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Dinosaurs Make the Best Pets

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Eileen Gonzalez

Contributing Editor

Eileen's primary literary love is comic books, but she’s always on the lookout for her next literary adventure no matter what form it takes. She has a Bachelor's in media studies, a Master's in digital communication, a smattering of published short stories, and a seriously cute dog. Follow her on Bluesky.

That’s what my comics tell me, and as we all know, comic books never lie!

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Dark & Twisted: The Killing Hole by Steve Niles, Trevor Denham, and Ryan Winn

Stewart has no friends, might as well have no family, and no support from anyone at school or in the wider community. He bonds with new kid Peter over how terrible their lives are. But griping about bullies and uncaring adults is one thing; deciding to act on their anger and desire for vengeance is something else…

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Cat & Cat Adventures: The Staff of Knowledge by Susie Yi

This cute children’s series continues with Squash and Ginny being sent on a very important quest: to recover a powerful artifact for a friend of theirs. Things go great, until suddenly they don’t, and our cute little heroes have to go on an even more epic quest to set things right!

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Riot Recommendations

Today’s Riot Rec theme is: dinosaurs! If you never got over your dino phase as a kid, you’ll love these comics. (And yes, I know pterosaurs aren’t technically dinosaurs, but dinosaurs don’t technically fight crime either, so we will suspend our disbelief today.)

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol 1 cover

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Volume One: BFF by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, and Natacha Bustos

Lunella is an unusual girl in many ways. First of all, she’s a certified genius. And second, she has an honest-to-goodness T-rex for a pet! How will this dynamic duo navigate such challenges as super-powered dino hunters and the New York school system?

Lost Time cover

Lost Time by Tas Mukanik

Trapped alone in the Cretaceous period, Evie passes the time by raising a baby pterosaur as her own. She nevertheless still longs to return to her own time period, so when she gets the chance to do it, she and her beloved pet will face incredible odds to get Evie back where she belongs!

A Maltese sits in the middle of a human pillow that she has squashed for her own comfort

Today would have been my Maltese AJ’s 17th birthday! So I’m sharing this picture of her doing her favorite thing: stealing pillows.

~Eileen