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Li'l Kids: "road to god knows..." adventures!

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"Lil Kids!", Von Allen's first graphic novel, is a prequel to his web comic, "the road to god knows...", which tells how the two main characters became fast friends. Thrilling girl adventure stories and the friendships that make them possible are among my favorite things. When I was the age of the girls in this story--and "the road to god knows..."--I generally wound up reading comics and boys' books, because nobody seemed to understand that small females were every bit as curious, ambitious and prone to getting into trouble as small males.

And, oh yeah, we wanted to be superheroes too, because it's fun beating up bad guys.

Now I know Von's a man. I've seen his picture on Live Journal, and his wife swears it's really him. But reading "Lil Kids!" it sometimes feels like Von plugged right into the little girl I used to be.

And there's more. "Lil Kids!" sets up the main plot threads of "the road to god knows...", including Marie's awareness that her mom is different. It also provides interesting insights into Von's creative process, from initial idea and thumbnails to fully developed comic.

In fact, I enjoyed the book so much, I'm going to give it away. To my husband, another late-blooming artist. If artists are like writers--always learning from each other--this could get interesting in the best possible way.