A loving and hilarious pastiche of the detective genre. Legendary kid detective "Pops" Popowski prefers to work alone. But when she's saddled with a rookie partner named Mary Branwell, Pops won't stop until she discovers who offed Mary's parents, whether Branwell wants her to or not.

Aleks Sennwald is a writer and storyboard artist for the hit TV show Adventure Time. Pete Toms is the Ignatz-nominated author of In Post. The Short Con is their first graphic novel.

"True Detective meets Encyclopedia Brown but set in a girls' orphanage." —Rich Barrett, Mental Floss

NOT YET AVAILABLE. This title is scheduled to arrive on November 15, 2016. Pre-order now! Note: release dates and prices are tentative.

Author/Artist: Pete Toms / Aleks Sennwald
Publisher: Study Group Comics
Ages: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 2 - 7
Page Count: 48pp
Size: 6 x 6
Notes: paperback, color
Date of Publication: November 15, 2016
ISBN: 978-1681480084