{"product_id":"supermutant-magic-academy-9781770461987","title":"Supermutant Magic Academy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnrequited love, underage drinking, and teen angst rule at a high school for mutants and witches \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e illustrator Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels \u003ci\u003eSkim\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis One Summer\u003c\/i\u003e--moody and atmospheric bestsellers. \u003ci\u003eSuperMutant Magic Academy\u003c\/i\u003e, which she has been serializing online for the past four years, paints a teenaged world filled with just as much ennui and uncertainty, but also with a sharp dose of humor and irreverence. Tamaki deftly plays superhero and high-school Hollywood tropes against what adolescence is really like: The SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep school for mutants and witches, but their paranormal abilities take a backseat to everyday teen concerns.\u003cbr\u003eScience experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. In one strip, lizard-headed Trixie frets about her nonexistent modeling career; in another, the immortal Everlasting Boy tries to escape this mortal coil to no avail. Throughout it all, closeted Marsha obsesses about her unrequited crush, the cat-eared Wendy. Whether the magic is mundane or miraculous, Tamaki's jokes are precise and devastating.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperMutant Magic Academy\u003c\/i\u003e has won two Ignatz Awards. This volume combines the most popular content from the webcomic with a selection of all-new, never-before-seen strips that conclude Tamaki's account of life at the academy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJillian Tamaki\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist living in Brooklyn, New York. Her illustrations have won gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers. Tamaki is the co-creator of the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eSkim\u003c\/i\u003e, which was listed as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book of 2008 and was nominated for four Eisner Awards and a Governor General's Literary Award. \u003ci\u003eThis One Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, her second co-authored work with Mariko Tamaki, was published in mid-2014 and spent more than a month on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list. Her two books of personal work are \u003ci\u003eGilded Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIndoor Voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719230329106,"sku":"9781770461987","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82c3cdd2-84b4-4c82-9e69-727e4c649b8f.jpg?v=1734663011","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/supermutant-magic-academy-9781770461987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}