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A.L.I.E.E.N. by Lewis Trondheim is the strangest of the group. Presented as a reprint of a comic book from another planet, it includes (minimal) dialogue in some untranslatable language. Anyone familiar with the bizarre works of Jim Woodring, who specializes in creating mute, inexplicable worlds of beauty and danger, will immediately see kinship between the two authors. The book looks, at arm's length, like something for kids, with cute characters akin to Pokemon, interacting in a colorful environment. But a closer read reveals a cruel world of domination and subjugation that often involves weird forms of violence...
...Louie, and gets into goofy adventures battling Supermuscleman, a comical bad guy who wants to capture all the children of the universe. As a comic for very young readers, it has plenty of funny visuals and easy plots. In one, the group has to win a dance contest on Planet Discoball in order secure gasoline. But its episodic nature keeps the characters from changing or growing, which will likely try the patience of the Harry Potter set. As an early My-First-Comic, though, Sardine in Outer Space has enough cute art and goofy humor to teach the basics...
ANOTHER HIT: Lonely Planet Travelcast...
Kennedy said that Americans are the “best entertained and least informed population on the face of the planet...
SYLVESTER STALLONE When Sly sued his manager Kenneth Starr (no, not that one) after an investment in the Planet Hollywood restaurants went south, Pellicano allegedly tapped the action star's phones...