Reddit reviews Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl (1))

All Ages

• Fable Comics | Charise Mericle Harper
  
• Fairy Tale Comics | Telgemeier, Thompson, Mazzucchelli, et al.
  
• Guinea Pig: Pet Shop Private Eye | Colleen AF Venable
  
• Hilda and the Troll, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Hilda and the Black Hound, Hilda and the Bird Parade, Hilda on the Stone Forest | Luke Pearson
  
• Julia's House for Lost Creatures, Little Robot, Nobody Likes a Goblin | Ben Hatke
  
• Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, The Secret World of Arrietty | Yonebayashi & Miyazaki
  
• Mighty Jack, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King | Ben Hatke
  
• Nightlights | Lorena Alvarez
  
• Nursery Rhyme Comics | Thompson, Mignola, Telgemeier, et al.
  
• Tamsin and the Deep | Brown & Cameron
  
• TOON books: The Shark King | R. Kikuo Johnson
  
• Usagi Yojimbo | Stan Sakai
  
• Zita the Spacegirl, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, The Return of Zita the Spacegirl | Ben Hatke
  
  Ages 8+
  
  
  
• Adventure Time | Ryan North
  
• The Adventures of Tintin | Herge
  
• Amulet | Kazu Kibuishi
  
• Asterix | Goscinny & Uderzo
  
• Atomic Robo | Brian Clevinger
  
• The Backstagers | James Tynion IV
  
• Bone | Jeff Smith
  
• Five Worlds | Siegel & Siegel
  
• Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki
  
• Moomin | Tove Jansson
  
• Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard | David Petersen
  
• The Nameless City, The Stone Heart | Faith Erin Hicks
  
• Nimona | Noelle Stevenson
  
• Roller Girl | Victoria Jamieson
  
• Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts | Raina Telgemeier
  
• Star Wars | Jason Aaron
  
• A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle
  
  Ages 12+
  
  
• Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling | Tony Cliff
  
• Giant Days | Allison & Cogar
  
• Nimona | Noelle Stevenson
  
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• goodokbad
  
• comicbookresources
  
• comicsintheclassroom
  
• ilovelibraries
  
• pastemagazine
  
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No need to discriminate, or maybe I just can't choose, but if I'm summoning one, I shall summon all.

My family reads a TON of graphic novels, (pro tip - Humble Bundle has some great deals on them fairly frequently), but my all time favorite is probably the Zita the Space Girl series. Granted, I have a ten year old, so my reading list lately is mostly things like Tiny Titans, Princeless and Abigail & the Snowman, but I've read the Zita series multiple times, and can't wait for the next one! I like all of Ben Hatke's stuff, full disclosure, but I have a soft spot for Zita, a space traveling little girl just trying to do the right thing for her friends, and encountering intergalactic shenanigans along the way. The robots are fun, the art is gorgeous, and the chickens don't try and kill you. # winning

Of course, Zita's not as swashbuckly as Delilah Durk, and it's not as gorgeously well illustrated as The Mouse Guard, but it's a fun, quick read, and stands up to multiple re-reads.

I am biased, and admit it - I love graphic novels, so I've a long list of suggestions that are favorites - if I had to pick just one, I'd take Zita, but I'm also partial to:

[Fables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comics) - fairly dark, and I'm a native New Yorker, so an adult fairy tale recasting in Manhattan was bound to appeal...

[The Jane Foster Thor saga - female reboot of Thor by Marvel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Foster_(comics) - I just dig it - cancer survivor, badass, and the holder of Mjolnir because the original Thor is an arrogant ass - what's not to love?

Anything by Raina Telgemeier, since this is my mini's favorite author and she will sit anytime, any place, and read these to me.

If you speak Italian, Lupo Alberto is hilarious, and good slapstick fun.

Man, I could go on for days. I've got Monstress and Delilah Dirk on my WL, but I'll definitely be perusing this thread as it grows and adding more. Long live picturebooks!

What sort of comics does she already read? What's her reading level in general?

Those questions aside:

• The Babymouse series by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
  
• The Magic Trixie series by Jill Thompson
  
• The two Miss Annie books by Frank Le Gall and Flore Balthazar
  
• Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
  
• Meanwhile... by Jason Shiga. It may seem a little advanced, but my friend's twin girls loved it when they were about 6.

I'm not sure I know any good comics for a two-year-old -- at that age I was still reading regular picture books. I've heard good things about Zita the Space Girl.

Flash Gordon has a newer series that's well reviewed. Space camp don't get much better than Flash Gordon.

Zita the Spacegirl is aimed at school-aged readers. but is absolutely fantastic and deserves a glance.

Zita the Spacegirl

It's an excellentgraphic novel, it'll capture her artistically or authorially (pretty sure that's not a word, don't tell your daughter), maybe even both.

Also the Ms. Marvel run, female protagonist and female author, excellent writing.

Cheers!

https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Marvel-Normal-Graphic-Novels/dp/078519021X

https://www.amazon.com/Zita-Spacegirl-Ben-Hatke/dp/1596434465