I first found The Nightmare Brigade #1: The Case of the Girl from Deja Vu by Frank Thillez, and illustrated by Yomgui Dumont as a preview e-reader. I was so in love with the start
that I emailed the address at the bottom of the link sent to tell them! A few months later, chapters one and two were available in a full e-reader. (And once again, I recommend signing up for the newsletter from Papercutz if you and/or a child in your life likes graphic novels and they are of a humorous nature, off-beat nature like a “Nickelodeon cartoon” or even history. They have fiction and non-fiction, books about space mice and Smurfs, families, witches and in this case two boys who can enter people’s nightmares.)
This time, the book is a little on the spooky side, so I would say at least ages 10 and up could read it without too much issue. However, but I would say ages 10-15 is the best bet with younger readers able to do it, but I would not recommend it due to some of Dumont’s more graphic images in this graphic novel. There are scenes that are “scary tame” (the kids are in a cage and sucked up into a tube) and then there is a character that is long-faced, creepy eyes, stereotypical “bad guy” look. There is fantasy adventure, action, and force. I do not want to say “violence” but yes, it could be considered violent at times. With that said, I am sure there is far worse in TV shows/cartoons and movies kids today watch.
And WHY do I have to wait until June 2022 for volume two? This adventure of dream/nightmare jumping, villains of and in our mind, extreme action adventures, and a possible exposure of the scary truth (someone knows what our main characters are up too, or thinks he does, and will stop at nothing to expose them) comes together in this far out, well written, wonderfully (and oddly, though the only way it could go) illustrated graphic novel. The artwork is something that must be experienced as it is both quaint, not very colorful, crowded, but rightly detailed.
When it comes out in February 2022, just read it, okay? It is JUMPING JACK FLASH GOOD!