History ComicBook / Animorphs

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} book series of the same name]] as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine. The series has so far adapted the first four novels, ''The Invasion'', ''The Visitor'',''The Encounter'', and ''The Message''.

** One panel of ''The Visitor'' has a building named "Applegrant Bookshop" in the background, a reference to Creator/KAApplegate and Creator/MichaelGrant, the original authors.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Everyone has black eyebrows except Mr. Chapman, whose eyebrows are the same brown as his hair. There is also a security guard with gray hair in ''The Invasion'' whose eyebrows are also gray. In ''The Encounter'', Dealin' Dan Hawk, who owns the car dealership, as well as one of the human Controllers supervising the truck ship, have eyebrows that are sometimes drawn as black and sometimes as gray, depending on the panel. Later averted when in ''The Message'', Chapman is drawn with black eyebrows.

* scienceMarchesOn: In the original story, Marco gets a female wolf so they wouldn't have to deal with two males fighting for dominance. This is specifically brought up and debunked in the comic, and instead changed to Marco not reading the wolf's cage.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Everyone has black eyebrows except Mr. Chapman, whose eyebrows are the same brown as his hair. There is also a security guard with gray hair in ''The Invasion'' whose eyebrows are also gray. In ''The Encounter'', Dealin' Dan Hawk, who owns the car dealership, as well as one of the human Controllers supervising the truck ship, have eyebrows that are sometimes drawn as black and sometimes as gray, depending on the panel.

* LighterAndSofter: While the comic is largely faithful to the books, more is PlayedForLaughs and dark implications are frequently skimmed over. For example, in book 2 ''The Visitor'', Rachel is catcalled by an adult man who follows her into an alley; she's afraid and morphs to defend herself and scare him away, then later blames herself (and [[BlamingTheVictim is blamed by her teammates]]) for not keeping an eye out and avoiding people like him. In the comic, she's smiling as she goes into the alley, as if about to pull a prank, and the man following her is comedic and bumbling.

* OnlySixFaces: All the human Animorphs, and most other humans for that matter, have identical facial features. Adults may have different facial shapes but usually have the same eyes, mouths, and noses. Ax's human morph, which is a combination of his four human teammates, does not in any way stand out.

* RunningGag: During conversations that start while they're human, one Animorph will often turn to another and say "Gah!" as they hadn't realized the other had already started to morph. And whenever someone is halfway through a feline morph, they'll call Marco "Meowrco".

* AlienBlood: Taxxon blood looks like blue foam. In general, aliens can spill plenty of blood but red Earthling blood is used more sparingly.

* ColorCodedSpeech: Every character has differently-colored speech bubbles when using thought-speak. Jake is orange, Marco is grey, Tobias is yellow, Cassie is green, Rachel is pink, Elfangor and Ax are blue, and Visser Three is red. In the adaptation of ''The Encounter'', Tobias' hawk instincts influencing him from within is depicted as black speech bubbles.

* OnlySixFaces: All the human Animorphs, and most other humans for that matter, have identical facial features. Ax's human morph, which is a combination of his four human teammates, does not in any way stand out.

* RunningGag: Whenever someone is halfway through a feline morph, they'll call Marco "Meowrco". Also, during conversations that start while they're human, one Animorph will often turn to another and say "Gah!" as they hadn't realized the other had already started to morph.

* TransformationHorror: Fully portraying how horrific-looking morphing is written to be would take a ''lot'' of time and detail. Chris Grine's rendering is easier on the eyes but still quite grotesque and detailed, and comes with sound effects.

* LighterAndSofter: While the comic is largely faithful to the books, more is PlayedForLaughs and dark implications are frequently skimmed over. For example, in book 2 ''The Visitor'', Rachel is catcalled by an adult man who follows her into an alley; she's afraid and morphs to defend herself and scare him away, then later blames herself (and [[VictimBlaming is blamed by her teammates]]) for not keeping an eye out and avoiding people like him. In the comic, she's smiling as she goes into the alley, as if about to pull a prank, and the man following her is comedic and bumbling.

* AlienBlood: Taxxon blood looks like blue foam.

** The hillbillies in ''The Visitor'' are [[FrothyMugsOfWater drinking soda instead of beer]], and they're played more comically.

* CompositeCharacter: In the second book, the guy who bothers Rachel after her gymnastics class is Chester, one of the guys who was shooting at them when they were in bird morph.

* RunningGag: Whenever someone is halfway through a feline morph, they'll call Marco "Meowrco".

