#middle grade comics

[pneumavita]

Happy Webcomic Day!

PNEUMA VITA is about humanity surviving in secluded cities within a fungal-infested earth. A 10 year old girl named Lyla finds a clue about a medicinal plant that can cure her father's ailment. The only problem is that it grows far outside of the city...

You can read from the beginning along with extra goodies on the main site pneumavita.com!

Otherwise, you can follow along on Tumblr or Comic Fury!

#indie comics #webcomic #webcomics #ya comics #middle grade comics #middle grade fiction #post apocalyptic #pneuma vita #webcomic day

[newlevant]

Preview of Sam Long’s story, drawn by the amazing Cynthia Yuan Cheng! (@cynthiaycheng, cynthiaycheng.com)

Becoming Who We Are Kickstarter ends Dec 14! Preorder now to help us fund the book!

bit.ly/becomingkickstarter

#becoming who we are #trans stories #trans kids #trans childhood #queer comics #trans comics #comics anthology #comics Kickstarter #Sam long #Cynthia yuan cheng #middle grade graphic novel #middle grade comics

[kayleerowena]

submitted for the approval of the midnight society...

THE WITCH'S WINGS AND OTHER TERRIFYING TALES comes out october 3rd, and you can preorder it now! i'm so excited about how this book ended up, and i really think you're all gonna like it.

#are you afraid of the dark #are you afraid of the dark? #the witch's wings and other terrifying tales #middle grade horror #middle grade comics #horror comics #i'll be posting about it more as we get closer to the publication date of course!! i'm just super excited about it finally having a cover #and a release date! #:^)

[studiolemonboy]

MUTANTS OF CHERRY CREEK

Mutagenic ooze is seeping into the town of Cherry Creek and mutating normal New England wildlife into terrifying monsters. The Cherry Creek Middle School Paranormal Investigation Club sets out to discover, catalogue, and tame all of the mutated cryptids and hopefully find the source of the toxic ooze before it permanently infects everything (and everyone) in town.

I want to base all the “cryptids” the Club discovers on real animals in New England’s different ecosystems. At first, the animals just seem weird, strange, a little “off”. Over time, exposure to the ooze causes these creatures to get bigger, meaner, and much more dangerous. (all the beginning stage creatures shown here are newly mutated, their final stages are after only a few weeks of exposure)

I also love folklore and cryptids and I really love the idea of this club of dorky middle school cryptid hunters assigning names like “bigfoot”, “mothman”, and “hodag” to these monsters so can try and contextualize something they don’t really understand. Soon the club realizes these aren’t fun isolated critters but symptoms much larger impending ecological disaster!

I picture it like pokemon evolution, going from a cute water turtle to a kaiju which is a lot for a ten year old to handle.

Which is your favorite? What cryptid would you wanna see? lmk what you think!

#artists on tumblr #digital art #illustration #illustrator #character drawing #illustrated book #character concept #character illustration #fantasy art #children’s illustration #horror for kids #ya horror #horror comics #80s horror #kaiju monster #creature design #lovecraft #cryptidcore #cryptid #indie comics #ya comics #middle grade comics

[jaymajaym]

I just realized I never posted this here - I have a graphic novel that’s being published by the lovely folks at Feiwel and Friends! It’s called STICK TOGETHER and I’m can’t wait to share more when I can!

#graphic novel #graphic novels #original comic #comics #comic #comic announcement #graphic novel announcement #book announcement #middle grade comic #middle grade comics #aaaaaaaaaaaa #my art #my comics

[lakecountylibrary]

Graphic Novel Rec: Cici's Journal

Recommended by guest reader's advisor Amie!

These middle grade graphic novels introduce you to a young writer who loves to solve mysteries. While processing everyday life, Cici uses her journal to document her discoveries and to process her emotions.

Through several short stories, you may laugh, you may cry but you'll love reading all that Cici discovers about the world around her and those close to her.

Feel free to pick up this book if you are in the mood for a heartwarming, feel good read that's perfect for pre-teens, teenagers and adults alike! I loved Cici's Journal so much that I immediately read the second book, Cici's Journal: Lost and Found.

Check out Cici's Journal

#middle grade #graphic novels #middle grade books #middle grade comics #middle grade fiction #book review #book recommendations #book recs #cici's journal #joris chamblain #aurélie neyret #kids' books #LCPL recs #amierecs

[nicolette-art]

Blanket fort stories ⭐️

#childrens book art #kid lit art #cute kid lit art #kid lit artist #middle grade art #kid lit comic #middle grade comics

[ahmadove]

The Princess and the Seven Smurfs kids story buy now for 1 $.

#becoming who we are#trans stories#trans kids#trans childhood#queer comics#trans comics#comics anthology#comics Kickstarter#Sam long#Cynthia yuan cheng#middle grade graphic novel#middle grade comics

#becoming who we are #trans stories #trans kids #trans childhood #queer comics #trans comics #comics anthology #comics Kickstarter #Sam long #Cynthia yuan cheng #middle grade graphic novel #middle grade comics

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

some randomy MIS doodles

#ninja showdown #my immortal soul #first ninja x chase young #rc9gn first ninja #first ninja #chase young #xiaolin showdown #rc9gn #randy cunningham 9th grade ninja #the middle doodles are me braistorming an angst comic for them *wink wonk* and i very much want to try and draw it #also im very into First in XS style he would look very distinguished in it while Chase is just a fucking gremlin Julian-look-alike lol #i have quite a few aus in my head for them but so far only drew some modern au that i dubbed Mentors AU basically set in uni with hot profs

[wizard-legs]

Yesterday I woke up to hail so I drew this little fairy comic where they look forward to hail, to cope and romanticize the November gloom

#my art #my comics #comics #fantasy art #fantasy illustration #fairy art #fairies #web comic #comics on tumblr #comic artist #kids lit art #middle grade fantasy #colorful art #art #illustration

[ericlide]

Hello!! If you've been following me for any length of time you might remember that I've been busy working on my debut graphic novel! Today, I can announce the series title: DRAGONFORGED! And Book 1 is Sword of the Champion!

Above are pics from the Advance Reading Copy, which I received from my publisher over the weekend. (The final book will be in full color, but I thought it'd be fun to give you guys a lil taste.)

Dragonforged is set in the kingdom of Draeland, which fell to the evil Fiendlord 100 years before the main story. But the Goddess who watches over this realm has chosen a new hero to banish the darkness...

It's a story that harkens back to some of my favorite stuff growing up including games like The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Quest and old-school Final Fantasy, combined with my love of fight scenes and silly faces, lol.

I hope to share more in the coming months!!!!!!!!!!

#Dragonforged #Sword of the Champion #next book #comics #graphic novels #middle grade fantasy

[newlevant]

Here's a preview of the comic I illustrated about Brooke Guinan, FDNY's first openly trans firefighter!

Read the whole story, and eight more, by pre-ordering the book on Kickstarter.

#Becoming Who We Are #Comics anthology #middle grade comics #trans kids #trans youth #trans comics #trans art #Brooke Guinan #queer comics #queer comics anthology

[kayleerowena]

THE WITCH'S WINGS & OTHER TERRIFYING TALES, an 'are you afraid of the dark?' graphic novel with three stories based on hispanic urban legends, comes out october 3rd 2023!!!

kick off the halloween season & ✨ preorder it now ✨ if fun, spooky middle-grade horror is your jam!

i'm so excited for people to get to read this book; everyone involved put so much love into it, and i can't wait to hear what people think once it's out in the world. to celebrate how close the release date is, here are a few preview pages from my segment of the book, the tale of the haunting of bus #13!

