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Little Bird in 2019 was a powerful debut from award-winning filmmaker Darcy Van Poelgeest and Angoulême-nominated artist Ian Bertram.
When Little Bird debuted in 2019, it was a breakout smash hit for Image Comics and a powerful creator-owned debut from award-winning filmmaker Darcy Van Poelgeest and Angoulême-nominated artist Ian Bertram. Not solely did the sequence launch effectively for Image, however went on to promote out a number of instances with the primary situation needing 4 printings to maintain up with demand and the remainder of the sequence bucking business attrition developments. Critics liked it as effectively, with the sequence being nominated for a Harvey Award and profitable an Eisner Award.
A follow-up sequence was introduced in 2020 by the artistic duo, Precious Metal, with an unique launch date of 2021… however then the pandemic occurred and the follow-up sequence was delayed. And because it appears like we’ll have to attend till no less than 2024 for Precious Metal, it will not be Image that releases Van Poelgeest’s second creator-owned sequence… will probably be Boom Studios.
Next month, Van Poelgeest is teaming with Stranger Things and Nightwing artist Caio Filipe to launch Lotus Land, a brand new sequence that reads to me like Old Dog meets Tokyo Ghost. Or Blade Runner meets The Mandalorian for those who like. Set in Van Poelgeest’s hometown of Vancouver in a future the place a brand new expertise referred to as the “Keeper Program” makes real-world miracles attainable. But an assault on the mysterious program threatens the lives of everybody tied to it; retired detective Bennie Strikman is named out to analyze one final case. Like Little Bird, this sequence guarantees heady sci-fi, formidable world-building, and a brand new artwork star within the making.
And that is not the one similarity between Little Bird and Lotus Land as a result of Van Poelgeest introduced co-creator Bertram alongside for example the 1-in-25 retailer incentive cowl, which is already being listed for presale on eBay at greater than double ratio . This marks the primary time the artistic duo has reunited since Little Bird, so this has all of the hallmarks of a chase merchandise for collectors.
As we identified just lately, Boom has been on a sell-out streak regardless of making all of their new launch titles returnable for retailers. Rare Flavours by Ram V and Felipe Andrade, which, like Lotus Land, is a follow-up sequence to the breakout hit The Many Deaths Of Laila Starr, has already gone to a 3rd printing, and from what I’m listening to, the second printing was allotted round 20% as a result of stock shortages at Diamond. Will Lotus Land observe an identical path?
Retailers and readers nonetheless have time to keep away from this destiny by securing their copies of Lotus Land #1 forward of FOC this coming Monday, October twenty third.
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(W) Darcy Van Poelgeest (A) Caio Filipe (CA) Ian Bertram
In a Vancouver of the long run painted with ultramodern decay, a groundbreaking development in expertise guarantees an finish to entropy itself. But when an assault on this mysterious “Keeper Program” threatens the lives of everybody tied to it, retired Police Detective Bennie Strikman is named to analyze one final case. Eisner-winning and Harvey-nominated author and director Darcy Van Poelgeest (Little Bird) is joined by rising star artist Caio Filipe (Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins) for this well timed and thought-provoking look into the human situation, set in a dystopia that is as grounded as it’s metaphysical.In Shops: Nov 15, 2023 SRP: $4.99
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