Kyle Baker's
graphic novel is one of the most effective
girlfriend comics ever: it's convinced dozens of non-
comics readers that their
SO spending all that time and money hanging out in the comic store isn't such a stupid idea after all.
Hip, funny, cynical, and so stylish it hurts, 'Why I Hate Saturn' is centred on a
New York writer, and skips merrily around all the dilemmas of
dating, the definitions of cool, and what to do if your sister believes she is the
Queen of the Leather Astro Girls from Saturn.
Wave this around in
groovy cafes, and, if you can stop
snickering and grinning long enough you might notice the gleams of attention you are getting from
all the cool kids.
Published by
Piranha Press, but reprinted recently by
Vertigo.