Gunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1: Orientation

Extremely funny, and quite a clever use of ancient mythology. Wonderful characters, and a bit of family mystery thrown in for good measure.

Gunnerkrigg Court is sort of like if Daria went to Hogwarts. I'll admit that initially I was a little turned off from the series because the main characters look a little like Bratz dolls, but the recommendations kept pouring in and Neil Gaiman wrote the blurb, so I decided to give it a try. The world is interesting enough that I was eventually able to look beyond the style, and Siddell has a lot of fun integrating mythology from tons of cultures. This first volume is a lot of exposition and character introduction, so there is more left unknown at the end than the beginning, but I believe the whole series is still available as a webcomic, and I'll probably continue it there as I definitely want to see how some of the ideas play out.