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A Garden of the Spheres by Linnea Sterte

Long in the works (since at least 2021), A Garden of the Spheres is an epic – and stunningly beautiful – work of comics fantasy, of the world-building, science-fictional variety. The world Sterte has built for us here is a world of gods and monsters, one that evokes our pre-industrial past, when humans lived more in harmony with nature, while simultaneously embodying a magical and mythical halcyon age where occurrences and abilities that we, today, would call supernatural are simply presented as de facto, and so constitutes an alternate, fantastical history, a kind of “never was”. 

This volume is her most substantial work to date, running 336 pages, craft printed on a choice of papers perfectly suited for the work, which allow the colors to recede or advance, to simmer or pop, so as to best convey the moment and mood, all signature bound in a softcover with French-flapped dustjacket; and it's only "Book One".

🩸Ex.Mag vol V ‘BLOODSUCKER’ is now live on Kickstarter! Genre: VAMPIRE 🩸

Edited by me and Patrick Crotty for Peow2

Lineup is crazy, featuring EVIL and COOL work by:

BARK BARK GIRL is back in print! The 2nd edition of my graphic novel is out now, published a second time by the mighty PEOW! The cover is slightly different now.

Last year I wrote a three-part year-in-review that was a fun way to summarize the year for others and also remind myself of everything I set in motion after returning to comics after a break. Here's 2023's look back at a year of writing comics:

Pulp Literature

Issue 37 of Pulp Literature included "A Cold Place Between the Shores" by me and @ohotnig, a sci-fi story in which the killing of a bear causes tension that may lead to war unless a lieutenant and a bear can negotiate peace. The story was published in black and white (as was "Forgive My Delay" which was published in issue 36), but the story appears in color in my collection A Cold Place Between the Shores (more on the collection below).

● “A Cold Place Between the Shores”

● “Forgive My Delay"

▼ A page from “A Cold Place Between the Shores” by Artyom Trakhanov▼

Last Chance to Find Duke

Shang Zhang’s Last Chance to Find Duke, which I edited, was published by @peowstudio at the end of 2022 and quickly sold out; it was reprinted this year but sold out again. It was selected as one of the Beat’s 30 Best Comics of 2022 and was also nominated for an Ignatz Award for ‘Outstanding Graphic Novel’. Hopefully it'll be reprinted again soon!

▼ Last Chance to Find Duke by Shang Zhang ▼

A Column of Ashes

Book of Fuligin, an anthology inspired by the work of Gene Wolfe, which includes the sci-fi/horror story "A Column of Ashes" by me and H. Berlin, was successfully crowdfunded and will, after a few delays, hopefully be published early next year (as is the case with the similarly delayed After the End, which includes the story "Lápida" by me and Tim Fischer).

● "A Column of Ashes"

● "Lápida"

▼ A panel from "A Column of Ashes" by H. Berlin▼

A Cold Place Between the Shores

I reprinted A Cold Place Between the Shores, my self-published collection of three short stories: the titular story illustrated by @ohotnig; "The Tea House" illustrated by @lemlemur; "Dafina" illustrated by @davidaguado142. I redesigned the cover of the reprint and added a few pages of sketches and concept art for each story.

The collection is now distributed by Strangers in the US and is otherwise available directly from me.

● “A Cold Place Between the Shores”

● “The Tea House”

● “Dafina”

▼ The cover of A Cold Place Between the Shores by David Aguado▼

▼ The back cover of A Cold Place Between the Shores by Artyom Trakhanov▼

Anw.. this is my CSM OC: Peowa, "Peow" for short XD