Inspired by the holiday movies generations grew up loving, Elisa Eliot's new full-color graphic novel sends the North Pole's most selfish elf into the human world with one week to get herself back on Santa's Nice List.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- What happens when the brattiest, most selfish, most infuriatingly lovable elf in Santa's Village lands herself on the Naughty List?
She gets kicked out of the North Pole.
Released today, sELFie, the new graphic novel from writer, producer, and educator Elisa Eliot, creator of Zak vs. Zombies, puts a fresh spin on the classic Christmas comedy. Illustrated by Circe Rosales, the 227-page, full-color graphic novel follows an elf named Candy who is about to have the worst Christmas ever.
One minute, Candy is one of the North Pole's most popular elves. The next, she's been banished from Santa's Village, dumped in the human world and given just one week until Christmas to learn to think of others, rediscover her Christmas Spirit and earn her way back onto the Nice List - or be stuck with the humans forever.
Her unlikely path home is a babysitting job for three kids and their single dad. What follows is a holiday adventure full of chaos, culture shock and questionable decisions, as Candy starts to wonder whether the humans she can't wait to escape might be worth sticking around for.
"I grew up on classic holiday films like Home Alone and The Santa Clause, and now my own kids love them just as much as I do," said Eliot. "My goal with sELFie was to capture that same magic - the humor, the chaos, the heart - and create something that feels like a nostalgic '90s Christmas movie, but in graphic novel form."
Written for readers ages 10 to 14, sELFie is also for anyone who loves Christmas comedies, graphic novels and stories about finding family in unexpected places. Arriving in time for holiday shopping, the book makes an easy gift for tweens to read over winter break, with the nostalgia of classic holiday comedies that parents and grandparents will recognize, too.
Eliot's previous graphic novel, Zak vs. Zombies, was released in 2024. Her work spans television, film, audio, theater and publishing, and she has appeared on ABC, FX, MTV, Nickelodeon and The WB and collaborated with filmmakers including James Gunn. A mom and educator, she is passionate about getting kids to love reading more than their screens.
sELFie is available on Amazon in paperback and hardcover.
Visit sELFieElf.com for more information.
ABOUT ELISA ELIOT
Elisa Eliot is an award-winning writer, producer, actress and educator and the creator of the graphic novel Zak vs. Zombies. A graduate of Yale University, Eliot has worked across television, film, animation, audio and theater. She is the founder of Triple Jack Productions and its imprint, Triple Jack Publishing, and lives in Los Angeles with her family.
ABOUT sELFie:
Title: sELFie
Author: Elisa Eliot
Illustrator: Circe Rosales
Publisher: Triple Jack Publishing
Format: Full-color graphic novel
Length: 227 pages
Primary readership: Ages 10–14
Publication Date: November 10, 2026
Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9947373-4-7
Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9947373-5-4
Paperback MSRP: $17.99
Hardcover MSRP: $26.99
Media Contact
Daniel Nord, Triple Jack Publishing, 1 3108041174, [email protected], https://www.triplejackproductions.com/triple-jack-publishing.html
SOURCE Triple Jack Publishing
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