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PRE-ORDER: YAHGZ VOL 3: THE MYSTIC ORB by Art Baltazar

 The finale to the beloved middle grade graphic novel series. 


YAHGZ VOL. 3: THE MYSTIC ORB
(C) Art Baltazar

The aftermath of the epic GWASH WAR has left Craybi Craynobi as the sacrificial hero. Leaving behind an Orb without its mystical powers. What is the Mystic Orb? What magical mysteries does it hold? Is it a gateway into another world... or worse? Why does it's magic feel cloudy? Is the Orb a power for good? Or is it a power for evil? And speaking of evil... Who is the menace of DARK ANGRIOUS?

Craybi Craynobi has been gone for 100 Cray years. Its a cold and dark time for Cray World and the land of YAHGZ. The planet is getting colder day after day. Their world is on the verge of freezing. The only warmth comes from the planet's core. What happened to the world we knew? What happened to the Cray cousins? What happened to Craybi Craynobi's son, Crayski? Did the prophecy of Crayski saving the land of YAHGZ come true? What is the fate of Cray World? What is this new threat that invades YAHGZ?

Yes. There are many questions. But don't worry. All will be revealed! The legendary story that hasn't been written yet can finally be told. Welcome to the final chapter of the epic YAHGZ trilogy saga!

The beginning of the end starts... NOW 

SRP: $9.99 - $14.99
On Sale: August 12, 2025

YAHGZ VOL. 3 is now up for preorder from comic shops (FOC: July 21, 2025), bookstores, and the Papercutz website. It arrives at bookstores on August 12, 2025, and in comic shops on August 13, 2025.





Art is a super-cartoonist machine from the heart of Chicago. Art is a creative force behind The Eisner Award winning Itty Bitty Hellboy and The New York Times Best Selling, Eisner Award, Harvey Award Winning DC Comics' Tiny Titans, and Artist of The DC Super-Pets children’s book series. Art also co-wrote DC’s Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!Young JusticeGreen Lantern Animated (comic) and is the Artist/Co-Writer for the historically awesome Tiny Titan/Litter Archie crossover and the epics Superman Family Adventures and the new Super Powers Series from DC comics.
Recently, he became co-Founder of the Aw Yeah Comics comic shop and co-Creator of the Aw Yeah Comics comic book series starring Action Cat & Adventure Bug.

“FINALLY! The conclusion to the epic YAHGZ Saga Trilogy can be told! YAHGZ the Mystic ORB is a story I had in my mind and in my sketchbooks from the 1990s when I first started self-publishing comics! The first two volumes, YAHGZ The CRAYNOBI Tales and YAHGZ The GWASH WAR, were story adaptations and retellings of The CRAY BABY Adventures, a comic series I self-published early in my career. 

I went back and re-read the CRAY Comics and thought, wow, I think I have something here. So I re-wrote, re-drew, and re-told the epic saga with my 30 years of cartooning experience leading the way. However,  I never had the opportunity to tell the epic conclusion until NOW!

What an experience this has been. Even though this story has been with me for 30 years, it feels like I am writing something completely fresh and new. It's so awesome to dive into this world of YAHGZ with the possibility of anything being possible. I am creating new worlds, new characters, and new CRAY LORE. The epic world-building is insane. I'm even adding new things as I draw and color the story. I hope the masses like my story. It's been my cartooning life's work. The long-awaited magical story of CRAYBI CRAYNOBI and his family and the future of CRAY WORLD  takes place on the mysterious land of YAHGZ.

Good Guys! Bad Guys! Monsters! Magic! Mystery! Old Friends and NEW! Join me on this journey, friends. This may just be the best work of my career.”


– Writer/Artist, Art Baltazar

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