Zita the Spacegirl

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Published Nov. 8, 2011 by First Second.

ISBN:
9781596434462

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3 stars (1 review)

Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye.

When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero. Before long, aliens in all shapes and sizes don't even phase her. Neither do ancient prophecies, doomed planets, or even a friendly con man who takes a mysterious interest in Zita's quest.

Zita the Spacegirl is a fun, captivating tale of friendship and redemption from Flight veteran Ben Hatke. It also has more whimsical, eye-catching, Miyazaki-esque monsters than you can shake a stick at.

2 editions

reviewed Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The first adventures of a Spacegirl.

3 stars

One day, Zita and her friend find an unusual meteorite with a strange object. Upon pressing it, they are thrown far away to another world where Zita must rescue her friend, make new friends, save the world and then return home. Quite a lot of things to do for a new space traveller.

An entertaining graphic novel about the adventures of Zita, although left unsaid is why the object was there in the first place to be found by her or why the aliens on the planet, despite their technological superiority to us, can't save their own planet the old-fashioned way (with technology) but must rely on a prophecy that her friend must somehow fulfil.

Perhaps future adventures of Zita will answer those questions.