Source Point Press has introduced the discharge of Etheres (March twenty second, 2023), a model new one-shot from up and coming Syrian writer Anas Abdulhak (Eleutheromania) with artist Dennis Menheere and letterer DC Hopkins (Nocterra). Etheres tells the poetic story of a girl’s journey via an unknown and threatening realm of the afterlife.
Following her passing, Valerie finds herself navigating a mysterious world often called Etheres– a realm the place souls go once they don’t belong wherever else. Valerie is accompanied by The Creature, a foreboding and taunting determine who guides her via this unknown realm. Valerie’s journey unfolds via poetic narration as she experiences her environment, recalling her previous life, her trauma, and why she believes she deserves to be there.
“This story is deeply personal for me as death has unfortunately been something I’m all too familiar with. Like many Syrians, I’ve had to deal with the loss of people we love. We’ve had to learn how to reckon with the looming threat of death, which inevitably brings up a lot of questions about the afterlife… What lies after, where we belong. Whether we’ve been good enough or if we’ve done enough. Those are themes I really wanted to touch upon and explore in Etheres”
By Anas Abdulhak
Illustrated by Dennis Menheere
Anas Abdulhak (they/them) is a writer and poet from Damascus, Syria whose first one-shot Eleutheromania, launched in early 2022, relied closely on poetic storytelling and summary imagery. They have since then gone on to create Objects in the Mirror, a efficiently crowdfunded comedian guide that tackles themes of identification, residence, and located household.
Etheres incorporates a cowl by inside artist Dennis Menheere, with letters by Ringo Nominated DC Hopkins and is edited by the creator of the Color of Always anthology Michele Abounader.
Dennis Menheere (he/him) is an artist and illustrator from the Netherlands. Etheres is his debut comedian guide and since engaged on it, he has gone on to work on a number of others together with The Negative Space Anthology in addition to quick comics and different initiatives which have but to be introduced.
Dennis added, “As a comic book reader, I tend to enjoy characters that I can relate to. I want to read a story that tackles issues I deal with – – issues we all deal with to a certain extent.” Said Dennis. “Anas’ work speaks to me on a personal level, and when I read the script for Etheres I wholeheartedly wanted to do it justice – I wanted to compliment Anas’ voice, and help get Valerie through her ordeal. Shape the realm she journeys through, make readers feel what she feels. Harrowing darkness and blinding colors. Just my thing!”
Print copies of Etheres shall be obtainable on the market in March 2023 solely at native comedian guide retailers (use comicshoplocator.com to seek out the closest one) or on the Source Point Press webstore.
For persevering with information on Etheres and extra from the inventive group, go to anasabdulhak.com / dennismenheere.com or observe them on Twitter @anas_abdulhak and @dennismenheere respectively.
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