Best of all, Lilah doesn’t take itself too seriously. There are some good jokes here – particularly when Lilah is surprised (and sometimes irritated) to discover things that she learned by taking possession of the book. I particularly like her horror at her pedantic speech on the number of stars in the sky.
Book of Lilah is written by former Pushing Daisies writer Jim Monaco (The second Daisies contributor to write for Kickstart so far), and you can see a little similarity to the show. Not so much in terms of plot of approach, but just the fact that he creates a likeable character with a gift that they don’t quite understand, and then sets them loose in a world with its own rules. The art comes from Javi Fernandez (who also drew Kickstart’s Hero Complex), and it’s really lovely. The characters are appealing and the weird settings are really well-executed.
