Courtney Crumrin is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh and released through Oni Press.
Courtney Crumrin was originally published as a limited series of 12 episodes compiled into three books entitled Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things, Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics, and Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom. Two shorter books entitled Courtney Crumrin and the Fire-Thief's Tale and Courtney Crumrin & the Prince of Nowhere followed, then compiled into a fourth volume, Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday. They pick up from the end of book 12 where Courtney is invited to join her uncle on a trip to Prague.
During the summer of 2005, Naifeh released a one-shot entitled Courtney Crumrin Tales, which focused on Courtney's Uncle Aloysius as a young man. A short color prelude appeared in Oni Press Color Special 2002.
In April 2012 Oni Press and Ted Naifeh started a new ongoing series, simply titled Courtney Crumrin, for the first time illustrated in color. This series ran for ten issues and was collected in two volumes, Courtney Crumrin: The Witch Next Door and Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell.
Naifeh was quoted in 2013 as saying "[I]f I feel drawn back to Courtney's world, I may take another trip there someday. It's not a completely closed door."
On July 27, 2007, DreamWorks Pictures, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald acquired the film rights to this comic book title as a collaboration with Oni Press's film production arm Closed by Monday Entertainment, along with a film adaptation of The Damned.
Collected editions
ComicVolume Hardcover publication date Paperback publication date PagesCourtney Crumrin Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things September 21, 2003 128 Courtney Crumrin Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics February 6, 2018 October 19, 2003 144 Courtney Crumrin Tales (Prequel)Volume 1: A Portrait of the Warlock as a Young Man (included in Volume 7) May 4, 2005 56 Courtney Crumrin Tales (Prequel)Volume 2: The League of Ordinary Gentlemen (included in Volume 7) May 18, 2011 56 Courtney Crumrin Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom June 19, 2018 June 19, 2018 144 Courtney Crumrin Courtney Crumrin and the Fire-Thief's Tale (included in Volume 4) November 6, 2007 56 Courtney Crumrin Courtney Crumrin & the Prince of Nowhere (included in Volume 4) December 10, 2008 56 Courtney Crumrin Volume Four: Monstrous Holiday January 29, 2019 January 29, 2019 136 Courtney Crumrin Volume Five: The Witch Next Door June 25, 2019 June 25, 2019 144 Courtney Crumrin Volume Six: The Final Spell September 2, 2014 September 2, 2014 152 Courtney Crumrin Volume Seven: Tales of a Warlock March 31, 2015 128 The Crumrin Chronicles Volume 1: The Charmed and the Cursed June 22, 2021 128 The Crumrin Chronicles Volume 2: The Lost and the Lonely October 25, 2022 128 The Crumrin Chronicles Volume 3: The Wild & the Innocent October 1, 2024 152
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Ted Naifeh