Creature Academy

Creature Academy
Publication information
PublisherRed 5 Comics (through ComiXology)
ScheduleIrregular
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateOctober 2013
No. of issues4
Creative team
Written byKevin Hanna
David Fagan
Artist(s)Kevin Hanna
Erich Owen
Grant Bond
Karen Krajenbrink
Mirana Reveier
Brian Thies
Editor(s)Daniel Solem
Olga Nunes
Collected editions
Creature AcademyISBN 978-0-615-92033-7

Creature Academy is an all-ages/science fiction/fantasy digital comic series created by Kevin Hanna, that ran for four issues and was published in a collected edition for the first time in 2013.[1]

In 2008, LeftJet announced that they had taken steps for a possible future film adaptation;[2] The film, The Creature Academy, is currently in preproduction.[3]

Plot

Creature Academy follows the story of Wes Mendes, a rebellious teen who has lived his life on the run with his mother. After his mother is kidnapped by ghost-like specters, Wes must hide in the under-city, a hidden city beneath Seattle where magic users and mythical creatures coexist. There, he joins a team of students and their mythical creatures at the Academy, a school for training magic users.[4]

Characters

The protagonist, Wes Mendes, is a young teen learning to navigate a world filled with adults and magic. The characters' names in the book are inspired by famous directors, such as Wes Anderson and Sam Mendes.[5]

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a hardcover volume Creature Academy in 2014 by Red 5 Comics.[6]

Controversy

In 2015, controversy arose when Kabam's mobile game, also named 'Creature Academy', was accused of infringing on Kevin Hanna's intellectual property. This led to the game being removed from app stores.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ^ "PREVIEW: CREATURE ACADEMY: THE LEGACY OGN". Comic Book Resources. 7 May 2014.
  2. ^ "'Creature Academy' Film Gets Financing From Telefilm Canada". ICV2. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
  3. ^ "Mobile Dev Steals Concept & Name of Gaming Industry Artist Kevin Hanna's Comic". NeoGAF. March 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "PREVIEW: Red 5's Digital First OGN CREATURE ACADEMY Hits comiXology". comicosity.com. 7 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Creator Speak: Kevin Hanna". CBR. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
  6. ^ "ComiXology Sets New & Notable Digital Comics & Manga For Week Of May 5th, 2014". fandompost.com. 7 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Kabam's Creature Academy disappears from app stores after being accused of trademark infringement". Pocket Gamer. March 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Kickstarter: Kevin Hanna returns for Creature Academy". Major Spoilers. September 3, 2012.
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