Chad Burdette
Papercutz is pleased to announce the return of Scott Chantler’s Three Thieves: Tower of Treasure, out today, Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
Scott fast-paced story will engage readers while his bold-lined art with richly detailed backgrounds is a tribute to classic comic books.
Chantler is the creator of the critically-acclaimed graphic novels Squire & Knight, Bix, and Two Generals, which was nominated for two Eisner Awards, selected for Best American Comics 2012, and voted by CBC’s Canada Reads as one of the 40 best Canadian non-fiction book
His other work includes Northwest Passage (nominated for Eisner and Harvey Awards) and the Three Thieves series (winner of the Joe Shuster Award for Best Comic for Kids and listed by YALSA as a Great Graphic Novel for Teens). In 2015, he served as Cartoonist-in-Residence at the University of Windsor, the first cartoonist to be appointed so by a Canadian university.
Scott recently said of the book:
“I’m absolutely thrilled that Papercutz is bringing THREE THIEVES back in such a big way. It’s so much fun to spend time with these characters again. Kids who are new to the series are in for a lot of surprises, and original fans are going to be happy to have new editions that are the best version of these stories to ever appear in print.
Three Thieves: Tower of Treasure tells the story of an acrobat in a traveling circus, 14-year-old orphan Dessa Redd flies through the air with ease. Still, she is weighed down by troubling memories. But when her ragtag circus troupe pulls into the city of Kingsbridge, Dessa feels a tickle of hope. Maybe here in the royal city she will finally find her twin brother — or the mysterious man who snatched him away when they were just children.
Meanwhile, Topper, the circus juggler, recruits Dessa and the circus strongman, Fisk, for the job of robbing the royal treasury. Hungry and desperate, both agree, setting off a series of adventures that will take the three thieves from one end of the world to the other in search of Dessa’s long-lost brother.
Volume 1 Preview:
Volume 2 Cover
Scott Chantler’s fast-paced story will engage readers while his bold-lined art with richly detailed backgrounds is a tribute to classic comic books
THREE THIEVES, VOL. 1: TOWER OF TREASURE (Ages 7-12) will be available in hardcover ($19.99; 9781545816882) and trade paperback ($14.99; 9781545815939).
