Earth's first and worst ambassador, Vega Ulysses, has freshly completed a tumultuous twelve-year mission of galactic diplomacy, paid off his mortgage, and can finally return home to Earth. There's just one problem-- he lost his keys in space!
Now, with his reluctant crew of outsiders in tow, Vega must retrace his steps, searching wild, diverse planets teeming with hostile aliens, silly robots, and rude cosmic entities-- all forcing him to confront the havoc he has wreaked while haphazardly advancing Earth's selfish, consumerist agenda.
A delirious take on sci-fi cartoons of the eighties, He Lost His Keys in Space reads like an entire animated series in a book. A darkly funny satire of the most ridiculed planet in the universe: Earth!
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Luke Coolbear
A tale of friends and grief
A touching story of two friends overcoming grief. Its a very stylized, and funky graphic novel. the art style reminds me of early 2000's punk zines. the way it visually depicts how the musicians sounds fit together is very interesting. Definitely worth the read.
DiSCONNECT
MC K.
You didn't hear this from me...
But this was a nice intro to the story of Al Capone. As someone from Chicago it felt like a little bit of out hidden history in my hands.
Al Capone
Amazon Customer
Captures the feelings of summer camp and introduces the pop culture of the time
This graphic novel captures the feeling of a summer camp for a kid who feels somewhat alienated and inadequate during the school year. While the summer camp in the story is for people of Jewish faith, the feelings of those teenage years and adolescent times feel very universal. While pop culture references are explained, those summaries & introductions delight and encapsulate those cultural moments.The main romance plot line which develops in the second half of the graphic novel is playful and captures the awkwardness and cheer of those youthful years. Hopefully, there is a sequel and we find out more about what happened with the main character and Amy(the love interest).
Camp Pock-a-Wocknee & The Dynomite Summer of '77
Niki Torres
Fantastically fun read no matter your background
I'm not Jewish nor did I ever attend a day of summer/sleepaway camp but that didn't keep me from having a blast reading this book! In fact, by the end it made me wish for these things. The author captured a time and place with utter hilarity, nostalgia and heartwarmth. Yeah it gets a little raunchy here and there but nothing that's so far out of pocket that it makes it disgusting. Whether you want to face it or not, that is teenage boys and this is actually mild. At first, it felt like a play-by-play description book of what summer camp is, but after a few pages I realized it was just setting the scene for my mind to truly be at Camp with the kids. Then I was engrossed and couldn't put the book down. Belly laughs all the way back to the bus.
Camp Pock-a-Wocknee & The Dynomite Summer of '77
6CF
Beautifully Illustrated!
This is the most fun I've had reading about Vincent Van Gogh. The book is beautifully illustrated and well written. If you knew nothing of Van Gogh before reading The Man in the Painter's Room you will not only have a keen insight into who he was as man but also have a new appreciation for his body of work. I loved it!