BOOK SYNOPSIS
In this moving graphic novel, thirteen-year-old Reanna grieves the loss of her older sister. Can she find comfort through her family’s Ojibwe traditions? It’s been a year since Reanna’s sister, Chelsea, went missing on her way home from school. Without any idea of what happened, Reanna and her family struggle to find closure.
Driven from her home by memories, Reanna’s mom moves to the big city. Left behind on the reserve, Reanna and her little brother go to live with their dad. Reanna is hurt and angry that her mom has run away. She feels lonely and abandoned…but she is not alone. Lights turn on in empty rooms, and objects move without being touched.
There are little moons everywhere.
JEN STORM
Jen Storm (she/her/hers) is an Ojibwe writer from Couchiching First Nation in Northwestern Ontario. She lives and raises her family, which includes her son, River, and stepson, Axel, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jen completed Deadly Loyalties, her first novel, at age fourteen and has continued writing ever since.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: jen_storm@outlook.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
This Place: 150 Years Retold
Fire Starters
Little Moons
ALICE RL
Alice RL (they/them) is a professional illustrator and art teacher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a non-binary, Ojibwe artist, Alice draws inspiration from their life experiences and cultural teachings. Alice blends these inspirations with a signature palette of bright, playful hues to create stunning juxtapositions of human brutality and emotion with hope and whimsy. Alice’s range of projects include video game and comic book art, digital and traditional illustration, and graphic design. Alice is a Graduate of the University of Manitoba Fine Arts Program and Digital Media Design at Red River College.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: https://www.behance.net/alicearel
Email: alice.ar.el@gmail.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Kayak Canada’s History Magazine for Kids Illustrator: Del’s Truck
2018 BEDSIDE PRESS Prairie Comics Festival Poster
2019 Kayak Canada’s History Magazine for Kids Illustrator: Union Town
2019 RUBICON PUBLISHING Illustrator: Ziibi’s Story
2019 University of Winnipeg Illustrator: How Comics Work 1BUW
2020 BEDSIDE PRESS Love After the End Cover
2020 UMFM Illustrations for Promotional Campaign
2021 iron circus Comic for Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: North America
2024 Highwater Press/Portage + Main Press Illustrator for Between the Pipes and Colourist for Little Moons
NICKOLEJ VILLIGER
Nickolej Villiger (He/HIm/His) is a comic book artist and illustrator. Nickolej is also a musician and has composed music for video games and film. Dedicated to family and fans of his work, He is most fullfilled when he is creating something that is uniquely his own. Nickolej lives and works in Lethbridge, Alberta.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.almosthomefree.com
Instagram: @Almosthomefree1984
Facebook: @Almosthomefree
Twitter / X: @Almosthomefree
Email: hello@almosthomefree.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Little Moons (2024)
Mara Llave – Keeper of Time – King Syndicate (2022 – Present)
RYAN HOWE
Ryan Howe is a Saskatchewan based comic book writer and artist who has spent the better part of the last twenty years making really fun comics with some really great people. Starting out drawing webcomics in the wild and woolly days of 2003 before also getting into print, he’s worked in just about every genre including horror, sci-fi, superheroes, adventure, and biography.
In addition to collaborating with others, Ryan also writes and draws his own series Daisy Blackwood: Pilot For Hire and We’ve Got Spirit, both of which are available in webcomic and print editions. You can read them for free online and see more of his work at ryanhowe.ca.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: https://www.ryanhowe.ca/
Instagram: @scribblinz
BlueSky: ryanhowe.bsky.social
Email: ryan@scribblinz.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Howe, R. (2024). We’ve got spirit volume 1. Scribblinz Studios.
Storm, J., Howe, R., RL, A., & Villiger, N. (2024). Little moons. HighWater Press.
De Campi, A., Howe, R., & Cunniffe, D. (2023). Bad karma. Image Comics, Inc.
Allard-Will, M., Howe, R., Will, E. (2019). The burning black: legend of black shuck. Renegade Arts Entertainment.
