{"id":15095,"date":"2026-04-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15095"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:22:21","slug":"v-is-for-vern-custodian-of-the-universe-by-tyrell-waiters-ya-graphic-novel-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15095","title":{"rendered":"V is for VERN: CUSTODIAN OF THE UNIVERSE, by Tyrell Waiters (YA Graphic Novel) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mop and bucket,
always on call,
gotta save the multiverse?! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burned out from fruitless job hunt in California, Vern heads to Florida where his grandmother has a position lined up for him\u2026 as janitor at a tech company seeking a new home for humanity before climate change destroys the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young Black man knows that Granny and his late Grandpa met at Quasar, but he’s not sure that cleaning up space goo filled with eyes or upside down rooms is for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oops! Vern might have unplugged that old clunky computer, so he plugs it back in and is instantly transported to the furthest edge of the multiverse where The Void asks “What is the point?” and sends him back to Quasar to get the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except it’s not his Quasar and not his universe! He learns that whenever Quasar scientists on any of the Earths think they’ve found a suitable planet, The Void is there to stop them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Vern has to jump through several universes and unplug each identical machine there like the one he accidentally activated on his Earth before the universes collide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When will The Void summon Vern to answer the question?
How is Quasar really using their space technologies?
Why does Granny keep saying that Grandpa is always watching over Vern? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every universe that Vern encounters has its own unique art style in this astronomically good graphic novel. Check out the first pages on the publisher’s website, for free: https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/714042\/vern-custodian-of-the-universe-by-tyrell-waiters\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where would you like to instantaneously travel to in space?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Vern: Custodian of the Universe \/ Tyrell Waiters. Flying Eye Books, 2025. [author site https:\/\/www.tartwurk.com\/<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/714042\/vern-custodian-of-the-universe-by-tyrell-waiters\/<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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