Ugh, first Monday after vacation! Clock, why you gotta do me dirty like this?!

I have a new coworker, about whom I know nothing, because we only interact over Slack. I hope she doesn’t fail us like the last two hires did.

Read: Invisible Emmie (Terri Libenson): Graphic novel about a middle-school girl who feels ignored, and her coping mechanism, and some drama involving crushes and bullies and middle-schoolers who haven’t yet learned the unwisdom of leaving a paper trail.

Read: Making Friends (Kristen Gudsnuk): Another graphic novel about a middle-school girl, but this one gets philosophically troubling magical powers and uses them unwisely, resulting in both drama and flashy fight scenes. But friendship is actually useful!

Read: Prince of the Elves (Kazu Kibuishi): Fifth in the “Amulet” series of graphic novels, with more revelations of dark secrets from history, and battles against the dark forces of the present. And DOOOOOM.

Read: Guardian of Chaos (Michelle Manus): A young woman with a mostly-missing past gets sucked into the magic-powered interplanetary dystopia as a magically-bound customs enforcer. There is a new employee manual, but no time to read it before adventure ensues. It’s pretty over-the-top, but the main character gets to try to not suck and does succeed in helping people, often in spite of themselves.

Read: Cursed Princess Club #1-127 (LambCat): An amazing webcomic that appears to be about comedy fairytale princesses but is actually about love and self-acceptance and wisdom. And also giant spiders. Everyone should read it, immediately.

Words: 210. I spent too much time reading CPC and also being very dumb.