#The Dog Knight

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The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley, Bre Indigo and Melissa Capriglione

A nonbinary middle schooler saves a dog from bullies and is offered the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact between humans and dogs, in the first book of this humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel series from Jeremy Whitely, author of Princeless, and Bre Indigo, illustrator of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel.

Frankie knows who they are. They’re a drummer, they’re nonbinary, and they’re… the Dog Knight?

One day Frankie is a relatively normal middle schooler, with relatively normal challenges, like finding the perfect outfit to wear during their drum solo during the upcoming band concert. The next, they save a friendly golden retriever from bullies and suddenly find themselves in a giant magical doghouse, with a funny looking helmet, talking to a group of dog superheroes called the Pawtheon about a job offer.

If Frankie can prove that they possess the six dog virtues of loyalty, kindness, honesty, justice, stubbornness, and smell, they will be named the Dog Knight and be given the power to fight alongside the Pawtheon and save the world from the forces of chaos.

Maybe there is more to Frankie than they thought?

[jeremywhitley]

Are you in North Carolina? Do you like good books and people talking to each other about good books? Do you enjoy air conditioning or the sound of a sharpie scratching across paper? Are you looking for a place to sit down and talk about good dogs?

All of these are good reasons to join me and Ursula Vernon for the launch event for The Dog Knight on 5/16 at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill! It’s literally five minutes down the road from UNC where I went to college and met my wife! 

Come join us! You can bring other books for me to sign, but I’d really love for you to get this one too! And I’m sure Flyleaf would like that too.

[acesincomics]

New Graphic Novels!

The Dog Knight, the first of the graphic novel series by demisexual creators Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley and Bre Indigo @breindigo, with colors by Melissa Capriglione @mcapriglione-art, is out now!

Available from Macmillan

Frankie knows who they are. They’re a drummer, they’re nonbinary, and they’re… the Dog Knight? One day Frankie is a relatively normal middle schooler, with relatively normal challenges, like finding the perfect outfit to wear during their drum solo during the upcoming band concert. The next, they save a friendly golden retriever from bullies and suddenly find themselves in a giant magical doghouse, with a funny looking helmet, talking to a group of dog superheroes called the Pawtheon about a job offer. If Frankie can prove that they possess the six dog virtues of loyalty, kindness, honesty, justice, stubbornness, and smell, they will be named the Dog Knight and be given the power to fight alongside the Pawtheon and save the world from the forces of chaos. Maybe there is more to Frankie than they thought?

Nadia from The Dog Knight is ace.

Bre Indigo's second recently released graphic novel, Northranger with Rey Tercier, is a teen summer gothic romance.

Available from HarperCollins

Cade has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After all, horror movies are scary—but to Cade, a closeted queer Latino teen growing up in rural Texas—real life can be way scarier. When Cade is sent to spend the summer working as a ranch hand to help earn extra money for his family, he is horrified. Cade hates everything about the ranch, from the early mornings to the mountains of horse poop he has to clean up. The only silver lining is the company of the two teens who live there—in particular, the ruggedly handsome and enigmatic Henry. But as unexpected sparks begin to fly between Cade and Henry, things get…complicated. Henry is reluctant to share the details of his mother’s death, and Cade begins to wonder what else he might be hiding. Inspired by the gothic romance of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Bloom comes a modern love story so romantic it’s scary.

Both are great reads for Pride Month!

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Out this week: The Dog Knight (Feiwel & Friends, $14.99):

Writer Jeremy Whitley and artist Bre Indigo tell the story of a nonbinary middle schooler who saves a dog from bullies and discovers a secret world made up of giant magical doghouses and canine superheroes called “The Pawtheon.”

See what else is arriving in comic shops this week.

[ky-landfill]

[ex0skeletal-undead]

The Blood Knight by Maxim Bazhenov

[haxxydraws]

nuisance

[nanokindred]

Amelia Steelheart (commission)

[kelpermoosee]

Always make sure to read the instructions thoroughly!

[amarcia]

There are no good endings because nothing ends, so that means there are no bad endings either.

May the Force be with you.

✨🌙 ART LOG -> @404ama

[jeremywhitley]

It's time to introduce another of the Pawtheon of heroes from The Dog Knight and this guy's one of my favorites! The Yorkshire Terror is the Champion of Justice and he has taken a bit of inspiration from another champion of justice. I bet you can guess who! 

Preorder The Dog Knight https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250756725/thedogknight

[acesincomics]

Did you know? Pre-ordering comics is a really great way to support creators!

Here are a few upcoming graphic novels by ace creators you can pre-order for 25% off through Barnes & Noble’s sale (with code PREORDER25 until April 28th).

Brooms

By Jasmine Walls, Teo DuVall, Bex Glendining, and Ariana Maher

Out October 10th

The Hundredth Voice

By Caitlin Like

Out October 24th

Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins--Mollymauk Tealeaf

By Jody Houser, Hunter Severn Bonyun, Taliesin Jaffe, Matthew Mercer, Cathy Le, and Ariana Maher

Out June 6th

The Dog Knight

By Jeremy Whitley, Bre Indigo, and Melissa Capriglione

Out May 16th

[sweetmapple]

@alberichfanpage mentioned that Freyja talks about Jerren but even if we had the option to ask Ansbach about Varre, I’d imagine we’d get something like this

[ranticore]

[bobert-ramirez]

Screw physics exam, I’m drawing Dog Man angst.

[migorify]

what an owner would do for their pet