Mad Cave Studios’ young adult brand Maverick announced student uniona new graphic novel by Dave Justus and Lila Sturgesand art Joe Esma. The book, which will be published on March 11, 2025, tells the story of four students at Halcyon Burke, the second oldest university in the United States, as they try to save the school from demolition.
At America’s second-oldest university, four earnest, smart, desperate teenagers in an interim student government exploit a charter loophole to try to save the school from demolition and fend off campus pressure and the escalating hostility of the board of trustees. Touching.
The book marks the latest collaboration between Justus and Sturges, who previously collaborated on the 2015 fantasy series public relations. Justus (whose works include the graphic novel The wolf among us, henceforthand interactive fiction apps lifeline) told ComicBook.com that he has been friends with Sturges and Esma since meeting them at a Free Comic Book Day event in Dallas in 2009, and student union She became pregnant soon after.
It was intended to be a mature reader’s book until Mad Cave editor-in-chief Mike Marts and others at the company suggested it would make a better YA book. The creative team ultimately agreed that “we didn’t have to sacrifice any comedy or politics,” and that the book “gained story threads of courage, compassion, optimism, and all the different things the word ‘family’ can mean.”
Sturges further described it as “a book for anyone who loves comedy, bunnies and justice served”, while Esma said Crazy Kev “is our biggest cheerleader, guiding everything in the direction of It’s going in the right direction. I’m very happy with the end result and I think readers will really enjoy this charming, funny, and heartwarming story.
Bookstore pre-orders now open student union The graphic novel will retail on March 11 for $14.99 with 180 pages. book pages.
