Welcome to Gotham Academy, the most prestigious school in Gotham City. Only the best and brightest students may enter its halls, study in its classrooms, explore its secret passages, summon its terrifying spiritsOkay, so Gotham Academy isnt like other schools. But Olive Silverlock isnt like other students. After a mysterious incident over summer break, shes back at school with a bad case of amnesia, an even worse attitude and an unexplained fear of bats.Olives supposed to show new student Maps Mizoguchi the ropes. Problem: Maps is kid sister of Kyle, Olives ex. Then theres the ghost haunting the campusthe secret society conducting bizarre ritualsand Bruce Wayne, the weirdo billionaire who funds the Academy – and may know the secret to Olives big mystery.Find out in GOTHAM ACADEMY VOL. 1, the acclaimed new series from co-writers Becky Cloonan (DEMO) and Brendan Fletcher (BATGIRL) and artist Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS: YEAR ONE)! Collects GOTHAM ACADEMY #1-6.
About Artists & Writers:
Becky Cloonan is an American comic book writer and artist known for her manga-influenced artwork. Her first major comics work came when she teamed with writer Brian Wood to create Channel Zero: Jennie One. However, she is best-known for her second collaboration with Wood, DEMO, a 12-issue limited series that was named “Indie of the Year” by Wizard Magazine in 2004 and nominated for two Eisner Awards including Best Limited Series. In 2009 Cloonan and Wood expanded DEMO and re-published it through DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. Cloonan’s first solo graphic novel, East Coast Rising Volume 1, earned her a third Eisner Award nomination for Best New Series. Her other work for DC Comics includes AMERICAN VIRGIN, co-created with writer Steven T. Seagle, and NORTHLANDERS for Vertigo as well co-writing GOTHAM ACADEMY with Brenden Fletcher.