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Dark Horse Puts De Campi, Partridge & Fitzpatrick Webtoon Into Print

Dark Horse puts Alex De Campi, Skylar Partridge and Kelly Fitzpatrick's magical realism webtoon comic Reversal into print next year

Published Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:58:09 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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Dark Horse to print De Campi, Partridge & Fitzpatrick's 'Reversal' in March 2025.
The webtoon explores a world where magic returns after nature's laws reverse.
Alex De Campi nominated for an Eisner Award for the graphic album 'Parasocial'.
'Reversal' combines contemporary fantasy with adventure in a post-magic world.

In 2022, Alex De Campi, Skylar Patridge and Kelly Fitzpatrick launched a new comic book series on Webtoon, about a world in which magic had returned, after a reversal of the laws of nature. And it is called Reversal. The series ended last year, but it has been picked up by Dark Horse Comics for publication in 2025.

This comes as Alex De Campi is nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New for Parasocial, with Erica Henderson. De Campi wrote back then"It has oddly been a lot of fun (but a BUNCH of work) to take a book written / drawn for print (it has a publisher, obvs) and re-lay it out for Webtoon / Tapas. It's a fascinating design exercise? The biggest thing I learned is sometimes you need panels like this, FOR PACING."

Though the first issue is more about the scientific community reporting on magic as a real and observable thing now. And it smacks rather of scientists trying to inform the public of the realities of the coronavirus pandemic.

Because at some point, someone is always going to ask about the baby with the horns in its head. No matter what the emergency.

If only every answer could be delivered so concisely. Reversal by Alex De Campi, Skylar Patridge and Kelly Fitzpatrick will be published by Dark Horse Comics for March 2025.

"Two years ago, magic suddenly, violently became a thing again. Now, Tré Grant is just doing her best to survive sixth grade, which is a little more real than it used to be thanks to the monsters that regularly emerge from the nearby forest to attack her city. But when she discovers a magical artifact that could be the key to lifting the curse on the forest, Tré accidentally becomes the hero the city needs, even if she's not the one it expects. A contemporary fantasy/action-adventure story from Eisner-nominated writer Alex de Campi, and artists Skylar Patridge and Kelly Fitzpatrick."