Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Peony knows her way around a kitchen, especially where baked goods are concerned, but her experience might not be enough to help her when she’s conscripted to participate in an extraterrestrial reality TV show, Space Battle Lunchtime. Now, she’s making friends and whipping up desserts with foods she’s never encountered (and machines she can’t even turn on), but enemies are conspiring against her with deadly plans. Riess, creator of the Snarlbear webcomic, makes a highly promising print debut with a comic that will delight SF diehards and cooking show devotees alike. It has all the hallmarks of reality cooking competitions (“Time may be an illusion, but yours is up,” announces Zorp, the floating polyhedron that hosts the show) while balancing laughs, quirky characters, and plot developments, including a potential romance with one of Peony’s competitors, Neptunia. Riess uses a vivid palette to emphasize the unfamiliarity of the alien environment Peony finds herself in, keeping readers as off-balance as she is. Part Top Chef, part Doctor Who, it’s a thoroughly entertaining start to this space drama, and the dire cliffhanger ending will have readers eagerly awaiting volume two. Ages 8–up. (Oct.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
Synopsis
Collecting the first four issues of Natalie Riess's delectable series, SPACE BATTLE LUNCHTIME Earth baker Peony gets the deal of a lifetime when she agrees to be a contestant on the Universe's hottest reality TV show, Space Battle Lunchtime But that was before she knew that it shoots on location... on a spaceship... and her alien competitors don't play nice Does Peony really have what it takes to be the best cook in the Galaxy? Tune in and find out