A diverse Young Adult graphic novel about the misadventures of a down-on-his-luck teenager and the dimension-hopping, demon-battling sorcerer who just happens to be his absentee father.
Welcome to Rye’s world: their stepdad hates them, their mother ignores them, and they’re stuck in a dead-end relationship. To make matters worse, their world is turned upside down one day with the return of their father, the Magical Mr Mantrikz, self-styled “greatest sorcerer in the world”, and Rye now has to spend their weekends with this rude, pushy, and frankly ridiculous wizard. And that was never going to work – especially when magic is involved…
Praise
"A short, sweet and sarcastically sharp poke at modern culture’s transient nature, mayfly attention-spans and perennially parlous state, delivered in a delicious ribald and deceptively irreverent tone and stylee (not a typo)."
—Now Read This!
"Joseph and Bircham have made a story that earns a place beside the earlier classics and that will send its readers back to them with better eyes. Fantastic."
—3:16
"Abbigayles' art punches on all fronts with a 'zaney' quality that injects a beautiful dollop of fun... Bobby's writing has a touch of magic, the same way writers like Alan Moore do."
—Comic Book News UK
"Bircham’s cartooning – all frantic activity and dynamic characterisation – is a perfect complement to Joseph’s cheeky dialogue with its witty commentary... This is one to steer your teen readers to."
—Broken Frontier
“Mixing magic with the very real social issue of absentee dads and parental separation it’s quite the frenetic romp... My Dad Fights Demons! is an unstoppable, energy packed feast of magical craziness."
—downthetubes
