Frank Beddor
A line of card-soldier warriors advancing out of gold smoke, armoured in dark plate with insect-like heads and long spears carried low.

The franchise

The Looking Glass Wars

The Myth
A young girl named Alice tumbled down a rabbit hole and enjoyed a delightful adventure in the made-up world of Wonderland.
The Truth
Wonderland is real.

One World, Endless Stories

  • The three trilogy covers side by side against a white ground patterned with faint card suits: The Looking Glass Wars, gold card-soldier warriors advancing with spears; Seeing Redd, Redd Heart in a red gown with her hair blazing out behind her; and ArchEnemy, an armoured figure carrying a rifle against a burst of green light.

    Published

  • Hatter Madigan in a long coat, hard right of frame, one arm flung out after his hat. The hat travels left across the picture in four stages, unfolding as it goes into a fan of spinning blades. Painted entirely in blues.

    Published

  • The omnibus cover on a mottled teal ground. Hatter Madigan stands in profile under a tall top hat, holding a long blade upright before his face, a faint Wonderland crest behind him. Above: Hatter M Omnibus Collection. Below: Mad Again, and the names Beddor and Templesmith.

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  • The two hardbacks side by side on grey concrete. On the left, Crossfire: a dark-haired man in a long coat levels a pistol, a hooded figure and a crowd of Wonderland characters massed behind him. On the right, Underfire: a squad advances out of fire beneath a tower built of heart-suited cards. Both carry the names Frank Beddor, Curtis Clark and Sami Makkonen.

    Published

  • The soundtrack sleeve on a pale grey ground. Gold lettering reads The Looking Glass Wars Soundtrack, over a gold emblem that gathers the four card suits into one circular device. Behind it, a snowbound Wonderland with a rock fortress on the left and small figures crossing the drifts. Along the foot: music based on the novel by Frank Beddor.

    Released

  • The show’s title card: Alyss of Wonderland, The Musical, set in gold capitals on black. Letters, numerals and strange symbols stream upward out of an open book at the foot of the frame and scatter into the dark around the words.

    In Development

  • The art book standing upright in a painted Wonderland gorge, waterfalls and dark foliage behind it. The jacket reads The Looking Glass Wars, Visions of Wonderland, over a painting of Redd Heart in a trailing red gown, her hair blazing orange, ringed by thorned red roses and the grey shapes of her creatures.

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  • Three issues of Blade of Time standing in deep space, stars and faint red nebula behind them. Issue one: a caped figure braced below a dark winged craft trailing red light. Issue two: a man in a top hat and a woman with a blade, fighting above a crowd of uniformed figures. Issue three: a face lit from below, swarmed by small robots. All three carry the names Frank Beddor, Curtis Clark and Alex Cormack.

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  • A fanned hand of worn playing cards on a dark red ground patterned with hearts. The top card is the Queen of Hearts, titled Alice in red script, and carries a sepia photograph of a young Edwardian woman in a wide feathered hat, her chin resting on her hand.

    In Development

  • Key art for The Looking Glass Wars: House of Cards. Four armoured champions stand side by side, one to each suit — a white and blue Heart, a green Club, a Diamond wreathed in fire, and a black and gold Spade — each carrying a spear and a shield bearing their emblem.

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  • A teenage cadet stands alone inside a glowing ring on an arena floor, hat in mid-throw beside him, facing an enormous winged creature that rears over him. The creature is a projection: down one side it breaks apart into blue wireframe and pixels. Pale figures watch from the smoke behind.

    In Development

Published

The Novels

The books that started it all.

The Looking Glass Wars trilogy is a bold, New York Times bestselling reimagining of Wonderland that trades tea parties for high-stakes fantasy, turning a beloved classic into a sweeping saga of war, royalty, and the power of imagination.

  1. Cover of The Looking Glass Wars.

    The Looking Glass Wars

    Alyss is seven when Redd murders her parents and takes the crown. She escapes through the Pool of Tears into Victorian London, tells the whole of it to an aspiring author, and he gets every word of it wrong.

  2. Cover of Seeing Redd.

    Seeing Redd

    Alyss has the crown and no peace with it. Phantom sightings of her aunt set fire to a rumour, the Glass Eyes are loose again, and nobody can say who resurrected them.

  3. Cover of ArchEnemy.

    ArchEnemy

    King Arch declares himself King of Wonderland, and the power of Imagination is lost. Without it the war stops being magical and becomes artillery.

Published

Hatter M

The Eisner-nominated saga of Wonderland’s most iconic warrior.

Co-written with Liz Cavalier and brought to life by artists including Ben Templesmith and Sami Makkonen, the Hatter M graphic novels deliver dark, stylish, action-driven storytelling that runs alongside the original trilogy and reveals a side of the saga readers never got to see.

