Even though it's the fifth in the series, you don't need prior knowledge to jump in. The story is about Bird and Squirrel babysitting Squirrel's daughter, Birdie, and their quest to find Bigfoot. Squirrel's fatherly role resonated with me, while Bird added humor as the "fun uncle," a combo that had my kids laughing and engaged.

Rafael’s art was reminiscent of some of the classic newspaper comic strips and had a warm and adventurous storyline.

It wasn’t until I was halfway through the story that I noticed that it was the second book in a series, but one does not have to read the first book, ‘Giants Beware’ to enjoy this book.

This anthology compromises seven stories of Direct Support Professionals on their duties of support folks living with disabilities. Green Mountain Support Services sponsored the comic and it was written by Mike Luoma and illustrated by several Vermont cartoonists.

I had some fun reading Laurie Calcaterra’s debut comic, ‘Path of the Pale Rider’. Laurie came on the show earlier this year to talk about the story of this post-apocalyptic western comic book and I was immediately excited to read the story.

The main plot of this African Science Fiction story starts with four alien races splitting up the earth into their own territories. Parallels to colonialism are the message and allow the reader to be educated on our world history. The presumption of the colonizers being welcomed along with the clash of technologies allows for the beginnings of a compelling story.