Comics review: podcast adaptation Bubble is an ideal summer read
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Bookshop Barely ever stopping for a breath, this sci-fi adventure comedy (adapted from the popular podcast) bounds from one escapade to another while keeping up a running satirical patter. The setting is an alien planet where human settlers are divided between cosseted urbanites living in corporate-controlled domed cities and those roughing it out in the âBrushâ where mutant Imps roam free. In the Fairhaven dome, Morgan is a onetime âBrush Babyâ who uses her knife skills to kill the occasional Imp when it sneaks into the dome. She, her roommate Annie (a casually polyamorous bespoke drug manufacturer), ex-boyfriend and parkour enthusiast Van (widely beloved âEven with the unfortunate toe ringsâ), and lovable loser Mitch get sucked into a conspiracy involving an app for gig-economy Imp killers called Huntr. The blow-out fight scenesâdrawn by Cliff with a fizz-bomb energy that recalls his similarly caffeinated Delilah Dirk seriesâcome fast