How cool is it that a 12-year-old cartoonist would dedicate her fun new book of cartoons to old-school masters like Sergio Aragones and John Stanley? (I imagine her father, underground cartoonist and publisher Denis Kitchen, gave her access to tons of excellent comics, which inspired her to become a cartoonist herself.)
Alexa Kitchen's good taste in cartoonists shines in Grown-Ups are Dumb! (No Offense), an anthology of light-hearted comic strips that will appeal to kids in elementary and junior high school. The great thing about her work is that it really is the product of a kid. Her sense of humor and perspective on school, friends, siblings, and families is very much like my own two daughters'. I know they'll enjoy her book (she has one previous book: Drawing Comics is Easy! (Except When It's Hard))
