Globally famend Italian comedian e book artist Mirka Andolfo, creator of the steamy sequence “Candy Paprika,” is releasing a brand new comedian titled “Blasfamous.” The story is ready in a world the place pop stars have ascended to divinity, dominated by a singer named Clelia who’s loosely impressed by Girl Gaga.
The brand new eros-infused horror comedian launches this month revealed by new American digital comics imprint Dstlry, co-founded by former Amazon execs David Steinberger and Chip Mosher.
Final yr, Andolfo received a prestigious Harvey Award for “Candy Paprika” — which was optioned by former Netflix exec Erik Barmak’s Wild Sheep for an animated sequence adaptation — and has been collaborating with DC Comics since 2015. She has achieved art work for titles reminiscent of “Marvel Girl,” “Harley Quinn,” “DC Bombshells” and the upcoming “Batman: White Knight Presents – Era Joker.”
In “Blasfamous,” Andolfo depicts a world the place pop music stars “are honored like saints,” she says, including that “they commerce their souls for fame and social media followers.” The sequence asks the essential query: “What number of followers is your soul value?”
With the plenty bowing in veneration to a brand new technology of idols, Clelia, the reigning queen of pop, finds her throne shaken by a newcomer who radiates enigmatic appeal.
For the character of Clelia, Andolfo drew inspiration from Girl Gaga. “Despite the fact that you may not assume that when it comes to the best way she appears, however I feel it may be intuited,” she says. When Clelia’s reigning standing is threatened, she and her “demonic agent,” Father Lev, resort to excessive measures to defend her sizzling streak. “Blasfamous” blends Andolfo’s signature manga-inspired erotic fashion with “horror tropes,” she notes.
Requested whether or not she created “Blasfamous” with a display adaptation in thoughts, Andolfo says that, in contrast to “Candy Paprika,” she considers this sequence extra congenial for live-action somewhat than animation.
As for the potential viewers for “Blasfamous,” although her sequence are likely to have a robust feminine viewpoint, Andolfo says that “nowadays it is unnecessary to make feminine or male-skewed comics.”
“I create and write for everybody, men and women, regardless that some individuals attempt to pigeonhole my work as being extra for younger ladies,” she provides.
Mirka Andolfo
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