''Courtney Crumrin '' is an independent

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series written and illustrated by

Ted Naifeh Edward "Ted" Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist known for his illustrations in the goth romance comic '' Gloomcookie''. Naifeh has since become most known as the creator of the Eisner-Award-nominated series '' Courtney Crumrin'', ...

and released through

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon, best known for publishing such series as '' Scott Pilgrim'' and ''Rick and Morty''. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's ...

. ''Courtney Crumrin'' was originally published as a

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of 12 episodes compiled into three books entitled ''Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things'', ''Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics'', and ''Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom''. Two shorter books entitled ''Courtney Crumrin and the Fire-Thief's Tale'' and ''Courtney Crumrin & the Prince of Nowhere'' followed, then compiled into a fourth volume ''Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday''. They pick up from the end of book 12 where Courtney is invited to join her uncle on a trip to Prague. During the summer of 2005, Naifeh released a one-shot entitled ''Courtney Crumrin Tales'', which focused on Courtney's Uncle Aloysius as a young man. A short color prelude appeared in ''Oni Press Color Special 2002''. In April 2012 Oni Press and Ted Naifeh started a new ongoing series, simply titled ''Courtney Crumrin'', for the first time illustrated in color. This series ran for ten issues and was collected in two volumes, ''Courtney Crumrin: The Witch Next Door'' and ''Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell''. Naifeh was quoted in 2013 as saying " I feel drawn back to Courtney's world, I may take another trip there someday. It's not a completely closed door." On July 27, 2007,

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and Laurie MacDonald acquired the film rights to this comic book title as a collaboration with Oni Press's film production arm Closed by Monday Entertainment along with a film adaptation of The Damned.

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