• The creative team behind Pearl of the Sea, Triggerfish Studios, is an all-star team on the up and up in the comics and animation industries. Their animated movies and television are multiple award-winning and several of their recent works are featured on Netflix, Disney+ and other primary streaming platforms. The three primary creators behind the project all have extensive background in the comics and entertainment industries, serving as art directors, storyboard artists, and lead writers for several popular comics series, films, and television series. They are partnered with William Morris Endeavor agency in Hollywood. Pearl of the Sea will benefit from Triggerfish's publicity both pre- and post-publication, and all three creators intend to share news of publication in their networks.
  
• The world of African comics is booming, finally getting recognition on a global scale. But Pearl of the Sea has appeal far beyond being an African adventure story. Featuring an empowered, gender non-conforming, mixed race, lesbian lead, Pearl of the Sea is an ecofeminist, queer romance story about an incredible kid hellbent on saving her friends and family. LGTBQIA+ romance, magical realism, and aquatic adventure elements place this book alongside recent bestsellers like Molly Knox Ostertag’s Girl from the Sea, Trung Nguyen’s Magic Fish, and Susan Fletcher’s Journey of the Pale Bear.
  
• While the book is geared towards a pre-teen and young adult audience, the stunning illustrations and poignant message of empathy and empowerment will strike a chord with older readers as well, particularly parents of queer, gender non-conforming, Black, or minority ethnic children. With topics like anti-poaching, ocean conservation, and poverty, Pearl of the Sea has the potential to bridge the education and trade markets, appealing to readers beyond the typical comics audience.
  
• This is our fifth addition to our African graphic novel series, with more on the way. Pearl of the Sea will be marketed as both a standalone title, and a new addition to the series for parents and educators looking for African comics.
• The environmental and animal conservation elements of the book tie strongly with our other title for the season, Eye Brother Horn, which will lend itself well to marketing for both books.