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Sarah Graley

Sarah Graley (born 3 October 1991) is a British cartoonist, best known for the ongoing webcomic, Our Super Adventure, and for their work on comic series such as Kim Reaper, Glitch, Minecraft and Donut The Destroyer.

Sarah Graley
Graley at a book signing event in 2019
BornSarah Graley
(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 32)
Northampton, England
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works
  • Our Super Adventure
  • Donut The Destroyer
  • Minecraft
  • Glitch
Spouse(s)Stef Purenins
official website

Career

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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 2015, Graley ran a Kickstarter project for a hardcover collection of 200 Our Super Adventure comics.[2] It raised 450% of its goal.[3] They have since gone on to publish four main volumes of Our Super Adventure comics, and three shorter travel comic collections.

Their first published comic 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.[4]

Graley's original comic series Kim Reaper was released by Oni Press in 2017.[5]

Their first middle grade graphic novel Glitch was released by Scholastic Graphix in 2019.[6][7]

Graley was the artist on the first official Minecraft graphic novel, Minecraft Vol. 1, which was published by Dark Horse Comics in 2019.[8] They were also the artist on two sequels; Minecraft Vol. 2, published in 2020,[9] and Minecraft Vol. 3, published in 2021. [10] Minecraft Vol. 1 was Dark Horse Comics' best selling graphic novel in 2020, [11] 2021, [12] 2022, [13] and 2023 [14] according to BookScan.

Graley's second middle grade novel Donut the Destroyer was co-created with their partner Stef Purenins, and it was released in 2020 by Scholastic Graphix.[15]

Graley and Purenins co-created a webcomic called Bite + Subscribe! which was released online through webcomic app Tinyview from 2021 to 2023 [16] and a print edition was self-published in 2022 which was titled Bite + Subscribe Volume 1.

The duo also wrote a five-issue arc of the IDW comic book series, Marvel Action Spider-Man, which was released in 2021. [17]

In 2022, Graley and Purenins started a YouTube channel dedicated to simple animated versions of Our Super Adventure comic strips. As of June 2024, the channel has over 300,000 subscribers, and total video views of over 126 million. [18]

Music

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In 2012, Graley and their partner Stef Purenins formed a band which they named Sonic the Comic, after the UK's official Sega comic of the 1990s.[19] The band is still together and their last album, "Stabatha EP", was released in July 2016. The band's albums were only ever released physically in an extremely limited quantity but they are still available to listen to digitally.

The band's four available albums are titled: Pixel (November 1, 2013), [20] Reveries EP, (August 5, 2014), [21] Atoms, (May 4, 2015), [22] and Stabatha EP (July 4, 2016) [23]. The band's genre is a mixture of indie-pop and pop-punk.

Awards

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  • 2015 British Comic Awards nomination for Emerging Talent[24]
  • 2016 Diamond Gem Award nomination for Best Licensed Comic of the Year - Rick and Morty - Lil' Poopy Superstar[25]
  • 2016 Diamond Gem Award nomination for Best New Comic Book Series - Rick and Morty - Lil' Poopy Superstar[25]
  • 2019 Kids' Comic Award win for Most Epic Adventure - Glitch [26]

Bibliography

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Graphic novels

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  • Rick and Morty: Lil' Poopy Superstar (2017, Oni Press, ISBN 978-1620103746)
  • Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings (2018, Oni Press, ISBN 978-1620104552)
  • Kim Reaper: Vampire Island (2019, Oni Press, ISBN 978-1620106372)
  • Glitch (2019, Scholastic Graphix, ISBN 978-1338174519)
  • Minecraft Vol. 1 (2019, Dark Horse Comics, ISBN 978-1506708348)
  • Donut the Destroyer (2020, Scholastic Graphix, ISBN 978-1338541922)
  • Minecraft Vol. 2 (2020, Dark Horse Comics, ISBN 978-1506708362)
  • Minecraft Vol. 3 (2021, Dark Horse Comics, ISBN 978-1506725802)

Comic collections

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Comic books

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  • Invader Zim #26 (2017)[27]
  • Marvel Action Spider-Man #1 (2021)[28]
  • Marvel Action Spider-Man #2 (2021)[29]
  • Marvel Action Spider-Man #3 (2021)[30]
  • Marvel Action Spider-Man #4 (2021)[31]
  • Marvel Action Spider-Man #5 (2021)[32]

Other publications

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Our Super Adventure". Kickstarter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Our Super Adventure". www.kicktraq.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Oni Press Announces Rick And Morty Spinoff Lil'". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Oni Celebrates Queer Supernatural Adventure With 'Kim Reaper' #1". ComicsAlliance. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Book Deals: Week of May 8, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ Graley, Sarah (2019). Glitch (1st ed.). New York. ISBN 9781338174526. OCLC 1100422564.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ "Minecraft Volume 1 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Minecraft Volume 2 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Minecraft Volume 3 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  11. ^ Staff, Beat (18 August 2021). "Tilting at Windmills #285: Looking at NPD BookScan: 2020". The Beat. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  12. ^ Staff, Beat (6 April 2022). "Looking at NPD BookScan 2021 - and it's a doozy". The Beat. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ Staff, Beat (5 April 2023). "Tilting at Windmills #294: Looking at NPD BookScan 2022". The Beat. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  14. ^ Staff, Beat (11 April 2024). "Bookscan 2023: comics sales sag but Scholastic was a powerhouse". The Beat. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Rights Report: Week of February 11, 2019". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Bite+Subscribe!". tinyview.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  17. ^ "MARVEL ACTION SPIDER-MAN #1 (SEP200502)". www.previewsworld.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Our Super Adventure". YouTube. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Sonic the Comic". sonicthecomic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Pixel". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Reveries EP". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  22. ^ "Atoms". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  23. ^ "Stabatha EP". Band Camp. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  24. ^ "British Comic Awards 2015 Shortlist". www.brokenfrontier.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ "The kids have chosen their favorites!". Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Invader Zim #26". CBR. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  28. ^ "Marvel Action Spider-Man (2021) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Marvel Action Spider-Man (2021) #2 | Comic Issues | Marvel". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  30. ^ "Marvel Action Spider-Man (2021) #3 | Comic Issues | Marvel". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  31. ^ "Marvel Action Spider-Man (2021) #4 | Comic Issues | Marvel". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Marvel Action Spider-Man (2021) #5 | Comic Issues | Marvel". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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