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I Heart Skull-crusher! by Josie Campbell

I Heart Skull-crusher!

Josie Campbell, Alessio Zonno

Boom Entertainment · Paperback · December 31, 2024

Teenage Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, alongside her longtime hero Skull-Crusher, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Queen Mob’s deadly tournament.

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Who it’s for
A brutal sports tournament meets scrappy underdog energy, with comic relief keeping the ride lively.
Genres
YA Dystopian Comics, YA LGBTQ+ Comics, YA Sci-Fi Comics
Published
Boom Entertainment, December 31, 2024

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About this book

Teenage Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, alongside her longtime hero Skull-Crusher, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Queen Mob’s deadly tournament. With Trini’s dreams of being just like Skull-Crusher on the line, what will it take to win a coveted spot on their team?

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With hope in her heart and an icepick in her hand, Trini will never stop chasing her dreams… and taking us along for the funniest, queerest, craziest, bloodiest underdog tale of all time. Breakout writer of DC’s Amazons Attack event and screenwriter Josie Campbell (Wonder Woman, She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power) along with rising star artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) bring sports action to post-apocalyptic America with enough comic relief at its brutal heart to keep anyone along for the ride! Collects I Heart Skull-Crusher #1-5.

Brutal Play

A brutal sports tournament meets scrappy underdog energy, with comic relief keeping the ride lively.

Come here for

  • A sports-comic collision of post-apocalyptic danger and queer, bloody humor
  • An underdog chase with a misfit crew and a high-stakes tournament

Expect

  • Sports action across the American wastes
  • A funny, queer, blood-spattered tone

Where it sits

YA LGBTQ+ Comics48%
YA Sci-Fi Comics39%
YA Dystopian Comics29%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Manga
  • YA Dystopian Comics
  • YA LGBTQ+ Comics
Authors
Josie Campbell, Alessio Zonno
Publisher
Boom Entertainment
Published
December 31, 2024
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Manga