The College Try

by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, Roberta Ingranata (Illustrator), Warnia Sahadewa (Colorist)

Overview

What would you do if you could go back in time and discover your true love?

A desperate 40-something’s hopes of reuniting with her college ex-boyfriend are dashed when he publicly professes his love for a fellow graduate. Through a twist of magical fate, however, she is given the chance to go back in time and fix what went wrong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781545820810
Publisher:	Mad Cave Studios
Publication date:	02/17/2026
Series:	0
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Olivia Cuartero-Briggs is an award-winning dramatic writer of Dominican and European descent, born and raised in New York City. She holds a B.A. with Honors from Oberlin College, as well as an M.F.A. from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and is currently enjoying a career writing for both TV and comic books in sunny Los Angeles. Recent credits include staff writer The Arrangement, staff writer Queen of the South, and co-producer on Mike Schur's Field of Dreams. She currently has new TV projects in development BBC Studios, CBS Studios, Endemol Shine, and 3PAS. Published comic books include, Mary Shelley Monster Hunter and Silver City with AfterShock Comics. Upcoming publications include Bram Stoker Monster Hunter and Sugar House, both with AfterShock Comics (2024/2025), and Fate: The Winx Saga, with Maverick (2024/2025). OCB also currently has projects in various stages of development with Oni Press, Humanoids, Maverick, and Mad Cave. Awards include The Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, The New York Theater Festival's Best Original Play Award, Hollywood Comedy Shorts Best of Fest Award, and the Flint Film Festival's Best Screenplay Award.

Roberta Ingranata is an Italian comic book artist who has worked as an interior artist for European publishers including Delos Books and Star Comics, and as a colorist for Bonelli, Astorina, Egmont and Mondadori, and Disney. In 2014, she began providing art for American comics including Zenescope Entertainment’s Robyn Hood, Van Helsing and Margins Publishing’s Vampire Emmy and the Garbage Girl and Anonymously Yours. In 2016, Ingranata became the artist of the Witchblade relaunch at Image Comics. From 2017 to 2022 she collaborates with Titan Comics on the Doctor Who series. In 2022 she begins her collaboration with IDW, Aftershock, Boom Studios!, Marvel and then with Oni Press on the Jill and the Killers series co-created with Olivia Briggs. From 2023 she begins to collaborate with Hasbro for the creation of Magic the Gathering Cards.

Warnia Sahadewa is comic books colorist based in Bandung, Indonesia, She has a lot of fun listening to true crime podcast while working. She is also a big fan of cats and cooking.