THE BATSONS: CARMILLA'S CRUSH

[Editors' Note: The following is a combined review of THE TROUBLE WITH FANG and CARMILLA'S CRUSH.]--Remember Saturday morning cartoons and the crazy “Munsters” TV series of the 1960s? Here’s Audio Comics’ full-cast entry into the comic monster genre, in which an average American family eats brains for breakfast and celebrates Halloween with special gusto. The kids are center stage in this sit-com-style silliness, with Kate Davis as the voice of Valley-girl daughter Carmilla, who just wants to fit in by getting the worst grades, having the worst attitude, and, much to her mother’s delight, sporting the worst hairstyle in her high school. Little brother Fang is the real outcast in the Batson family—he’s nice! Voiced by newcomer Rebecca Myshrall, Fang only sounds adorable while trying desperately to sound vicious. Little ghouls (7-10 years old) who like silly voices and puns will be charmed. B.P. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2012]