Alex de Campi's Blog

Hi all! I have a new graphic novel out this week from Dark Horse Comics—look at that gorgeous Corey Brickley cover! REVERSAL is about what happens if tomorrow, all Earth’s ley lines reversed, and magic becomes a thing again. Aaand so do monsters. Tré Grant is 12 and just wants to go to school and for her chronic pain to give her a damn break, but surprise, she ends up having to be the hero her city (and she!) never expected. I have the first three chapters up on Webtoon Canvas if you want to try...

My and @ericafails’ graphic novel PARASOCIAL was nominated for a 2024 Eisner Award in the “Best Graphic Album—New” category! I was totally surprised as I didn’t even know it had been submitted; the first I knew of the nomination was when my friend Neil emailed me to congratulate me.

Anyway, the book is extremely tumblr and deals a ton with online fandom and communities so uhh 👀 check it out, you may dig it? Available at all fine book and comic stores, from @imagecomics — a lovely 128-page hardbac...

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Fanart of @alexdecampi.bsky.social and @ericafails.bsky.social ‘s total blast of a book Dracula Motherf**ker!!

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I put out two lovely hardback graphic novels this year, and one six-issue miniseries—which itself is getting a hardback collection in April 2024. If you’re looking for a good read, maybe try one out?

PARASOCIAL is a horror/thriller bout fandom, obsession, and the fictionalization of real people

BAD KARMA is an action/comedy about being broken but carrying on anyway

SCRAPPER is an action/adventure story of love, perseverance, and talking animals

My and @ericafails’ PARASOCIAL made it onto ComicsBeat’s Best Comics of 2023 list with a hell of a writeup:

“Parasocial is an original graphic novel by two of the finest creators working in the medium today. This is a book that addresses questions of perspective and power with genuine nuance and curiosity, and with a thorough approach to our various post-modern/late-stage capitalist malaises (including the pandemic). All this rich thematic goodness and the story itself is actually a frantic, clau...

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Erica Henderson and Alex de Campi on Parasocial, their new graphic novel. A fading genre actor and an obsessed fan meet. It’s not Misery at all, it’s Parasocial #comics #comicbooks @EricaFails @alexdecampi @Elana_Brooklyn @ImageComics

A fading genre actor and an obsessed fan meet. It’s not Misery at all, it’s Parasocial, the latest graphic novel from the twisted minds of Erica Henderson and Alex de Campi! Parasocial is this creative team’s newest collaboration since their critically...

Attention fans of #thescottishboy! @unboundbooks are releasing 20 copies of the rare-as-hens-teeth, hardback edition of The Scottish Boy at 8am on Friday (June 23)! Get a copy while you can; while we have plenty of the paperback edition available thanks to a second printing, this may be your last chance ever to get a copy of the hardback. Go here to purchase.

Attention fans of #thescottishboy! @unboundbooks are releasing 20 copies of the rare-as-hens-teeth, hardback edition of The Scottish Boy at 8am on Friday (June 23)! Get a copy while you can; while we have plenty of the paperback edition available thanks to a second printing, this may be your last chance ever to get a copy of the hardback. Go here to purchase.

@ericafails and I have a new horror book out in October from @imagecomics & we need YOUR social media handles for our endpaper design! Please LIKE this post to consent to use your @ in PARASOCIAL! (it’ll just say “@ your_name liked this”, nothing weird) — also pls tell a friend / reblog!

We can’t reveal the book’s cover yet but it’s stunning; Erica is doing the work of her life — if you liked our DRACULA, MOTHERF**KER!, you’ll love this.

Oh, also, there’s a soundtrack:

@ericafails and I have a new horror book out in October from @imagecomics & we need YOUR social media handles for our endpaper design! Please LIKE this post to consent to use your @ in PARASOCIAL! (it’ll just say “@ your_name liked this”, nothing weird) — also pls tell a friend / reblog!

We can’t reveal the book’s cover yet but it’s stunning; Erica is doing the work of her life — if you liked our DRACULA, MOTHERF**KER!, you’ll love this.

Oh, also, there’s a soundtrack: