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Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm

Illustrated by Eric Lide
Paperback
5-1/2"W x 8-1/2"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Jun 23, 2026 | 160 Pages | 9781603095907
Age 9-12 years

Minnie is super-strong and super-anxious… but she’ll have to journey through the MicroRealm to save her best friends: her five pets!

Her parents are famous scientists and multiverse travel influencers…but Minnie Pouches hates being on camera. She feels too big, too shy, and too nervous. She can’t even finish an important middle school project! One day, when the pressure becomes too much, Minnie rage-quits her parents’ show and activates her stylish fanny pack to disappear into the MicroRealm. Now, far from home, she’ll dance through encounters with greasy pizza dinosaurs, angry laser robots, and toothy pool floats to push past her fears, find her missing pets, and save the entire family.

Crack open new worlds of adventure in this all-new graphic novel from Eisner-winner Caleb Goellner (TMNT/Naruto, Ghost Cage) and Eric Lide (Sonic the Hedgehog, DragonForged: Sword of the Champion).
Caleb Goellner is an Eisner Award winner, writer, and cartoonist best known for his work on Ghost Cage with artist and co-writer Nick Dragotta from Image Comics and Rest Area 51 with artist Coleman Engle from Tapas Media. He has written Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Sonic the Hedgehog stories for IDW Publishing, plus Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Amazing World of Gumball stories for BOOM! Studios. Caleb was born and raised in Kansas City and currently lives with his wife and two pugs in Los Angeles.

Eric Lide is a comic artist from New Jersey. He draws the webcomics Station Square and Ozzie the Vampire and covers for IDW’s Sonic the Hedgehog series. Currently, he is working on his debut graphic novel, tentatively titled The Champion of Draeland.
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About

Minnie is super-strong and super-anxious… but she’ll have to journey through the MicroRealm to save her best friends: her five pets!

Her parents are famous scientists and multiverse travel influencers…but Minnie Pouches hates being on camera. She feels too big, too shy, and too nervous. She can’t even finish an important middle school project! One day, when the pressure becomes too much, Minnie rage-quits her parents’ show and activates her stylish fanny pack to disappear into the MicroRealm. Now, far from home, she’ll dance through encounters with greasy pizza dinosaurs, angry laser robots, and toothy pool floats to push past her fears, find her missing pets, and save the entire family.

Crack open new worlds of adventure in this all-new graphic novel from Eisner-winner Caleb Goellner (TMNT/Naruto, Ghost Cage) and Eric Lide (Sonic the Hedgehog, DragonForged: Sword of the Champion).

Creators

Caleb Goellner is an Eisner Award winner, writer, and cartoonist best known for his work on Ghost Cage with artist and co-writer Nick Dragotta from Image Comics and Rest Area 51 with artist Coleman Engle from Tapas Media. He has written Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Sonic the Hedgehog stories for IDW Publishing, plus Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Amazing World of Gumball stories for BOOM! Studios. Caleb was born and raised in Kansas City and currently lives with his wife and two pugs in Los Angeles.

Eric Lide is a comic artist from New Jersey. He draws the webcomics Station Square and Ozzie the Vampire and covers for IDW’s Sonic the Hedgehog series. Currently, he is working on his debut graphic novel, tentatively titled The Champion of Draeland.
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