Hear that? That's okay. We don't either.Because everything is very, very quiet. Especially the secret identities, hiding places and crushes. Plus there's a library, donuts and the silent science of ninjocity. We'd like to tell you more, but it's all very hush-hush. So get in there and read all about it! Silently, of course.Psst! Make some noise for special guest artists Chanmen, Peter Fowler and Bwana Spoons!
About twice a month, I have a dream that I'm in my house and I discover a fish tank. It's dingy, overgrown with algae, and FULL of fish. They're swimming around and seem to be okay in the murky water, but I feel so horrible. I completely forgot that I had a fish tank. Those little guys must have been breeding like crazy just so they'd have something to eat.
Oh. Copy... PASTE. Travis Nichols is a writer illustrator in Brooklyn. He is the author and illustrator of a tidy heap of award-winning books and comics for kids and post-kids, including The Terribles (series), Betty's Burgled Bakery, Fowl Play, Matthew Meets the Man, and The Monster Doodle Book. He has played in more than a dozen bands you've probably never heard of (how's THAT for indie cred?!), and he enjoys meteorites and eating watermelon over the sink. Find him at iamtravisnichols.com.
I'm sure there are many fans of graphic novels who will enjoy this. It's not my style. Any book I don't choose to finish I automatically rate a 1 star as not having enough to keep me to the end. My pile of "to reads" is way too tall to waste time and this wasn't making the cut. I prefer the Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Nate the Great, Kate the Great style of graphic novel to this. There was one passage (the library scene, "No --" ending in "no throat clearing" to get the librarian) that held my interest (had the rest been similarly funny I could have kept reading) but one in 17 is a low percentage. Sorry. Read on.