Preview: ‘Lifeformed: Cleo Makes Contact’
Here’s a preview of a new YA sci fi graphic novel coming out next week: Lifeformed: Cleo Makes Contact, the debut book from writer Matt Mair Lowery and artist Cassie Anderson. The storyline is straightforward but packs a punch: Aliens invade the earth, and Cleo the lead character, sees her father killed before her eyes—and then an alien steps up and not only assumes his shape but takes on his memories as well. Together they fight hordes of shape-shifting aliens, and the shape-shifter who took her father’s form has a battle of his own. This preview sets the scene, showing Cleo’s warm relationship with her real father and the beginning of the invasion. The book is due out on September 13. Enjoy!
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About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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