Cecil Castellucci talks surprising resurrection of Plain Janes, her graphic novels about artful teen girls

In 2007, DC Comics’ teen girl-centric imprint Minx published the graphic novel “The Plain Janes” by Cecil Castellucci and artist Jim Rugg; the story concerned high school students who make art installations covertly around their small town. While a sequel hit shelves a year later, Minx ultimately folded and the series was left incomplete.

That is, until now: Little, Brown Young Readers just released an omnibus edition last month, including the first two tales and one new one, “Janes Attack Back.”

“It’s not that often that you get to finish a project that looked like it was dead in the water,” says Castellucci by phone from Denmark, where the L.A.-based author of graphic and young adult novels is teaching a workshop.

Cecil Castellucci talks surprising resurrection of Plain Janes, her graphic novels about artful teen girls LA Daily News, February 7th 2020