For the reason that introduction of the YouNeek YouNiverse in early 2021, Darkish Horse has been thrilled to convey Roye Okupe’s imaginative and prescient of genuine African superheroes to the printed web page for a worldwide viewers. Now, Darkish Horse will proceed to publish the YouNeek line and a brand new world of tales in The Asiri!
“I believe I would like somebody to pinch me as a result of I really feel like I’m residing in a dream or some kind of alternate universe. I believed I used to be on high of the world once we introduced the publishing take care of Darkish Horse final 12 months. However now that it is official that we will be extending this deal…WOW!” mentioned creator, Roye Okupe. “I really feel so lucky and I’m additionally humbled by the religion everybody at Darkish Horse has put into this. It simply goes to point out you the way dedicated Darkish Horse as an organization is to rising our trade and making huge bets on and investing in range. Everybody at YouNeek Studios could not be extra enthusiastic about this partnership and I can’t anticipate followers new and previous to see the superb issues we’re engaged on.”
The following wave of YouNeek books begins with the eleventh graphic novel quantity within the YouNeek YouNiverse, Iyanu: Youngster of Surprise Quantity 4, scheduled for March 4, 2024, and the launch of the extremely anticipated Asiri line (aka The Asiriverse) will occur in April 2024 with The Asiri Quantity 1. Dubbed as “X-Males meets Assault on Titan,” The Asiri is an area exploration fantasy epic just like the world has by no means seen earlier than.
“So, once I first got here up with the idea for The Asiri, one of many phrases that stored coming to thoughts was… ‘Africans in house? Heck yeah!’ I’ve all the time been an enormous fan of fantasy and sci-fi tales with expansive and immersive worlds that also handle to inform a really character-driven story,” mentioned Okupe.
“My aim with The Asiri is not any totally different. It is a large world with larger-than-life (generally fairly actually) heroes, villains and other people but to determine. Nevertheless, on the coronary heart of this universe is a character-driven story centered across the battle between a pacifist king and his warmongering normal, who additionally occurs to be his closest buddy.”
To make amends for the inventive choices from the partnership between Darkish Horse and YouNeek Studios, make sure to try Malika: Warrior Queen Volumes 1 and 2, E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams Quantity 1, Iyanu: Youngster of Surprise Quantity 1, and WindMaker Quantity 1, all on sale now wherever books are bought.
Reward for YouNeek Studios:
“Wale Williams—and his setting of ‘Lagoon Metropolis’—is to Lagos what Gotham Metropolis is to New York.” —Forbes
“’Bout time!” –Jamie Foxx
“E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams is the fast-paced, afro-futurist graphic novel from Roye Okupe.” –CNN
