Strange Bedfellows Beat Stutzer Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto doesn’t smile

Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto doesn’t smile even though he’s got a natural talent for playing ping pong

Alex Eckman-Lawn

author of Carry OnCharlie didn’t think Nick could ever like him back

Everybody will dig this book

Strange Bedfellows Beat Stutzer Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto doesn’t smileBy Ariel Slamet Ries. Published by Harper Alley. Softcover, 288 pages, Colour, 2025. In this stunning graphic novel by two time Ignatz awardwinning graphic novelist Ariel Slamet Ries, Oberon must choose between fantasy and reality when he develops the ability to conjure his dreams in real lifeincluding the facsimile of the boy who got away. In the not too distant future, most of humanity resides on its last ditch effort at utopia: Meridian, a remote