bubble

 bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, and Natalie Riess, 272 pages.

The city of Fairhaven is a literal bubble of safety in the midst of a hostile alien wilderness known as the Bush. Morgan, who was born in the Bush and has lived in Fairhaven since she was a kid, is still plenty capable of killing any violent imps on her morning jog, but she also quite likes living here with her cozy job and easy access to Frasier (yes, the sitcom). Things get more exciting when her boss (slash pseudo mom figure) asks her to get involved with Huntr, a freelancing app for hunting monsters. Some of the monsters she hunts with her team of friends (who are all great) are super fun (I especially like The Beard, which are three guys melted together to have the worst nerd opinions). Soon a more nefarious plot arises, which is probably pretty predictable in a corporate owned and operated bubble.

This book is described as a "satirical take on the gig economy" which is accurate, but I would say that that's only part of it, and that the plot stands on it's own as an interesting independent story as well. It manages to balance being funny with maintaining  real narrative tension, which in my experience graphic novels going for funny don't always manage. 

Fun Fact: This book is based on a podcast. I tried to listen to the first episode after I read this, but it seems to mostly be a screenplay read aloud, so I think I'll stick to the graphic novel.