera allowed this。 If they did kudos to them for this kind of thinking。 If the corporate powers had no idea it was being published， kudos to the team that snuck this through。 I was unfamiliar with both Mark Russell and Steve Pugh。 One that I am going to have to amend。 Just a great story， that really touches you and makes you think。 I liked the Flintstones as a kid。 It's nice to see them older， wiser and still good people。 There is a lot of hope in this book， hope for us， hope that we can live to a certain set of ideals。 I never thought the Flintstones would make me think about things like this。 I can't recommend this title enough。 。。。more

lardbeg ，

Easily the best story in the last 10 years。 AMAZING

A。J。 Anders ，

“Because if civilization is going to last， if it’s going to amount to anything more than just a place to watch TV and get cheap snake meat， it will only be because we’ve learned to do one thing。 To care for people who mean nothing to us。”Yabba-Dabba-Doo it’s The Flintstones for the modern age！ Mark Russell teams up with Steve Pugh for a scathing satire on civilization in general， with 12 issues plus an annual with Booster Gold rounding out this mostly fantastic hardcover collection。 The Flintsto “Because if civilization is going to last， if it’s going to amount to anything more than just a place to watch TV and get cheap snake meat， it will only be because we’ve learned to do one thing。 To care for people who mean nothing to us。”Yabba-Dabba-Doo it’s The Flintstones for the modern age！ Mark Russell teams up with Steve Pugh for a scathing satire on civilization in general， with 12 issues plus an annual with Booster Gold rounding out this mostly fantastic hardcover collection。 The Flintstones follows the characters we know and love from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon， and puts a new modern twist on them， with Bedrock being a satire for basically every civilization that followed it。 Russell brings his standard flair of writing to each issue， with each one dealing with a different conflict or issue in Bedrock that can be seen in modern society。This book seems to have a lot of positive talk around it， but I honestly had some issues while reading this。 I feel like the main problem was there wasn’t a particular story that stood out to me besides Leisure Class。 The rest of the stories were fine， but there was nothing in here that I was blown away after reading。 As others have said， even Russell himself， this book can be super heavy-handed sometimes， and not in a good way。 Some of it is funny like the dude lecturing the kids about economics from weird places， but other stories， like the consumerism one， are just a little too much for me。 The Booster Gold crossover was also super weak and frankly just not very good。Even with the issues I had， I did still enjoy this for the most part， and the fact it even exists means it just automatically gets a bit of a pass from me。 It has charm and I always enjoy a solid satire， especially if it manages to be funny， which this book is。 Gags fill up the panels with Steve Pugh contributing just as much as Russell to making this book work。 While the character doesn’t necessarily feel like they are growing， they are still likable enough to carry this story forward and keep the reader engaged。 While I do enjoy what Russell has to say with this book， I just wish there was a little more to the stories as well as each character and their personality。 The standout arc is probably the one between a bowling ball and vacuum cleaner。Overall though， I liked The Flintstones。 I didn’t love it or have my socks blown off as others seemed to， but I did think it was a solid enough read that was just lacking some stronger stories and characterizations of the characters to make me feel more connected to this mostly interesting world。 Mark Russell and Steve Pugh work well together and have undeniably made something awesome and wholly unique here though， which definitely plays into how high this review is scored。 。。。more

Chris Lemmerman ，

The modern Stone Age family take centre stage as the world's first civilization。 But being at the bleeding edge of innovation might not actually be as beneficial for the Flintstones as they'd have you believe。Mark Russell's brutally honest and scathingly direct Flintstones run is collected in its entirety in this lovely hardcover collection， as well as the Booster Gold crossover issue。 Each issue introduces the Flintstones and their friends to some new idea， be it marriage， genocide， or aliens， The modern Stone Age family take centre stage as the world's first civilization。 But being at the bleeding edge of innovation might not actually be as beneficial for the Flintstones as they'd have you believe。Mark Russell's brutally honest and scathingly direct Flintstones run is collected in its entirety in this lovely hardcover collection， as well as the Booster Gold crossover issue。 Each issue introduces the Flintstones and their friends to some new idea， be it marriage， genocide， or aliens， and shows the effect that this has on them。 It's social commentary of the most thinly veiled kind， because while these problems are filtered through the Flintstones era， the stories are as relevant to nowadays as they are to the world of Bedrock。 Some of it's a little heavy-handed （the guy literally trying to break into Bedrock High School to teach the kids about 'economics' is both hilarious and daft in equal measure）， but it's all done with Russell's usual tongue-in-cheek-but-still-quite-serious way。 It would be easy to write this off as Russell saying that the human race was basically doomed from the start， but as he himself says in his introduction for the book and numerous times throughout， there's still hope。 We're not all as bad as we think， and there's a road to redemption if we just work together to find it。 Flintstones can be surprisingly bleak， but it's also pretty optimistic as well。Oddly， the weakest issue of the bunch is the Booster Gold crossover， because Booster gets in the way of literally anything the Flintstones are trying to do。 It's more of a straight forward superhero story， which isn't a bad thing， but it's a stark contrast to the previous twelve issues so it really stands out。On art for the most part is Steve Pugh - his cavemen characters have a bulk and a weight to them that makes them feel much more real than you'd expect。 They're still recognisable as the characters you love from their cartoon， but they're definitely human now， and that makes their more human problems more believable。 Pugh also draws some amazing animals/dinosaurs （his Dino is adorable）， and he never skimps out on the backgrounds either。 This book is jammed to the brim with detail， right down to the Chew-esque shop signs in the backgrounds。 Rick Leonardi also shows up for a fill-in issue and the Booster Gold special。The Flintstones is one of those books that gets a lot of hype and manages to live up to it。 A book about the Flintstones really shouldn't be as good as this is， and yet here we are。 They're a page right out of history， and you know what they say about history repeating itself; Mark Russell and friends use these twelve issues to show you that it just might be true。 。。。more

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