Tricky Journeys 1: Tricky Coyote Tales
Age 7+
Graphic Novels Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
Are you ready for Tricky Journeys™? You get to decide what happens next in this fun, folklore-themed graphic novel.
Coyote is the ultimate trickster, travelling southwestern canyons and hills in search of food and fun. With choices every few pages to decide how Coyote will get out of (and into!) several sticky situations, the reader has the chance to help Coyote outwit hill monsters, moles, and Thunderbird; to find out how the yellow-jackets got their stripes; and to take journeys through several other folktales from Native American traditions.
Creators
Chris Schweizer was born in Tucson, AZ. He lives on the outskirts of Atlanta with his wife and his daughter. He received his BFA in Graphic Design from Murray State University in 2004, and his MFA in Sequential Art at the Atlanta branch of the Savannah College of Art and Design. His comics have been published by Oni Press, Top Shelf Productions, Image Comics, and Nickelodeon Magazine.
Zack Giallongo received a BFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is one of the creators of the Novasett Island series of minicomics, as well as creator of the webcomic The Tenth Life of Pishio the Cat and of Grune, a tale of lost travelers and a strange monster. Along with comics and cartoons, Zack loves food, animals, and banjo. He is currently drawing Broxo, a story about a boy barbarian, for First Second Books. His website is www.zackgiallongo.com
