If you’ve been dying to get your hands on First Second’s Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu, you’re in luck. We’ve got a sneak peek at what the book will look like when it hits shelves in September.
When Check, Please! made its debut in 2013, we never could have imagined that this little-webcomic-that-could would grow into the phenomenon it is today.
Check, Please! follows the life of Eric “Bitty” Bittle, a student at Samwell University and member of their hockey team. A former-figure skater, and avid baker, Bitty is beloved by his teammates for his sunny disposition and culinary prowess. But there’s a catch: Bitty is terrified of being checked, a necessity when it comes to a contact sport like hockey. Oh, and he also has a growing crush on his Captain, Jack Zimmerman, but we won’t spoil how that one works out…
This first, hardcover edition of Check, Please! will collect the first half of Bitty’s adventures at Samwell. The synopsis reads, “Eric Bittle is a former Georgia junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and amateur patissier. But as accomplished as he is, nothing could prepare him for his freshman year of playing hockey at the prestigious Samwell University in Samwell, Massachusetts. It’s nothing like co-ed club hockey back in the South! For one? There’s checking. Second, there is Jack – his very attractive but moody captain. A collection of the first half of the mega-popular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please!: #1 Hockey is the first in a hilarious and stirring two-volume coming-of-age story about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself during the best four years of your life.”
If you’ve been wondering just how Check, Please! would translate from the screen to the page, we’ve got you covered with this exclusive sneak peek at Bitty’s sophomore year at Samwell.
If you’re interested in picking up your own copy of Check, Please!, you can pre-order it now ahead of its release on September 18.
