Penny and the Yeti, Vol 1 - Advanced Review

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Publisher: Papercutz

Writer: Jimmy Gaspero

Artist: Amber Akin

Color Flatter: Charlie Akin

Letterer: Buddy Beaudoin

Format: Graphic Novel

Genre: Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology

Final Order Cutoff- March 30th, 2026

Release Date: April 21st , 2026

SOLICIT

YETI OR NOT, HERE WE COME! Penny and Yeti are pretty typical best friends: they go to school together, play together, and have fun adventures. The twist? Yeti’s a living breathing myth!

Before Yeti, Penny had a super normal life with her big sister Peri and their parents, Fenton and Maxine. Penny thinks life is pretty great, especially when Peri draws and colors with her—Peri draws the best monsters called “cryptids!” The only real problem is Penny’s parents argue…a LOT. Penny wishes her parents would stop, but what can she do? That’s when Yeti shows up, right out of one of Peri’s drawings and smack into Penny’s life! With Yeti’s help, Penny comes up with a plan to get her parents to stop fighting. Penny, however, soon finds out that her parents may need more help than even a magical Yeti can provide…

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REVIEW

I cannot recommend this one enough. Not only does it convey the modern family, no not the TV one, but a real modern family, but it is also very importantly shows what would go through the mind of a child in that family in a very imaginitive way. As the solicit says, a Yeti shows up, straight off the page off her sister Peri's drawing to be with Penny.

Penny and the Yeti try to solve her parent's issues but no matter what they try, some problem are not meant to be solve by a child. The solution has to be with the people involved, namely Penny's parents.

Penny's parents are like many of today's parents. One person works taking care of the family and one works at an office. Both struggle to see what stresses the other and possibly dimisses those stressors as they can't see what the other is going through. Not only that, the obsesssion that many of us have with our phones causes a rift between the parents. We could all take from this story and realize that we have to be present for those within our household more and leave the virtual world alone more than we do.

Jimmy's dialog feels natural and flows well even when tension run high. The pacing of the story works well as we bounce from situation to situation.

Amber's character designs are just too cute. Everyone is going to fall in love with these characters, especially the Yeti.

I loved this so much that I bought a copy to read to my kids. Go get a copy.

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Where to Buy: Directly from Papercutz or your LCS

Price: Digital $9.99, Hardcover $17.99, Trade Paperback $12.99

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