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Indiginerds by Alina Pete

Indiginerds

Tales From Modern Indigenous Life

Alina Pete, Kameron White, Em Matson

Iron Circus Comics · Print & ebook · September 6, 2024

YALSA's 2025 Great Graphic Novels for Teens "This colorful, inviting graphic memoir anthology shatters narrow ideas about what a nerd (or a Native person) looks like." — KIRKUS First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving, and generations of Indigenous kids have grown up with pop culture creeping inexorably into our lives.

YA LGBT ComicsDiverse YA Graphic NovelsYA Indigenous Storiesshort story
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Who it’s for
A warm, comic-rooted read that keeps things lived-in, quick, and recognizably contemporary.
Genres
Diverse YA Graphic Novels, YA Indigenous Stories, YA LGBTQ+ Comics
Published
Iron Circus Comics, September 6, 2024

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YALSA's 2025 Great Graphic Novels for Teens "This colorful, inviting graphic memoir anthology shatters narrow ideas about what a nerd (or a Native person) looks like." — KIRKUS First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving, and generations of Indigenous kids have grown up with pop culture creeping inexorably into our lives.

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From gaming to social media, pirate radio to garage bands, Star Trek to D&D, and missed connections at the pow wow, Indigenous culture is so much more than how it’s usually portrayed. INDIGNERDS is here to celebrate those stories! Featuring an all-Indigenous creative team, INDIGNERDS is an exhilarating anthology collecting 11 stories about Indigenous people balancing traditional ways of knowing with modern pop culture. Includes work by ALINA PETE, PJ UNDERWOOD, KAMERON WHITE, RHAEL MCGREGOR, and many more!

Why It Clicks

A warm, comic-rooted read that keeps things lived-in, quick, and recognizably contemporary.

Come here for

  • modern Indigenous life, told in comic form
  • short-story snapshots with a warm, nerdy pulse

Expect

  • YA historical-comics framing
  • collection-friendly, episodic reading

Where it sits

YA LGBTQ+ Comics53%
YA Indigenous Stories41%
Diverse YA Graphic Novels32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Graphic Social Topics
  • Native American U.S. History for Teens
  • Diversity & Culture
Authors
Alina Pete, Kameron White, Em Matson
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Published
September 6, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Graphic Social Topics