Comics

Graphic Novels

The Cardboard Kingdom (2018) - Knopf/Random House

Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters–and their own inner demons–on one last quest before school starts again.

In the Cardboard Kingdom, you can be anything you want to be–imagine that!

The Cardboard Kingdom was created, organized, and drawn by Chad Sell. Chad co-wrote the book with Katie and nine other authors: Jay Fuller, David DeMeo, Kris Moore, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, Cloud Jacobs, and Barbara Perez Marquez. This massive collaboration has gained critical acclaim as well as a hit in both libraries and schools. The Cardboard Kingdom affirms the power of imagination and play during the most important years of adolescent identity-searching and emotional growth.

  • Eisner Nominee
  • DiNKY Award Winner
  • Texas Bluebonnet Master List
  • The Society of Midland Authors Honoree
  • Scholastic Book Club Selection

"A breath of fresh air.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Readers may be inspired to craft their own cardboard kingdom after finishing the book. A must-have.”—School Library Journal, starred review

“Imagination, these kids prove, can erase what seem like unbridgeable differences.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast

The sequel to The Cardboard Kingdom has been announced and will be published by Random House Graphic in Spring 2021.

Short Comics

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Ray Donovan, Magic Cop (2018)

This one page collaboration between Sally Cantrino and Katie is from the Ray Donovan zine, which challenged comic creators who had never seen the show Ray Donovan to guess what the show Ray Donovan was about. The proceeds for the zine went to Direct Relief.

Katie Schenkel Sally Cantrino

100 Light Years of Solitude

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A collaboration with artist John Troutman, 100 Light Years of Solitude is an upcoming 20 page comic about Francis, a young woman who rents a spaceship to find solitude among the stars. But when tourists keep bothering her, Francis goes out farther than she could have imagined... and finds something truly unexpected.

100 Light Years of Solitude is slated to be published online this summer.

Miniseries

Moonlighters (2017)

With art by Cal Moray, this series told the story of Renee, a hardworking college student/new werewolf who joins a group of fellow college-aged werewolves who pay their rent and book rentals by doing odd jobs throughout the monster community. As their business starts to grow, a mysterious figure starts following them. Who is she? What does she want with our heroes? And will Renee and her crush realize they're perfect for each other?

Writing Samples

The Cardboard Kingdom

Moonlighters #1

Moonlighters #2

Moonlighters #3