The art was great--the bats have their own personalities (even if they never speak) and it's just a pleasing book to look at. The writing, not to my taste. The story was a bit rough and the typeface used was atrocious. I had such a hard enough time trying to read it that I can imagine kids would find it fairly difficult to decipher. ( )

Background: Livingston is just your ordinary Fruit Bat, nothing special, even his bat friends don't see him. One day he is attacked and turned into a Vampire and then shunned from the group. Livingston must become Batula to gain back all he has lost.

Review: This was a very cute graphic novel about a sad bat who thinks he doesn't fit in and searches to find himself, only to turn into something else -- a vampire. Livingston is a cute main character who is spunky and wants more adventure as many of us do. The question arises, how much do you have to change as a person to achieve that adventure, and Livingston's story tells us we can be anything and change for the better.

A beautifully drawn and colored comic, vivid use of color and shows the action of the tale well. Enjoyed thoroughly. ( )