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October 29, 2025 by Brigid Alverson

Agent Cupcake | Exclusive Preview

October 29, 2025 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

Cover of Agent Cupcake, showing a boy flashing a "V" sign and a unicorn in a trenchcoat holding a magnifying glass, in front of a window that says "Agent Cupcake" with a logo of a cupcake with a unicorn horn.

Today we have an exclusive preview of the upcoming middle-grade graphic novel Agent Cupcake, by Katie Longua, Mel Hilario, and Lauren Davis (the team known as Triple Dream Comics). Their first graphic novel was Debian Perl, Detective, and this time they are going with a spy theme. Here’s the publisher’s description:

Twelve-year-old Miguel Mangayayam has always loved one thing: mystical beasts. So he’s thrilled when he’s hired by the Mystical Beasts Bureau (MBB) to be their first ever human spy, where he’ll use his encyclopedic knowledge of hippogriffs, mermaids, dragons, and more to solve the latest cases. Even better? He’s partnered with the supercool unicorn superspy, Agent Cupcake! Together, they’ll go undercover, gather intel, crack codes, and collect clues to solve the MBB’s toughest mysteries. But when they receive reports that unicorns are losing their magical powers, Miguel and Agent Cupcake will have to put their spy skills to the test to figure out why, even if it means going up against a mega-corporation like HOARD. Could someone be trying to steal magic to put unicorns out of business?

Oni Press will publish Agent Cupcake on November 4, but you can get a first taste right here with our exclusive preview. Enjoy!

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About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.

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