ALA Booklist (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2020)

In this charming and thoughtful story, Bob is a postman in outer space. Every day he travels his regular route across the cosmos, delivering mail to those on distant planets. Today, however, is different. Bob is assigned a new route, and he's nervous about it. A series of misadventures leads him to feel like he's doing everything wrong, but as his day continues and he meets new, interesting characters, he realizes that en if doing something different can be scary w experiences can be challenging and fun. Perreault's artwork is whimsical and vividly colored, bringing planets and Bob's new friends to glorious life, utilizing a small number of large panels throughout. The worlds created here are delightfully unusual, transporting readers to planets full of intriguing and inquisitive inhabitants. Each individual vignette contains interesting visual details to be explored on second readings. An early elementary tale fit for all ages that serves as a reminder that trying something new can bring delightful and unexpected results.

Kirkus Reviews

This graphic import from Québec is science fiction for anyone who finds Star Wars too invigorating.In the early Star Wars movies, the backgrounds were usually more interesting than what was happening in the foreground, and this graphic novel borrows the same technique. As Bob the titular postman shuttles letters from one planet to another, he's always passing something astonishing: a world shaped like an enormous dog bone or a post-office space station shaped like a mailbox. This irritates him, because Bob likes his postal route dull and routine. Any change gives him a stomachache. Fortunately, nothing that happens here is remotely exciting, though Bob is increasingly annoyed by these mundane postal glitches. He trips in the mud or gets chased by dogs. The main exception is a lengthy parody of The Little Prince, which will be funny only to those who recognize the source. The scenes in the background, however, are stunning, with impossible, Escher-style architecture and a mail cart that hovers just above the ground. (Bob, fittingly, is a bland shade of white, but other characters have green skin or puce beaks.) The drawings are so masterful that they become a sort of understated joke. The more marvels Bob sees, the more desperate he is to end this day of mishaps. But even Bob has to pause, a few pages from the end, and admire the sheer beauty of the world outside his window.The space vistas are spectacular, if readers overlook the tedious postman in front of them. (Graphic science fiction. 7-10)

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

This comically low-key import follows Bob, -a special postman. A postman from space,- who prefers that his life be -nice and easy,- featuring a regular morning routine and a standard delivery route. When his boss reassigns the routes (-You-ll be getting a different one every day-), Bob sets out to places he-s never been: planets, remote locations, and an asteroid across the galaxy. Told in six chapters, one for each delivery and his return trip, Bob-s journey presents endless frustrations that disrupt his want for -simple and orderly--sudden rain, an unreasonable Little Prince-like customer who demands the postman -draw me a sheep,- and language barriers, to name a few. It-s easy to identify and empathize with Bob-s frustration, making his moments of defeat (a filthy uniform, a lost sandwich, exasperation with unyielding demands) all the more satisfying. Though it features simple shapes, Perreault-s art is anything but plain-clean lines and bright highlight colors lend visual accessibility to the myriad extraterrestrial characters, and large panels keep the story moving along at a decent clip. In one memorable spread, Bob careens uncontrollably through an asteroid belt back to his ship, demonstrating Perreault-s ability to create strong movement in single-panel illustrations. Ages 7-up. (Apr.)