A new Goosebumps graphic novel will be available to middle school readers on May 4.
Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp will collect the five-issue series from IDW Publishing into a single graphic novel. The story follows a 12-year-old gamer named Blake, who is forced to spend her summer vacation at her aunt's home in Fever Swamp. However, Fever Swamp turns out to be a battleground for werewolves and wolf hunters, and Blake is caught in the middle. Marieke Nijkamp wrote Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp, while Yasmin Flores Montanez provided art, and Rebecca Nalty serves as the series' colorist.
"One of the things I love best about Goosebumps stories is the creepy, there-are-monsters-under-the-bed atmosphere. In Secrets of the Swamp, the monsters aren't hiding under the bed, but they do hide between the trees. And as Blake finds out, when you brave Fever Swamp on a moonlit summer evening, you find far more adventures than you bargained for," Nijkamp said about writing Secrets of the Swamp. "Now that the story will be available as a single graphic novel, I hope readers will enjoy seeing all the twists and turns of the night play out! The scares, the dares, and the unexpected friendships she makes along the way!"
"Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp is a story where nothing is what it seems! Visually, I enjoyed exploring this through the setting, which is a spooky character itself, giving it life through the forms of the trees and shadows to create a disorientating and at times scary effect," Flores Montanez added. "Friendship is also an important theme of the story, and the character expressions were key to transmit fear, hope, sadness, anger, loss, and happiness."
Written by Marieke Nijkamp, with art by Yasmin Flores Montanez and colors by Rebecca Nalty, the Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp graphic novel will be available to purchase on May 4.
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