Books like Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight

Well, I loved the concept of this book. . .I mean - GEEZ! Right?Thousands of men duking it out until the one still standing is declared the winner. It sounds kind of like when the WWE boys snap their collective caps and start whaling on each other and for once the whole thing doesn't look completely rehearsed.Unfortunately, the concept was the best thing about this book. Most of the pages are taken up with the adventures of this critter - - who only fights one dude at a time, only wins by cheating and worst of all, fights in some sort of sumo-thong-thing.And about that artwork, eh? I'm sorry, but I have better cartoons in my high school notebooks that I drew when I should have been taking notes.It's a shame, because I really liked the "historical" parts of this book - the origin story, the profiles of champions through the years, and especially the two pages reprinted from the cookbook - Recipes of The Great Outdoor Fight: Hearty Food For Your Strong-Hearted Man. Here are manly, meat-saturated recipes where even the salad consists, not of "dainty leafy greens," but two cups of minced ham. My favorite was the one and only veggie dish which features 3 carrots and 1 stick of butter cooked in a pastry shell with some strips of bacon, of course!This attention to detail is the only reason I gave the book 3 and not 2 stars.