Jules is a young boy with no special skills is selected to go to Alpha Centauri with no training. He just shows up one day and gets on a spaceship with a bunch of scientists. I just don't get French comedy. The book just feels like a bunch of nonsense. It's in no way funny. The art is terrible. It looks like a Blondie or Popeye comic strip.

There was something a little off about the way in which the story was translated. It was a little clunky.
I struggled with the story but loved the drawings.

Casual sexism, child abuse, a stereotypically unintelligent and oblivious dad who thinks his hyper-intelligent child is an idiot -- this comic is just a little TOO French for American audiences I think. It reads a little like a newspaper cartoon from the 1940's or something. Not a story that would be super appealing to American kids.

This is a quirky SciFi adventure that may appeal to my middle school students. Essentially the child is a guinea pig traveling to a different planet at the speed of light and unaware that people back home will have aged while he was away.

This is the fun story of a teenage boy who becomes part of an international space mission to look for life outside of our sphere of interest. Jules is joined in his mission by a girl his age who he only meets upon reaching the shuttle. It’s a good story for younger readers who dream of reaching the stars.

There is something about French humor that is not coming accross in the translations I have been reading from Europe Comics. This is just another example.

The title is supposed to be a play on words, but even though it is a direct ranslation, it is lost of English speakers who rarely know about grammar, and wouldn't know Future Imperfect from Past Perfect.

And then there is the story. A boy, Jules, is chosen to go to a planet using a spaceship that travels faster than light. We don't learn until later, why he is chosen, but he clearly isn't told what the trip entails, or that traveling faster than light means that when he comes back, everyone will have aged at a much faster rate.

French hijinks ensue. Either the French has a different form of humor, or this really is a boring story of a boy, and his guinia pig, taken into outer space and back, with no clue about what is going on.

And this is going to be the first in a series,with the next book appearing to be about human cloning.

There are better French comic books out there. This isn't one of them.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

For reasons unknown to him, Jules has been chosen for a mission to space. So begins The Amazing Adventures of Jules: The Future Imperfect, Émile Bravo's graphic novel for kids. In a sense, Bravo's story is an "it could happen tomorrow" story, where a shuttle takes the astronauts to a space station, from which the launch the interstellar ship. He doesn't take much time developing the ins and outs of technology, like how light-speed travel is possible, but this is a kids' story, not hard sci-fi.



He does explain, through the mad-scientist type crew members, relativity and time dilation. It wasn't until the trip was underway that Jules grasped that during this eight-week journey, eight years will have passed on Earth. He's in the dark most of the time, to comic effect. Bravo packs a big, eventful adventure into a very small space, giving the story a rushed, urgent feeling. The travel to another solar system, land on an alien planet, make first contact, and nearly spark an inter-stellar war. That's a full day.



The story line and illustrations give The Future Imperfect an old-school feel. It seems like something from an earlier age, in a timeless, innocent sense, even as it looks forward. This is a fun, light comic that will entertain the next generation of space travelers.









Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

Not quite my type of graphic novel, but I'm sure there is an audience out there for it.

'The Amazing Adventures of Jules: 1. Future Imperfect' with script and art by Emile Bravo is a children's comic about a boy named Jules who gets an adventure that is more than he bargained for.

Jules lives with his mom and dad and his bratty little brother, who is intent on murdering his guinea pig. One night, a scientist arrives at the house and tells Jules that a computer has chosen him for a space journey to Alpha Centauri. The scientist tells Jules that the trip is only 8 weeks long. What Jules doesn't know is that 8 years will pass on Earth while he is gone.

Jules takes the trip with a strange crew of people. They find stranger alien life, and some of the humans react the way humans do. When Jules gets back to Earth, he finds that his younger bratty brother is now his older bratty brother.

This was kind of a silly story, and I think preteens would like the story. The art was good. Even though the story revolves around science, there isn't a lot of it explained here.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Puerile, facile, slapstick - I won't go into describing the story, as it's stupid; I won't go into the characters as they're (mostly) stupid. Just stupid.

The Amazing Adventures of Jules - Volume 1 - The Future Imperfect, by Bravo, is a graphic comic science fiction/action adventure story targeting readers 12 and up. Jules finds himself on a mission to another world, but no one has told him exactly what will happen or how much time will pass on Earth before their return. He has numerous adventures in this “light speed” tale. I especially liked the younger bratty brother who never really matured no matter how old he became. It added a nice comical element.
Do you remember the early Superman comics—the 1950’s and 1960’s? That’s what the art reminds me of. With its bright colors and dramatic postures, the story feels like one created in the past. It reads enjoyably, and quickly. Humor abounds, as does a sense of danger, mystery and adventure. I found myself engrossed in the story and I read it all in one evening. I also appreciate the how the story is clean and appropriate for readers of all ages. I recommend The Amazing Adventures of Jules - Volume 1 - The Future Imperfect, by Bravo, for all science fiction/adventure lovers who enjoy it presented via a graphic novel.