”Milk & Mocha Comics Collection - Our Little Happiness” by Melani Sie

”Milk & Mocha Comics Collection - Our Little Happiness” by Melani Sie is a heartwarming collection about the daily life of two bears and their dino pet. The theme of the stories centers around daily life happiness.

I did not know the author beforehand, but I do like once in a while, to read comics that are short and on point – all meant to make you smile or learn about love and connections to other people.

The limited to no text in the comics makes it a read that everyone should be able to enjoy. The pictures leave room for thinking and automatically make you slow down when reading. To me, this is a plus, because it's really relaxing. Just what I hope for from a read like this.

It was full of cute and heartwarming stories and I was a bit surprised to find myself giggling throughout the read, because of the different natures of the bears. One is laidback, the other has a temper. They do things differently, and with a book that begins with an introduction that asks ”What is happiness to you?”, we see two different POVs of happiness. What might be happiness to one, might not be to the other. I had comics where I agreed that ”Yes, this is what happiness looks like” while others I found myself giggling, because the other bear did something (that's happiness to him) but is something that the other bear was enduring, all out of love. That itself is also a shape of happiness.

The drawings are the cutest and the simple coloring is relaxing and a real treat for the eyes.

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