Reading: DISNEY MANGA: PIXAR'S TOY STORY, SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION - Tetsuhiro Koshita

TokyoPop continues its line of Pixar-inspired manga with this terrific double-bill featuring the basic storylines of Toy Story and Toy Story 2, back-to-back in one volume. The black-and-white artwork leaps off the page, characters rendered perfectly from the films, as we are again introduced to Woody and company, and the day Woody meets Buzz Lightyear, his first rival for Andy's sole attention - and the follow-up tale, which begins when Woody is swiped by a rabid toy collector who wants to add him to his collection. Over 300 pages and I read the entire thing in two sittings (would have been one, but got interrupted), not only reliving the films but also almost wishing, multiple times throughout both stories, that I had a big box of crayons to sit and color in each page as I read it; that's how vibrant and alive and ... cinematic the artwork is to the eye. Whether for a kid new to manga who isn't a big reader otherwise, to a big kid who loves the Toy Story films and would like to take the journey of the first two again in book form. there's nothing not to like about these brilliant renditions of two of the most popular and beloved animated films in pop culture history. Highly recommended.  5/5 stars

NOTE: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.