{"id":38473,"date":"2021-01-12T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=38473"},"modified":"2020-12-12T15:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T21:11:24","slug":"stranger-planet-by-nathan-w-pyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/stranger-planet-by-nathan-w-pyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Planet by Nathan W. Pyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Bright, colorful, and whimsical\u2014yet charmingly familiar\u2014Stranger Planet<\/em> is out-of-this-world fun.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my major habits as a reader is balance – I always need to balance out the heavy with the light, the sweet with the salty. It’s how I stay sane, ESPECIALLY when the sweet, light books are like Strange Planet<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and Stranger Planet<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>by Nathan W. Pyle. There’s nothing like a book of comics as a palate cleanser, and there’s nothing like Pyle’s comics, period.<\/p>\n

Stranger Planet<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is the second book of Pyle’s comics (originally shared on social media) and a worthy successor to the first. In both cases, it’s a pared-down world of bright pinks, blues, greens, and purples, where genderless aliens navigate a strangely familiar world of “cohesion” (marriage), “mild poison” (alcohol), “offspring” (kids), “elastic breath traps” (balloons), and much more.<\/p>\n

These comics are charming for me because I love the quirky, gentle humor of examining everyday activities through a fresh perspective. I’m also a huge sucker for wordplay, which doesn’t hurt. Basically, if you’re looking for a quick break or to rediscover a sense of wonder about the world, I definitely recommend you check out Stranger Planet<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Nathan Pyle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Bright, colorful, and whimsical\u2014yet charmingly familiar\u2014Stranger Planet is out-of-this-world fun.” One of my major habits as a reader is balance – I always need to balance out the heavy with the light, the sweet with the salty. It’s how I stay sane, ESPECIALLY when the sweet, light books are like[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,8],"tags":[1976,883,165,5543,3027],"class_list":["post-38473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-aliens","tag-comics","tag-humor","tag-slice-of-life","tag-webcomics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-a0x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38473"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38778,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38473\/revisions\/38778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}