Emily already had enough to worry about -- besides competing with her arch-nemesis Daisy, dodging her smitten admirer Jace, she also was trying to scrape together enough money buy the pony of her dreams, Marcus. But when she becomes the hope of humankind... well, she still has to outdo Daisy and deal with Jace, but she also has to decide the fate of her loyal robot business partner Juicer. Meanwhile, Emily's new pet, the adorable little pink creature named Pheef, who just happens to be a fierce warrior, must learn to live in servitude, awaiting the day when he will reveal his true capabilities.

From the creators of Oddjob, Ian and Tyson Smith, comes the new, all-ages FULL-COLOR 104-page graphic novel, Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand, scheduled for release in June 2004. It will be published under SLG Publishing's all-ages imprint, AmazeInk.

Brothers Ian and Tyson created Emily out of love for the fun, action-packed and light-hearted stories they grew up with in Saturday morning cartoons. "My whole idea for the book was to create something that was simple and breezy," said writer Ian. "If you consider writing therapy, Emily is my attempt to sublimate world domination and my desires for giant-robot-building into a friendly, perky graphic novel."

The brothers are quick to point out that Emily has something for everyone. "Ty did a great job with the cute part," Ian said of the artwork, "but a word to the guys out there -- it's filled with gigantic battling robot action. And that's cool, no matter how old you are."

Tyson agrees. "It was important to us that our book with kids as the main characters not be dumbed down. Ian and I wanted to make a comic that we would enjoy to read as adults and a comic we would have loved to read when we were kids," he said. "I wanted to have fun with the art and bring Ian's characters to life."

Part of bringing the characters to life was adding color. SLG primarily publishes black-and-white comics, but after seeing the artwork, SLG's president and publisher Dan Vado decided to make Emily the company's first full-color graphic novel. "We all agreed it was screaming out for color," Tyson said.

"Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand is a special book in many ways," said SLG's editor-in-chief Jennifer de Guzman, "and not just because of the color. In fact, I would say that it's in color because it's special, not the other way around. Part of the comic book audience has been wanting comics that are fun and light in tone but that still tell an engaging story. Emily satisfies that desire perfectly."

An eight-page preview of Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand is available at SLG Publishing's website, www.slavelabor.com.

Established in 1986, SLG Publishing is a San Jose, CA-based publisher of comics books and graphic novels. Operating under its imprints Slave Labor Graphics and Amaze Ink, SLG Publishing has distributed the work of such notable cartoonists as Jhonen Vasquez, Roman Dirge, Evan Dorkin and Andi Watson.