Kirkus Reviews
Author-illustrator Ramon Gil's middle-grade anthology of educational comic strips offers humor, compassion, and scientific facts...A fun collection that accessibly presents complex concepts to a young audience. Read more.

BookLife
In Ramon Gil's uproarious but informative middle grade graphic novel, five adults trapped in kids' bodies rollick through S.T.E.M. based adventures, conducting scientific research while completing top-secret projects for the government. Fun-filled, S.T.E.M-heavy graphic novel for middle grade readers. Read more.

Hub Pages
Given all the aspects of this most wonderful tome, from the crisp writing style, the wit and depth of the writing, the old-school style of the art...to the scientific and real-world elements and applications of the stories themselves, this is a very highly-nuanced package specifically designed to engage young readers, but is also something that we highly recommend for old(er) readers as it is well worth the read. Read more.

Amazon
Imagine cramming a PhD's worth of brainpower into a kid who still gets excited about recess? That's the ingenious trick Ramon Gil pulls off with Whiz Kids from DARPA. By shrinking his adult scientists down to their childhood bodies, Gil gives readers the best of both worlds: the wide-eyed curiosity of youth and the intellectual firepower of seasoned experts. It's a narrative cheat code, and it works brilliantly. Each adventure drops this pint-sized powerhouse team into a genuine scientific mystery, and watching them crack it feels less like homework and more like a heist. Young readers can actually see themselves in these characters, which is half the battle when you're trying to get kids genuinely hooked on science rather than running from it. And that's where Gil's masterstroke lands: instead of lecturing young minds into glazed-over submission, he lures them in with page-turning puzzles. The science isn't the obstacle - it's the reward. By the time you've solved the riddle alongside the team, you've learned something real without ever feeling like you sat through a lesson. Read more.

Ramon Gil got his first cartooning byline at the age of ten and is still waiting to get paid. Despite that he has been making up stories ever since though sometimes for highly questionable reasons. His favorite genres are science fiction, espionage and conspiracy theories sprinkled with lots of witty dialogue which he plagiarizes from conversations with people who are way smarter and funnier than he is. Ramon is taking credit for work done for Dynamite Comics, Atlas Unleashed, Vortex Comics, Bleeding Cool, The Beat, Comics Creator News, The Nerdist and Comics Experience. He is the creator of The Men from DARPA, Everybody Needs a Hero, Truer Than Trousdale, Firefighters: An Exciting Job, Senturies and the Scifies and Black Stories Matter anthologies. Ramon teaches art, design, visual storytelling and making comics at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Yeshiva University in New York City. He is the organizer of the Comic Arts Workshop and Diversity Comic Con and is available for events in NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI and MA. You can view more of his work at www.ramongilcomics.com.