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Agent Cupcake , a " glitter - undercover agent " middle - grade graphical novel by Mel Hilario , Katie Longua & Lauren Davis , from Oni Press in November 2025
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in the first place plan for the autumn of 2024,Agent Cupcakeis a young middle - class " sparkle undercover agent " graphic novel coming in November 2025 from the Eisner - nominated Triple Dream Comics team ofMel Hilario , Lauren Davis , andKatie Longua , the team behindDebian Perl , Digital Detective , which they auctioned toGrace ScheipeteratOni Press back in 2021 . Their agent , Dara Hydeof Hill Nadel Agency , represented the creators .
" Twelve - class - old Miguel Mangayayam has always get laid one affair : mystical brute . So he ’s thrilled when he ’s hired by the Mystical Beasts Bureau ( MBB ) to be their first ever human undercover agent , where he ’ll use his encyclopedic cognition of hippogriffs , mermaid , dragon , and more to work the up-to-the-minute cases . Even practiced ? He ’s partnered with the supercool unicorn superspy , Agent Cupcake ! Together , they ’ll go undercover , gather intel , crack codes , and collect clues to solve the MBB ’s toughest secret . But when they pick up reports that unicorns are miss their magic powers , Miguel and Agent Cupcake will have to put their spy skills to the test to figure out why , even if it means going up against a mega - pot like HOARD . Could someone be trying to steal magic to put unicorns out of business ?
" As citizenry who grow up on media likeSesame Street , Schoolhouse Rock , andWishbone , we ’ve always believe that curiosity , imagination , and whimsey should be part of eruditeness , " allege Colorado - author Mel Hilario . " Agent Cupcakeblends real - humans knowledge about secret message , social applied science , spyware , and operate picking with a world where a mermaid can hightail it a spy agency , a griffin can help you break into a safe , and unicorns habituate their magic to craft horrifyingly cute plushies , " said co - writer Lauren Davis . " At the same fourth dimension , it ’s a very human chronicle about learn how to neglect , transform passion into action , and figuring out where you fit in , " said creative person Katie Longua .
Triple Dream Comics previously created the information processing system science – theme graphic novelDebian Perl , Digital Detective . Their nonfiction comic " Trickster , Traitor , Dummy , Doll " was nominated for the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Short Story . Their poster comic serial , " Who is San Francisco ? " was displayed at downtown bus stops by the San Francisco Arts Commission . Their funnies have also appear in The Nib andFailure to Launch .
Mel Hilario receive her MFA in creative written material from Mills College , has been a recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation Grant and residencies at VONA ( Voices of our Nations Arts ) , Las Dos Brujas Writers Workshop , Writing by Writers , and Hedgebrook . She has develop character for toy lines , masterminded educational workbooks , and written turn essays , most recently for the Kindred Souls anthologyAngry Women .
Katie Longua has designed toy , developed TV games , created logos , illustrated comic Koran covering fire , and attract physical body - desirable infographics . Her self - published comics admit the accolade - winningRÖK , Her Space Opera , andMunchies . She ’s done oeuvre for BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment , Image Comics , IDW Comics , Oni Press , Tapas Media , the San Francisco Exploratorium , Girls Make Games , Amy Poehler ’s Smart Girls , and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates .
Lauren Davis received a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center , wrote for several years at the risky fiction blogio9and finally got her MFA in comics at the California College of the Arts . In addition to making comics , Lauren is a instruction creative person and a longtime organizer of San Francisco Zine Fest . She also call for , edited , and release the comics anthologiesThe Comic Book Guide to the MissionandSci - Fi San Francisco .
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