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Storycomic Weekly Newsletter: March 25th

This past week I read issue 3 of ‘There’s an Alien in my Toilet’ by the fun and talented Samuel Vera. In issue 3, the reader meets Herman, the Chihuahua who acts as the foil to Doodie’s adventures and exploration of this new world he is lost in.

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Storycomic Weekly Newsletter: September 3rd

I read Issue #2 of Samual Vera’s ‘There’s an Alien in My Toilet’. I have been a fan of Sam’s journey into making his loveable and fun alien, Doodie a household name.

Issue #2 continues Doodie’s adventure in learning more about the earth while letting his imagination send him on adventures.

I also like seeing Sam build up the story from the perspective of the antagonists. The reader can get a glimpse of where the metaplot is going to take us.

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Storycomic Weekly Newsletter: June 18th

This continues to be a very plot-driven series where the reader follows along with the story of the 3 main characters. In this book, we learn the secret of one of the character’s pasts and why they are slowly disappearing.

The main villain also seems a bit scarier, but not in a horror way, but in a way that shows us how easily public opinion can be weaponized.

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Storycomic Weekly Newsletter: March 5th

I have always loved Neil Gaiman’s stories. They possess an accessible amount of horror and whimsy while making incredibly niche settings easy to understand by any reader. There is no level of condensation to his narrative, and this book is a great example of it.

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