Monkey in Space

"Monkey In Space is a semi-weekly web comic about a womanizing, drinking monkey named Tip, a worrysome janitorial robot named Socket and the hot alien bounty hunter, Chica. It follows their misadventures on the run from the villainous Tri."

-- Except, Monkey In Space is also a print comic book, collecting up the first 49 web comics!

The Good: I love the artwork in this book. It's just...fun. It's not overly complicated but it's well drawn and the colors just make it come to life. Tip, while a womanizing, banana drinking money is just so much fun for me to read. He has a careless attitude and you can't help but shake your head at the predicaments that he finds himself in. Yet, you can't help but love him.

The Bad : Due to Tip's nature, this is an adult book. Now, normally I wouldn't hold this against a book except in this case, the title and the cover were like pollen to a bee when it came to my kids spotting this book. I had to run some quick interference. Also, while the inside cover of this book promises the first 49 web comics, the comic numbers only run up to 48.

The Summary : If you're a grown up who loves misbehaving monkeys, hot alien bounty hunters or funny little robots, you're going to want to check out this book. It's my great hope that there are many more books in this series. The comic does continue on as a web comic, but if you're like me, you're horrible at remembering to check in on your favorite web comics. When I get the opportunity, I always go after the books when they're released.

Now for the fun details...If you want to catch up with the adventures of Tip, Socket and Chica, head on over to the webcomic. If you want to touch base with the people involved, I recommend the Monkey in Space and Sideways 8 Studios Facebook pages.

Once again, our thanks go out to Jesse James Comics for giving us this book to review. All thoughts, comments and opinions belong 100% to the author.