The Adventures of He-Man and Porter #1: Skeletor Ate My Homework, the original graphic novel, from #1 New York Times bestselling author-artist Stephan Pastis, award-winning cartoonist Will Henry, and Mattel Press that hits shelves today September 1, 2026.
The Adventures of He-Man and Porter #1: Skeletor Ate My Homework is the first book in a new original laugh-out-loud illustrated middle-grade series set in the world of Masters of the Universe.
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Skeletor Ate My Homework is an illustrated adventure featuring regular kid Porter Avery, who must survive an unexpected journey into the realm of Eternia with the help of familiar characters like He-Man, Panthor, Man-At-Arms, and more.
Stephan Pastis, known as the cartoonist behind Pearls Before Swine and creator of Timmy Failure, and Will Henry, the award-winning cartoonist behind Wallace the Brave, sat down with Comic Watch to chat about the book and more:
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Elevator pitch: Skeletor Ate My Homework
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How We Collaborated: Manuscript To Illustration
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Three-Book Deal, Tour Plans And What’s Next
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Skeletor Ate My Homework Release and Pearls Jubilee Tour
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The Adventures of He-Man and Porter #1: Skeletor Ate My Homework
Porter Avery is just your average boy from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with your average boy problems: he’s got a math test he definitely should be studying for (he isn’t), and a dad who’s making him go to bed (he doesn’t want to). But when a magical malfunction takes Porter from his very everyday attic into the very not-everyday realmof Eternia, he’ll find that problems with homework and helicopter parents pale in comparison to, say, an epic battle between He-Man and Skeletor that may or may not
determine the future of the entire planet??!
Will the heroes of Eternia rally around their earthside visitor, or will Porter get turned into mincemeat for Skeletor’s pet Panthor sooner than he can say “”By the Power of Grayskull?””
Find out what happens when boy meets fantastical world in this first installment of the wildly inventive new series: The Adventures of He-Man and Porter, on sale now