Gotham Academy

Format:

Book

Title:

Gotham Academy

Author:

Cloonan, Becky author

ISBN:

9781401254728

9781401256814

9781401264789

9780606378857

9780606378871

9780606392228

Publication:

Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2015]-

Physical Description:

volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

Volume 1. Welcome to Gotham Academy / written by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher ; art by Karl Kerschl ; epilogue and Arkham flashback art by Mingjue Helen Chen ; color by Geyser, Dave McCaig, John Rauch, Msassyk, Serge Lapointe, Mingjue Helen Chen ; letters by Steve Wands.-- Volume 2. Calamity / written by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher ; art by Karl Kerschl, Mingjue Helen Chen, Msassyk ; color by Serge LaPointe, Msassyk, Mingjue Helen Chen ; letters by Steve Wands, Marilyn Patrizio -- Volume 3. Yearbook / written by Brenden Fletcher ; pencils by Adam Archer ; inks by Sandra Hope ; color by Adam Archer, Serge LaPointe ; letters by Steve Wands..

Summary:

Welcome to Gotham Academy, the most prestigious school in Gotham City. Only the best and brightest students may enter its halls, study in its classrooms, explore its secret passages, summon its terrifying spirit ... Okay, so Gotham Academy isn't like other schools. But Olive Silverlock isn't like other students. After a mysterious incident over summer break, she's back at school with a bad case of amnesia, an even worse attitude ... and an unexplained fear of bats. Olive's supposed to show new student Maps Mizoguchi the ropes. Problem: Maps is kid sister of Kyle, Olive's ex. Then there's the ghost haunting the campus ... the secret society conducting bizarre rituals ... and Bruce Wayne, the weirdo billionaire who funds the Academy - and may know the secret to Olive's big mystery.

Subject(s):

Preparatory school students -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Preparatory schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Teenage girls -- Fiction.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Added Author:

Fletcher, Brenden

Kerschl, Karl

Chen, Helen (Mingjue Helen),

Holds:

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Welcome to Gotham Academy, the most prestigious school in Gotham City. Only the best and brightest students may enter its halls, study in its classrooms, explore its secret passages, summon its terrifying spirits...

Okay, so Gotham Academy isn't like other schools. But Olive Silverlock isn't like other students. After a mysterious incident over summer break, she's back at school with a bad case of amnesia, an even worse attitude... and an unexplained fear of bats.

Olive's supposed to show new student Maps Mizoguchi the ropes. Problem: Maps is kid sister of Kyle, Olive's ex. Then there's the ghost haunting the campus...the secret society conducting bizarre rituals...and Bruce Wayne, the weirdo billionaire who funds the Academy - and may know the secret to Olive's big mystery.

Find out in GOTHAM ACADEMY VOL. 1, the acclaimed new series from co-writers Becky Cloonan (DEMO) and Brendan Fletcher (BATGIRL) and artist Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS: YEAR ONE)! Collects GOTHAM ACADEMY #1-6.

Author Notes

Becky Cloonan is an American comic book writer and artist known for her manga-influenced artwork. Her first major comics work came when she teamed with writer Brian Wood to create Channel Zero: Jennie One . However, she is best-known for her second collaboration with Wood, DEMO, a 12-issue limited series that was named "Indie of the Year" by Wizard Magazine in 2004 and nominated for two Eisner Awards including Best Limited Series. In 2009 Cloonan and Wood expanded DEMO and re-published it through DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Cloonan's first solo graphic novel, East Coast Rising Volume 1 , earned her a third Eisner Award nomination for Best New Series. Her other work for DC Comics includes AMERICAN VIRGIN, co-created with writer Steven T. Seagle, and NORTHLANDERS for Vertigo as well co-writing GOTHAM ACADEMY with Brenden Fletcher.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up-This slick volume collects the first six issues of the DC comics set in a prestigious school in Gotham City. After a traumatic summer, Olive Silverlock struggles to get back into her school routine while showing around new student Maps Mizoguchi and trying to avoid her ex, Kyle, Maps's older brother. But with a possible ghost knocking on the walls and secret societies roaming the halls, Olive isn't coping well with the knowledge of her mother's precarious health condition, her studies, and her classmates' bullying. When the teen begins to recover strange memories about a fire and keeps running into a mysterious stranger with glowing eyes who seems to know her more than she knows him, she bands with other school misfits to uncover some of Gotham Academy's dark secrets. Filled with spunky and quirky characters and unexpected plot turns, this work adds an intriguing and fresh layer to the Batman mythos. In this tale, Bruce Wayne, the school's benefactor, is treated with disdain by Olive and the Batman signal is a daily occurence. Kerschl's campy art is by turns luminous and gloomy, enhancing Cloonan and Fletcher's energetic and sometimes contemplative text. The size and shape of the panels are used to great effect, adeptly building momentum with panache and verve. VERDICT The emphasis on friendships and high school drama mixed with action-packed sequences and an otherworldly tone makes this graphic novel perfect for not only fans of the franchise but those who enjoy boarding school fiction.-Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Who knew Gotham had its own, Hogwarts-like boarding school, complete with cavernous halls, buttressed ceilings, and a haunted wing? This new series, focusing on teen Gothamites, follows Olive Silverlock and her friend, Maps, as they poke around the creepy building investigating the mysterious ghost, a secret society, and other strange goings-on at their school. Meanwhile, Olive struggles to piece together her summer, her memories of which are distressingly blank, and find out what happened to her mother. Cloonan and Fletcher excel at giving their characters authentically youthful voices and behaviors, and they cleverly and compellingly unspool Olive's story at a tantalizing pace. Kerschl's warm, manga-inflected artwork employs eye-catching layouts, fantastic panel design, and a rich, inviting color palette unlike the shadowy, grim color schemes many Batman fans are used to. With plenty of intrigue and personable characters, this is the perfect vehicle to wrangle teen readers into the Batman universe. Fans of G. Willow Wilson's Ms. Marvel series or Brian K. Vaughan's Runaways will be just as pumped about this one.--Spanner, Ben Copyright 2016 Booklist