The Heart Hunter, a dark fairy tale taking readers on a journey that explores immortality, love, and greed on a cursed island, is now on sale in stores and online. The original YA graphic novel is the second title from the new Legendary Comics YA imprint.
About The Heart Hunter:
The Heart Hunter is set on the cursed island of Envecor, where everyone is doomed to wear their heart outside their body and are immortal—unable to die, to change, to have children—until they find their soul mate. Paired soul mates are then turned mortal, freed from the curse, and able to leave. But all fairy tales have a dark side: those who don’t want to lose their immortality pay “Heart Hunters” to find their soul mates and kill them so they may remain immortal. Psyche, a Heart Hunter, is hired by the king to kill his soulmate. As she sets out on her quest, she begins her own journey of mending her broken heart and learning to trust again. Available on August 3, 2021 at: TheHeartHunter2021.com.
About the creators:
Mickey George (she/her) is a writer and illustrator, whose debut graphic novel The Heart Hunter will be out from Legendary Comics in August 2021, and is working on her LGBTQ+ steampunk webcomic The King of Trouble. When not writing comics, she works at the library and writes game scripts for visual novel apps. She currently lives in Salt Lake City with two big dogs, and way, way too many books.
V. Gagnon (they/them) is an illustrator, comic creator, and concept artist based in Northern Virginia. They received their BFA in Illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018. They love folklore, vivid colors, and fantastical creatures.
General Information:
Publication date: August 3, 2021
Publisher: Legendary Comics
Imprint: Legendary Comics YA
Format: Original Graphic Novel
Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9781681160740
Page Count: 160
Grades: 6 & up
Ages: 13-99
About Legendary Comics YA:
Legendary Comics YA is dedicated to telling original and character-driven stories across a wide array of genres. With a commitment to amplify new voices, spotlight diverse perspectives, and seek out passionate talent telling authentic stories, the imprint gives emerging and veteran artists a platform to share stories never told before and retell classics from a new point of view, in hopes to transport readers to other worlds that span a range of genres, from fantasy to historical fiction, and beyond. Titles include: Championess (inspired by the real-life bare-knuckle boxer Elizabeth Wilkinson in eighteenth century London from Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas); The Heart Hunter (exploring immortality, love, and greed from novelist Mickey George and artist V. Gagnon); Lupina (a six-part captivating saga about a young girl on a journey of revenge with her wolf companion from Eisner Award-nominated writer James F. Wright and artist Li Buszka); Tragic (a retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from a queer lens and told through the eyes of a 17-year-old girl), and The Witches of Silverlake (following Elliot Green and his coven of queer, teen witches in Los Angeles from singer-songwriter Simon Curtis).
For more information about The Heart Hunter, visit: TheHeartHunter2021.com.
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