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Courtney Crumrin | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Oni Press |
Schedule | various |
Format | Limited series |
Publication date | March 13, 2002 - Ongoing |
No. of issues | 13 (Including Courtney Crumrin Tales) + 10 (2012 series) |
Main character(s) | Courtney Crumrin, Aloysius Crumrin, Miss Crisp, Butterworm |
Creative team | |
Written by | Ted Naifeh |
Artist(s) | Ted Naifeh |
Courtney Crumrin is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh and released through Oni Press.
Courtney Crumrin was originally published as a limited series of 12 episodes compiled into three books entitled Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things, Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics, and Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom. Two shorter books entitled Courtney Crumrin and the Fire-Thief's Tale and Courtney Crumrin & the Prince of Nowhere followed, then compiled into a fourth volume Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday. They pick up from the end of book 12 where Courtney is invited to join her uncle on a trip to Prague.
During the summer of 2005, Naifeh released a one-shot entitled Courtney Crumrin Tales, which focused on Courtney's Uncle Aloysius as a young man. A short color prelude appeared in Oni Press Color Special 2002.
In April 2012 Oni Press and Ted Naifeh started a new ongoing series, simply titled Courtney Crumrin, for the first time illustrated in color. [1] This series ran for ten issues and was collected in two volumes, Courtney Crumrin: The Witch Next Door and Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell.
Naifeh was quoted in 2013 as saying "[I]f I feel drawn back to Courtney's world, I may take another trip there someday. It's not a completely closed door." [2]
On July 27, 2007, DreamWorks Pictures, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald acquired the film rights to this comic book title as a collaboration with Oni Press's film production arm Closed by Monday Entertainment along with a film adaptation of The Damned. [3]
Comic | Volume | Hardcover publication date | Paperback publication date | Pages | ISBN-10 | ISBN-13 |
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Courtney Crumrin | 'Volume one:Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things | September 21, 2003 | 128 pages | 1929998600 | 978-1929998609 [4] | |
Courtney Crumrin | 'Volume two:Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics | February 6, 2018 | October 19, 2003 | 144 pages | 1620104636 | 978-1620104637 |
Courtney Crumrin Tales (Prequel) | Volume 1: A Portrait of the Warlock as a Young Man (Included in Volume 7) | May 4, 2005 | 56 pages | 1932664327 | 978-1932664324 | |
Courtney Crumrin Tales (Prequel) | Volume 2: The League of Ordinary Gentlemen (Included in Volume 7) | May 18, 2011 | 56 pages | 1934964689 | 978-1934964682 | |
Courtney Crumrin | Volume three: Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom | June 19, 2018 | June 19, 2018 | 144 pages | 1620105187 | 978-1620105184 |
Courtney Crumrin | Courtney Crumrin and the Fire-Thief's Tal (included in Volume 4) | November 6, 2007 | 56 pages | 1932664858 | 978-1932664850 | |
Courtney Crumrin | Courtney Crumrin & the Prince of Nowhere (included in Volume 4) | December 10, 2008 | 56 pages | 1932664866 | 978-1932664867 | |
Courtney Crumrin | Volume four: Monstrous Holiday | January 29, 2019 | January 29, 2019 | 136 pages | 1620105691 | 978-1620105696 |
Courtney Crumrin | Volume five: The Witch Next Door | June 25, 2019 | June 25, 2019 | 144 pages | 162010640X | 978-1620106402 |
Courtney Crumrin | Volume six: The Final Spell | September 2, 2014 | September 2, 2014 | 152 pages | 1620100185 | 978-1620100189 |
Courtney Crumrin | Volume seven: Tales of a Warlock | March 31, 2015 | 128 pages | 1620100193 | 978-1620100196 | |
The Crumrin Chronicles | Volume 1: The Charmed and the Cursed | June 22, 2021 | 128 pages | 1620109301 | 978-1620109304 | |
The Crumrin Chronicles | Volume 2: The Lost and the Lonely | October 25, 2022 | 128 pages | 1637150415 | 978-1637150412 | |
The Crumrin Chronicles | Volume 3: The Wild & the Innocent | October 1, 2024 | 152 pages | 1637155026 | 978-1637155028 |
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