When I was looking for new graphic novel series to read, Emmalita recommended Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur to me. I ended up buying this first volume for my beloved son, who is a fan of graphic novels and the MCU and things that are excellent. Emmalita, as always, was right. This series begins by introducing us to Lunella Lafyette, a 9 year old girl going to school in New York. For some reason, she can’t get into a fancy school, so is stuck at […]
My favourite big red lizard gets his own modern Marvel comic
From the back blurb: Lunella Lafayette is an Inhuman preteen genius who wants to change the world! That job would be a lot easier if she wasn’t living in mortal fear of her latent inhuman gene. There’s no telling what she’ll turn into – but Luna’s got a plan. All she needs is an Omni-Wave Projector. Easy, right? That is, until a red-scaled beast is teleported from the prehistoric past to a far flung future we call…today! Together they are the most Marvellous Team-Up of […]
The Only Inhumans I Really Care About
I love Lunella Lafayette and her BFF, Devil Dinosaur. From Amazon: “She’s been so busy worrying about the Terrigen Cloud that would turn her Inhuman, Luna Lafayette might instead fall prey to…Cosmic Cooties?! Because when a new boy moves to town from far, far away, he’s oddly interested in her. Meanwhile, the most wanted T-Rex in NYC is running out of places to lie low – a problem that won’t get any easier when our darling duo undergo a body swap! It’s a big change […]
You know, for kids!
About a year ago, the Marvel Comic Moon Girl got a lot of positive press because its heroine is a young girl of color and because it was revealed that Lunella Lafayette, aka Moon Girl, is perhaps the smartest character in the Marvel Universe, outshining intellects such as Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Lunella is a science/math/engineering wunderkind and a fourth grader. She is also bored at school, friendless, and, in her opinion, deeply misunderstood by most of the people in her life, including but […]