Courtney Crumrin

Courtney Crumrin Series by Ted Naifeh

I own all seven of these books. The photo is something I set up to take. Pretty sweet, RIGHTTTT 

I read a couple of these books back when I was in school (10+ years ago). I'd always been curious as to how they ended, so I took the plunge and bought all seven of them. No regrets.

An amazon summary of book 1, "Courtney Crumrin grumbles about everything, but now she's really got something to grumble over. Having run out of credit cards, her parents are moving to the wealthy suburb of Hillsborough, to live rent-free with their creepy old uncle Aloysius. Courtney is now an outcast among her rich, snobby classmates. And if that weren't bad enough, the musty, decrepit old mansion that she now calls home is occupied by stranger creatures than just her parents or Uncle Aloysius. They crawl about the house, just out of sight. They crunch bones in the corner. They climb up on the bed and watch Courtney while she sleeps. Mom and Dad don't notice them, but Uncle Aloysius calls them the Night Things." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE

I love Courtney Crumrin. She's a quintessential badass who takes on the world, and the night things, with a rough demeanor, but a compassionate heart. Her parents are drowning in a bit of credit card debt, and move their family to live with their Uncle Aloysius. The house is huge, and Courtney has difficulty sleeping the first couple nights until her Uncle comforts her. She doesn't take to the school where the teachers are mean and the kids are all the spoiled brats of the rich. She makes a new friend, but they escape some bullies into the haunted woods, and her new friend doesn't make it out due a being eaten by a night thing.

That's enough summary. The whole series takes on these dark situations with gritty and real consequences while featuring Courtney at the heart of it all. It leads into the discovery that Courtney is not the only witch, and her Uncle is not the only warlock, as Courtney begins to learn about the coven. Dun dun dunnnnn

But really. These books are all graphic novels, they're all very gorgeous, the tone is kind of like hopeful yet morose, and the world/character building are top notch.

I've already reread these books several times, I adore them.

Happy reading!