#8housemirror

Here is a sneak peek of what Hwei (Lalage) and me have been up to recently, and a reminder that Mirror - the story we are building together inside the 8house universe - starts in December the 2nd.

Parts One and Two are ready to preorder so, if you like what you see, please don’t forget to tell your local comic store. You can download a print version of the preorder form included above through this link to take it with you.

The official titles are:

8HOUSE #6 MIRROR PART ONE (OF 4) Item code SEP150518 8HOUSE #7 MIRROR PART TWO (OF 4) Item code OCT150524

MIRROR starts with a four part sci-fantasy story arc focussed on the House of Healers: a noble magical guild based on flesh and body magic. And it will be the first one of the 8house series to happen in continuity - from December to March - to follow later in another story.

Each issue contains 28 pages ( out of 32 ) of comic narrative: a main story and short epilogues, as well as concept art, designs, timeline keys and glossaries…

Please find a short synopsis for the first part below:

Zun, an evolved lab rat, has lived in the Esagila all her life with her best friend and maker Ivan. She is used to all the strange things within it - man-animal hybrids, mythological creatures made flesh, memories of animal rebellions, and stories of past tragedies. But when the head mage Kazbek proves too ruthless in his search for results, she finds herself entrusted with a new and urgent duty - to find a legend from the colony's past and Ivan's regrets, to try to stop him.

If you want to know more about 8house, David Brothers wrote a really nice article in the Image site explaining everything.

Here is the press note for Mirror Part One including some preview pages.

The first issues of Arclight, Kiem and Yorris have been already released and they are available here.

Also the magnificent From Under Mountains.

Mirror is a four part sci-fantasy story arc, created by Hwei Lim and yours truly, that will run from November to February published by Image Comics.

Connected with the 8house universe it follows the House of Healers, a noble magical guild focussed on flesh and body magic.

Each issue will contain 28 pages ( out of 32 ) of comic narrative: a main story written by me and drawn by Hwei and short epilogues written by Hwei and drawn by me, directly connected, to show more quiet and intimate interactions within the characters that will bring more light to the intrigue. I’ll also draw the rest of the backmatter that will include concept art, designs, timeline keys, a glossary… all in  watercolors.

We describe the first book like this in the previews:

What is worthy of being human? EMMA RÍOS (PRETTY DEADLY, ISLAND) and HWEI LIM (LALAGE, HERO) team up to tell a new story within the 8HOUSE universe. MIRROR follows a terrorist talking dog, an idealist mage and a heroic lab rat on their quest for acceptance.

The rest will include animal rebellions, captured aliens, unfortunate quests, mythological creatures, misconceived humans, impossible love… and, in general, lots of drama.

The official title, or numbering, is 8house #6 Mirror Part One (of 4) and will be in stores on November the 12th.

This is a rather small book, and preordering helps a lot. If it works we may be even able to continue developing the universe. Here is a pdf with the preorder form we did to make things easier. You can download it directly from here:

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All these characters are precious to us and we are putting a lot of effort on the book. We truly hope you like it.

PSst...

If you want to know more about 8house you can read this great article Zainab wrote for Comics and Cola. And maybe take a look at this one where I tried to explain how the magic between the different teams works.

Also, just so you know, 8house Kiem by Xurxo and Brandon is out next week, and it’s to die for.

8house#7 Mirror (2 of 4) by Hwei Lim (lalage) and myself.

On the cover the shadow and the terrorist.

If you want to know more about 8house go here. Our Mirror will run from #6 to #9 starting in November.

8house is a sci-fantasy shared universe, in which several creators are working at the same time, brainstorming through each one series.

All of them share some elements but at the same time each one works as stand alone stories.

The collection starts with the two first installments of  8house: Arclight by Brandon Graham and Marian Churchland.

Arclight will be followed by 8house:Kiem (#1 /4) in August, by Brandon and Xurxo Penalta

and then by 8house:Yorris (#1 /4 and #2 /4) by Helen Maier and Fil Barlow  to be released in September and October.

Just after, from November to February, Mirror (#1, #2, #3, #4) will be out alltogether, and then the proper endings to the other three minis. This is the one in which Hwei Lim and I are working together.

The order for the releases was made to adjust the creators schedules, so you can get the most beautiful books.

At the same time From Under Mountains will happen simultaneously: an ongoing series that also belong to 8house by Marian, Claire Gibson and Sloane Leong, and really, it looks magnificent.