But that was all, and fans were left waiting while Naifeh turned to other projects, like Polly and the Pirates. The various issues of Courtney Crumrin were collected into four handsome trade paperbacks, followed by the short-lived spin-off series Courtney Crumrin Tales in 2005. Over the next few years Naifeh produced over a dozen issues following Courtney and her Uncle Aloysius, a powerful warlock who reluctantly teaches her magic. Courtney’s adventures involved the helpful (but hungry) goblins Butterworm and Butterbug Boo & Quick, talking neighborhood cats who assist the young aspiring witch a local Coven of witches and warlocks who frequently turn to Aloysius for help with dread problems night things from the Twilight Kingdom - including The Dreadful Dutchess, Courtney’s friend Skarrow, and The Twilight King - and the terrible Tommy Rawhead, a giant hobgoblin feared by the Coven, and everyone else. I brought it home and read it to my three children, and they immediately clamored for more. Man, this was just what I was looking for.
Before the end of the first issue, young Courtney Crumrin had trapped a goblin and forced it to cruelly devour one of her school mates, bones and all. The first few pages featured cold and uncaring parents, a spooky house, young bullies, sinister night creatures, and a protagonist who was clearly an aspiring criminal and juvenile delinquent. It was Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things #1, written and drawn by Ted Naifeh and published by Oni Press. Far back in the mists of time (March 2002, if you want to be picky), I picked up an intriguing black and white independent title at my local comic shop.
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