Award-winning unbiased writer, Z2, is collaborating with Bruce Dickinson for an unique comedian collection tied to his upcoming solo album The Mandrake Venture. This 12-issue restricted collection saga guarantees an epic battle between science and magic, with the facility of immortality hanging within the stability.
Dickinson has poured his artistic vitality into this mission for over a decade, collaborating with a powerhouse crew of comedian veterans to deliver his imaginative and prescient to life. Tony Lee, recognized for his work on Physician Who, Marvel, and DC comics, weaves the narrative, whereas Staz Johnson‘s (Marvel, DC) beautiful art work brings the characters and world to life. Eisner-winner Invoice Sienkiewicz (Moon Knight, New Mutants) delivers fascinating covers, whereas Troy Peteri (Wonderful Spider-Man, Witchblade) and Gabo (DC, Picture) deal with the lettering and coloring, respectively.
The joy begins on January 17, 2024, with the discharge of the primary problem at comedian retailers and on-line at Z2comics. To have fun, a restricted variety of 666 particular “Signed Bundles” have been made available today, that includes the next:
- One (1) Mandrake Venture Foil Collector’s Card, signed by Bruce Dickinson
- One (1) Felt Buying and selling Card Pouch
- One (1) Bruce Dickinson‘s Mandrake Venture, Concern No. 1
- One (1) Mandrake Venture 1st Printing Certificates of Authenticity
- One (1) Invoice Sienkiewicz illustrated Mandrake Artwork Print
“Early within the technique of writing my new album, the thought of a companion comedian ebook started to take form in my thoughts,” Dickinson explains. “So I approached Z2 who have been really helpful to me by Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy, The Defend) and Sacha Gervasi (My Dinner with Hervé, Anvil). I then discovered that my administration was already engaged on the POM Maiden graphic novel which I contributed the Revelations story to! I then pitched them with a totally fashioned idea and written storyline which they instantly understood and enthusiastically began fleshing out plans and concepts with me! I knew proper then, that they might be the proper artistic crew to assist deliver my very own concepts to fruition…and right here they’re!”
“Z2‘s mannequin has all the time rested firmly within the graphic novel area, however after we sat down with Bruce and mentioned the story of The Mandrake Venture, and the expertise that he needed the readers to have with it, we realized two essential issues: First, that this was a narrative that we needed to be part of. It reminded us of studying the enduring titles from Vertigo. The second realization was that The Mandrake Venture needed to be launched as a comic book collection and, as anybody in comics is aware of, releasing a collection is a distinct animal,” expressed Z2 Editor-in-Chief Rantz A. Hoseley.
The battle for immortality within the comics world begins this January!
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