Courtney Crumrin
Oni Press. Written and drawn by Ted Naifeh.
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Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things (4-issue mini).
[From Oni Press: Courtney liked her life. She had friends scattered
throughout her city neighborhood. She enjoyed school, and her teachers and
classes were the best. But that was before. Now Courtney's parents have
dragged her out to a high-to-do suburb to live with her creepy Great Uncle
Aloysius in his spooky old house. And while her parents have slipped easily
into their new social status, Courtney now has to deal with snobby classmates
and the strange shadowy visitors that often come to visit her uncle. In
this new place, instead of kids from the neighborhood, her only friends
are ghastly ghouls and spooky spirits. Hmmm... Maybe this won't be so bad
after all!] 
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Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics (4-issue mini).
[From Oni Press: Courtney Crumrin’s back in a new adventure
that pits her against the town’s most powerful warlocks and witches
– the Coven of Mystics! When the night things of Courtney’s community
start making trouble, it seems like the Crumrins are the only ones interested
in the truth. After an initial confrontation with the world’s most
terrible hobgoblin goes badly, the Coven decides it needs a scapegoat. The
mystical council turns its ire on Skarrow, a creature of the dark in service
to the town’s most beautiful and reclusive witch. Knowing that disturbances
of this kind are never so easy to explain, Uncle Aloysius dismisses the
Coven’s accusations, starting a curious Courtney down a twisted path
to discover the true mastermind behind all the horror! But does Courtney
stand a chance against being as powerful and manipulative as the one waiting
for her at the end of her journey?] 
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Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom (4-issue mini).
[From Oni Press: No one who knows Courtney Crumrin would ever call
her a "good little girl," but few realize what she's truly capable
of. Among the magical community, only the lawkeeper Templeton suspects the
truth about her black magic abilities. To her new classmates, she is merely
the grim, quiet girl in the back row. That is, until they decide to dabble
in forbidden spells and see what will happen when they turn little Joey
into a night thing. Only Courtney knows the way through goblin town and
the means to find a cure for Joey's unfortunate state. She must decide if
these clueless kids are worth the risks such an adventure poses, and she
has to figure it out before poor Joey's humanity is lost forever. For Templeton
there is no question: Courtney leading her classmates into the realm of
the night things may be her most terrible crime yet - one he intends to
stop by any means necessary.] Old Book of the Week 10/6/04