Fantasy Graphic Novel: The City on the Other Side
The City on the Other Side follows Isabel, a sheltered young girl from high society who discovers a magical world hidden within San Francisco. When she breaches an invisible barrier, she enters a dangerous fairy realm where the Seelie and Unseelie Courts wage war against each other.
Story Overview
Isabel has always been the perfectly proper little girl—quiet, well-behaved, and spotlessly clean. Adventures are not part of her carefully controlled world. But everything changes when she steps through an invisible barrier into a city that mirrors her own, yet pulses with magic and danger.
In this parallel San Francisco, war rages between two fairy kingdoms. Armed with a magical necklace and joined by unexpected allies, Isabel becomes the unlikely key to ending the conflict before it destroys both the fairy world and her own reality. Set in early twentieth century San Francisco, this full-color graphic novel blends historical fantasy with fairy mythology.
About the Creators
Mairghread Scott is an animation and comic book writer specializing in action-comedy. Her animation work spans such titles as Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultimate Spider-Man, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, and more. You can also read her work in comic book series such as: Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers: Till All Are One, Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special, and her creator-owned work Toil and Trouble. She is the author of the graphic novel Science Comics: Robots & Drones, also from First Second.
Robin Robinson draws books for both kids and adults, and has always identified with the ghosts and fairies and monsters in stories. With a background in game art as well as picture book illustration and a lifelong love of comics and animation, she has found a way to artistically nerd out in all her favorite media. Robin tries to live every day like it's Halloween. Robin illustrated a young readers' adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The City on the Other Side.
Product Details
This paperback graphic novel is published by First Second and recommended for ages 9-12. The colorful illustrations bring the magical San Francisco setting and fairy court warfare to life across its pages.
