Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 1

Natalie Riess is from a distant, unknown star. Her motives are unknown, but she seems to enjoy drawing food and making comics. She lives in Texas with her girlfriend and her girlfriend's cat.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE --In this graphic novel, contestants from all over thegalaxy compete on a cooking show. Readers will watch as, for the first timeever, a contestant from Earth, Peony, joins the competition. Peony is spunky anddetermined to do her best (even though she mostly just made cupcakes in thepast-though none of the alien judges really know what cupcakes are). Of coursethe competition is intense and some of the other competitors are downright eviland cunning; so not only is Peony's chance at winning in question but her verylife is at stake. The illustrations are a good mix of sweet for Peony (herchef's jacket has hearts on it after all) and oddly quirky for all the unknownaliens and their alien cooking ingredients. However, readers who really want toknow the whole story will need to look for further installments. This particularbook ends on quite the dramatic cliffhanger-like almost every good televisionshow might. This is a good graphic novel for those who love quirky cookingreality shows and aliens all mixed together.