Free Comic Book Day

Hey readers,

Sorry about the lack of actual bookish posts lately. Willow and I have just been pretty busy lately, but we're working on bringing all the fangirly things back onto our schedules.

That being said, last week I mentioned the Free Comic Book Day haul I got!
I bought three books: one was a graphic novel called Space Battle Lunchtime and two were more traditional-length comic books, Godshaper and Lumberjanes (both were the first volume).

Godshaper imagines a world where one day, all the "technology that made life easy" just disappeared. In its place, suddenly everyone had a god with them. They weren't gods in the traditional sense, but more like ghostly companions: glowing, colorful, and attached to each person. They were like "personal bank accounts," with affluential people having larger gods. But there are people without gods; they're called Shapers. Ennay's one of them, and he's lived his whole life knowing that everyone needs him to service their growing gods but no one wants him in town. But more importantly, if he wants to have a career as a musician, he needs a god at his side to seem normal.

Godshaper's art is beautiful and colorful, with a super-interesting concept. I'll definitely be following the story as it comes out! The gods and their humans are an interesting metaphor too.

Lumberjanes is a fluffy story about a group of girl friends who venture into the wilderness during summer camp, only to be met by ghostly supernatural occurrences. It's cute, simple, and keeps the ghost-story vibe light, just like a friendly campfire story.

Space Battle Lunchtime is the story of Peony, who bakes for a lowly cafe. But when she's zapped into orbit on a spaceship, she soon discovers she's the newest contestant on an intergalactic cooking show, Space Battle Lunchtime. The graphic novel chronicles her adventures dealing with her fellow contestants, who all think her Earthling lack of knowledge of intergalactic standards is cute and naive. She meets with grudging acceptance and jealous hatred, but it remains to be seen if Peony has a chance to use victory on Space Battle Lunchtime to propel herself to intergalactic pastry stardom!

All of these comics are cute, quirky, and unconventional. I'd definitely recommend them to all ages!

Happy reading!
~Citali