Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition Hardcover
If you can survive being fifteen, you’re a superhero.
SYNOPSIS:
Lupe is just your average, insecure, well-meaning, occasionally cranky teenage girl whose life is completely turned upside down when she discovers she has superpowers at her quinceañera. Her quince powers only last as long as she’s fifteen, so over the course of this rollercoaster year, we follow the adventures of Lupe as she figures out what it really means to be a hero.
Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition oversized hardcover collects the full English and Spanish editions of the 15-issue, Eisner Award-nominated comic book series, Quince, as well as forewords by Gloria Calderón Kellett (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director/Actor, One Day at a Time) and Peter Murrieta (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Writer, Mr. Iglesias), an academic essay by Frederick Luis Aldama (Distinguished University Professor and Eisner Award-winning author of Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics), a study guide by Dr. Theresa Rojas (Professor, Modesto Junior College), an art gallery Javier Hernandez (El Muerto), Sabrina Cintron (The Witches’ Grimoire, La Borinqueña), Malena Bonilla (Twitter: @Malbondesigns, Instagram: @malbondesigns), and Jose Cabrera, and a heartfelt letter to the reader by creator Sebastian Kadlecik.
CREATORS
Created by: Sebastian Kadlecik Translated by: Valeria Tranier
Written by: Kit Steinkellner Formatted by: Oceano Ransford
Illustrated by: Emma Steinkellner
Hardcover Price: $39.99
ISBN: 978-0-9987979-6-0
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AWARDS
2020 Independent Publishers (IPPY) Award (Graphic Novel) – winner
2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award (Graphic Novels & Comics) – Gold Medal winner
2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards (Adult) – finalist
2020 Virginia Library Association Diversity Award – honor book
2020 International Latino Book Awards (Graphic Novel) – finalist
2021 Tomás Rivera Book Award – finalist
Quince Softcover
SYNOPSIS:
Lupe is just your average, insecure, well-meaning, occasionally cranky teenage girl whose life is completely turned upside down when she discovers she has superpowers at her quinceañera. Her quince powers only last as long as she’s fifteen, so over the course of this rollercoaster year, we follow the adventures of Lupe as she figures out what it really means to be a hero.
Quince is a 15-issue comic book series that is available digitally in English and in Spanish. The English-language series is collected into a printed trade paperback that is now available through Fanbase Press.
CREATORS
Created by: Sebastian Kadlecik
Written by: Kit Steinkellner
Illustrated by: Emma Steinkellner
Translated by: Valeria Tranier
Genre: Superheroes, Comedy
Audience: 8 and up
Collected Trade Paperback Price: $19.99
ISBN: 978-0-9987979-2-2
AWARDS
2018 Eisner Award (Digital Comic Book) – nominee
2018 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity – nominee
2018 Excellence in Graphic Novel Literature Award (YA) – nominee
2018 Mosaic Award for Diversity – nominee
2018 IPPY Award (Graphic Novel) – winner
2018 Cybils Award (YA Graphic Novel) – nominee
