DC Misfits of Magic

Middle-graders Ricki Jones and her fellow-orphan-turned-adopted-brother Ross attend summer camp at the town library where Zatanna Zatara teaches the magical kids of the DC Universe as they investigate mysterious and strange events.

Matthew Dow Smith has drawn lots of comics (Batman ’66 Meets Steed and Mrs. Peel), and written a few of them, too, like The October Girl and Amelia Shadows. He wrote and drew this one! When he’s not making comics, he’s reading. And when he’s not reading, he’s thinking about what he wants to read next.

Matthew Dow Smith is a writer and comic book artist whose work has appeared in DC Comics’ Starman, Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, and IDW’s The X-Files ongoing series, as well as Jupiter’s Legacy: Requiem, Black Manta, and many others. He was the writer of the X-Files: Origins comic book series, the third volume of the Dark Crystal: Creation Myths graphic novel series, and several Doctor Who short stories for IDW, the BBC, and BBC America. He is the creator of the digital comics Johnny Chaos, Arch Nemesis, and Amelia Shadows, as well The October Girl series. He lives on the East Coast of the United States.