Shade the Changing Girl Vol. 1: Earth Girl Made Easy

This is a totally weird graphic novel.

We've got aliens, madness as a weapon and/or transportation device, and high school cliches and bullies. There is a lot going on, but essentially Loma transports to Earth and possesses the body of a practically dead girl and doesn't find the easy to navigate world she expects, since the body she possess was a terrible person and bully.

I was able to get into it eventually, but I still felt the underlying feeling of confusion– which might be the point? Megan is totally unlikeable, but Loma is okay she is just out of place and I never really understood why she didn't try harder to blend in on Earth. Also, the madness coat and how it is also in Earth and just falls off her... what is going on...

Really not my style, but I can see the appeal. I feel like Loma's life will be on the line and there might be a Earth v. Meta thing to come. I'd recommend this one to a more mature teen or adult audience who enjoys thinking deeply and questioning what they are reading.