Sarah Graley (born 3 October 1991) is a British cartoonist, best known for the ongoing webcomic, Our Super Adventure, and the Kim Reaper comic series. However, they are also known as one part of the band duo Sonic the Comic; they also livestream on their twitch channel named after their webcomic "our super adventure". They also have a podcast which is named after a twist on their webcomic "Our Super Podcast".
| Sarah Graley | |
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 Graley at a book signing event in 2019 | |
| Born | Sarah Graley 3 October 1991 Northampton, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Notable works |
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| Spouse(s) | Stef Purenins |
| official website | |
Career edit
Graley graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication (Illustration).[1] During their studies, Graley started the webcomic series Our Super Adventure and self-published three small printed collections of comic strips between 2013 and 2015.
In 2012, Graley and their partner Stef Purenins formed a band of which they named Sonic the Comic, after the UK's official Sega comic of the 1990s.[2] The band is still together and their last album, "Stabatha EP", was released in July 2016. Since the bands formation they have released many albums and singles, of which four are still available on the bands website.[3] The bands albums where only ever released physically in an extremely limited quantity however can still be bought digitally at a "pay as you feel" price. The bands four available albums where titled: Pixel (November 1, 2013)[4] Reveries EP, (August 5, 2014)[5] Atoms, (May 4, 2015)[6] Stabatha EP (July 4, 2016) [7] and where usually in a pop-punk style.
In 2015, Graley ran a Kickstarter project for a hardcover collection of 200 Our Super Adventure comics.[8] It raised 450% of its goal.[9] they self-published a shorter travelogue comic collection called Our Super American Adventure in 2017.
Their first published work was the Oni Press miniseries Rick and Morty: Lil' Poopy Superstar (2016), a five-issue spin-off of the main Rick and Morty comic book series, of which Graley was the writer and illustrator.[10]
Graley's original series Kim Reaper was released by Oni Press in 2017.[11]
Their first middle grade novel Glitch was released by Scholastic Graphix in 2019.[12][13]
They were the artist on the first official Minecraft graphic novel, Minecraft Vol. 1, which was published by Dark Horse Comics in 2019.[14]
Their second middle grade novel Donut the Destroyer released in 2020 by Scholastic Graphix.[15]
Awards edit
- 2015 British Comic Awards nomination for Emerging Talent[16]
- 2016 Diamond Gem Award nomination for Best Licensed Comic of the Year[17]
- 2016 Diamond Gem Award nomination for Best New Comic Book Series[17]
Bibliography edit
Graphic novels edit
- Rick and Morty: Lil' Poopy Superstar (2017, Oni Press, ISBN 978-1620103746)
- Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings (2018, ISBN 978-1620104552)
- Kim Reaper: Vampire Island (2019, ISBN 978-1620106372)
- Glitch (2019, ISBN 978-1338174519)
- Minecraft Vol. 1 (2019, Mojang, ISBN 978-1506708348)
- Donut the Destroyer (2020, ISBN 978-1338541922)
- Minecraft Vol. 2 (2020, Mojang, ISBN 978-1506708362)
Comic collections edit
- Our Super Adventure (2015, ISBN 978-0993384325)
- Our Super American Adventure (2017, ISBN 978-0993384356)
- Our Super Adventure: Press Start To Begin (2019, ISBN 978-1620105825)
- Our Super Adventure: Video Games and Pizza Parties (2019, ISBN 978-1620106464)
- Our Super American Adventure: An Our Super Adventure Travelogue (2019, ISBN 978-1620106754)
- Our Super Canadian Adventure: An Our Super Adventure Travelogue (2019, ISBN 978-1620106730)
- Our Super Adventure Travelogue Collection: America and Canada (2019, ISBN 978-1620106778)
- Our Super Adventure: Cute! (2020, ISBN 978-0993384370)
Comic books edit
- Invader Zim #26 (2017)[18]
Other publications edit
- Pizza Witch (2017, ISBN 978-0993384349)
- Pizza Witch: Deluxe Edition (2017, ISBN 978-0993384349)
References edit
- ^ "News - Illustration graduate's career taking off - University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Sonic the Comic". sonicthecomic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Sonic The Comic Albums". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Pixel". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Reveries EP". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Atoms". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Stabatha EP". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Our Super Adventure". Kickstarter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Our Super Adventure". www.kicktraq.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Oni Press Announces Rick And Morty Spinoff Lil'". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Oni Celebrates Queer Supernatural Adventure With 'Kim Reaper' #1". ComicsAlliance. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Book Deals: Week of May 8, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Graley, Sarah (2019). Glitch (1st ed.). New York. ISBN 9781338174526. OCLC 1100422564.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Minecraft Volume 1 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Rights Report: Week of February 11, 2019". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "British Comic Awards 2015 Shortlist". www.brokenfrontier.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ a b "DC And Boom Are Diamond's Comics Publishers Of The Year - The 2016 Gem Awards Results (UPDATE)". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Invader Zim #26". CBR. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.