Book Review: Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland

This graphic novel is both griping and gritty. Addison is incredibly well drawn (ha – get it?) I shouldn’t be surprised, though, since Westerfeld has a knack for writing well realized teen girls. He could teach some other authors some things… But I digress. I find it fascinating to read an author who is so good at writing novels and see him do so well with the graphic novel format. It must be difficult, to boil it down to just the basics and let the pictures tell some of the stories. This is an engaging and well told tale of a mini apocalypse. I highly recommend it to anyone serving a teen audience.

Scott Westerfeld is the author of the worldwide bestselling Uglies series and the Locus Award–winning Leviathan series, and is co-author of the Zeroes trilogy. His other novels include the New York Times bestseller Afterworlds, The Last Days, Peeps, So Yesterday, and the Midnighters trilogy.

Alex Puvilland was born in France where he grew up reading his father’s comic books. He now lives in Los Angeles with his ridiculously talented wife and two extraordinary children, Leo and Adrien. He works for Dreamworks Animation, and does comics whenever he has a moment. Alex co-illustrated Prince of Persia and Templar.