James Tynion IV is engaged on a brand new Sandman one-shot with Maria Llovet for Thessaly, the witch who first appeared in Sandman’s A Game Of You.
James Tynion IV, the showrunner for DC Comics’ line of spinoff Sandman comedian books is engaged on a brand new one-shot with Maria Llovet with one Sandman character who has change into extra controversial in current instances, particularly since she final had a by-product sequence again in 2004. Thessaly, the witch who first appeared in Sandman‘s A Game Of You, had a protracted historical past with Dream, however had an agenda of her personal involving the Dreaming and the Cuckoo, and extra importantly Wanda. A trans lady character, she was particularly excluded by Thessaly from sure rituals as a result of she was trans, and he or she came visiting relatively… gender crucial/terfy. Pick the time period you’re happier with. Of course, that was 32 years in the past. She follows her current appearances in Nightmare Country and Dead Boy Detectives sequence, however placing the concentrate on her once more, could carry reappraisals of her historical past.
The immortal witch Thessaly is not any stranger to lifeless ends. But she’s gained the hearts of gods and beings extra highly effective than gods, and persistence has at all times been her robust swimsuit. Following her scheming machinations in Nightmare Country and Dead Boy Detectives, Thessaly is extra decided than ever to suss out the seemingly impenetrable thriller surrounding the dying of Madison Flynn. To try this, she’s going to should get near the supply materials—shut sufficient to magic herself into the job of screenwriter on Madison Flynn’s biopic. But she’s going to wish a bit assist to maintain the gig…maybe from a kind of Muses the King of Dreams instructed her about way back…The Sandman Universe Special: Thessaly reunites Nightmare Country visionary James Tynion IV with star Faithless artist Maria Llovet to take you on a journey by way of the festering darkness pulsating beneath Hollywood’s glitz and glamour!
The Sandman Universe Special: Thessaly #1 will probably be printed on Tuesday, the eleventh of July
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