Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp will be published on August 12 via IDW. The 128-page graphic novel features reunites Godzilla Rivals II: Vs. Battra writer Rosie Knight and artist Oliver Ono.
Aimed at readers 9-12, the story follows a young, aspiring cartoonist to Monster Island, where she makes a connection with the son of Godzilla, Minilla.
As an aspiring cartoonist, Zelda has always dreamed of attending an art summer camp, and this year she finally gets to go! But when she arrives to Make It Summer Camp, she’s horrified to see the easels and sketchboards have been replaced with dodgeball and calisthenics. The camp is under new, suspicious management that’s turned it into an extreme sports nightmare.
Determined to salvage her summer, Zelda escapes to a secluded corner of the island. Here she can finally draw in peace. At least until she stumbles into a portal to a fantastic world. Welcome to Monster Island!
There she makes a connection with baby kaiju Minilla and discovers the beauty of these legendary creatures. However, all is not well on Monster Island. Great evils are stirring and if Zelda can’t protect their home, the kaiju will unleash their wrath on the world!
I used the reference of the cute chonky Rottweiler pupper to create a Monsterverse version of Godzilla Junior. And yes, that’s Godzilla holding him. Based on the reference. Enjoy the cuteness! 🥺❤️🥰
I never gave much thought to Junior after the Heisei Series ended but I am glad that he is having somewhat of his own resurgence through fan content like @quazies animations and the Offical Gemstone Shorts.
I want more of this handsome and rather 'gentle' Godzilla. He's still a sweetie pie.
GEMSTONE Shorts with the Godzilla heavily implied to be Junior.
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Check out Quazies animations if you haven't seen them, they're very adorable and have lots of lovely references to the Godzilla series as a whole.
Brave Like Godzilla will be published on June 25 via Penguin Young Readers. Aimed at readers ages 4-8, it's written by Charlie Moon and illustrated by Jordan Bradley and Milo Moore.
Inspired by 1967's Son of Godzilla, the 32-page picture book features the King of the Monsters teaching Minilla to face his fears, with appearances from such monsters as Mothra, Rodan, Anguirus, and Gabara.
Face your fears with Minilla and Godzilla in this original picture book! Minilla and his friends are having a great day on Monster Island, when suddenly Gabara comes in and ruins their fun! Minilla knows it's hard to stand up to others, but with a little help from Godzilla, he and his friends will learn the importance of working together and never giving up!
It took well over a decade, but IDW finally included one of Godzilla's kids in a comic. (Minilla would have been in Rulers of Earth had it gotten one more story arc... that's the closest any of them got until now.) All of the Rivals issues have been one-offs so far, but I desperately need to see where this is going, because it's a bit baffling otherwise.