I had fun reading this graphic novel. We see these heroes take on some zany villains, and they didn’t always end up beating them. There is tons of comedy and a few good action packed moments. This might not be a graphic novel for everyone, but some people will enjoy it.

I'm fond of superhero sppofs so I was into this one. I appreciate a writer who can properly grasp the ridiculousness of the costumed hero. It is especially true in this book as the heroes and villains take their roles seriously but the world around them rolls their eyes and has little patience for them. Fun.

Birdman and Chicken (the Boy Blunder) was a staple in the '70s British comic Krazy. It was a loosely based parody of the '60s Batman TV show.
I personally never read Krazy, when I was a kid it was Mad Magazine and Cracked. Birdman and Chicken remind me a lot of the parodies Mad did of TV shows and movies, most specifically, Batman. If I hadn't been told I would have assumed this was a parody drawn by Al Jaffee, Dom Martin, or Dave Berg, originators of Mad Magazine.

The style is still likable, at least to me because of my generation, and while amusing, some of the puns get old real fast. Who knew you could make so many bird puns??

I think this collection is best suited for those who fondly remember it as a child or teen, the humor and jokes don't really hold up to today's idea of comedy...but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

This collection will be published on 3/17/2022. So take a look for yourself and decide.

Thanks to @Netgalley, Rebellion, and Trevor Metcalf for the opportunity to read this eArc in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Meet Birdman and Chicken (the Boy Blunder) in this admirable reprint of the original '70s titles. Appearing in all but a few issues of a British kids' comic called Krazy (it missed the first eight, and had just one week off in the middle of a stonking 16-month run), it proves almost insufferably of its age, but still has many good qualities. Designed to riff off the TV version of Batman more than anything, it has a vocab of near-constant bird puns, preferably with alliteration ("Holy Herons...", "Holy Hawks...", "Holy Hornbills..." – you get the message), and no end of almost slapstick bonkersness, all done with a very concise two-page-a-week format. This keeps the pages turning to this day, but for the over-the-top script being so hard to take in anything but the smallest of doses.

People who knew they wanted this in their lives, whether because they remembered it fondly or just have a general 70s comics interest, will definitely rate the wonderfully sharp reproduction, with all the blacks concise and all the colour still blazing today. (OK, only the first quarter of my preview file was coloured, but I feel sure that's the case throughout.) We don't even stick to the weekly, as all the duo's Annual appearances that sustained some life in the franchise for a few years are here, too. People coming to this cold will feel just that – cold, and that this is one irredeemably dated and uber-cheesy yuck strip that has not got much in common with today's sensibilities and styles at all. But if this is your thing, and you know what to expect, this will be a wonderful purchase.

They wouldn't call a children's comic, Krazy, these days. But in 1976, they did. And for 79 fun-filled issues, the short-lived British comic which played host to the Krazy Gang, Cheeky, Pongo Snodgrass and Hit Kid was genuinely one of the funniest and most anarchic titles around.
One particular highlight was Trevor Metcalfe's Batman spoof, Birdman & Chicken AKA Dick Lane and Mick Mason AKA The Krazy Crusaders. in many ways, a forerunner to Bananaman which made its first appearance in DC Thomson's Nutty very soon after, every one of the hapless avian superhero duo's adventures against foes as diverse as The Giggler, Dr .Doom, Sour-Puss, The Puzzler and The Tremble Twins. The stories begin in full colour but end up in black and white.
A particular highlight is Metcalfe's penchant for alliterative captions particularly when producing one of the story's many cliff-hangers, for example, "Will the ruthless rogue really wreck our rash raiders on the rocks?" or "Next week - our superstars search for a scheming scalliwag - the Scarecrow!"
In short: over forty years old, but still lots of fun.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Birdman and Chicken by Trevor Metcalfe is a graphic novel collecting a retro series from the past. According to the description, this series is a "rib-tickling parody of the 1966 Batman television series" and a "highlight of Krazy comic every week and is finally collected here for the first time." The series revolves around superhero parodies Birdman and Chicken as they fight crime.

Overall, Birdman and Chicken is a decent graphic novel with interesting retro-style art. One highlight of this book is that it collects a series from the past. I think it's always interesting to see what kind of comics were published back then, and I am a fan of retro-style art. I did take off 2 stars, because I just wasn't that interested the story. I think fans of the 1966 Batman will appreciate this parody though. If you're intrigued by the description, you can check out this book when it comes out in March!

Another fab collection of a weekly comic series, this time from 1970s Krazy.

An absolute shameless rip off of the Batman series of the 60s, even down to many of the villains-of-the-week, Birdman and Chicken is fun nonetheless. A nostalgic trip back to the mids 70s where things like caning young lads at school didn’t even warrant a second glance even in children’s comics.

Quite strange that there’s no real introduction to the young Chicken sidekick - he just suddenly appears in one panel out of nowhere dropping an ice cream but who even noticed that way back when.

Presumably these strips appear as published but it’s quite odd that they change from colour to mono partway through this. And eagle-eyed readers may notice that Chicken’s real name mysteriously changes to something else in one of the Krazy Annuals Bonus Features.

All in all though it’s another fab slice of nostalgia from publisher Rebellion.

My thanks to #NetGalley for this review copy.

What an amazing book!
The book is super exciting and would love to read more from the author!

Thankyou netgalley for the ARC