Graphic Novel Review - 'Adventure Time With Fionna and Cake' by Natasha Allegri, Noelle Stevenson, Lucy Knisley, Kate Leth, Various

2022 EDIT: From my 'Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift' review:

Well I've watched the entirety of the 'Adventure Time' cartoon. It's great. It's revolutionary. But for some reason my interest in the comics has waned, much like how I'm no longer as much interested in quite a few other comic series, book series, and single books in my bookshelf clear-out. It seems I've just forgotten about them, or have become indifferent to them, and I have no overwhelming passion and desire to reread them. I've always been particularly picky and fussy with what I read and own, anyhow. Making more room, less clutter. And maybe 'Adventure Time' works best for a medium like TV.

Farewell, 'Adventure Time' comics. 

Still adore Marceline.

(Also, especially ignore the final line of this old review, about the "all-female production team", in respect to N.D. Stevenson.)

Original Review:



'Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake' by Natasha Allegri is a sweet, cute and fun spinoff fanfiction story within the 'Adventure Time' canon.

A gender flipped version of the franchise, 'Fionna and Cake' is lovely and charming. Who knew that a simple and novel idea like this could garner so much popularity!

Fionna is a sword wielding action heroine who's super girly and proud of it, and she's a bundle of laughs. She's in a love square with three guys - Prince Gumball, Marshall Lee, and Fire Prince. It's a parody, so it's funny and never annoying. Fionna is a young teenage girl, not only an action heroine, and as such she is indecisive about choosing a prince made of candy, or a prince made of literal warmth, or a sexy vampire! Plus, Fionna is always the one who saves them - usually from Ice Queen - alongside her hilarious shapeshifting bestie and sister, Cake the cat. Fionna is ideal for sleepovers as well as slaying monsters!

Magical girl sparkles, wands and other elements are galore in this comic. A short story at the end revolves around the characters finding their stolen cosy sweaters and having hot cocoa - it is written and illustrated by none other than Noelle Stevenson! Really, the main aim of 'Fionna and Cake' is to be cute and funny. It's more goofy than anything else, but it contains touching and well-thought out aspects as well.

'Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake' - read it for a good, nice adventure time! Its production team is all female to boot!

Final Score: 4/5