Cryptid Club

by Sarah Andersen

Overview

The latest from New York Times bestselling, Goodread's Choice Award-winning, Eisner Award-nominated and Ringo Award-winning author Sarah Andersen is a delightful peek into the secret social lives of some of the world's most fascinating, monstrous, and mysterious creatures.

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You might have more in common with your local cryptid than you think! Enter the world of Cryptid Club, a look inside the adventures of elusive creatures ranging from Mothman to the Loch Ness Monster. This humorous new series celebrates the unique qualities that make cryptids so desperately sought after by mankind (to no avail). After all, it's what makes us different that also makes us beautiful.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524875541
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	95,389
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Sarah Andersen’s debut book, Adulthood is a Myth, was the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Graphic Novels and Comics. She also won the award for Big Mushy Happy Lump in 2017 and Herding Cats in 2018. Her graphic novel Fangs was nominated for an Eisner Award and appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers list.

Sarah Andersen is a cartoonist and illustrator in her twenty-somethings. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014 and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Her semi-autobiographical comic strip, Sarah’s Scribbles, finds the humor in living as anintrovert with beloved pets and the continual struggles with waking up in the morning, being productive, and dealing with social situations. 

 

Editorial Reviews

10/10/2022

This amusing if slight collection from Andersen (Fangs), first serialized on Webtoon, features semi-interconnected snippets of various monsters and mythical beasts as they mosey along their everyday lives. Andersen’s trademark caricatured, full-color style complements the subdued one-page comics, with punch lines rooted in quotidian human experiences: the Loch Ness monster struggles to tell Bigfoot a picture of him isn’t the best; after an eye-patched seaman warns of conniving, seductive sirens, an abrupt cut shows one yearning for a boyfriend; and Cthulhu offers self-encouragement to overcome his anxiety to pick up the phone. Some ghosts encounter the spooky “Flatwoods monster” and nervously exclaim “I like your dress!” to prompt a neon, blood-dripping reply: “It has pockets.” Occasionally characters reappear: after a jackalope and ghost flirt, including admiring the ghost’s gams, the ghost later shows up exercising on “leg day.” The supernatural interactions remain low-stakes; readers aren’t going to encounter any deep philosophical or political commentary in these pages. Anderson’s got plenty of fans, who can expect frequent chuckles if rare guffaws here. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly