The Last Kids on Earth

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Name: The Last Kids on Earth
Abbreviation(s): TLKoE
Creator:

book series
Max Brallier (author)
Douglas Holgate (illustrator)
Robbie Raymond (audiobook)

animated series
William Lau (book 1)
Steve Rolston (book 2-3)

Date(s): October 13, 2015 – present (book)
September 17, 2019 – present (series)
Medium: Illustrated Novel
Books
TV Series (animation)
Country of Origin:

books: USA, UK
series: USA, Canada

External Links: at Wikipedia (book series)
at Wikipedia (tv series)
Official website (tv series)
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The Last Kids on Earth is a children's illustrated novel and subsequent book series by American author Max Brallier, illustrated by Douglas Holgate.

Follow a group of children's abandoned in a cartoonish end-of-the-world apocalypse. Thrives on freedom, junk food, and video games while building a team of his classmates to fight off zombies as well as a trove of campy monsters who have also somehow appeared.

Canon

Book Series

  • The Last Kids on Earth (2015) #1
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade (2016) #2
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King (2017) #3
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond (2018) #4
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade (2019) #5
  • The Last Kids on Earth: June's Wild Flight (2020) (Standalone)
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road (2020) #6
  • The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales From the Tree House (2021) (Standalone)
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race (2021) #7
  • The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Headquarters (2022) #8

TV Adaptation

On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had a series order to an animated television adaptation of the book series. The first season, a single hour–long special covering the plot of the first book, was released in September 2019 to coincide with the release of the fifth novel.[1] The second season, covering the plot of the second book, was released in April 2020 and consists of ten episodes.[2] Production companies involved in the series include Thunderbird Entertainment's animation studio Atomic Cartoons.[3] It has recently been renewed for a third season based on the third book in the series, it was released on October 16, 2020.

Synopsis

The eight books follow a thirteen-year-old boy named Jack Sullivan, who lives in his foster brother's tree house after a zombie outbreak hits his hometown, Wakefield, Massachusetts. He is accompanied by his best friend Quint Baker, who loves experimenting; June Del Toro, a tomboy who used to be the school newspaper's editor-in-chief; and Dirk Savage, the local bully with exceptional fighting skills. The friends fight one monster in each book, while trying to stay alive, and stop an entity named Rezzoch, who wants to take over the Earth.

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Fandom

As of October 2021, the tag The Last Kids on Earth (Cartoon) has 100 works—20 of them being crossovers—and The Last Kids on Earth Book Series has 13 works on the AO3 which means there is at least a microfandom.

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References

  1. ^ "The Last Kids on Earth Season 1: Netflix Release Date, Plot, Cast & Trailer". What's on Netflix. 2019-09-04. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  2. ^ "When will Season 2 of 'The Last Kids on Earth' be on Netflix?". What's on Netflix. 2019-09-18. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  3. ^ Vlessing, Etan (February 28, 2018). "Netflix Orders Animated Series 'The Last Kids on Earth'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved February 28, 2018.