Middle School Misadventures GN (2019-2021 Little Brown and Company) comic books
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Published Apr 2019 by Little Brown and Company.$8.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing.
Story and art by Jason Platt.
Ferris Bueller meets Calvin and Hobbes in this hilarious and embarrassing middle school caper that asks the important questions: like how long can one kid vamp before he embarrasses himself in front of his whole school?
Newell is always getting into trouble, whether it's showing up tardy for most of the year, or mocking his teachers while authoritarian Mr. Todd is standing right behind him. When disaster strikes and Newell finds himself on track to summer school, he's given one last minute option to get out of it: participating in the upcoming Talent Show. The only problem is that he doesn't technically have a talent to show. Yikes.
In this fun and imaginative full-color graphic novel, Jason Platt sends a fast-talking, daydreaming, middle school kid on a desperate quest to pull off a great show and save his summer.
Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 232 pages, full color.
Cover price $12.99. -
Published Sep 2020 by Little Brown and Company.$8.95
$8.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Operation: Hat Heist!"
Story and art by Jason Platt.
In Jason Platt's second Middle School Misadventures graphic novel, Newell's favorite hat gets taken away! With the help of his most talented friends, he concocts the perfect plan to get it back. Operation: Hat Heist is a go!Newell's favorite show of all time is The Captain! Newell is beyond excited when he learns that the Captain himself, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, will be at Monster Comic Con. He can't wait to meet The Captain wearing his once-worn-by-The-Captain WWII crusher hat that his dad gave him. But when Newell brings the hat to school, it gets stolen from his backpack! Fart. When Newell finally spots the culprit wearing his hat in the hall, Mr. Todd confiscates it and reminds the students, "There are no hats to be worn in school!"
Double fart. What will Newell do?!
He wants his hat back so he doesn't let his dad down and so he can impress his hero, but Mr. Todd refuses to return it! Just when Newell is about to give up, he receives a note from 8th grader Ethan: "I have an idea. Also, bring your friends. They can help too." Can Newell, Ethan, and this ragtag group of friends pull off the perfect hat heist?
In this fun and imaginative full-color graphic novel, Jason Platt sends fast-talking, daydreaming, Newell on another desperate quest to save his favorite hat before he meets his all-time hero.
Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 232 pages, full color.
Cover price $12.99. -
Published Apr 2022 by Little Brown and Company.$8.95
$8.95
$7.10
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Dance Disaster!"
Story and art by Jason Platt.
Newell's perfectly comfortable life is turned upside down when Mrs. Hendricks announces the upcoming school dance (Fart.) and he discovers his dad is dating his math teacher (Double Fart!), forcing Newell to embrace change and grow.
At first, Newell is excited when Mrs. Hendricks announces a school dance! The seventh grade dance last year was awesome, and Newell used it to invent his signature move: The Shake and Slide. But when Newell realizes this dance is for the entire school, not just the eighth grade, he starts to stress about his friends coupling up and the dance ultimately breaking up the gang.
Things go from bad to worse when Skyler jinxes Newell: he stubs his toe, breaks his arm, and even misses Mr. Todd slip across the cafeteria on a banana peel! And if that wasn't enough, Newell's dad has started dating again...and specifically starts dating Newell's math teacher, Miss Tanner! Newell is on a desperate mission to keep his life from changing too much, will he succeed or embrace the dance of life?
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Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 240 pages, full color.
Cover price $12.99.
