Publisher Oni Press has been been busy releasing a new wave of creator-owned titles in 2024, and they won't be slowing down in the latter half of the year. IGN can exclusively reveal Oni's latest new series, a folk-horror comic called The Autumn Kingdom.
The Autumn Kingdom is a collaboration between writer Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) and artist Christopher Mitten (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.). Get a closer look at the first issue in the slideshow gallery below:
The Autumn Kingdom's creative team also includes colorist Francesco Segala and letterer Taylor Esposito. Issue #1 features covers by Mitten, Alison Sampson (Hit-Girl), Malachi Ward (Black Hammer: The End), Daniel Vega (THE CODEX NOIRMATIC), and Vanesa R. Del Rey (Scarlet Witch).
Here's Oni's official description for The Autumn Kingdom:
Bestselling author Andrew Kier found the perfect place to finish his latest dark-fantasy novel—an idyllic, remote cabin on the edge of a lush Swedish forest. His young daughters, Sommer and Winter, gleefully explore . . . until they happen upon a strange clearing of ancient statues: goblins, dwarves, elves, and a warrior queen mysteriously missing her swordhand and weapon. When something sinister follows the girls home and viciously snatches their parents in the night, the sisters’ only hope may be that ancient relic, lost in the forest underbrush, waiting for a new champion to take it up...
“The words 'The Autumn Kingdom' have been written in one of my oldest journals for decades,” said Bunn in Oni's press release. “Over the years, I've returned to them again and again. I knew I wanted to tell a dark fantasy tale about the fairy realms. I just wasn't sure what that story might be until I stumbled onto the idea of Sommer and Winter, a pair of young sisters who find themselves alone, facing the forces of a supernatural realm. Their lives—and the lives of their parents—are on the line. Thank goodness they've discovered a nasty, death-dealing blade that seems to hunger for the blood of elves and trolls and goblins. Sommer and Winter are thrown down a violent path from which there may be no escape. No matter what, they won't get through this journey unscathed and unchanged.”
“For years—almost as long as we’ve both been making comics—Cullen and I have been wanting to work together on something,” said Mitten. “And that it’s this book, this story, makes it all the more special.”
The Autumn Kingdom #1 will be released on September 4, 2024.
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