First Second Books announced that writer Jordan Morris and artist Bowen McCurdy have teamed for Youth Group, a new OGN about an Orange County teen church group that prays by day and slays by night.
Here is the description of the OGN from First Second Books:
When Kay reluctantly agreed to join the youth group at Stone Mission Church in Orange County California, she expected the Jesus talk and the dorky singalongs and the colorful posters about dodging temptation. What she didn’t expect was to stumble on her youth group leaders, Meg and Cortland, in the middle of a read-deal exorcism. Turns out they’re both soldiers in a secret organization of demon hunters in a war that’s heating up, and even if Kay wanted to stay on the sidelines, she doesn’t have a choice — she’s a “Blight,” a human who demons can’t possess, and apparently that’s made her a target. Will Kay find her place in a world that’s so much more God-fearing and monster-fighting than what she’s used to? Will the Stone Mission youth group find common cause with their badass peers of other faiths? Or will a pack of small-time demons use Blights like Kay as the key to starting some real big trouble? YOUTH GROUP mixes humor, horror and heart to tell a story about putting aside your differences to give evil the beatdown it deserves.
“One of our goals with YOUTH GROUP was to make the humor character-based rather than spoofing horror conventions,” said Morris in a press release from First Second. “Our characters are extreme goofballs but hopefully they’re not pure punchlines. Bowen has given them such humanity and likability that you’ll be genuinely concerned that they’re going to die. We want all sorts of folks to be able to enjoy this book, regardless of where they’re at with faith and religion. Our characters are all kinds of believers (non-believers included) who have to find a way to work together to achieve the common goal of not getting killed by demons.”
Youth Group arrives on July 16, 2024.
