PIZZA WITCH

A young magic user searches for a magical ingredient that will help her become a pizza witch.

Seventeen-year-old Roxy, a pink-haired witch with a white-presenting dad and brown-skinned mom, wants only to become “the greatest pizza witch of all time.” She already makes delicious pizza (covered in happy little magical stars) in her cauldron, much to the chagrin of her foodie parents. Roxy refuses to work at their restaurant, instead delivering pizzas for Jeremy, the suave pizza warlock who she’s sure will eventually trust her with a quest for an enchanted ingredient—the best way to obtain a spot at Magic Uni. It’s obvious to Roxy’s cat, George, that Jeremy’s just exploiting her, but Roxy won’t hear it. Besides, he’s finally sending her off in search of a secret ingredient: the Remarkable Oregano. Roxy meets a cutie-pie witch on her quest, to boot. Bespectacled Erin, who has light brown skin and shaggy brown hair, joins Roxy and George on their quest. In exuberant, highly saturated panels, the adventurers derail a forced cat marriage, rescue a green-haired soup witch, and compete in a tag team magic wrestling competition. One brief side quest, oddly, has Roxy accidentally harming another witch and leaving without fixing the damage or considering the incident again. The ingredients are cute, the monsters are squelchy, and what’s a quest without a little romance and a devastating betrayal?

Goofy and colorful, with over-the-top characterization, this is a zany, Sapphic, pizza-packed romp.