This was an incredibly fun book! The art style was very captivating and bright which made it extra engaging to read. It was a very typical alien invasion story with the element of an underdog human teaming up with an alien. I had a really great time reading this and would definitely recommend!

I loved the lineart, the color work, and the characters. It's a small thing for me, but I've never been a fan of on-screen snot on a page, and this graphic novel had quite a lot of it. It started off a little slow, but then it was a nonstop action thrillride to the finish, which I loved. I was so sad towards the end, but I understood why one charater had to bite the dust. Everyone was super cute and lovable, I don't think I ran into a character I didn't like. I'll recommend it to people wanting a fun graphic novel to read!

Maya is a comic book artist in the middle of a creative crisis. She's stressed about her deadlines and the payments are not so good. One day, she's trying to get over a creative block and trying to help his best friend to gain confidence for a date when a bunch of aliens invade earth. Maya joins one of the aliens to try to salvage earth.

This was a fun read, although the story felt a bit disjointed at times with the jumping around. I loved the art and the colours, and the story was fun and entertaining overall. I would've liked to see a bit more of the friendship between Maya and his best friend.

Soma is a interesting read. I like to challenge myself sometimes to read things that don't interest me based on cover/description and Soma is that. But under it all I enjoyed most of my time with it, even if it didn't blow me away.

The general idea the main author is struggling to write something is good. As someone who loves to write, I've went through that many times. However, the zanny weird story she begins to write is so over the top, and the humor a lot of the times didn't land for me. But the art itself is great, with some wacky designs I did really love (The little aliens!!!) but overall if want something a bit zanny and different, this one is pretty fun. A 3 out of 5.

Thank you to Oni Press, Fernando Llor and Carles Dalmau for this advanced reader copy.

I swear that Fernando Llor wrote this graphic novel specifically for me. As a writer and illustrator who struggles often with creative blocks, this book is so wonderful at showing how some of our greatest obstacles can produce some of our best results. Using the pro strategy of writing about writers block to get out of writers block is the coolest. Not to mention seeing how an artist would react in some… otherworldly situations was really funny.

Carles Dalmau does such a wonderful job with the art of this book. Such a gorgeous colour palette throughout and the most charming art style and character design I’ve seen in a long time. Soma and Maya are such an endearing duo and their personalities and their designs for each other perfectly.

Regardless of the fact that I’ve got an ARC of this book ahead of time, I will be buying a copy the second it hits the shelves, I can already tell that this is a comfort read I will keep coming back to.

Great for fans of who also enjoy the work of Bryan Lee O’Malley (like me).

2.5 stars

Eh this was fine but I didn't actually find myself that interested in the story. I thought Juu was a much more interesting character than Maya and I wish that the story would have followed them instead. I think that I just wanted more from this and more of an explanation for what was taking place and none of that really happens.

Maya is all of us, stuck in our own heads about our work and what we want to do. Stuck in creativity, and finding a way out of a block, we go on this adventure with Maya and dive into her creative solution.

Thank you Net Galley for this e arc. Soma is a beautiful graphic novel that shows the perils of burn out and what people will do if it’s there last day on earth. The art style is gorgeous and the writing is witty.

I can only imagine the inspiration I might feel if an alien named Soma crashed into my apartment while I was having trouble writing. Definitely one of my favorite reads this year!

This was such a sweet story! The cover had me interested as soon as I saw it. I love the color pallet used through this whole GN, it has some of my favorite colors and its just really nice to look at. The art is beautiful very well done.

The story was really fun. I loved that it was really fast paced and full of action. I loved all the characters and got really attached to them to the point where this had me tearing up while reading it. Maya felt really relatable as a character. It was just really overall great. I absolutely would recommend it to anyone who loves reading graphic novels. It's a great time full of aliens what's not to love!

Soma was a visually stunning, quick and fun read!

The main character Maya is a comic book artist struggeling with burnout and inspiration. Her best friend is nervous to go on a date and asks for her help. The whole world is suppenly is under attack when a small water-bound alien crashes into mayas appartment, but together they try to fight and save the earth.

