A young lady becomes her sibling to save her people in A SPARROW’S ROAR.
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Media release — BOOM! Studios today revealed A SPARROW’S ROAR, a brand new original graphic book from cartoonist C.R. Chua as well as co-writer Paolo Chikiamco about a young knight who need to presume the identity of her sibling in buy to save her kingdom, which will debut in stores October 2019.
Elena of Esterpike is the revered commander of the most famed warriors in all the land— the legendary Lions of Esterpike. however when catastrophe strikes, it is her sibling Per, a simple knight-in-training, who need to gather allies in the deal with of an opponent even the Lions might not defeat. together with the assist of Elena’s second-in-command Amelia, Per takes on the function of her best older sibling as she travels to the funding city to rally the troops as well as persuade the generals of their neighboring city-states to supply aid against the oncoming horde. however she’ll have to stay on her toes as the poisonous intrigue of the court tears away at her trick identity as well as makes it that much harder to develop the forces needed to fend off the coming invasion.
C.R. Chua is an artist as well as illustrator who is thinking about themes of identity, self-realizations as well as friendship. She has helped BOOM! Studios as a colorist as well as artist on titles such as experience Time, Steven Universe, as well as routine Show. She likewise illustrated the story Humanity in the Philippine national book Award-nominated comic anthology, Mythspace.
“I’m ecstatic to lastly share A SPARROW’S ROAR with the world. At its core, it’s a story about siblings as well as sisters, about filling the areas they leave behind, as well as about the power of a stubbornly uncomfortable cog to wreck the most thoroughly created of machines,” stated writer as well as artist, C.R. Chua. “I likewise like drawing women in armor very, extremely much.”
Paolo Chikiamco is a Filipino writer of prose, comics, as well as interactive fiction. His prose has been published in anthologies such as The Sea is Ours as well as the very best of Philippine Speculative Fiction, as well as his interactive wrestling book Slammed! was released by option of Games. He has likewise served as a judge on several events for the graphic Literature classification of the national book awards in the Philippines.
“The women in my life have always been what society would dub as ‘strong’—but they were always just women to me, as well as stamina just an innate characteristic. Tina as well as I wished to tell a story with a cast of women warriors, in a setting where they’d be significant for their skill rather than their sex,” stated co-writer, Paolo Chikiamco. “With A SPARROW’S ROAR, we hope we can immerse visitors in such a world… as well as then make them concern for its survival, of course.”
A SPARROW’S ROAR is the current release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, house to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn Allen, as well as Noelle Stevenson; gigantic Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, as well as Max Sarin; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin as well as Noah Hayes; Misfit City by Kiwi Smith, Kurt Lustgarten, as well as Naomi Franquiz; fence by C.S. Pacat as well as Johanna The Mad; as well as Goldie Vance by hope Larson as well as Brittney Williams.
“A SPARROW’S ROAR is a lovely fantasy tale, full of intrigue, dueling knights, as well as science that genuinely delves deep into the concepts of identity as well as what it takes to step as much as the fight,” stated Shannon Watters, senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “The stunning illustrations as well as appealing characters will instantaneously hook any type of fan of high fantasy as well as grand adventures!”
Print copies of A SPARROW’S ROAR will be offered available for sale in October 2019 at regional comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to discover the nearest one), bookstores or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. digital copies can be bought from material providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, as well as the BOOM! Studios app.
For a lot more on A SPARROW’S ROAR as well as other jobs from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com as well as comply with @boomstudios on Twitter.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios was established by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of producing world-class comic book as well as graphic book storytelling for all audiences. with the advancement of four unique imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, as well as Archaia—BOOM! has created award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, The Woods, gigantic Days, Klaus, as well as mouse Guard, while likewise breaking new ground with well established licenses such as WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, animation Network, as well as The Jim Henson business propenull