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The Campaign Begins! Student Government Is Now Available!

Maverick
March 25, 2025

In the halls of Halcyon Burke, the stakes are higher than grades!

Maverick is pleased to announce STUDENT GOVERNMENT, from award-winning writers Dave Justus and Lilah Sturges, and Illustrated by Joe Eisma, is now available at your favorite local comic shop and bookstore!

At America’s second-oldest university, four earnest, clever, and desperate teens on the interim student government exploit a charter loophole in an effort to save their school from being demolished, facing down pressures on campus and escalating hostility from the Board of Regents in a story both hilarious and heartfelt.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Writer: Dave Justus & Lilah Sturges – Artist: Joe Eisma
Colorist: Michael Wiggam – Letterer: Simon Bowland & Charles Pritchett
Release Date: March 25, 2025
ISBN: 9781545816103

Synopsis: At America’s second-oldest university, four earnest, clever, and desperate teens on the interim student government exploit a charter loophole in an effort to save their school from being demolished, facing down pressures on campus and escalating hostility from the Board of Regents in a story both hilarious and heartfelt.

Meet the Creators!

Co-writer, Dave Justus (He/Him)
Dave Justus bought his first comic book — a Robotech adaptation — at age nine, and that’s when he decided he wanted to grow up to write them. Isn’t that sad? He made his professional debut on House Of Mystery’s unique “exquisite corpse” issue for Vertigo in 2010, and helped lower the beloved DC imprint into its grave via series like Fables: The Wolf Among Us and Everafter: From The Pages Of Fables.

He and frequent co-writer Lilah Sturges created their Ignatz Award-nominated series Public Relations for 1First Comics in 2015. That same year, Dave wrote the interactive fiction app Lifeline, a text game in the style of the “choose your own adventure” books of his youth, for 3 Minute Games. TIME Magazine was quick to name Lifeline “the best game on the Apple Watch,” and the original app’s runaway popularity led to Dave writing several sequels and overseeing an interconnected universe of titles that continues to expand, with more than seven million worldwide downloads. Dave lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Jamie and more than seven million cats and rabbits.

Co-writer, Lilah Sturges (She/Her)
Lilah Sturges is the Eisner-, Hugo-, and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer of everything from Lumberjanes to Blue Beetle to The Magicians to Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel. With Dave Justus she’s written Everafter: From the Pages of Fables, and Public Relations. She loved college but her GPA was nothing to write home about. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her wife and a three-legged cat named Greg.

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Artist, Joe Eisma (He/Him)
Joe Eisma is the Eisner nominated artist & co-creator of the New York Times Bestseller, Morning Glories, from Image Comics. In addition, he has drawn Star Trek from IDW Publishing, Archie, Riverdale and Jughead: The Hunger from Archie Comics, The Flash from DC Comics, and many more over the years. He resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife and sons.

SEE WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING!

“An entertaining sendup of campus life.”

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Student Government is now available on the official Maverick website, and is available at your favorite bookstore, local comic shop, and digital comic reader!

The Campaign Begins! Student Government Is Now Available!

Meet the Creators!

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