LISA CHEESE AND GHOST GUITAR

A unicorn becomes entangled in a burger chain’s evil plot to take over Earth City.

Lisa Cheese, a light-blue unicorn with a cyborg arm, journeyed away from her parents and her dimension to pursue her dream of becoming a folk singer in Earth City, which is inhabited by ghouls, demons, aliens, and humans. Her first open mic had disastrous results, though, and she now has rage issues and is working an office job alongside a demon-possessed co-worker. Lisa starts training with Sister Firehair, a human with supernatural powers who is cued as being of Chinese descent, to manage her anger and strength and help protect the Burning Bakery, Sister Firehair’s family restaurant, which is being targeted by neighboring joint Beef Is Burger. The burger minions’ scheme is darker than Lisa knows. Luckily, she’s not the only one on to them, because she’ll need help from others—including her new crush, rock musician GiGi, aka Ghost Guitar, a humanoid spirit with tan skin and silvery blue hair—to defeat the ne’er-do-wells and save her new home. Combining a vintage comics aesthetic with vibrant, saturated colors and hand-lettering, this fun and chaotic comic evokes underground punk zines through its blend of anger, heart, and anti-corporate themes (Lisa: “I hate capitalism”). Lisa’s self-doubt and journey to find her place and purpose will resonate, particularly with older teens and new adults, while the absurd hilarity and exciting action sequences will keep readers captivated.

Offbeat and charmingly weird.