The Encyclopedia of Early Earth

Isabel Greenberg's early-Earth chronicles the explorations of a young man as he moves from his home in the North Pole to the South Pole, where he meets his true love. But their romance is ill-fated: Early Earth's unusual and finicky polarity means that the lovers can never touch. As intricate and richly imagined as Chris Ware's Building Stories and leavened with a dry wit that rivals Kate Beaton's in Hark! A Vagrant, Greenberg's debut will be a welcome addition to the thriving graphic novel genre.