Kakieland Katastroph is a rather short comic book with about 64 pages. the story contains the same quirky humor of the two very popular and successful movies. The art work, as expected, is a bit of a downgrade, but it is still neat and adds to the story. 

In the story we meet the familiar characters from the movie as they are running a hotel in a monster-friendly (or not so monster friendly world). It takes place at some time after the second movie ended. 

The story feels a bit rushed at times, which probably could have been avoided by adding a couple more pages, I would have liked the story to be longer. This is the first volume of a series and hopefully the story progression in the next chapter will be a bit more natural. 
As a fan of both the movies I found this book very entertaining and I enjoyed reading  it, and I look forward to the next installment.

Written by Stefan Petrucha and illustrated by Allen Gladfelter, Kakieland Katastrophe is the first in a new series of graphic novels that introduce new stories in the Hotel Transylvania world we already know and love.

With character profiles at the beginning, you are reminded of the monsters and human you already know or introduced to them if you're new to Hotel Transylvania land. If you haven't already seen the movies, please remedy that immediately as you are seriously missing out!

In this story, Stephen Cling, horror author and owner of Kakieland, a new Transylvanian theme park, is our baddie. Wanting to expand his empire, Cling decides he wants a hotel and he's found the perfect one ... Hotel Transylvania. After tricking our helpful, loveable monsters into posing for some selfies that make them look scary and distributing them via the Internet to ruin the image of monsters everywhere, an angry mob arrives and turn up the heat on our monsters with flaming torches, pitchforks and protest signs. My personal favourite which is an absolute classic says 'Sorry, I never know what to say on protest signs'.

After all of the adults do their bit to attempt to fix the problem and fail, it's up to the kids (Dennis and Winnie) to save the day, the Hotel and the reputation of monsters everywhere!

This is a really fun graphic novel. The characters stay true to the way they were depicted in the movies, the storyline is interesting and the artwork is excellent. There's great attention to detail in the illustrations and enough humour and character traits from the movies shining through so it's easy to hear the characters' voices in your head as you read. It can be difficult to translate characters from movies onto the page but this is an impressive introduction and I'm interested to see where the story takes us in the next volume.

Colourists Laurie E. Smith and Matt Herms and letterer Wilson Ramos Jr. also deserve kudos for jobs well done in making the overall look come together in a way that stays true to the feel of the movies yet also creatively stands apart.

I received a copy of this graphic novel from NetGalley (thank you very much to NetGalley and Papercutz for the opportunity) in exchange for honest feedback.

Cute story around the friendly-scary monsters at Hotel Transylvania. The graphics were a little on the basic side, so I knocked it down a star.

I watched both the first two Hotel Transylvania movies and I'm looking forward for the third to be released on 2018. I'm happy that Sony Pictures Animation, with collaboration at Papercutz, has finally come up with the comic series of this movie franchise. Reading this 1st issue is like watching the characters from the said movie series. If you are a fan of Count Dracula and his family and friends, you must read and follow this comic series because you will definitely love it too.

A fun storyline with the movie characters. The humor is fun and understandable. I look forward to reading more of these!

My 2 daughters are HUGE fans of Hotel Transylvania. I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve watched the movies and tv show and they are very much looking forward to the 3rd movie coming out next year (2018).

When this came up I of course had to let them check it out. The character bios at the beginning are bright, colorful and a great way to refresh your memory or introduce you to the players if somehow you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know anything about the story.

The graphic novel follows the previously released visual storylines so my girls really got into it and had a fun time taking turns reading the pages, looking at the pictures and talking about the story. The author did a good job capturing the likeness and personality of the characters from the movie and tv show. Unfortunately the only thing that didn’t quite translate is the lack of body movement and voices because how the characters move and sound were a huge part of what made them funny but you have to expect you’re going to lose that when you go from an animated tale to still life.

Thankfully the artwork mimics the originals so well that if you use a bit of imagination you can still feel that same sense of fun and campy humor as yet again the monsters have to prove they aren’t that monstrous.

When it comes to stuff like this I let my kids take over the reviewing and they give it 5 Bats!

Kakieland Katastrophe is short really fun story that is a graphic spin off of Hotel Transylvania following the Hotel a couple years after the second movie.

The art is really bright and engaging and brings a lot of fun into the story, the story itself is interesting and the dynamic between Jonny and Drac will always be funny.

I recommend this book for any children who loved the film and want more from the Drac family.

*ARC received from netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

While an enjoyable story, and true to the character of the movies, this was a bit too rushed. I wish it was a bit longer...

The debut Hotel Transylvania graphic novel based on the movies! Horror author Stephen Cling visits Hotel Transylvania to try and prove monsters are still dangerous. Dracula, his daughter and her family, and the Drac pack are anything but! However, when a human child goes missing, it is up to Drac, Mavis, and the rest of the Hotel crew to locate the child before their monstrous reputation gets them chased out of town

What I thought
When I saw this I was hoping it was going to be as funny as the movie, and sadly it's not, the story has long way to go before it can compare with the movie.With that said I would like to say thinks to NetGalley for giving me a chance at giving it a try.

This was such a quick, fun read. As a fan of the Hotel Transylvania movies, I loved the continuation of the story. Being both a graphic novel and a book based on a popular kids movie makes this the perfect choice for reluctant readers.