Just Another Summer

Author: Bridges
Publisher: Maverick
Published: 08/04/2026
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781545812686
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2026

About the Author
Tilly & Susan Bridges are a writing team, currently writing the "Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming" comic for IDW. They wrote for season two of the "Monster High" animated series (for which their "Monster Fest" special won an inaugural Velma Award for LGBTQIA+ representation in children's media), consulted on season two of "Star Trek Prodigy," and are writing other as yet unannounced graphic novels. They also wrote and directed a trans sci-fi short film, "Long Away," which is now playing in film festivals around the world. Tilly's book "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" is available now, and you can find Tilly's weekly essays on trans life at TillysTransTuesdays.com.

Giulia Rinaldo has nurtured a deep love for art, comics, design and cinema throughout her life. In 2017, after visual storytelling training with Mizue Kawaguchi at Tokyo Designer Gakuin and an inspiring encounter with Carlo Ambrosini and Enea Riboldi, she decided to pursue her creative interests professionally. She studied at Milan's Scuola del Fumetto, where she received several national recognitions, including first prize at the Premio Nuvolosa in Biella in 2021. Working as a comics artist, illustrator and designer, Giulia has had the opportunity to collaborate with notable clients including Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Ferrero. She continued her studies at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating cum laude in Communication Design, and later at L'École de design Nantes Atlantique. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in International Design Business Management at Aalto University in Finland. In 2024, Giulia had the privilege of publishing "Where is Groot?" with Arancia Studio for Dynamite Entertainment, a children's book featuring Marvel's character Groot. She has founded BAlloon - Busto Arsizio Comic Festival, where she serves as artistic director.

In 2019, after graduating from the International School of Comics in Turin, she began her journey into the world of comics and illustration. She started by publishing webcomics, among the longest-running are "SPECCHIO-RIFLESSO" (2018) and the Webtoon "MY MERMAID" (2020). In 2019, she worked as an illustrator for the book "BEA LA GATTA INVESTIGATRICE" published by Collettivo Scrittori Uniti, and then began collaborating as a colorist with the publishing house Cronaca di Topolina for the series "DAILAN DOC", "SORTISIA DEA OSCURA", and "CALYPSO". In 2020, she published an original short story for Nupress Edizioni in the magazine Nuname 10. In 2024, she created and published her first authorial graphic novel "LACRIME DI CIOCCOLATA" with Tora Edizioni, and contributed to "COMIC OF LOVE" published by Gatti di Cenere Edizioni and presented at the 2025 Turin International Book Fair (SalTo). In 2025, she began collaborating with Tomato Farm Agency. Her pen name AoiG. was born from a combination of elements that represent her personality and her deep connection with her dearest loved ones.

Valentina Briski was born in 1988. in Zagreb, Croatia, where she finished School for Applied Arts and Design. She illustrates books and draws and colors comics. Her coloring work includes Mars Attacks Red Sonja (Dynamite), Astronaut Down (Aftershock), Kill More (IDW) and is also featured in Hello Darkness #10 (Boom). She lives and works in Zagreb.

Be it as a writer, editor, and/or letterer, Chas! Pangburn puts words in balloons. He's been fortunate to collaborate with various creators for publishers such as Dark Horse, IDW, Image, and Scout. In his free time, an angry corgi bosses him around for long walks throughout Cincinnati, Ohio.