About once or twice a year, Source Point Press offers comic book readers a chance at free comics. All you have to do is pay shipping. This time around I opted for the all ages bundle. Only one book came. But it was a delight.
Bug Bites is about a young girl named Jolene. She is new to her neighborhood. But thanks to her grandmother's old recipe book, she makes a new friend pretty instantly.
The cookbook is all about grubs. And snails. And other creepy crawlies. Legend has it that Jolene's nana created the book after a giant nasty bug kidnapped her as a little girl. According to Jolene, grandma escaped the bug by blinding it in one eye. And then once free, she developed a taste for insects.
One day when Jolene goes to visit her new BFF, Peter, she learns that something huge destroyed his garden. Whatever it was left a trail. As the two children track the fiend, they run across it. It's a giant bug and it just kidnapped Peter!
Now Jolene, armed with her cookbook must take not just one giant insect but an entire community of bugs! And they've captured 3 other kids whom they plan to cook for the bug queen. And one of these creature chefs happens to be missing an eye!
Maybe Jolene's grandma really was kidnapped by giant bugs!
Originally a 3-issue web series, Bug Bites is the creation of Corinne Roberts. As far as I can tell, this is Roberts' first work. And what a debut it was!
Bug Bites was an imaginative story that combines fantasy, horror and my personal professional favorite- culinary! The characters are really well written. And funny! I really didn't want this clever tale to end.
Let's not forget the artwork. It was so detailed with a great color palette! With the wistful design of the bug town and it's inhabitants, I think Corinne Roberts might be a graduate from the school of Tim Burton.
Being a story about food, I would have liked a couple of recipes attached as a sort of extra. But that's a personal preference thing. One thing I might want to advise parents on is the fear factor.
Bug Bites is considered by Source Point Press to be all ages. But with the kidnapping of some kids with the intention of eating them and a little bit of violence, this book might be a tad intense for some. I'd say that this book would be appropriate for most readers 9 and up!
A must for young readers who enjoy cooking, bugs and weird fun like James and the Giant Peach.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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