Pepper Page Saves the Universe!
Landry Q. Walker
Illustrated by Eric Jones
16 February 2021Synopsis
Landry Walker and Eric Jones' Pepper Page Saves the Universe is a middle-grade futuristic superhero story about a shy comic book girl-geek becoming her own superhero inspiration!
The year is 2421. Awkward and shy, Pepper buries herself in the universe of the classic fictional superhero Supernova to avoid dealing with the perils of the 9th grade. But then fate intervenes when...
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16 February 2021
9781250216922Reviews
"With strong line work, lanky characters, and luminescent colors, artist Jones cuts between the present and Supernova’s golden age–inspired comics in pages that reflect both screen tones and newspaper print."—Publisher's Weekly
"Walker and Jones lean in to their metafictive adventure, deftly admixing superhero tropes into Pepper’s down-to-earth emotional journey. ...A fast-paced, feel-good romp."—Kirkus
"A gallery of images in a highly readable afterword gives some insight into just how much work goes into a well-developed graphic novel... It’s a relief to see this is a planned series, so readers need not fret that this is the last of Pepper."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
