Award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is pleased to announce
they are teaming up with Macrocosm Entertainment to publish Lantern City, a
yearlong 12-issue maxi-series from the Archaia imprint that dives headfirst
into the Steampunk genre. This will be the first single issue maxi-series
published by Archaia since it first started publishing The Secret History in
2007.
Lantern City is a sci-fi saga set in a world that is a dark
mirror of our own. Breathtaking, unfamiliar, and terrifying, the walled
metropolis of Lantern City is divided by class and geography. Citizens—those
who occupy the sordid street-level neighborhoods—tirelessly keep the city
going, while the ruling class of the Grey Empire lives high above the populace
where they bargain and manipulate for every ounce of power they can muster.
Strange science and a criminal network can be found far below the city in the
underground, where violence is the only way to negotiate.
Through the chaos of oppression and rebellion, heroes will
rise and empires will topple in this sweeping tale of a world where good, evil,
romance, and violence combine like a gearbox to highlight the Steampunk genre
as never before.
Macrocosm CEO Trevor Crafts remarked, “We couldn’t be more
excited to partner with BOOM! Studios and Archaia. Creativity and innovation
has always been the cornerstone of their business. At the heart of the Lantern
City saga is a simple question: How far would you go to be with the person you
love the most? It is what drives every character and every action they take,
good or bad, and we are thrilled to explore this new world and these new
stories with Archaia and bring Lantern City to fans all over the world.”
“The entire Macrocosm team blew us away with their passion
and what they’ve already built with Lantern City,” said BOOM! Studios
Editor-in-Chief Matt Gagnon. “This story has the irresistible draw of the
Steampunk genre, and it’s big in scope, which makes us want to explore every
inch of Lantern City. When you combine that with a powerful story of love and
survival you have the makings of an epic tale. This is the biggest story
Archaia has done in single issues yet, and we’re thrilled to be working with
Macrocosm to bring Lantern City to comics.”
BOOM! Studios and Archaia will announce additional details
about this exciting new series later this year.
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