Autorentext

Veronica V. Jones is an illustrator and comic artist based in Northern Virginia. Influenced by a lifetime of reading comic books, she uses challenging compositions, dynamic poses, and expressive faces to tell stories with her art. A love of detail adds depth and complexity to the worlds she creates. As a Latina, Veronica sees the world is filled with beautiful people of all backgrounds and she wants to share their stories. Marty Milagros DOOMS the Earth is her debut graphic novel, and combines her deep nerd love of engineering, space and aliens.

Klappentext

Marty Milagros is a klutz. A clown. A payaso, according to his Mami. And now he has an artificial intelligence living in his brain! This epic, full-color, space adventure graphic novel adventure is perfect for comic fans of Hilo and Last Kids on Earth! Twelve-year-old Marty Milagros is used to getting in trouble. Little does he know, his upstairs neighbor, Mr. Albert, is actually a galactic scientist trying to defend the planet from alien invaders. Mr. Albert has an artificial intelligence that will keep Earth safe . . . but Marty accidentally downloads it into his brain instead! Now, with the help of his friends Alex and Mia, Marty must stop the aliens. Can Marty overcome his self-doubt and defeat the aliens before he loses Mr. Albert and dooms the world? Just call him Earth's WORST defender, because seriously, how can an average kid save the world?! This graphic novel is full of themes like finding yourself, overcoming fear, and sticking up for who you are.