The Princess Who Saved Her Friends

About

Welcome to The Princess Who Saved Her Friends, a children's book written by comics writer Greg Pak and internet superstar musician Jonathan Coulton and illustrated by artist Takeshi Miyazawa!

In 2015, we ran a Kickstarter for The Princess Who Saved Herself, a children's book based on the beloved song by Jonathan Coulton that told the story of princess Gloria Cheng Epstein Takahara de la Garza Champion, an awesome kid who lives with her pet snake and plays rock 'n' roll all day to the huge annoyance of the classical guitarist witch who lives down the road.

And now we're making a sequel!

The original book celebrated a scrappy kid who stuck up for herself but was always able to open the circle and find reconciliation with the monsters and witch she came into conflict with. We absolutely love that story of determination, bravery, and understanding.

But what happens next, when our heroine discovers that the witch she befriended miiiiight not be such a great friend after all?

The Princess Who Saved Her Friends tackles the kind of tricky personal conflict that kids -- and adults -- grapple with every day in the real world.

When you make a new friend, at first, everything seems awesome!

But sometimes your friend might be mean to your dragon buddy...

...and then when happens when a whole pack of mean kids shows up?

The 36 page book will be printed as a beautiful hardcover, approximately 7" x 10.5". Kickstarter backers can also pick rewards that include copies of the art team's previous books, The Princess Who Saved Herself, Code Monkey Save World, and ABC Disgusting.

Thanks so much for your consideration!

ABOUT THE CREATORS

Greg Pak is an award-winning writer and filmmaker best known for comics such as Planet Hulk, Action Comics, Weapon H, and Mech Cadet Yu and his children's book The Princess Who Saved Herself. For more about Pak and his work, visit www.gregpak.com.

Jonathan Coulton is a musician, singer-songwriter, and internet superstar best known for his nerd-friendly songs such as "Code Monkey," "Re: Your Brains," and "Still Alive" (the credit song from the video game Portal). Coulton shot to fame in 2005 after launching his Thing a Week project, during which he released a new song on the internet every week for a year. For more about Coulton, visit www.jonathancoulton.com.

Takeshi Miyazawa is a Japanese Canadian artist whose work includes pencilling Runaways for Brian K. Vaughan and co-creating the Marvel character Amadeus Cho with Greg Pak. Aside from comics work he has also been involved with storyboarding for games and design work for film. For more about Miyazawa, visit www.twitter.com/takmiyazawa.

Jessica Kholinne is an Indonesian comic-book colorist. She has previously worked on Insexts, Batgirl, God Complex, Astonisher, Princess Who Saved Herself and more. For more about Kholinne, visit jessicakholinne.com.

Simon Bowland is a comic book letterer currently working for DC, Dark Horse, Image, Valiant, 2000AD, and more. Born and bred in England, Simon lives with his fiancée, Pippa, and their cat, Jess. Catch Simon on Twitter at www.twitter.com/simonbowland.