Tucson Festival of Books

Laugh-Out-Loud Fun in Graphic Novels


Laugh along with the graphic novel creators of InvestiGators, Cabin Head and Tree Head, and Gumshoe. John Patrick Green, Scott Campbell and Brenna Thummler explore their processes of creating cartoons and graphic novels and the essential role of humor in visual storytelling. Join us for fun and story.


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Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell is an artist, author, and illustrator known for “Hug Machine,” the Zombie in Love series, and his whimsical “Great Showdowns” paintings. A former art director for video games like Psychonauts, he creates books, comics, and gallery art, a form celebrated worldwide....

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John Patrick Green

John Patrick Green is a human with the job of creating books about animals with human jobs, notably the smash-hit graphic novel series InvestiGators. Green is a multiple New York Times best-selling human author and not just an animal in a trench coat pretending to have a human job....

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Brenna Thummler

Brenna Thummler has never robbed a mailbox or run away from home. She has far better things to do, like making soups and performing in local musical acts. When the urge to escape strikes, she, instead, curls up in her library and writes, a method that led to her acclaimed “Sheets” trilogy....

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Books:
InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
John Patrick Green
Children
First Second
February 2026
ISBN 9781250359469
208 pages
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InvestiGators: Case Files
John Patrick Green
Children
First Second
September 2025
ISBN 9781250223227
208 pages
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Gumshoe
A Graphic Novel
Brenna Thummler
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2026
ISBN 9780063335271
320 pages
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Gumshoe
A Graphic Novel
Brenna Thummler
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2026
ISBN 9780063335271
320 pages
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Cabin Head and Tree Head (Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1)
Scott Campbell
Children
Penguin Group
September 2025
ISBN 9781774885079
88 pages
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