Art by Christine Norrie
Written by Jen Van Meter
Art by Ross Campbell & Christine Norrie
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This was supposed to be a leisurely vacation. Arsenal Hopeless-Savage has a rematch with an old high school rival in a kung-fu tournament in Hong Kong. She and her brother Twitch figured they could turn it into a nice jaunt with their boyfriends to meet their aging grandmother, a renowned Chinese fortune teller. Too bad Grandma Shi didn’t phone ahead to tell them that it was going to be the trip from Hell!
It begins at the airport when a shady character slips something into Arsenal’s bag, putting the quartet on the radar of the local bad guys, the British secret service, and the Hong Kong police. It becomes even more complicated when the rest of the Hopeless-Savage clan decides to join the middle children in Asia, getting caught up in the international intrigue themselves. Arsenal is the only person that can get them all out of the jam they’re in, and for her it’s all too much!
ISBN: 978-1-929998-85-2
Collects Too Much Hopeless Savages #1-4:
Too Much Hopeless Savages #1
Art by Christine Norrie
June 2003
Written by Jen Van Meter
Art by Ross Campbell & Christine Norrie
Everyone’s off to Hong Kong for a martial arts tournament, and to avoid the charismatic preacher picketing the Hopeless-Savage home. A mysterious somebody puts a mysterious something in Arsenal’s bag at the airport, and the mayhem just rolls out from there.
Too Much Hopeless Savages #2
Art by Christine Norrie
September 2003
Written by Jen Van Meter
Art by Ross Campbell & Christine Norrie
Arsenal thinks she’s pregnant. Twitch thinks they’re being followed. Zero thinks her grandmother has had too much to drink. Rat thinks he’s found love, but really she’s an English spy.
Too Much Hopeless Savages #3
Art by Christine Norrie
March 2004
Written by Jen Van Meter
Art by Ross Campbell & Christine Norrie
Someone’s stabbed Arsenal’s old nemesis in her hotel room and Claude is missing! Nikki’s mom and Grandmother Shi have more than a little shared history, and even more spies are turning up.
Too Much Hopeless Savages #4
Art by Christine Norrie
April 2004
Written by Jen Van Meter
Art by Ross Campbell & Christine Norrie
Arsenal rocks. Zero’s got a parrot who talks like her. Most everybody gets what they need. Except Rat.