New upstart writer DSTLRY continues its rollout with one other star-studded collection announcement. Creators Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay are teaming for Somna, set to launch in November. The collection is one the pair, who will every present writing and artwork for the title, have reportedly been creating for over a decade, and is described as “erotic folk-horror.”
Here’s how DSTLRY describes Somna extra absolutely:
Set amidst the terrifying backdrop of the witch hunts in a quiet 1600s English village, Somna follows one girl’s escape from the confines of her puritanical world. Ingrid is unhappily married to Roland, the city’s bailiff and chief witch hunter, who has launched into a single-minded quest to purge the ‘heretics’ of their midst. After a outstanding city chief is discovered murdered, accusations fly and nobody is above reproach from Roland’s lethal campaign. Ingrid has her suspicions about who the true assassin is, however at the same time as she searches for the reality, she’s pursued by a shadowy determine. Ingrid gravitates to the foreboding phantom in methods she will be able to’t resist; does this otherworldly seduction maintain the important thing to the thriller? Or will he rattling Ingrid’s soul to the blackest circle of Hell?
Each 48-page challenge of Somna might be offered in an outsized, square-bound format. The new collection spins out of “What Blighted Flame Burns in Thee?”, Cloonan & Lotay’s entry in DSTLRY’s upcoming premiere anthology one-shot, The Devil’s Cut. Richard Starkings supplies the letters for that story, although the letterer for Somna isn’t recognized within the announcement. It’s the most recent collection announcement from DSTLRY after Gone, a brand new ebook from Jock that additionally will get its begin in The Devil’s Cut.
In the assertion asserting the collection, Cloonan and Lotay described the lengthy highway to bringing the ebook to readers:
“Somna culminates from a decade plus reveling in the darkest mythologies of history,” co-creator Becky Cloonan explains. “Being able to explore these lifetime obsessions alongside one of my favorite creators has made this a career-defining project.”
“I can’t express how excited I am to finally see Somna conjured into existence,” co-creator Tula Lotay continues. “Becky and I have been finessing this brutally dark and sexy journey for years, and there’s been nothing like it before in comics.”
Look for Somna to reach in shops in November.
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