Galaxy

Graphic novel, 188 pages

English language

Published July 8, 2022 by DC Comics.

ISBN:: 978-1-4012-9853-1

(1 review)

Taylor Barzelay has the perfect life. Good looks, good grades, a starting position on the basketball team, a loving family, even an adorable corgi. Every day in Taylor’s life is perfect. And every day is torture.

Taylor is actually the Galaxy Crowned, an alien princess from the planet Cyandii, and one of the few survivors of an intergalactic war. For six long, painful years, Taylor has accepted her duty to remain in hiding as a boy on Earth.

That all changes when Taylor meets Metropolis girl Katherine “call me Kat” Silverberg, whose confidence is electrifying. Suddenly, Taylor no longer wants to hide, even if exposing her true identity could attract her greatest enemies. From the charming and brilliant mind behind the popular podcast The Voice of Free Planet X, Jadzia Axelrod, and with stunningly colorful artwork by Jess Taylor comes the story of a girl in hiding who must face …

Taylor Barzelay has the perfect life. Good looks, good grades, a starting position on the basketball team, a loving family, even an adorable corgi. Every day in Taylor’s life is perfect. And every day is torture.

Taylor is actually the Galaxy Crowned, an alien princess from the planet Cyandii, and one of the few survivors of an intergalactic war. For six long, painful years, Taylor has accepted her duty to remain in hiding as a boy on Earth.

That all changes when Taylor meets Metropolis girl Katherine “call me Kat” Silverberg, whose confidence is electrifying. Suddenly, Taylor no longer wants to hide, even if exposing her true identity could attract her greatest enemies. From the charming and brilliant mind behind the popular podcast The Voice of Free Planet X, Jadzia Axelrod, and with stunningly colorful artwork by Jess Taylor comes the story of a girl in hiding who must face her fears to see herself as others see her: the prettiest star.

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Jonas reviewed Galaxy by Jadzia Axelrod

Colorful and fun

5 stars

Galaxy – The Prettiest Star is an entertaining and heartfelt coming-out story about Taelyr, the heiress to an alien planet who had to go into hiding due to an intergalactic war. She took on the identity of Taylor, a human boy, but the charade sucks all joy out of her life. When Taylor meets Kat, a confident girl from Metropolis, she decides to be herself again. Jadzia Axelrod‘s writing handles the pain and the humor of the characters and the story well. The art by Jess Taylor feels breezy and fresh, but it‘s the colors in particular that make the pages shine. Ariana Maher does a solid job on the lettering. I also liked many small details. Many side characters are portrayed expertly on point in just a few lines of conversation, for instance Taylor‘s brother Carl, who is as frustrated by the false identities and the forced family as …

Galaxy – The Prettiest Star is an entertaining and heartfelt coming-out story about Taelyr, the heiress to an alien planet who had to go into hiding due to an intergalactic war. She took on the identity of Taylor, a human boy, but the charade sucks all joy out of her life. When Taylor meets Kat, a confident girl from Metropolis, she decides to be herself again. Jadzia Axelrod‘s writing handles the pain and the humor of the characters and the story well. The art by Jess Taylor feels breezy and fresh, but it‘s the colors in particular that make the pages shine. Ariana Maher does a solid job on the lettering. I also liked many small details. Many side characters are portrayed expertly on point in just a few lines of conversation, for instance Taylor‘s brother Carl, who is as frustrated by the false identities and the forced family as his sibling, but understands and supports her after she drops the disguise. Kat‘s mom, despite showing several mom stereotypes, still feels real and rounded. Argus the corgi is a weird and wonderful character. And I loved how the comic handles Kat‘s disability. There‘s room for a sequel, and I hope it will be done.

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