Courtney Crumrin

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Courtney Crumrin

Cover to Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things

Publisher	Oni Press
Schedule	various
Format	miniseries
Publication dates	March 13, 2002 - July 2005
Number of issues	13 (Including Courtney Crumrin Tales)
Main character(s)	Courtney Crumrin, Aloysius Crumrin, Miss Crisp, Butterworm

Creative team
Writer(s)	Ted Naifeh
Artist(s)	Ted Naifeh

Courtney Crumrin is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh and released through Oni Press.

The series is ongoing and currently consists of three books entitled Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things, Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics, and Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom. 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 has also appeared in Oni Press Color Special 2002.

[edit] Characters

Courtney Crumrin - A young girl who is an outcast at school and ignored by her parents. When her parents move in with her Uncle Aloysius she discovers she can do magic.
Aloysius Crumrin - A old man who has shunned public life, but the Coven often ask him to do their dirty work. A powerful warlock who loves Courtney deeply.
Courtney's Parents - Two people whom seem to not to care that they have a child and are often off in a world of their own.
Miss Crisp - Courtney's school teacher. She is in fact doing a favor for Aloysisus, watching over Courtney.
Butterworm - A goblin that lives in the forest by Courtney's home. He often helps Courtney out but he still seems to be up to no good.
The Dutchess - A night thing from the Twilight Kingdom who has helped out Courtney on many occasions.
Skarrow - The Dutchess's "son", in actuality a changeling, and Courtney's first friend in her new town.