I loved best the colour palette, because it is really atmospheric and and vibrant. Despite the dark story there is a lot of humor, both visually and in the dialouge and the characters are really loveable. I only wished Soma (the alien)'s struggle of having/wanting to fight and kill his own kind would have been flashed out more to give a bit more depth to the character.

i saw the cover of this graphic novel and thought to give it a try. it was cute!

🦇 i liked the fact that maya didn't like kids lol so relatable.
🦇 maya also was a comic writer which i thought was unique, but at the same time, i did find it a bit boring when we got to see some pages of her work.
🦇 the artwork was really cute!
🦇 the story itself wasn't too unique since it's a typical alien invasion story but omg soma was so adorable!
🦇 i think it's safe to say my favourite characters were maya and soma. we had a pov of other characters but i didn't really manage to connect with them on a deeper level but maya and soma's friendship was everything.
🦇 i do recommend reading this if you want a quick and cute graphic novel that's about alien invasion!

Maya, a comic book artist, is dealing with artistic burnout. Every story she draws feels boooring. Until one day the characters from a story featuring aliens taking over earth come to life.

This comic was a lot of fun to read. The characters and art style are very expressive and vibrant, and go very well together. The pop culture references were fun little easter eggs to discover.

“It's always one gig after another, and I never have time to do my own thing. I dunno... something truly personal.”

What I most enjoyed was the more philosophical tone from the start and I'm a bit sad we didn't get more of that. The comic swung more into full action at a certain point, and I found it quite hard to follow what was going on at times (though that might just be me).

This characters are all unique and memorable, and so lovable. I wish this book were the first in a series so I could spend more time with them.

I'd recommend Soma to people who love art, action and well written characters.

Such a fun read! The artwork was delightful and I loved the main character. SO relatable! Thank you Netgalley for the ARC oppportunity!

A most cute and fast-paced, Soma was a sci-fi genre entry that I quite enjoyed reading. I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

SOMA was a very interesting graphic novel with peculiar characters with a range of depth and a journey of character discovery.

Thanks to Oni Press and NetGalley for the advanced e-copy.

2.5 stars
Soma is a whacky adventure that follows a comic book artist suffering from burnout that suddenly becomes the only hope of survival when aliens resembling fish invade planet Earth.

Soma is irreverent, funny and a wild ride. Though Maya's story starts normal and then becomes part of this sci-fi/action kind of plot, we also follow Maya's best friend, Juu, who only wants to go on a first date and get a girlfriend.

Can we talk about the art style? I have to talk about it. It's by far the best part of this graphic novel. It's fun, it's fresh, it's cute. Carles Dalmau does an excellent job keeping up with the tone of the story, making the character designs and worldbuilding fun, adventurous and dynamic. The coloring by Eiden Zamora takes the art style to the next level making the illustrations stunning.
I also really appreciate the speech bubbles being different colors when scenes with multiple characters were happening.

Though the artwork is so pretty and fun, I sadly didn't care for the story or characters in this comic. I think the script was a bit of a mess, the pacing uneven and Juu's story super shallow.
However, though it didn't work for me, I think If you have fun with stories that have more of a middle grade vibe, you'll enjoy this one. It's short, it has jokes and it's just so pretty to look at.

A sleep deprived comic author who somehow ends up with an alien in her apartment and will be trying to save the world. That's exactly what she got tired of writing about and now it's happening in real life. Though I feel like it's playing a bit into the cliché of the weirdo artist who barely has friends and lives in a dirty place, the story was really nice and on a deeper level has a great meaning.
I can highly recommend reading this graphic novel. It's for everyone, the ones that want a quick and nice read and the ones who want to look for a deeper meaning.

Thank you NetGalley, Oni Press and Fernando Llor for the e-arc
This was such a fun and colourful read. I really enjoyed the art.
The story is also very nice!

Okay, this book was weird nice but a great lot of things could be better.

The art was really good but I just wish the story didn't run in parallel with dual pov and had a single track pov. The alien stuff was really dystopian scary and made a good alien trope, the story behind that was good.

I just didn't like that so much was crammed in the graphic novel. What was with all the snot. Anyway thank you @netgalley for the ARC