Tales from Twisted Ravens began with a phone call. Carrow Brown, still recovering from cancer surgery at the time, reached out to us here at ComicBooks for Kids. Carrow wanted to explore a potential collaboration. What she expected to be a brief chat turned into a sixty-minute conversation that changed the direction of the project entirely. By the end of that call, both sides shared the same goal: to create age appropriate content for children in hospitals that also supported the same children.
From that moment, Tales from Twisted Ravens became more than a creative project - it became a mission.
A Children’s Series with a Grimm-Style Edge
At its heart, Tales from Twisted Ravens follows children who stumble into a mysterious wishing shop and quickly learn that wishes rarely work the way they expect. Taking inspiration from The Monkey's Paw" by English author W. W. Jacobs the series blends wonder with consequence, kindness with danger, and magic with just enough unease to feel honest. Inspired by the spirit of classic fairy tales, these stories are adventurous, heartfelt, and a little spooky in all the right ways. Rather than talk down to young readers, Brown writes stories that trust kids to be brave, thoughtful, and capable of facing complicated emotions. Here at CB4K, this is exactly what we want to provide.
The Bigger Dream
For Brown, this series is only the beginning. Issue #1 serves as the first step toward building a dedicated children’s publishing initiative focused on creating meaningful, age-appropriate comics that families can share and collectors can treasure. The long-term goal is to work together and produce stories intentionally designed to reach children spending time in hospitals or treatment centers. Instead of treating donations as an afterthought, the publishing model is built around impact from the start. The aim is to create a sustainable line of books that consistently delivers comfort, courage, and imagination where it’s needed most. For CB4K, this means greater inventory, for Brown, an amazing line of incredible heartfelt books, for the kiddos, fuel for their imagination.
Supporting ComicBooks for Kids
A substantial amount of profit from Tales from Twisted Ravens will be donated directly to ComicBooks for Kids, supporting their efforts to place child-friendly comics into hospitals and cancer centers across the United States, with additional outreach in Canada. Donations will continue to follow strict safety and infectious-disease protocols set by each medical facility to ensure every book is safe for young patients. For many children, a comic can be more than entertainment; it can be a moment of distraction, a source of laughter, or a small reminder that adventure still exists beyond the hospital room. That simple comfort is what drives the project forward.
The Creative Team of Tales of Twisted Ravens
Carrow Brown writes the series with her signature blend of emotional depth, tension, and heart, balancing light and shadow in stories that feel both magical and grounded. Joining her is illustrator Laybonn, an artist known for expressive linework and atmospheric designs that mix softness with subtle unease. Her use of elongated shapes, broken lines, and gentle, storybook-inspired colors gives the world of Twisted Ravens a dreamlike quality that feels slightly off-center, as if something unusual is always just around the corner. Together, their styles create a space where innocence and mystery coexist, capturing the exact tone the series calls for.
What Comes Next
Tales from Twisted Ravens #1 is currently in production, with artwork previews, behind-the-scenes updates, and progress milestones planned in the months ahead. The first story arc will span four issues at 20 pages each, with crowdfunding options explored to help offset printing and shipping costs so the books can reach both readers and the children they’re intended to support. If the audience embraces the series, more stories will follow. If not, the initial arc will stand on its own as a complete and intentional tale. Either way, the mission remains the same: create meaningful stories and place them in the hands of kids who need a little light during difficult days.
