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Frostbite: A Graphic Novel
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Expected 4 Aug 26A suspenseful YA graphic novel thriller where the winter chill isn't the only thing that bites!Siblings Jen and Dante are social media influencers and post videos of themselves doing extreme sports. But when they jump out of a helicopter to ski down a mountain, the stunt goes awry. Dante's ankle gets slashed, and the helicopter crew -- who were supposed to be waiting at the bottom of the mountain -- are nowhere to be found. As the confused teens seek answers, they meet up with some locals and soon find themselves flesh to fang with a group of frost vampires! Their only hope for survival is to make it to sunrise, when the vampires become dormant under the snow once again.
208 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication August 4, 2026
About the author
Ian Boothby
256 books30 followersMultiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as the lead writer on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics issues than any other writer. He is a regular writer for MAD Magazine. He has also worked on various Canadian television series and is a well known stand-up, sketch and improv comedian working in the Vancouver area. He co-created Free Willie Shakespeare for the Vancouver Theatresports League which won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Excellence in Interactive Theatre.
A writer for multiple television series including CBC's Switchback, Street Cents, "Big Sound" and Popular Mechanics for Kids. He is the co-writer of the DVD film Casper's Haunted Christmas and screenwriter of the Cartoon Network special Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy.
The creator of the sketch comedy series The 11th Hour, called "The funniest sketch series since SCTV" by the National Post, as well as the creator of the TV pilots Space Arm, Vancouver PM and I Dig BC and the co-creator of Channel 92 along with Dean Haglund and Christine Lippa. Boothby founded the Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch group Canadian Content. He currently performs with the sketch comedy group Titmouse! and "The Critical Hit Show: a Live Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Experience," writes for CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show, and co-hosts the podcasts Sneaky Dragon, Compleatly Beatles, Totally Tintin, The Fansplainers and Full Marx - a Marx Brothers Podcast with David Dedrick. He has also written the ebook It's About Tolerance Stupid : essays on improv & how to make things better without making yourself crazy. He is the writer of Sparks! a graphic novel series for the Scholastic Corporation's Graphix line with art by Nina Matsumoto, and Exorsisters, an ongoing series from Image Comics with art by Gisele Lagace.
He also appeared in the Adam Sandler film Happy Gilmore.
Ian Boothby is married to Y The Last Man co-creator and artist Pia Guerra and regularly contributes cartoons with her to MAD Magazine and The New Yorker.
A writer for multiple television series including CBC's Switchback, Street Cents, "Big Sound" and Popular Mechanics for Kids. He is the co-writer of the DVD film Casper's Haunted Christmas and screenwriter of the Cartoon Network special Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy.
The creator of the sketch comedy series The 11th Hour, called "The funniest sketch series since SCTV" by the National Post, as well as the creator of the TV pilots Space Arm, Vancouver PM and I Dig BC and the co-creator of Channel 92 along with Dean Haglund and Christine Lippa. Boothby founded the Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch group Canadian Content. He currently performs with the sketch comedy group Titmouse! and "The Critical Hit Show: a Live Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Experience," writes for CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show, and co-hosts the podcasts Sneaky Dragon, Compleatly Beatles, Totally Tintin, The Fansplainers and Full Marx - a Marx Brothers Podcast with David Dedrick. He has also written the ebook It's About Tolerance Stupid : essays on improv & how to make things better without making yourself crazy. He is the writer of Sparks! a graphic novel series for the Scholastic Corporation's Graphix line with art by Nina Matsumoto, and Exorsisters, an ongoing series from Image Comics with art by Gisele Lagace.
He also appeared in the Adam Sandler film Happy Gilmore.
Ian Boothby is married to Y The Last Man co-creator and artist Pia Guerra and regularly contributes cartoons with her to MAD Magazine and The New Yorker.
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November 20, 2025
Few questions:
Which illustrator used ai or was it both?
Did they think adding 2 names would make people blind the all the ai generated slop?
Did they use their artwork to teach the ai program or was it other artist they stole from?
Why are the illustrators so vocal about being anti ai when they actively use it??
Why use ai at all?? If you are an illustrator, you could do it yourself???
Which illustrator used ai or was it both?
Did they think adding 2 names would make people blind the all the ai generated slop?
Did they use their artwork to teach the ai program or was it other artist they stole from?
Why are the illustrators so vocal about being anti ai when they actively use it??
Why use ai at all?? If you are an illustrator, you could do it yourself???
February 14, 2026
A gripping, edge of your seat horror graphic novel that leaves you thirsting for more. Introduces a unique take on vampires (though I can think of a few Indigenous legends it has more than a little bit of a hint of) and some compelling characters. Just enough crumbs are dropped to leave doors open for a series- which I hope it becomes because there's so much potential!
Review of advance copy
ADVANCE READER COPY REVIEW
Frostbite has an excellent if simple concept: Vampire/zombie hybrids that live in the snow and hunt like, essentially, sharks. The concept execution however, feels half-baked. Snow creatures are cool, but what happens to them in the spring? for example.
The plot is simple, a typical "survive the night" story, which leaves lots of room for the characters to shine. It's a pity they don't. After finishing the book, I couldn't remember the name of even one character.
I'm bashing this thing pretty hard, I admit, but it's not all bad. Despite it's simple plot and characters, it was entertaining. If this is a set-up to a series, it does a lot of work setting the stage. Take as-is and as a standalone, I'm giving it a 3.25 out of 5.00.
Frostbite has an excellent if simple concept: Vampire/zombie hybrids that live in the snow and hunt like, essentially, sharks. The concept execution however, feels half-baked. Snow creatures are cool, but what happens to them in the spring? for example.
The plot is simple, a typical "survive the night" story, which leaves lots of room for the characters to shine. It's a pity they don't. After finishing the book, I couldn't remember the name of even one character.
I'm bashing this thing pretty hard, I admit, but it's not all bad. Despite it's simple plot and characters, it was entertaining. If this is a set-up to a series, it does a lot of work setting the stage. Take as-is and as a standalone, I'm giving it a 3.25 out of 5.00.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
A spooky little winter horror story!
This was grimmer than I generally expect from a Scholastic book, but that's what you want from a story about vampire-like creatures hunting people from under the snow. There's cool lore to be found in this book, alongside some great bits of humour and heart. It's sometimes hard to judge the art in an ARC, as it isn't presented in its finished stage, but even sans colour it's pretty great. Atmospheric, eerie and with fun moments of scares.
I had a fun time with this!
This was grimmer than I generally expect from a Scholastic book, but that's what you want from a story about vampire-like creatures hunting people from under the snow. There's cool lore to be found in this book, alongside some great bits of humour and heart. It's sometimes hard to judge the art in an ARC, as it isn't presented in its finished stage, but even sans colour it's pretty great. Atmospheric, eerie and with fun moments of scares.
I had a fun time with this!
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Do you like horror games like Until Dawn? This is a great pick then. The characters grew on me, the lore was fun, and I now feel like deep snow is alot more eerie.
September 21, 2025
Counting books in my reading challenge that I copyedited or proofread, when they're available here on Goodreads for me to add in a timely manner. It's only fair. It's a damn lot of reading I'm not including otherwise.
Fun graphic novel. Vampires in the snow!
Fun graphic novel. Vampires in the snow!
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November 29, 2025Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
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