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CollectionAges 8–12Graphic Novels

Lightfall

A universe by Tim Probert

A gorgeous fantasy graphic novel series about friendship, anxiety, courage and a quest through a world losing its light.

  • Series

    1
  • Books

    4
  • Best for

    8–12
  • Status

    Ongoing

At a glance

Primary creator
Tim Probert
First book
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian · 2020
Tone
Adventurous, Gentle, Suspenseful, Heartwarming
Overall sensitivity
Moderate

The shape of it

The shape of this universe.

Lightfall is Tim Probert's beautifully drawn fantasy graphic novel franchise about Bea, a nervous young girl, and Cad, a gentle Galdurian, travelling through the world of Irpa as darkness rises. The series combines classic quest fantasy with unusually strong emotional texture: anxiety, courage, friendship, ancient stories, ecological threat and the burden of being braver than you feel. It is a natural next step for readers who like Hilda's wonder or 5 Worlds' visual fantasy but want a slightly slower, more atmospheric adventure.

A gorgeous fantasy graphic novel series about friendship, anxiety, courage and a quest through a world losing its light.

Primary themes

Tone palette

  • Adventurous
  • Gentle
  • Suspenseful
  • Heartwarming

The series

One way in.

Cultural footprint

A shelf of evidence.

What Lightfall has done

  • Bestseller list

Cultural ubiquity

3/ 5

Well-known to people who know the room.

Sensitivity

Moderate, and collection-wide.

ModerateCollection-wide

Content notes

  • Scary imagery
  • Violence

Across the collection

All 4 books.

About the creator

Tim Probert.

Tim Probert

Both

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.

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