We should feel out of place, like strangers, if we are living lives of virtue. There are trials she must face, sacrifices she must make and mistakes she must rectify before she can go home.

She is taken away from her home and put into a different world. With that being said, I took the story as a metaphor for final perseverance. But, that he is who he is and, because of that, his Catholic faith may be found in his writing. The author, Ben Hatke has stated publicly that there is no specific message that his work is intended to send. While each volume has its own theme, the overarching thrust for the series is Zita’s return home. Her interaction with what was in the comet leads to an intergalactic adventure. Zita the Spacegirl tells the story of a young girl who encounters a comet the crashes to earth. I was hoping that the story had some kind of takeaway message from the story, something sorely missing in the world of comics today. Something coming from a Catholic cartoonist that deserved my support for not being vulgar or filthy. I was hoping it was something my children and I could both enjoy. It probably took me a year to buy one of his books due to the fact that I am a horrible cheap skate. I think I was googling Catholic cartoonists and his name popped up.

I can’t remember how I came across the comics of Ben Hatke.

Zita and the spacegirl