Eisner-nominated writer Jordan Morris and YALSA award-winning artist Bowen (Bones) McCurdy are collaborating on Youth Group, an all-new, original graphic novel about an Orange County teen church group that prays by day and slays demons by night. the graphic novel is being published by First Second and comes to shops July 16, 2024.

When Kay reluctantly agreed to join the youth group at Stone Mission Church in Orange County California, she expected the Jesus talk and the dorky singalongs and the colorful posters about dodging temptation. What she didn’t expect was to stumble on her youth group leaders, Meg and Cortland, in the middle of a read-deal exorcism. Turns out they’re both soldiers in a secret organization of demon hunters in a war that’s heating up, and even if Kay wanted to stay on the sidelines, she doesn’t have a choice — she’s a “Blight,” a human who demons can’t possess, and apparently that’s made her a target. Will Kay find her place in a world that’s so much more God-fearing and monster-fighting than what she’s used to? Will the Stone Mission youth group find common cause with their badass peers of other faiths? Or will a pack of small-time demons use Blights like Kay as the key to starting some real big trouble? Youth Group mixes humor, horror and heart to tell a story about putting aside your differences to give evil the beatdown it deserves. 

Jordan Morris had this to say about the exclusive preview below:

In this scene, the Youth Group demon hunters demonstrate one of their more unorthodox training methods. Because Cortland has been possessed before, his cohorts have taken to shoving demons inside him to work on their exorcisms. They’ve given this horrifying practice the deceptively adorable name “The Tussle.”