TFFP Ep. 32 - Jimmy Gaspero & Amber Akin of PENNY AND THE YETI

Recorded: 3/23/26

Episode thirty-two writer and co-host of the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast Jimmy Gaspero and cartoonist, educator & illustrator Amber Akin to discuss their all-ages graphic novel PENNY AND THE YETI!

PENNY AND THE YETI released on April 21st from Papercutz, an imprint of Mad Cave Studios.

PENNY AND THE YETI

Story by Jimmy Gaspero

Art by Amber Akin

Color flats by Charlie Akin

Lettered by Buddy Beaudoin

YETI OR NOT, HERE WE COME!

Penny and Yeti are pretty typical best friends: they go to school together, play together, and have fun adventures. The twist? Yeti’s a living breathing myth!

Before Yeti, Penny had a super normal life with her big sister Peri and their parents, Fenton and Maxine. Penny thinks life is pretty great, especially when Peri draws and colors with her—Peri draws the best monsters called “cryptids!” The only real problem is Penny’s parents argue…a LOT. Penny wishes her parents would stop, but what can she do? That’s when Yeti shows up, right out of one of Peri’s drawings and smack into Penny’s life! With Yeti’s help, Penny comes up with a plan to get her parents to stop fighting. Penny, however, soon finds out that her parents may need more help than even a magical Yeti can provide…

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