The world of comics can seem a little daunting sometimes, because there’s just so much out and there and the genre continues to explode with new stories coming weekly. Well, here are four less run-of-the-mill and more good times and fun stories to warm your heart and tickle your funny bone.

It’s not easy being an elf, short in stature, ignored by many. Twit Leaf spends his days in the Magic Forest, located in a big national park for us humans, where he picks berries. But then one day he comes across a magical glowing box that is an enigma shrouded in mysteries. To us humans, it looks a lot like a Nintendo. Now it’s up to Twit Leaf to go on a bold quest and seek to return it to the shadow Lost and Found chamber, which can only be located in the dangerous Visitor Center.

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Pella is not happy. Her world has been turned upside down with a series of earthquakes destroying her village. It’s been said that they were caused by the Earth Queen, and now even the Midsummer Festival, one of her favorite events, has been canceled. Pella has heard that the Earth Queen’s tower lies within the very heart of the Enchanted Forest, where it is said no one returns. Now she’s decided to take matters into her own hands, and her sister, Bix, joins her because it’s her job to keep her safe.

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Aster’s life is anything but boring, even after she moved to the middle of what she thought was nowhere. Her mom concocts all these cool science experiments, while her dad’s cooking has vastly improved, and then there’s the fact that Aster can do magic. No feat or challenge is too small for her, whether it’s helping others, rescuing her family, or saving the whole town. It’s kind of what she was destined for and she’s going to have a lot of fun adventures along the way.

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Willow, who’s eleven, just got invited to her dad’s weird summer camp, and what’s worse they’re not apparently moving to the very town where that camp is located. Little does she know she’s going to be anything but bored as there is a growing mystery here that begins with stolen snacks, involves possible vampires, and now campers have gone missing. What exactly is going on at camp . . . whatever it’s called?

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