CONUNDRUM PRESS
CURSED HERMIT GN
(W) Kris Bertin (A) Alexander Forbes
Will our Teen Detectives untangle the mystery of Knotty Pines before it's too late? Brennan and Pauline are looking forward to Christmas break when they're sent to an extra-credit boarding school called Knotty Pines. After attending their first classes, however, they realize they may have stumbled on their weirdest case yet! On the final night of their stay, the boys and girls are paired up to pledge eternal allegiance to the long-dead Lord Hobb and to each other in unholy matrimony! Isolated from their fellow sleuths, our intrepid young investigators need to rely on a cast of colorful characters to lift a curse that has plagued the good people of Hobtown for centuries!
DAKWAKADA WARRIORS GN
(W) Cole Pauls (A) Cole Pauls
Growing up in Haines Junction, YT, artist Cole Pauls performed in a traditional song and dance group called the Dakwäkãda Dancers. During that time, Pauls encountered the ancestral language of Southern Tutchone. Driven by a desire to help revitalize the language, he created Dakwäkãda Warriors, a bilingual comic about two earth protectors saving the world from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. Pauls' Elders supported him throughout the creation process by offering consultation and translation. The resulting work is a whimsical young adult graphic novel that offers an accessible allegory of colonialism.
PLUMMET GN
(W) Sherwin Tjia (A) Sherwin Tjia
When Amelia "Mel" Eichenwald wakes up one morning, she finds herself in endless freefall towards an Earth that is no longer there, surrounded by the junk of human existence. From high heels to houses, billions of random items drop alongside her like fallout from an exploded mall. Plummet follows Mel as she attempts to survive, find allies, and negotiating the balance between becoming prey or predator. What makes us human and keeps us human when gravity is all there is? How do you take a stand when there is literally no place to sit?