Code Monkey Creative Team Plans Princess Who Saved Herself Children's Book

Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa, the writer and artist behind the forthcoming Code Monkey Save World graphic novel from Monkeybrain, will reunite to produce a digital-only children's book based on Jonathan Coulton's song "The Princess Who Saved Herself." The story is being added to the existing Kickstarter campaign for the Code Monkey graphic novel and will become a reality if fans can raise about $30,000 in the next week or so. "Only on the internet would plans for a book magically transform into a longer book plus A WHOLE OTHER BOOK," said Coulton. "The level of support we've received for this project is absolutely ridiculous - what kind of monsters would we be if we didn't send that energy back at everyone? I myself am a parent of a pretty kickass princess, and so it's really thrilling to see this character come to life." "'The Princess Who Saved Herself' tells the story of a tough, tomboy princess who encounters a scary dragon and a creepy witch and ends up recruiting them for her rock band," Pak told ComicBook.com. "It inhabits its own world and it's really just absolutely perfect for kids. So we thought it would work best as a separate entity from Code Monkey Save World -- it can be its own thing rather than an add-on to the existing book, which will give it a better chance of finding its own special audience." Nevertheless, if the Code Monkey Save World Kickstarter campaign--currently sitting at a little more than $215,000, can generate $250,000 in backers in the next eight days before the campaign wraps up, everyone who backs us at the $15 level and higher will get a digital download of the Princess book as a free bonus. At present, Pak, Coulton and company aren't planning to print physical copies of the children's book, but Pak says he'll consider a it if the response is there on Kickstarter. For more information on the project, check out our exclusive interview with Greg Pak.