Rotten smells, bad advice, and comical creatures: what could be better?

Spend a day in a dubious outer space “medical” practice in “A Day in the Office of Doctor Bugspit.” Dr. Bugspit’s oddball patients, staff, and cases offer the perfect prescription for curing boredom.

In “Adopt a Glurb,” readers will find tips, information, and zany advice on raising a glurb, a funny little monster who yells really loud, eats ten times his body weight daily, and loves unrolling toilet paper.