Black Magick Volume 1: Awakening I

by Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott (Artist), Chiara Arena (Artist), Jodi Wynne (Artist)

Overview

Collecting the first five issues of the critically-acclaimed new series from creators GREG RUCKA (Lazarus, Star Wars: Shattered Empire) and NICOLA SCOTT (Secret Six, Earth-2). Rowan Black is a detective with the Portsmouth PD... and a witch, two aspects of her life she has struggled to keep separate. Now someone is targeting Rowan, someone who knows her secrets and means to expose her... or worse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632156754
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	05/03/2016
Series:	Black Magick
Edition description:	Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Greg Rucka is a New York Times bestselling author of hundreds of comics and nearly two dozen novels. He has written for film, television, and video games, and he is currently developing his Image series LAZARUS, co-created by Michael Lark, with Legendary Pictures and Matt Tolmach Productions. His career has included critically acclaimed and Eisner-winning work in both the creator-owned and work-for-hire arenas. Rucka lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, author Jennifer Van Meter, and their two children, Elliot and Dashie.

Nicola Scott is an Australian comic book artist working primarily in the American industry. With a history in theater and costume design, Nicola started pursuing a comics career in 2001 and by 2006 was the first Australian to become a staple of the U.S. mainstream. She quickly became a fan-favorite, working exclusively for DC Comics on iconic characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman and team titles Birds Of Prey, Secret Six, Teen Titans, and the New York Times bestseller Earth 2.

2016 saw the launch of her critically acclaimed creator-owned Image Comics maxi-series Black Magick and DC’s Wonder Woman: Year One to celebrate the character's 75th anniversary, both in collaboration with writer Greg Rucka. Also in 2016, Nicola partnered with DC Comics and The United Nations to create the key art for Wonder Woman’s Honorary Ambassadorship For Women and Girls.She’s appeared in W Magazine, Vogue Australia, Frankie Magazine, has written for The Guardian, and guest judged on both Australian and U.S. reality shows. She’s given talks at Graphic Festival, ACAF, Araza Women Presents, and gave a keynote at the 2018 Adobe Max Creative Conference.Nicola lives in the Blue Mountains with her husband and their cat.

Editorial Reviews

SHELF-AWARENESS - Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott's Black Magick (Image Comics, $9.99) is both accessible and supremely suspenseful, a stand-out in large part due to its protagonist, a detective and—secretly—a witch. The character's unlikely occupation allows the creators to combine horror and police procedural to a remarkably effective degree, with humor occasionally playing off Scott's foreboding art.

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