A picture book based on the beloved Jonathan Coulton song that’s one of Kickstarter’s top grossing children’s book projects of all time. Written by Greg Pak with art by Takeshi Miyazawa, colors by Jessica Kholinne, and letters by Simon Bowland.
Buy a signed copy today at the Greg Pak Shop!
The book has also been picked up for distribution by BOOM! Studios and can be bought — with a new cover! — through Bookshop.org or your local bookstore or comic shop.
And check out the sequel, THE PRINCESS WHO SAVED HER FRIENDS!
This is it, folks! Tonight at 11:59 pm ET, we cut off the guaranteed June shipping for pre-orders of The Princess Who Saved Herself, the children’s book I wrote and Tak Miyazawa drew based on the beloved Jonathan Coulton song.
Please visit the store and pre-order today!
The store will remain open, but the next wave of books may not go out until July or so, so please order tonight for the quickest delivery!
Thanks so much to everyone who supported the “Princess Who Saved Herself” Kickstarter last month! And here’s some good news — we’ve opened a pre-order page that will allow readers who missed the Kickstarter to buy hardcovers of the book, which is scheduled to ship in June! The pre-order period will last until 11:59 pm ET, Thursday, April 23, so please do place your orders now!
“The Princess Who Saved Herself“ is a children’s book based on the beloved song by Jonathan Coulton and written by yours truly with art by Takeshi Miyazawa, colors by Jessica Kholinne, and letters by Simon Bowland. It tells the story of Gloria Cheng Epstein Takahara de la Garza Champion, an awesome princess who lives with her pet snake and plays rock ‘n’ roll all day to the huge annoyance of the classical guitarist witch who lives down the road.
Read on for a 10 page preview! And buy it today!
Last Wednesday, Jonathan Coulton and I launched a Kickstarter to print hardcovers of The Princess Who Saved Herself, a children’s book based on Jonathan’s classic song.
The book tells the story of Gloria Cheng Epstein Takahara de la Garza Champion, an awesome princess who lives with her pet snake and plays rock ‘n’ roll all day to the huge annoyance of the classical guitarist witch who lives down the road. Hijinks, conflicts, and a fun reconciliation ensue, all showcasing determination, bravery, and understanding. The gorgeous art is by Takeshi Miyazawa and colorist Jessica Kholinne and the letters by Simon Bowland.
Our backers have blown our minds, hitting our first funding goal within six hours on the first day. They then hit our $50,000 stretch goal, which will allow us to make a digital Princess Who Saved Herself Activity Book, full of fun mazes, word searches, images for coloring, and drawing and storytelling projects, which will be delivered as a PDF to all backers.
Now we’re working towards our $70,000 stretch goal, which will unlock a digital Princess Who Saved Herself script book, which will contain multiple outlines and script drafts and provide “Making Of” commentary by yours truly showing how we put the book together.
Finally, we’ve also launched a Teespring T-shirt campaign so folks can get the PWSH tees they never knew they needed!
The Kickstarter ends around 10 am ET on Wednesday, March 25. Please do check it out, and feel free to spread the word, if you’re so inclined!
I hope you’ll get a kick out of it and thank you for your consideration.