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PRE-ORDER: 'The College Try' by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, Roberta Ingranata, and Warnia Sahadewa

A  Y2K-nostalgia-filled rom-com that poses the question: What would you do if you could go back in time and discover your true love?


The College Try
Writer: Olivia Cuartero-Briggs – Illustrator: Roberta Ingranata
Colorist: Warnia Sahadewa – Letterer Jodie Troutman

What if you could do it all over again?

A desperately single 40-something attends her college reunion to win back the love of her life, with disastrous results. But, through a magical twist of fate, she finds herself in her early college years once more–with a chance to fix it all.

The College Try is now up for preorder through bookstores, comic shops (FOC: January 26, 2026) and the Maverick site. It will be in bookstores February 17, 2026 and comic shops February 18, 2026.

Publication Date: February 17, 2025 





“The College Try is a super fun, magical, rom com, but the story is also deeply personal. We all have what-ifs in our lives, and the questions that linger from choices we made when we were too young to know better. But what if we got the chance to go back, knowing everything we know now? Would we fix things, or just screw them up all over again? The College Try is a wish for myself, and all the awesome graphic novel readers out there, to look past the noise and everyone else's expectations, and know that it's never too late to find yourself and that one, great love.”
—  Author, Olivia Cuartero-Briggs
"This story really got to me for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s a fictionalized version of something we all wish for: the chance to retrace our steps and change our minds about our lives. It shows that nothing is final, and that we can always make changes to our choices—especially when our main priority is to feel better about ourselves and our relationships with others.  

Secondly, and just as importantly, it reminds us that we can always become the best version of ourselves—and that version often emerges when our focus shifts from ourselves to others. I think a quote from Rita Levi-Montalcini fits perfectly here: “Allow yourself to be carried away by dedication to others, and you will find serenity.”  

It’s one of the many quotes I hold dear, and I believe this story captures its essence beautifully."
– Illustrator, Roberta Ingranata
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