#are you afraid of the dark #are you afraid of the dark? #the witch's wings and other terrifying tales #ayaotd #horror art #middle grade horror #middle grade books #middle grade graphic novel #horror comics #horror graphic novel #tehlor kay mejia #junyi wu #alexis hernandez #justin hernandez #this is the first time a book with my name on the cover will be in actual bookstores and i may be losing my mind about it slightly #i'm very excited!!! i hope y'all love this book as much as i do!!!!!!

[studiolemonboy]

Mutants of Cherry Creek (pt 2)

Some MORE mutated critters from my YA lovecraftian horror comic set in 90s New England.

Mutagenic ooze is seeping into the town of Cherry Creek and mutating normal New England wildlife into terrifying monsters. The Cherry Creek Middle School Paranormal Investigation Club sets out to discover, catalogue, and tame all of the mutated cryptids and hopefully find the source of the toxic ooze before it permanently infects everything (and everyone) in town.

Northern Short Tailed Shrew — one of only a few venomous mammals

Brown and Black Bears - walk on two legs, climb trees, intelligent

Eastern Crayfish - present in the fossil record for at least 300 million years Eastern

Moose - huge but stealthy

Eastern Newt (Red Eft) — can secrete a strong smelling chemical from glands in its skin

At first, the animals just seem weird, strange, a little “off”. Over time, exposure to the ooze causes these creatures to get bigger, meaner, and much more dangerous. (all the beginning stage creatures shown here are newly mutated, their final stages are after only a few weeks of exposure)

I also love folklore and cryptids and I really love the idea of this club of dorky middle school cryptid hunters assigning names like “bigfoot”, “mothman”, and “hodag” to these monsters so can try and contextualize something they don’t really understand. Soon the club realizes these aren’t fun isolated critters but symptoms much larger impending ecological disaster!

I picture it like pokemon evolution, going from a cute water turtle to a kaiju which is a lot for a ten year old to handle.

Which is your favorite? What cryptid would you wanna see? What animal should I “Cryptify” next? lmk what you think!

#artists on tumblr #digital art #illustration #illustrator #character drawing #illustrated book #character concept #character illustration #fantasy art #children’s illustration #ya horror #horror for kids #lovecraft #eldritch #indie comics #fauna #bestiary #field guide #kaiju monster #monster art #creature design #character art #lovecraftian #middle grade comics #horror comics #sci fi comics #campy scifi #cryptidcore #cryptid #paranormal

[celepom]

Misfit Mansion

By Kay Davault

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks out of her foster home and into a human town in search of a forever family but finds more than she bargained for. Despite her monstrous appearance, Iris has never felt like she belongs in a mansion filled with kelpies and gorgons and unicorns. She longs to find a family. Unfortunately, she and her housemates are trapped in a “foster home for horrors” run by former paranormal investigator Mr. Halloway. So, when a human boy named Mathias breaks the house’s sealing spell, Iris and her companions are set free upon the town of Dead End Springs. What Iris doesn’t know is that Mathias is also a paranormal hunter (the kind who seeks to capture and destroy the horrors), or that there are other dangers ahead. As Iris searches for a home, she makes human friends, explores a brand-new world…and stumbles upon a dark secret that Halloway has kept locked in the basement of the house. Will this long-slumbering mystery destroy the family Iris so desperately seeks?

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A very homey read, about kids in less than ideal situations with their guardians, but when confronted one chooses to change while the other doubles down (luckily, that kid finds a better home away from that toxic guardian).

#comic #graphic novel #fantasy #middle grade #book rec

[oliveoilcorp]

Excerpt from my middle-grade werewolf graphic novel ARTIE AND THE WOLF MOON (2021).

#art #illustration #black artists on tumblr #drawingwhileblack #comics #graphic novel #comic #werewolf #werewolves #fantasy #middle grade #young adult #cryptid #my art #artists on tumblr #digital art #ink #brush #photoshop #drawing #oc #traditional art