This looks a lot of fun! Check out a preview of The Littlest Fighter from Oni Press below, together with some commentary on the sequence by creator Joey Weiser.
READY, SET, RUMBLE! IT’S BATTLE TIME IN THE LITTLEST FIGHTER, THE NEWEST GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM JOEY WEISER
Big Battles, Giant Monsters, and a Quest to Fight a Legendary Champion…. Coming from Oni Press This Spring!
Oni Press, publisher of groundbreaking graphic fiction since 1997, is proud to unveil the first graphic novel in the 2025 Spring Line-up: THE LITTLEST FIGHTER from Eisner Award nominee JOEY WIESER (Mermin, Ghost Hog, Dragon Racer)! Perfect for young fans of kaiju monsters and epic fight scenes, THE LITTLEST FIGHTER promises heroes, battles, and a quest to take down the strongest fighter in the world…don’t miss THE LITTLEST FIGHTER when it battles into bookshops this spring!
Ash, a novice fighter about the size of a human kid battling giant monsters across the land, has started to make a BIG name for himself as he defeats champion after champion, despite his small size. He’ll fight anyone, even if it means destroying a few buildings or villages along the way. When he stumbles across Dot, a young villager who wants to put an end to the destructive fighting, she urges Ash to put his battling days behind him.
But Ash has big battles on the brain! He has his sights set on finding and defeating the Legendary Champion, an old battler who mysteriously disappeared from the fight scene at the top of his game. Dot and Ash set out to find the Legendary Champion and learn about the surprising reason the epic giant doesn’t fight anymore.
Join Ash, Dot, and all the fighting champions in the fast-paced, action-packed graphic novel The Littlest Fighter when it arrives in bookstores everywhere this spring!
From Joey Weiser: “Here we get Ash telling us a little bit about why he has become a Fighter. This scene ends with the introduction of a rather large character. This might be Ash’s greatest challenge yet!”
About the Creator
Joey Weiser is the Eisner Award–nominated author of Dragon Racer, Ghost Hog, and the Mermin graphic novel series from Oni Press. His comics work ranges from writing and drawing for SpongeBob Comics to coloring the Jedi Academy: A New Class series. His first graphic novel, The Ride Home, was published in 2007 by AdHouse Books. He is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design and currently lives in Athens, Georgia.
