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Tim Probert.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Tim Probert: American cartoonist behind the Lightfall middle-grade graphic-novel series — painterly, atmospheric epic-fantasy comics in a Ghibli register for ages 8–12.

Tim Probert is an American cartoonist best known for the Lightfall middle-grade graphic-novel series, Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian, …Shadow of the Bird, …The Dark Times, about a young girl in a fantasy world of shrinking lanterns and growing darkness. Probert's style is painterly, atmospheric and cinematic, with strong worldbuilding and a slightly Studio-Ghibli register. The Lightfall books work well as a gateway from cosier middle-grade graphic novels (Hilda, Witch Boy) into longer-form epic fantasy in graphic-novel format. A reliable contemporary graphic-novel author for ages 8–12.