It’s Adventure Time, except Jake and Finn are missing! How can the Candy Kingdom survive without their heroes to protect them and go on quests? Princess Bubblegum doesn’t seem too worried, but to keep her people happy she assigns Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun as the new heroes. While Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun investigate Jake and Finn’s disappearance, the motley cast of the series is recruited to provide temporary hero support. Things, of course, get crazy, but it is Adventure Time, what else can you expect?
Yuko Ota & Ananth Panagariya’s Adventure Time is a fun story that combines random humor with an epic fantasy. What is great about the series is that it always keeps you guessing about what will happen next. The Candy Capers falls short of being as entertaining as a normal TV episode. While the concept is brand new, allowing Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun (two fan favorite secondary characters) to take the lead and be the heroes, it turns into more of a sticky plot trying to shove characters into situations for humor’s sake and forgetting to search for Finn and Jake. Some clues are scattered throughout, but the plot is so mashed they don’t tie together.
Its weakest point is also one of its best features. The substitute hero pairings are great! You get to see characters that normally would never interact: Ice King and Strong Susan as well Marceline and Tree Trunks. Another strong factor is the art. It’s so cool when artists are able to take a TV show’s style, then tweak it with their own creative ideas. There is a huge section of cover art at the end of the book, which is fun to peruse.
Adventure Time: The Candy Capers The Mathematical Edition doesn’t have much in the story department, but it makes up for everything with the fantastic art by Ian McGinty.
