Creature Academy

Creature Academy is an all-ages/science fiction/fantasy digital comic series created by Kevin Hanna, that ran for four issues and was published in a collected edition for the first time in 2013.[1]

Creature Academy
Publication information
PublisherRed 5 Comics (through ComiXology)
ScheduleIrregular
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateOctober 2013
No. of issues4
Creative team
Written byKevin Hanna
David Fagan
Artist(s)Kevin Hanna
Erich Owen
Grant Bond
Karen Krajenbrink
Mirana Reveier
Brian Thies
Editor(s)Daniel Solem
Olga Nunes
Collected editions
Creature AcademyISBN 978-0-615-92033-7

In 2008, LeftJet announced that they had taken steps for a possible future film adaptation;[2] The film, The Creature Academy, is currently in preproduction.

Plot

Creature Academy tells the story of rebellious teen, Wes Mendes, who has lived his life on the run with his mother. Once she is kidnapped by ghost-like specters, they then return for him. He must now hide in the under-city; where the human and the magic worlds intersect. There Wes joins a team of students and their mythical creatures.[3]

The events of the books predominantly take place in Seattle, Washington.

  • The Undercity: The hidden city underneath Seattle where magic users and mythical creatures hide from the top world
  • The Academy: The school where magic users are trained to summon and tame mythical creatures

Characters

Wes Mendes is the protagonist, a young teen learning how to live in a world of adults and magic.[4]

The character's name, like all the characters in the book, are from two directors, like Wes Anderson and Sam Mendes.[4]

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a hardcover volume Creature Academy in 2014 by Red 5 Comics.[5]

Awards

Creature Academy graphic novel won the Moonbeam Award and Graphic Novel of the Year at Book Expo America by ForeWord magazine.

Film adaptation

The film Creature Academy is currently in the early stages of pre-production.[6]

Notes
  1. "PREVIEW: CREATURE ACADEMY: THE LEGACY OGN". Comic Book Resources.
  2. "'Creature Academy' Film Gets Financing From Telefilm Canada". ICV2. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
  3. "PREVIEW: Red 5's Digital First OGN CREATURE ACADEMY Hits comiXology". comicosity.com.
  4. "Creator Speak: Kevin Hanna". CBR. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
  5. "ComiXology Sets New & Notable Digital Comics & Manga For Week Of May 5th, 2014". fandompost.com.
  6. Frogchildren Studios (2012-10-31). "Creature Academy: The Legacy on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
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