It’s a been a strong week for new releases from big name creators this week with Image’s Thief of Thieves by Robert Kirkman and Garth Ennis’ Ninjettes from Dynamite both hitting the apps. However both of these failed to stand out when compared to the technicolour adventures of a boy named Finn and his stretchy, magical dog called Jake! That’s right, this week’s digital must-have is Adventure Time #1 from Boom Studios.

Based on the equally bonkers Cartoon Network show (which I have to confess I have never seen) Adventure Time is a tripped out journey to the wonderful World of Ooo where 13 year old Finn and his magical dog Jake have to thwart the plans of the evil Lich who wants to destroy everything. Along with Finn’s friends the Desert Princess (not the Dessert Princess), the Ice King, Princess Bubble Gum and Marceline the Vampire Queen Adventure Time‘s mental mix of surreal humour and eye-popping visuals (thanks to the brilliant Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb) may not be for everyone, but it is a true one of a kind book that will definitely warrant a second reading, if only to get your head around what the hell just happened! With a tone somewhere between Ren and Stimpy and Spongebob Squarepants you won’t read a weirder book this year, but it has a strange charm to it and a sense of true originality which you rarely get in comics, and for that reason I cannot recommend it enough. Plus, you get a great back up story by the very talented Aaron Renier, all about Prince Bubblegum which feature a scene with an elephant and a cinnamon bun in a sauna what more could you ask for?!

Adventure Time is available on ComiXology and via the Boom! Studios app for £2.49