Scholastic Graphic
Novels
Three books.
One world-building exercise.
I worked across three original The Dragon Prince graphic novels with Scholastic, translating the franchise into illustrated stories for a younger audience. Across Bloodmoon Huntress, Puzzle House, and Dreamer’s Nightmare, I helped guide story, character, visual development, and production while balancing the needs of the franchise, publisher, and young readers.
Role
Creative Director
TEAM
Wonderstorm
Year
2022-2024
Type
Graphic Novels
These three graphic novels tell original stories set in the world of The Dragon Prince, exploring the backstories of our main characters. I was involved at all stages, facilitating the development, execution and go-to-market strategy.
Expanding a world
readers already love
THE PROJECT
STORY
Developing original stories that expand The Dragon Prince universe while staying rooted in established lore and character.
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Guiding the visual direction of each book, from early exploration through character, environment, and page development.
ILLUSTRATION
Shaping the visual storytelling through art direction, paintovers, feedback, and illustration development across each project.
PUBLISHING & PROMO
Partnering with Scholastic across development, approvals, and promotional materials to bring each book to market.
MY FOCUS
Rayla keeps testing her new guardians Runaan and Ethari, but could there actually be a mysterious threat out there?
A mysterious house, a magic puzzle, a missing mage… a new adventure tests siblings Claudia and Soren in unexpected ways.
When dreams and reality collide, Ezran and Callum face a mystery that threatens more than just one night's rest.
Bloodmoon Huntress
Puzzle House
Dreamer's Nightmare
THE BOOKS
2022
2023
2024
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INTERIOR SPREADS
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THE PROCESS
SCRIPT & BRIEF
After partnering with Scholastic to select authors and artists for each book, we worked through story beats, character arcs, and franchise requirements before the script moved into production. Part of my role was reviewing the story and art direction through a franchise lens and identifying areas that needed additional development.
EXPLORATION
With the script taking shape, artists developed character, environment, and location concepts for the new stories. I reviewed the visual development to ensure new material felt authentic to The Dragon Prince while giving each book its own visual identity.
PENCILS, INKS & COLOR
From early sketches through finished pages, I worked with the creative team to review and refine the artwork, balancing readability, character consistency, storytelling, and the needs of the final publication.
PUBLISHING & MARKETING
Working across Wonderstorm and Scholastic, I helped guide the books through review, approvals, and final delivery, connecting creative decisions back to the broader franchise. As we got closer to final delivery, I would also start leading our go-to-market strategy.
WORLDBUILDING
IMPACT
New readers.
More adventures.
THE TEAM
EXTERNAL PARTNERS
scholastic
EMILY MARZONIE
FRANCHISE LEAD
HEAD WRITER
DEVON
GIEHL