The next installment in Oni Press’s beloved Quinnelope graphic novel series will hit shelves this month, and The Beat has an exclusive first look at the group’s next big adventure. Quinnelope and the Unicorn Utopia (Quinnelope, Vol. 3) by HF Brownfield and Kayla Coombs takes place on the titular star’s favorite day of the year: Rainbow Day. This special event celebrates everything colorful and culminates in a big parade, but this year, Quinnelope’s Rainbow Day goes sideways fast.
Here’s the full synopsis:
It’s Quinnelope’s favorite day of the year: Rainbow Day! Everyone in Pleasant Towne is celebrating with all things multicolored, including a technicolor parade. But Quinnelope’s prismatic party plans screEeEeEEECH to a halt when she’s told unicorns aren’t real. Oh dear! It’s a Rainbow Day IMAGINASTROPHE! (“Imagination catastrophe,” as Quinnelope would say.) Devastated by this discovery, Quinnelope is joined by her friends Star and Bub on a quest to Unicorn Island, a dazzling destination that will surely be home to a real unicorn . . . right?! But when the trio arrive to find a colorless curse instead of a mythical one-horned creature, they begin to regret coming to this unicorn utopia. Can Quinnelope and her friends break the curse and escape to tell the tale? And will they EVER find a real unicorn??
Join Quinnelope, Bub, and Star on this tropical friends-to-enemies-to-friends-again adventure on an island hiding a monochromatic secret. Grab your snorkeling gear and deck yourself out in your favorite rainbow outfit in Quinnelope and the Unicorn Utopia, perfect for fans of DogMan and InvestiGators!
Check out interior art from Quinnelope and the Unicorn Utopia below.
Quinnelope, Vol. 3 will be available everywhere books are sold on July 22. Pre-orders are available now.