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Kissing Poison Ivy – Thorns DC Graphic Novel Preview

Published Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:35:42 -0600

Last updated Tue, 06 Aug 2024 07:00:19 -0500

New York Times bestselling author of The DUFF Kody Keplinger and artist Sara Kipin reimagine Poison Ivy from DC Comics antihero with a gothic-horror twist. Published later in 2021, Bleeding Cool has a preview of the original graphic novel, Poison Ivy – Thorns – which might give a flavour of what's to come.

Kissing Poison Ivy - Thorns DC Graphic Novel Preview — Credit: DC, Poison Ivy

There's something unusual about Pamela Isley–the girl who hides behind her bright red hair. The girl who won't let anyone inside to see what's lurking behind the curtains. The girl who goes to extreme lengths to care for a few plants. Pamela Isley doesn't trust other people, especially men. They always want something from her. Something she's not willing to give.

When cute goth girl Alice Oh comes into Pamela's life after an accident at the local park, she makes her feel like pulling back the curtains and letting the sunshine in. But there are dark secrets deep within the Isley house. Secrets Pamela's father has warned must remain hidden. Secrets that could turn deadly and destroy the one person who ever cared about Pamela, or as her mom preferred to call her…Ivy.

Will Pamela open herself up to the possibilities of love, or will she forever be transformed by the thorny vines of revenge?

Kody Keplinger is best known for written The DUFF as a YA novel when she was 17, published in 2011 with a movie in 2015, alongside sequel-ish novel Lying Out Loud. Keplinger has also published novels A Midsummer's Nightmare, That's Not What Happened and Shut Out. Sara Kipin has been working on an unannounced project from Marvel Comics, but previously worked as a storyboard artist on Samurai Jack, Spider-Man, as well as working on ThunderCats Roar and as a character designer on Trese. Poison Ivy: Thorns will be published on the 8th of June, 2021, for $16.99.