{"id":22313,"date":"2022-03-18T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=22313"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:55:56","slug":"return-to-the-world-of-christine-larsens-orcs-in-new-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/18\/return-to-the-world-of-christine-larsens-orcs-in-new-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to the World of Christine Larsen\u2019s ORCS! in New Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover Brand New Adventures with New Faces and Familiar Figures From Acclaimed Cartoonist in June 2022<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

BOOM! Studios today announced an all-new original four-issue comic book series,\u00a0ORCS!: THE CURSE<\/strong>\u00a0by cartoonist Christine Larsen (Adventure Time, By Night<\/em>), spinning a new adventure in the world of the beloved misfit\u00a0ORCS!<\/strong>, with some familiar faces and a brand new set of characters who could turn out to be the greatest friends\u2014or foes\u2014you\u2019ll ever encounter, available in June 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fun and fantastical\u00a0ORCS!\u00a0<\/strong>return with a brand new adventure that\u2019s darker and more rambunctious than ever! After returning from their travels and celebrating with a dance party, a prank gone wrong inadvertently unleashes something ancient and evil. Even worse, in a tower in the middle of a dark forest, a wizard with grand, sinister plans needs a real army, and his sight turns toward the Orcish tribe\u2026<\/p>\n

A Harvey Award-nominated cartoonist, Christine Larsen has illustrated licensed comics for\u00a0Adventure Time, Samurai Jack, Regular Show,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Kung Fu Panda<\/em>; while creating the original series\u00a0ORCS!<\/strong>\u00a0and co-creating\u00a0By Night<\/em>\u00a0with Boom Studios. A litany of independently published work also adorns her curriculum vitae. Her illustrations have been hung at the Society of Illustrators. Meanwhile, in the bowels of Philadelphia, she teaches classes in the mystic arts of comic making and illustration. Larsen resides with the rest of her small goblin clan in a north Philadelphia row home.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the second book of the series,\u00a0THE CURSE\u00a0<\/strong>introduces new allies (and reunites us with some old friends) as the tribe battles a wizard\u2019s wrath, unleashes an ancient evil, discovers horrible secrets, and fights for its future. \u00a0Of course, along the way, there’s plenty of guts and glory,\u201d said Larsen.<\/p>\n

ORCS!\u00a0<\/strong>is the latest release from BOOM! Studios\u2019 award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, home to comics for middle grade and younger readers including original series\u00a0Just Beyond\u00a0<\/em>by R.L. Stine,\u00a0The Princess Who Saved Herself<\/em>\u00a0by Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton, and Takeshi Miyazawa,\u00a0Forever Home\u00a0<\/em>by Jenna Ayoub, Jo & Rus by Audra Winslow,\u00a0Hex Vet<\/em>\u00a0by Sam Davies,\u00a0Drew and Jot\u00a0<\/em>by Art Baltazar,\u00a0Hotel<\/em>\u00a0Dare<\/em>\u00a0by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre,\u00a0RuinWorld<\/em>\u00a0by Derek Laufman, and\u00a0Pandora\u2019s Legacy<\/em>\u00a0by Bones Leopard and Kelly & Nichole Matthews.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet ready for a brand new adventure in the world of the\u00a0ORCS!<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019re back to join our misunderstood gang of impromptu heroes for more trouble-making and misadventure across the Known World, but we\u2019ll also meet new, unfamiliar faces and creatures, and come up against new threats,\u201d said Sophie Philips-Roberts, Editor, BOOM! Studios. \u201cIf you thought you\u2019d seen the worst trouble these orcs could get into before, it\u2019s nothing compared to what\u2019s facing them in . . .\u00a0THE CURSE<\/strong>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Print copies of\u00a0ORCS!: THE CURSE #1\u00a0<\/strong>will be available for sale in June 2022 at local comic book shops\u00a0(use\u00a0comicshoplocator.com<\/a>\u00a0to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more on\u00a0ORCS!<\/strong>\u00a0and other projects from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to\u00a0boom-studios.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow\u00a0@boomstudios<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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