I love a ‘girl on an epic quest’ story and this one is action packed. The illustrations of all of the new creatures Zita comes across are generally either cute, amusing or downright creepy. This is one of those graphic novels that has few words but is big in story and scale.

There’s only three days left before an asteroid will destroy it! Together they journey against the clock to find and save Joseph, for there’s a countdown happening in this world. Along the way she meets new friends including One, Mouse, Strong-Strong and Randy. Zita witnesses Joseph being kidnapped and is determined to find him and return them both to Earth. After some mild freaking out Zita follows him through the portal into another world with a multitude of alien species. Of course Zita is going to press it! A portal appears and something grabs Joseph and pulls him through. There’s a meteoroid with something inside it. When Zita and her friend Joseph find a hole in the earth that wasn’t there before, they have to check it out. Why have I never heard of this series before?! Have I been hiding under a meteoroid? This was so much fun!!! Overall I think I enjoyed the story even more the second time and would happily read it again.įavourite Invention - Doorpaste, which would be useful in countless Looney Tunes cartoons.įavourite Line - “My favourite food from the meat category is sugar.” (from the Early Zita Sketches page, not the story) Within a couple of panels I was all in, which is pretty impressive considering that there are entire novels where the author doesn’t manage to connect me to a single character. What surprised me during this read was how quickly I connected with each newly introduced character. The illustrations are as engaging as they were when I first saw them. I think I need a plush Strong-Strong to cuddle. I adore all of the monsters featured with the chapter number signs although I’m quite partial to chapter two’s sod on legs with leaves on its back and bugs hanging out with it. The monster wearing the “The End is Nigh” sandwich board is wonderful.

I loved her wide eyed OMG, the button worked! expression and giggled at the “BLRG!” horror of raising herself from the ground covered in giant snail slime.Ĭharacter wise, I had completely forgotten about dopey Jerry who joyfully declares the good news that “In three days an asteroid is gonna explode us all!” to attempt to fix Zita’s leaking eyes. I appreciated and paid more attention to the details this time around, including the wonderful expressions on Zita’s face throughout the story. What’s wrong with me?! (Please don’t answer that!) The bright side is that I decided to reread this one so I remembered where I left Zita and her friends.

Here we are almost 4 months after I first adored this graphic novel and I still haven’t read Legends of Zita the Spacegirl.

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