  1. Cover of Hatter M Volume 1, Far From Wonder.

    Far From Wonder

    Hatter surfaces in Paris instead of London and begins following the Glow — the trace Imagination leaves behind it — across our world.

  2. Cover of Hatter M Volume 2, Mad with Wonder.

    Mad with Wonder

    The search takes him from London to the battlefields of the American Civil War.

  3. Cover of Hatter M Volume 3, The Nature of Wonder.

    The Nature of Wonder

    An unexpected detour inward, guided by a maddening young girl named Nekko.

  4. Cover of Hatter M Volume 4, Zen of Wonder.

    Zen of Wonder

    Wonderland’s forces of light unite against the harbinger of darkness.

  5. Cover of Hatter M Volume 5, Love of Wonder.

    Love of Wonder

    Looking glasses shatter as heroes and villains arrive from Wonderland to help or block him.

  6. Cover of Hatter M: Seeking Wonder.

    Seeking Wonder

    The last of the six, and the end of the thirteen years.

Coming Soon

Mad Again

For the first time ever, the complete saga of Hatter Madigan’s search for the lost princess is gathered in a single premium collection. This definitive edition unites every chapter of the Eisner-nominated series in one volume, the ultimate way to experience the journey for longtime fans and newcomers alike.

Published

Crossfire & Underfire

The next chapter of the Looking Glass Wars, told in two bold graphic novels.

Co-written with Curtis Clark and illustrated by Sami Makkonen, Crossfire and its sequel Underfire carry the saga beyond the original trilogy with a fresh cast, new threats, and the same dark, inventive spirit that made Wonderland worth fighting for.

  1. Cover of The Looking Glass Wars: Crossfire.

    Crossfire

    A throne under assault from the rival suit families, an attempt on Alyss’s life, and a shard of the Heart Crystal hidden somewhere on Earth. She can defeat an enemy; she cannot defeat politics.

  2. Cover of The Looking Glass Wars: Underfire.

    Underfire

    Alyss activates a new hand in the House of Cards and sends Ovid Grey — rogue, criminal, ex-Milliner — back out, this time against the fish people of Unterlan.

Released

The Soundtrack

Wonderland has never sounded like this.

An aural novel in its own right, The Looking Glass Wars Soundtrack gathers an eclectic lineup of artists who translate the saga’s imagination, darkness, and danger into music, an album that works as a companion to the books and as a standalone listening journey.

  1. The soundtrack sleeve, opened out across four panels.

    The Looking Glass Wars Soundtrack

In Development

Alyss of Wonderland

The Looking Glass Wars takes center stage in an original musical developed for both theater and feature film.

With music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary (The Great British Bake Off Musical, the Olivier-nominated My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)) and book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna (The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale), Alyss of Wonderland unites two of Britain’s most accomplished musical theater talents to bring Frank Beddor’s world to life in song.

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Visions of Wonderland

Twenty-five years of Wonderland, reimagined through the eyes of twenty-five extraordinary artists.

This premium collector’s edition traces the evolution of Frank Beddor’s visual world through the work of acclaimed talents including Doug Chiang, Chris Appelhans, Vincent Proce, and many more. Page by page, it reveals how Wonderland was envisioned, refined, and made unforgettable.

Coming Soon

Blade of Time

A new era of the Looking Glass Wars begins here, built to reward longtime fans and welcome readers new to Frank Beddor’s Wonderland.

Written by Curtis Clark, illustrated by Bram Stoker Award nominee Alex Cormack, and lettered by Bram Stoker Award winner and Eisner nominee Tom Napolitano, Blade of Time carries the epic Wonderverse saga forward in a graphic novel series where the enemy strikes through time itself.

In Development

Television

The war for Wonderland is headed for the screen.

Premium, prestige, and unmistakably Wonderland: The Looking Glass Wars arrives as a premium television series. With Farren Blackburn attached to direct and Teresa Lin (Bones) writing, the series brings Frank Beddor’s bestselling saga to life with the scope, danger, and imagination it has always demanded.

Coming Soon

House of Cards

EVERY HAND IS DEALT FROM HERE.

Take command of Wonderland’s Card Soldiers in House of Cards, a single-player deck-building quest game coming to PC on Steam. Recruit Card Soldiers from the four rival Suits, build specialized Hands, and deal them into battle as you grow Wonderland’s military into a force capable of defending the Queendom.

In Development

Young Hatter

Class is in session. Wonderland is at stake.

Before he was Wonderland’s greatest bodyguard, Hatter Madigan was a cadet with everything to prove. This middle-grade prequel series follows young Hatter through the halls of Wonderland’s Millinery Academy, blending thrilling adventure, fierce friendships, and hard-won lessons into the origin story of a legend.

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