ReadItDaddy's Comic / Graphic Novel of the Week - Week Ending 12th July 2019: "Glitch" by Sarah Graley (Scholastic Children's Books)

Whoah, now here's something that sung out to both of us - with our dual obsession of comics AND videogames being nicely catered for in the wholly original and fantastic "Glitch" by Sarah Graley.

Sarah is something of a rising star in comics, with her previous fabulous "Kim Reaper" series already being a firm fave of C's

So what's Glitch all about?

It begins with a nerdy girl who has an utterly amazing secret - one that many videogame fans would love to experience themselves. Izzy, you see, can enter the world of her new videogame.

But not just in a virtual-reality type way, Izzy is really there - and what's more she discovers that she has an important role to play. She can save the entire population of Dungeon City from an all-powerful and nefarious monster, The Big Boss.

Izzy soon begins to find that balancing a virtual superhero life with a real mundane one isn't as easy as it sounds, particularly when you very quickly realise you're not indestructible in either world.

Maintaining her friendship with bestie Eric is even tougher too - as Eric has no idea about Izzy's dual life. But definitely knows something's amiss.

How can Izzy possibly save both Dungeon City AND her friendship? Life's tough on a nerd girl!

Straight off the bat, Sarah's brilliant observations and situational comedy merge together with a ton of gamer-girl appeal. C actually now prefers Glitch to Kim Reaper! Yipes! And we're both desperate for more stories from Izzy.

Sum this book up in a sentence: Absolutely brilliant stuff, the sort of graphic novel that really works for reluctant readers who don't want to move on from picture books, but want a bit more 'meat' to their stories.

"Glitch" by Sarah Graley is out now, published by Scholastic (kindly supplied for review).