Dan Panosian & Alessio Petillo's Red Sonja To Go "Old School" Savage

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Dynamite Entertainment is to publish a brand new Red Sonja comedian by Dan Panosian, Alessio Petillo and Francesco Segala. this November.

Dynamite Entertainment is to publish a brand new Red Sonja comedian e-book sequence operating alongside the continued sequence, that continues the fiftieth anniversary for the character, Savage Red Sonja this November, written by Dan Panosian and drawn by Alessio Petillo and Francesco Segala.

Dynamite states that the tone and method will hearken again to the unique Robert E. Howard threads of sword and sorcery. “While the beloved Hyrkanian heroine will unleash her vicious side, with thrilling drive and action.”

“The fast-paced tale of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural finds Red Sonja tracking down a fabled gem from a crumbled, ancient kingdom. Along her adventure alone through a dangerous wasteland, she comes across a wayward prince and his fellow redheaded bride. The trio are afforded just a brief opportunity to get to know each other before they’re ambushed by a monstrous beast from below their very feet! And that’s just the beginning!”

“We all have doubts about the paths in life we’ve chosen. This story explores the course Red Sonja’s life has taken and how it has affected her,” stated author Dan Panosian. “Does she have any misgivings? Doubts? Fears? Regrets? Couple that with a very mysterious adventure and you have Savage Red Sonja!”

Panosian’s art work for big franchises like X-Men, Captain America and the early days of Image Comics made him a celebrity. Over the years each his model and his diversified contributions to comics have developed and made him a real all-purpose renaissance man within the artwork kind. His artwork has by no means been higher, as displayed with the lead covers he’ll be doing for this sequence. While his writing on Alice Ever After, An Unkindness of Ravens, Black Tape, Slots, and extra has garnered an entire new layer of followers.

In addition to the covers by Panosian, Savage Red Sonja can even characteristic variants by Frank Cho and Arthur Adams.

“Only a character like Red Sonja can deliver savagery quite like this! Panosian and the team are hearkening back to the classic era of Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery. Red Sonja finds herself tasked with tracking down a long hidden, mysterious gem from an ancient and crumbled kingdom. She’ll be traveling along through a dangerous wasteland, at least up until she comes across a wayward prince and his betrothed trying to escape fearsome bandits. Then a giant serpent erupts from beneath the sands. And that’s only the beginning… This new tale is filled with suspense, the supernatural, and all with a savage take on Sonja at the center!”

“I wanted to write a story that combines heroic fantasy and elements of mystery – but I also wanted to examine the mindset of Red Sonja,” stated author Dan Panosian. “She’s not only a savage warrior but she’s also very cunning and calculated. So, creating a story that centers around a mystery seemed like the perfect way to capture both sides of everyone’s favorite She Devil with a Sword!”

SAVAGE RED SONJA #1 is solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors’ September 2023 Previews catalog, the premier supply of merchandise for the comedian e-book specialty market, and slated for launch in November 2023. Comic e-book followers are inspired to preorder copies of the difficulty with their native comedian e-book retailers. It can even be accessible for particular person buyer buy by way of digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Dynamite Digital, ComicsPlus, and extra!