A group of adventurers set out to save the world. That sounds like a pretty typical set-up. But what about when the adventurers are anthropomorphic animals? And the threat they’re saving the world from is a conspiracy involving killer plants?
That’s the premise of Dungeon Critters, a new middle-grade graphic novel from First Second Books. Created by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired tale stars a party made up of a dog, a cat, a frog, and a lizard as they face off against a horned wizard, a thieving fox, and trees that are out to get them. If that doesn’t sound like a good time, I don’t know what does.
Check out a twelve-page excerpt, exclusive to The Beat, of Dungeon Critters below. With a cover price of $14.99, the 256-page graphic novel is due out in stores at the end of September.
Quests! Plots! Evil Plants! Magic and mayhem!
Join the Dungeon Critters—a tight-knit squad of animal companions—on a wild adventure investigating a sinister botanical conspiracy among the furry nobility. As they risk their lives traveling through haunted dungeons, swamps, and high society balls—they also come closer together as friends.
Motivated by rivalries, ideals, and a lust for adventure, these critters navigate not only perils and dangers of the natural world, but also perils and dangers…of the heart!
