The Adventures of Venus — Gilbert Hernandez

A rare foray into all-ages work, “The Adventures of Venus” was Gilbert Hernandez's contribution to the kids' anthology Measles, which he edited in 1999 and 2000. Luba's niece Venus creates and collects comic books, walks through a scary forest, plays soccer, schemes to get the cute boy she likes, laments the snowlessless of a California Christmas, catches measles, and travels to a distant planet (OK, the last one may be a dream).