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Heavy Metal To Publish Natasha Alterici's Heathen

Published Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:00:03 -0500

Last year, Natasha Alterici digitally published Heathen, a Viking fantasy comic book about Aydis, a young female hunter banished from her village for being gay, who finds a parallel in the Norse story of Brynhild, cursed by Odin to live in exile . And Aydis as the one who might free her from her fiery prison at the top of a mountain in exchange for marriage.

Alyterci successfully Kickstartered the publication of the comic as a print collection earlier in the year, and now it is to be published again by Heavy Metal, serialised as single issues. Which could find the comic a whole new audience.

HEATHEN #1
(W/A/CA) Natasha Alterici
Banished Viking warrior Aydis is leaving her small-minded village far behind to embark upon a quest. Her big idea? To right the wrongs of corrupt God-King Odin, that's all. The first step of her journey is to find the cursed Valkyrie Brynhild and set her free, but a deadly shape-shifting spy stands in Aydis's way. Hail Heathen! The critically-acclaimed debut of Natasha Alterici that defies feminine archetypes while cleaving the skull of genre conventions. (STL016132)
32pgs, FC $3.99

Also coming from Heavy Metal in September…

AFTERMATH: BIG CLEAN #2
(W/A/CA) Kevin Molen, Matt Molen
Introducing Chrome Dome and Khaoc! This incendiary duo is one part barroom braggart and one part edgy junkie. Follow their fight through the walls and into the streets as blood is spilled along with the beans. (STL016134)
MATURE THEMES
COVER A—32pgs, FC $3.50
COVER B—32pgs, FC $3.50

THE ATOLL #2
(W) Tim Daniel (A) Ricardo Drumond (CA) Ricardo Drumond, Joana Lafuente
Far off the Australian coast, Olympic athlete Story Helms is being held captive at the Atoll fighting arena, where she has been forced to witness combatants mauled to death by a massive Great White shark. In her first test by the arena's pit-boss Viktor, Story is given a deadly ultimatum. No matter the outcome, success or failure means certain death. (STL016136)
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (2 of 5) $3.50

COURT OF THE DEAD #3
(W) Corinna Bechko (A) Ivan Koritarev (CA) Ian MacDonald
An enlightened Shard faces all manner of challenges, not the least of which is crossing swords Death's adopted daughter, the fallen angel valkyrie, Kier. A crisis of spirit draws the two powerhouses together to thwart a malevolent appetite. Meanwhile, the face of treachery is unmasked and strikes a brutal blow. (STL016137)
32pgs, FC $3.50

THE PAYBACKS #3
(W) Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal (A/CA) Geoff Shaw
Betrayal! Revenge! War! And a journey to the center of an endless labyrinth filled with crazy (k)nightmare stuff inside an infinite mansion inside a super cool guy van! Order this book or the bunny gets it! #thanks (STL016138)
32pgs, FC $3.50

REINCARNATE #2
(W) Michael Moreci (A/CA) Keith Burns
The self-published cult favorite from Michael Moreci (Roche Limit, Hoax Hunters) and Keith Burns (The Boys, Ex-Con) continues to Heavy Metal! After a confrontation with El Panda, Nate discovers things may not be as they seem. And if things weren't bad enough for Nate, the mysterious assassin makes an attempt to finish what he started.. ReincarNATE is currently in development as a TV show! (STL016139)
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC $3.50

SKIP TO THE END #2
(W) Jeremy Holt (A/CA) Alex Diotto
Jonny loathes Narcotic Anonymous meetings but dammit, he'll go, and not to just try to kick the habit. Enter Emily, meeting moderator and budding journalist, who encourages Jonny to revisit his past as a means of closure, which inspires him to test the limits of the guitar and just how far he'll go to save the band. (STL016140)
32pgs, FC (2 of 4) $3.99

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