A model new sci-fi/fantasy story the place magic and expertise collide
Darkish Horse Books and creators Frank J. Barbiere (5 Ghosts, Violent Love), Ricky Mammone (Second Possibilities), and Victor Santos (Polar, Towards Hope) introduce you to a brand-new sci-fi/fantasy world. Elixir is a darkish fantasy story the place the magic of the previous clashes with the expertise of the long run.
In a implausible imaginative and prescient of the long run, magic has been changed with expertise. Two factions are in battle inside a sprawling metropolis: The Druids maintain on to the previous, whereas large firms exploit new applied sciences that threaten to eradicate magic ceaselessly. Mara, the daughter of a druid chief, turns into caught up in a harmful mission to get well the elixir—a mysterious artifact that would restore magic and defeat the companies as soon as and for all. The one drawback? It’s within the arms of her previous mentor, a harmful warrior who has mastered magic and the blade, and who’s pushed by a private vendetta to destroy the elixir in any respect prices. Caught between her household and a selection that would form the long run ceaselessly, how far will Mara go to get well the elixir for herself, and what’s going to she do with it?
Elixir mixes parts of magic and design from Last Fantasy with the creative grit of Sin Metropolis to ship an unique sci-fi/fantasy journey with explosive motion, glossy fashion, and unforgettable characters.
“I started my profession in Europe doing fantasy comics however principally I’m identified within the USA as a noir-crime creator,” says artist Victor Santos. “Due to this new collaboration with my associate Frank Barbiere and with the addition of the gifted author Ricky Mammone, I’ve had the prospect to construct a world with all the weather and aesthetics I cherished studying as a teen however with my expertise as a creator and a extra trendy perspective of what a superb fantasy story must be.”
“Comics have all the time been about significant collaboration, and I am thrilled to be working with Victor Santos once more,” Frank Barbiere says. “Victor is without doubt one of the most modern, eye-catching storytellers within the enterprise and I can not wait to share all of the astonishing work he is executed bringing the world of Elixir to life. Together with Victor, co-writer Ricky Mammone is without doubt one of the most enjoyable new voices in comics and it has been a pleasure to create these characters and inform this story with him. I’ve all the time needed to inform an unique fantasy story, and Elixir is a mixture of lots of our shared loves.”
“So excited to be working with Frank and Victor bringing this fantastical, but very grounded and human, story to life,” co-writer Ricky Mammone says. “And with all the pieces occurring with the environmental disaster these days, we really feel it’s extra pertinent than ever.”
The Elixir commerce paperback will arrive in comedian retailers and bookstores March twenty ninth, 2023. It’s out there for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and your native comedian store. Elixir will retail for $19.99.
