On sale date: October 13, 2026
A group of teenagers searching for UFOs find much more than they bargained for in this coming-of-age story rife with mystery, suspense, and danger.
Besties Yang Kuaikuai and Li Yu are nearing the end of their time in middle school and must face a familiar decision: stick around their small Chinese mountain town or set their sights to the big city. On a lark, they join their school's Comet Club, a ragtag band of nerds obsessed with what lies beyond the reaches of the stars. When one day the group spies strange glowing lights in the mountains and hikes out to investigate, what they find will forever change their lives.The English language debut of Chinese cartoonist Yi Yang, Comet Club is a gripping coming-of-age story rendered in a kinetic, hyper-detailed style. Amidst the tantalizing mystery and suspense, Yang interweaves her story with hard-hitting themes of broken families, the bonds of friendship, and the need to carve out one's path in life.
Praise
"A richly detailed comic about teens navigating familial upheaval." — Kirkus
"Propulsive storytelling and a lived-in setting lend the narrative an atmospheric quality. The result is a dynamic tale distinguished by bleak humor and mounting suspense." — Publishers Weekly
"Everything about Yang's Comet Club seems calculated to evoke a feeling of unease in the reader and the cast: the story is coloured in almost sickly shades of red, accented with grey shading throughout, almost as if filtered through the atmosphere of an alien planet; the panel layouts shift throughout to accommodate the actions or emotions of the characters, sometimes accentuating actions to highlight characters overwrought reactions; and, the often overlooked lettering is the anchor that holds all the dramatic tension, and complex sequence of events, together as the story moves forward and steps back, repeatedly." — Broken Frontier
"Comet Club reflects the ugliness of human nature but also the finest parts that lie beneath the grungy exterior." — Butler's Pantry
"Yang's hyper-detailed illustrations and limited palette lend a vintage feel to an otherwise very modern, if slow-burning, narrative about the choices we make and how we learn to live with them." — Words Without Borders
Specs
- Pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback/Softback
- Color
- Full color.
- Dimensions
- 6" × 8.3"
- ISBN-13
- 9798875002564