The Final Girls

Illustrated by Sally Cantirino
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$22.99 US
6.68"W x 10.17"H x 0.39"D   | 14 oz | 32 per carton
On sale Jun 06, 2023 | 168 Pages | 978-1-5067-3091-2
| Rated T+
When the world's most powerful working hero asks her retired peers for help, they secretly agree to deal out punishment on another hero in the public eye.

But when the weapon of publicity is wielded, it threatens to kick up all of the personal traumas of the heroes, past and present...

What does justice look like when violence isn't enough?

Collects the Comixology Originals series The Final Girls #1–#5.
Cara Ellison is a narrative designer for video games and is currently Senior Narrative Designer for AGDA Studio of the Year League Of Geeks. An award-winning itinerant journalist in her previous life, she has also written books and comics, worked in radio, and co-designed a BAFTA-award winning TV show for children. She is always seeking to expand the world's ideas of what interactive entertainment can do, and who it is for. She is originally from and lives in Scotland.
 

Sally Cantirino is a comic artist and illustrator currently based in New Jersey. She has been self-publishing comics and zines since she was a teenager. Her recent comics work includes "I Walk With Monsters,” “Last Song,” “We Have To Go Back,” and contributions to “Everything Is Going Wrong” and “Dead Beats.” She has also done artwork for World Champ Game Co and bands like La Dispute and Murder By Death. She likes diners, vampires, rock shows, and her cat Kline.
 
"The Final Girls is an incredibly powerful five-issue story that carefully handles personal trauma and a person’s ability to survive. This is a superhero story that focuses on the humanity present in superpowered beings and what our world might look like if people are held accountable for their actions."—The Geekiary
 
" If you like superheroes with a side of politics, The Final Girls could be your next favorite read."—AIPT
 
“The Final Girls blends a palatable version of grief, catharsis, comedy, and drama together in a profound work of fiction.”—The Comic Book Yeti

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When the world's most powerful working hero asks her retired peers for help, they secretly agree to deal out punishment on another hero in the public eye.

But when the weapon of publicity is wielded, it threatens to kick up all of the personal traumas of the heroes, past and present...

What does justice look like when violence isn't enough?

Collects the Comixology Originals series The Final Girls #1–#5.

Creators

Cara Ellison is a narrative designer for video games and is currently Senior Narrative Designer for AGDA Studio of the Year League Of Geeks. An award-winning itinerant journalist in her previous life, she has also written books and comics, worked in radio, and co-designed a BAFTA-award winning TV show for children. She is always seeking to expand the world's ideas of what interactive entertainment can do, and who it is for. She is originally from and lives in Scotland.
 

Sally Cantirino is a comic artist and illustrator currently based in New Jersey. She has been self-publishing comics and zines since she was a teenager. Her recent comics work includes "I Walk With Monsters,” “Last Song,” “We Have To Go Back,” and contributions to “Everything Is Going Wrong” and “Dead Beats.” She has also done artwork for World Champ Game Co and bands like La Dispute and Murder By Death. She likes diners, vampires, rock shows, and her cat Kline.
 

Praise

"The Final Girls is an incredibly powerful five-issue story that carefully handles personal trauma and a person’s ability to survive. This is a superhero story that focuses on the humanity present in superpowered beings and what our world might look like if people are held accountable for their actions."—The Geekiary
 
" If you like superheroes with a side of politics, The Final Girls could be your next favorite read."—AIPT
 
“The Final Girls blends a palatable version of grief, catharsis, comedy, and drama together in a profound work of fiction.”—The Comic Book Yeti