Oni Press has announced the US debut of German comics creator Claus Daniel Herrmann in Pink Monsters—a moving story of casting aside negativity and coming out LGBTQIA+.
Releasing May 2026 ahead of Pride Month, Pink Monsters follows Frank, a fourteen-year-old in the midst of puberty who is slowly but surely realizing that he is gay. Despite his shyness, he is popular at school because of his talent for drawing: All the cool boys want an original drawing of his monsters to hang in their rooms. Meanwhile, Frank’s father is suffering from depression. His illness is so serious that Frank’s mother gives up on traditional medicine and contacts an esoteric healer named Thea. The charismatic woman not only gives his parents new hope, but the emotionally insecure Frank also finds security in Thea’s “secret knowledge.” But when she blames Frank’s drawings for his father’s illness and later makes him feel guilty about his sexual orientation, Frank must jeopardize his relationship with his parents in order to truly become himself.
Pink Monsters was a finalist for the Berthold Leibinger Comic Book Prize and is a powerful graphic medicine tale in the vein of Fun Home and Lighter Than My Shadow. Discover Pink Monsters on shelves May 2026 from Oni Press.
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