* AdaptationDeviation: In the books, Marco's hair was originally longer and he gets a haircut in book 10, ''The Android'', [[RealLifeWritesThePlot because his cover model has short hair]]. Here, he has short hair from the start, though in each book, it's slightly longer

* ColorCodedSpeech: Every character has differently-colored speech bubbles when using thought-speak. Jake is orange, Marco is grey, Tobias is yellow, Cassie is green, Rachel is pink, Elfangor is blue, and Visser Three is red. In the adaptation of ''The Encounter'', Tobias' hawk instincts influencing him from within is depicted as black speech bubbles.

* ShirtlessScene: As of the second book, Jake and Marco's morphing outfits don't include shirts, though Marco puts on a shirt almost immediately after demorphing. (The books say that Jake wears bike shorts, but doesn't indicate whether that's ''all'' he wears.) This has changed by the third book, in which Jake and Marco's morphing outfits now include shirts.

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} book series of the same name]] as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine. The series has so far adapted the first four novels, ''The Invasion'', ''The Visitor'',''The Encounter'', and "The Message".

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} book series of the same name]] as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine. Three volumes, ''The Invasion'', ''The Visitor'', and ''The Encounter'' have been released so far.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Everyone has black eyebrows except Mr. Chapman, whose eyebrows are the same brown as his hair. There is also a security guard with gray hair in ''The Invasion'' whose eyebrows are also gray.

* ShirtlessScene: As of the second book, Jake's morphing outfit doesn't include a shirt. (The books say that he wears bike shorts, but doesn't indicate whether that's ''all'' he wears.) Whether Marco has a shirt seems to vary, sometimes within the same scene.

* AdaptationDeviation: In the books, Marco's hair was originally longer and he gets a haircut in book 10, ''The Android'', [[RealLifeWritesThePlot because his cover model has short hair]]. Here, he has short hair from the start.

** Tom's hair is ginger instead of very dark brown.

* ColorCodedSpeech: Every character has differently-colored speech bubbles when using thought-speak. Jake is orange, Marco is grey, Tobias is yellow, Cassie is green, Rachel is pink, Elfangor is blue, and Visser Three is red.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Everyone has black eyebrows except Mr. Chapman, whose eyebrows are the same brown as his hair.

* EasterEgg: One of the video games at the arcade in the first chapter has a picture of a monster on the side that looks like a Hork-Bajir.

* {{Tuckerization}}: One panel of ''The Visitor'' has a building named "Applegrant Bookshop" in the background, a reference to Creator/KAApplegate and Creator/MichaelGrant, the original authors.

* ScienceMarchesOn: To reflect how the current consensus in zoology has changed since the 90s, in ''The Encounter'' Cassie mentions that the AlphaAndBetaWolves theory is no longer considered accurate.

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} book series of the same name]] as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine. Two volumes, "The Invasion" and "The Visitor," have been released so far.

* TheUnSmile: When Temrash tells Jake about how great it is to be a full member of the Sharing in ''The Invasion'', Tom briefly regains control of his facial muscles in an attempt to warn him. It's depicted here as a strained, forced smile with tears in his eyes.

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} book series of the same name]] as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine.

Graphic novels with confirmed release dates so far:

# ''The Invasion'' (October 2020)
# ''The Visitor'' (October 2021)

* ColorCodedCharacters: Every character has differently-colored speech bubbles when using thought-speak. Jake is orange, Marco is grey, Tobias is yellow, Cassie is green, Rachel is pink, Elfangor is blue, and Visser Three is red.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Every character has differently-coloured speech bubbles when using thought-speak. Jake is orange, Marco is grey, Tobias is yellow, Cassie is green, Rachel is pink, Elfangor is blue, and Visser Three is red.

* NarrationEcho: In ''The Invasion'', when Jake's narrating to the others about his plan to morph into a lizard to spy on Chapman, he says that "Marco didn't like it". Right underneath, Marco says, "I don't like it."
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Everyone has black eyebrows except Mr. Chapman, whose eyebrows are the same colour as his hair.

->'''Marco''': You guys are crazy! This isn't a comic book or...or whatever! It's for real!

** The hillbillies in ''The Visitor'' are drinking soda instead of beer, and they're played more comically.

* FunTShirt: In ''The Invasion'', Marco wears a T-shirt with the phrase "I heart naps" on it during their first raid on the Yeerk Pool. He says that he doesn't want to ruin any of his good shirts.

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the [[Lierature/{{Animorphs}} book series of the same name]] as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine.

''Animorphs'' is a ComicBookAdaptation of the book series of the same name as part of Scholastic's Graphix line. It is illustrated by Chris Grine.