On the Bad Planet (Glork Patrol #1)

Readers are given virtually no backstory; however, the experience is much like jumping into the middle of a season of an animated show, and most readers should be able to follow the action and silliness without too many quibbles. Zany overload with a quiet message. 

From the faux-clunky cartooning—all thick lines, whacked-out proportions, and garish colors—to the surreal, stream-of-consciousness narrative, the whole business feels like it fell out of the head of the zaniest kindergartener in the class. But, in fact, it’s calibrated for pure young-reader joy by a long-standing master of comics eccentricity.