Nightmare Hunter #1 - A Graphic Novel

Maxwell Dark is on a mission to help kids hunt down and defeat the nightmares haunting them in this chilling horror graphic novel filled with monsters and mayhem. That gift--or curse--allows twelve-year-old Maxwell to sense, experience, and enter other kids'' nightmares. He drifts from town to town, drawn by the darkest dreams, till he can help people defeat whatever is truly haunting them. With seventy-three clients and counting, he''s seen every monster there is to face. Or so he thinks, until he meets Sid. Sid''s dreams start off as typical nightmare fare, but soon they get weirder. Creepier. Impossible to ignore. As Maxwell goes deeper and deeper into Sid''s nightmares, he starts to realize he may be trapped in one of his very own…

About the author

Brady Smith (bradysmith.com), an illustrator and fine artist, also wrote and illustrated the graphic novels Louie and Bear in the Land of Anything Goes and Louie and Bear Bite Back as well as the picture books You're Missing It! (with his wife, Tiffani Thiessen), I'm Getting a Shark!, and Bug Sandwich. He has exhibited his paintings in a number of galleries in Los Angeles, New York City, and Houston. He has his own illustration and design company, Brady Smith Creative. Also an actor and writer, he has appeared in and written numerous TV shows and movies. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, two children, three dogs, eight chickens, and one fish named Goldie Han Solo.

Product details

• Authors: Brady Smith
• Assisted by: Brady Smith (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9780593751183
• ISBN: 978-0-593-75118-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Maxwell Dark
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Horror, JUVENILE FICTION / Ghost Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy, JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Fantasy, esoteric, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions