Trubble Town

In Trubble Town (2021–present, Simon and Schuster), Stephan Pastis—best known for Pearls Before Swine—writes and draws this gently absurd middle-grade comic series about a kid named Wendy who stumbles into a town where everything goes hilariously wrong. Across its two issues, the series leans on Pastis’s signature deadpan humor and quirky character designs to explore everyday mishaps blown to cartoonish proportions. A light, fun entry from a celebrated cartoonist, it matters as a standalone comic that brings his distinctive voice to a younger audience.