{"product_id":"lupina-book-one-wax-9781681160665","title":"Lupina Book One: Wax","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the coastal town of Kote, recently brought under the yoke of the Addalian Empire, four-year-old Lupa spends her days getting bullied by her older sister and hiding behind her mother's skirts. But when tragedy strikes, Lupa finds herself alone in a new world... alone until she's found by the she-wolf, Coras, and sets off on a journey of discovery... and revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames F. Wright is a Los Angeles-based writer, reader, and ramen eater. He's been writing comics for a while now, and been reading them for as long as he can remember. James is the co-creator, with Li Buszka, of \u003cb\u003eLegendary Comics\u003c\/b\u003e' girl-raised-by-a-wolf fable, \u003ci\u003eLupina\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018 he and artist Josh Eckert were nominated for an Eisner and PRISM Award for their self-published one-shot queer, sci-fi romance short, \u003ci\u003eContact High\u003c\/i\u003e. That same year, he and artist Rashad Doucet contributed the sci-fi short, \"Thrustfall,\" to \u003cb\u003eAscend Press\u003c\/b\u003e's Eisner and Ignatz Award-winning anthology, \u003ci\u003eElements: Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Taneka Stotts and Shing-Yin Khor. In 2020, James and Jackie Crofts completed their five-volume culinary coming-of-age crime saga, \u003ci\u003eNutmeg\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has also appeared in the \u003cb\u003eIron Circus Comix\u003c\/b\u003e anthologies \u003ci\u003eFTL, Y'all \u003c\/i\u003e(with Teo DuVall), and \u003ci\u003eYou Died\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jackie Crofts). When he's not writing comics, he enjoys cooking, baking, and going to the movies (when it's safe to do so) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLi Buszka (they\/them) is a queer illustrator, comic artist, and courtroom sketch artist based in Indianapolis. Li has contributed art to anthologies \u003ci\u003eComic Book Slumber Party: Escape From Bitch Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMine!: a Comics Collaboration to Benefit Planned Parenthood.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBex Glendining (she\/they) is a biracial queer, UK based illustrator, comic artist and colorist. Bex has worked as a cover artist, colorist and interior artist on projects such as \u003ci\u003eSeen: Edmonia Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePenultimate Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolled \u0026amp; Told\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDC Nubia\u003c\/i\u003e, and multiple covers for Penguin Random House. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAriana Maher (she\/her) is a queer Brazilian American comic book letterer based in the Pacific Northwest. As a freelance letterer for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Legendary Comics and other major publishers, her recent notable work includes \u003ci\u003eDemon Days: X-Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrush \u0026amp; Lobo\u003c\/i\u003e, and the GLAAD Award-winning \u003ci\u003eEmpyre: Aftermath Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Legendary Comics YA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525417472274,"sku":"9781681160665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ff926ff-37e0-4adc-a37b-55753bd563f9.jpg?v=1731218045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lupina-book-one-wax-9781681160665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}