Penelope's Escape from the Platypusary by Arianna Irwin - ISBN: 9781545826911
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Platypus breaks free from zoo and mate in this 1957 escape story.
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Penelope's Escape from the Platypusary

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  • Paperback

    168 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2026

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Summary

A historical fiction about an unusual heroine!

In 1957, Penelope the Platypus successfully escaped the Bronx Zoo and her “destined” mate, Cecil, with the help of some unlikely allies. This is the (fictionalized) story of those (true) events.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781545826911
ISBN-10:1545826919
Author:Arianna Irwin, Francisco Chiappara
Publisher:Papercutz
Imprint:Papercutz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:168
Release Date:1 September 2026
Weight:150g
Dimensions:216mm x 152mm
About The Author

Arianna Irwin

Arianna Irwin is a graphic novelist whose published works include “Mean Girls: Senior Year” and “The Comet Volume 1: Combustion.” She lives in Arizona with her two dogs, Indiana Jones and Halle Berry, her partner, Cristian, and her newborn son.

Prenzy is an Italian comic book artist and illustrator, born in Palermo in 1989. Artistically active since 2013, he creates artwork for board games, cover art, character design, animations, and graphics, but his true passion lies in comics. He has collaborated with major Italian and international publishers, including Image Comics, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Mondadori, Editoriale Cosmo, and BeccoGiallo. His most recent books include “On The Stump” and “Flawed.”

After completing comics and digital coloring courses at the International School of Comics in Reggio Emilia, Italian color artist Nicolò Laporini has worked for the French (in particular with publisher Petit à Petit) and American markets. In the US, he worked on the “Spider-Man 60th Anniversary Collection,” a collaboration between Marvel and the fashion brand KITH, “Diablo - Legends of the Barbarian: Bul-Kathos” for the video game company Blizzard, and titles such as “The Powerpuff Girls: Winter Snowdown Showdown,” “Gargoyles Halloween Special,” and “Red Sonja Holiday Special” for Dynamite.

Micah Myers has lettered stories and books for DC Comics, Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Mad Cave, Webtoon, Devil’s Due, Heavy Metal, Aspen, Starburns, Scout, Darby Pop, and many others. He has worked on comics with Steve Orlando, Matthew Erman, Magdalene Visaggio, Michael Avon Oeming, Mark Bertolini, Joe Corallo, Shane Berryhill, Cullen Bunn, Josh Blaylock, JT Krul, Chris Sebela, Curt Pires, and many more.

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