Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fun graphic novel. Kids will love this book as it is a fun story.

I did not know what to expect going into this book because I had not read the first in the series. Was that a mistake? I don't think so. Sure, it would have given more context for some of the relationships and past crime fighting. But not so much that I don't think you could pick this up and get hung up on the fat that some action happened before. Yes, it's definitely better to read the series in order, but as someone who didn't, starting with book 2 is not going to ruin your enjoyment.

Mind you, if I had read the first book, I would not have gone into this thinking it as a graphic novel. Oops. While there is a graphic novel embedded in the story, this blends genres a bit more and pulls in some of the styles of things like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Invisible Emmie. For a parent, that's a good thing because you are getting a lot more words on the page. And ultimately there is enough visual interest to hold the attention of a less than enthusiastic middle school reader.

The Mighty Onion and Guinea Pig Girl have to work through issues as do their creators, and they do it throughout the story. Some of the challenges get sew into their comic creation and, as a result, are solved there. And other challenges are played out in the real world between the two collaborators and their friends. The similarities between the two worlds, though, are intentional and work well to reinforce how the characters need to work out their differences and come together again.

A fun read with some nicely done lessons. Great for a middle schooler who prefers to comics and graphic novels to more traditional novels.

This was an interesting graphic novel, because there were so many stories within stories. Of course, there's the comic, with the adventures of The Mighty Onion and Guinea Pig Girl, and we get to watch how they adapt and change because of the artists. This is also the story of Pam and Eliot, the creative forces behind the comic, as they take advantage of the opportunity to produce their comic for the local paper, and the problems they have because of their different expectations and work ethic. There are also other people in the story and several ways of showing what's happening, like different pages that just have messages. This is a dynamic story where you can see what feels like a real creative process looks like, and the pictures can be hilarious.