This is more edutainment than a story, and there’s a hard shift into breaking the 4th wall about 3/4s in. While I still haven’t been able to create a zine to this day (idk what it is about the folding technique that I keep messing up), the comic-making tips and explanations are great for new cartoonists.

I learned something new too, grawlixes and plewds. I've seen and used these myself but never knew they had a formal name.

Reading the behind the scenes is essential. After reading the authors’ intent, how the story was portrayed made better sense, but I still thought it was better-suited for non-fiction. spoiler"

it’s a children’s version of Understanding Comics, basically.