Writer Kami Garcia and artist Gabriel Picolo, the creative team who just wrapped up DC Comics’ best-selling Teen Titans YA graphic novel series, have announced their next project: Young Justice: Kid Flash & Blue Beetle. DC has not announced any information about the release date.
“Fans have been asking for Blue Beetle for years,” said Picolo in a statement accompanying the announcement. “I’ve shared sketches of both Kid Flash and Blue Beetle on social media, and now we finally have a chance to put them front and center in one of our stories. Young Justice is a new challenge for us, but we’re still focused on the things we love most as storytellers: friendship, everyday life, and helping readers find themselves in these characters. If Teen Titans taught us anything, it’s that fans always surprise us. I wouldn’t be shocked if we start seeing skateboards and rollerblades showing up in cosplay photos before long.”
“As sentimental as we are about finishing the Teen Titans series, this is also just the beginning of a new chapter for Gabriel and me,” said Garcia. “At the heart of all our books is the idea of becoming who you’re meant to be while learning to embrace who you already are. We’re excited to bring that perspective to Young Justice and introduce readers to our vision of Kid Flash and Blue Beetle.”
The pair have launched a nationwide tour to support the sixth and final volume in their Teen Titans series, Teen Titans Together, which was released on August 4.
Garcia and Picolo’s first book, Teen Titans, was one of the launch titles for DC’s young-readers graphic novel program (see “DC Shares More Offerings for DC Zoom and DC Ink“). In 2023, Garcia and Picolo’s Teen Titans: Robin was the first DC book to make the BookScan Kids best-seller chart (see “March 2023 Circana BookScan“).
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