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Fantastic Butterflies

James Kochalka

Ages 10–15

166 pages · Released Nov 10, 2002

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Fantastic Butterflies parent’s guide: what’s inside

Low confidence

Sexual content

LGBTQ+ themes

What it offers

Positive messages

Positive role models

Educational value

A note for parents

Fantastic Butterflies is an experimental underground comic that blends absurdist humor with surreal imagery in ways that may confuse or unsettle younger readers. The protagonist's drunkenness, hallucinogenic narrative, and references to injury and disease create a disorienting tone quite different from conventional children's comics. While not graphically violent or sexually explicit, the book's deliberately strange and sometimes dark atmosphere makes it better suited to older children or teens who can appreciate its avant-garde style.

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Magic Boy wanders drunkenly through a hallucinogenic nightmare world of Cancer Robots, softball showdowns, dance parties, time machines and injury. Magic Boy wanders drunkenly through a hallucinogenic nightmare world of Cancer Robots, softball showdowns, dance parties, time machines and injury.

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  • Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Children's fiction
  • Cartoons and comics
  • Science fiction
  • Pictorial American wit and humor
  • Underground comic books, strips

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ISBN 9781891867187 · Alternative Comics

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