Janice Unveiled

Rating:
Summary: Gotha fans, look elsewhere
Review: It looks like Eric von Gotha emptied out his scrapbook for this one, and then charged us $20 for the privilege of browsing through these unconnected, often unfinished sketches. Let's hope Eric gets back soon to creating more adventures with plot, dialogue, and quality artwork.

Rating:
Summary: Remarkable artwork, but no story line
Review: The latest book in the Janice in Trouble series is a hardcore book that seems to contain the various sketches and treatments for additional Janice adventures. Previous Janet books contained a bare semblance of a plot line whereas this book just contains a series of illustrations and brief caption explanations for the scenes.

If you have been following the Janice in Trouble series and were expecting a sequel, then this book may disappoint you. However, from an illustrator's perspective, the book is great because it provides both finished products as well as van Gotha's sketches, so it is possible to see how he builds up his fantastic quality work. Even you aren't interested in artistic elements of the book, it still contains some great sketches, executed in the marvelous van Gotha style.

Rating:
Summary: Not the best in the series but still good
Review: The latest book in the Janice in Trouble series is a hardcore book that seems to contain the various sketches and treatments for additional Janice adventures. Previous Janet books contained a bare semblance of a plot line whereas this book just contains a series of illustrations and brief caption explanations for the scenes.

If you have been following the Janice in Trouble series and were expecting a sequel, then this book may disappoint you. However, from an illustrator's perspective, the book is great because it provides both finished products as well as van Gotha's sketches, so it is possible to see how he builds up his fantastic quality work. Even you aren't interested in artistic elements of the book, it still contains some great sketches, executed in the marvelous van Gotha style.