Ogres Awake!

James Sturm · Alexis Frederick-Frost · Andrew Arnold

Jul 2016 · Sold by First Second

About this ebook

The knight and her horse, Edward, have made a startling discovery: there are three huge ogres asleep at her doorstep! When they wake up, the kingdom is in big trouble! The knight, Edward, and some garden gnomes fight back, not with swords and shields, but with potato peelers and spoons. It turns out that ogres are pretty friendly when they have full stomachs!

About the author

James Sturm is a cartoonist and educator whose books include The Golem's Mighty Swing, Market Day, and Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow. He is the co-founder of The Seattle alternative newspaper The Stranger and The Center for Cartoon Studies, an MFA degree granting college in White River Junction where he currently serves as the school's director.

Alexis Frederick-Frost is a co-author and illustrator of the Adventures in Cartooning series of graphic novels. Alexis's illustrations have appeared in a variety of publications by Nickelodeon Magazine, First Second Books, and others. Alexis currently lives with his wife in Maryland.

Andrew Arnold is one of the co-authors of the Adventures in Cartooning series, as well as the illustrator for Little Green at Men at the Mercury Inn, written by Greg Leitich Smith. His work has also appeared in several publications from Cambridge University Press and Nickelodeon Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.