Andrew Wheeler Blends Romance and Sports in New Comic Series (Exclusive)
Andrew Wheeler, the award-winning writer behind Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace and the Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurer's Guides, will pen a new series set in the competitive world of varsity tug-of-war, Love and War. The series features art by Killian Ng and Guillermo Saavedra, letters by Aditya Bidikar and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, colors by C.R. Chua and edits by Allison O’Toole. The first of five issues will debut on April 12 digitally as aComiXology Original, and in print from Dark Horse Books in September.
Love and War is set in Rosecastle, "a city of poets and soldiers, romantics and revolutionaries," where two rival academies contend for the tug-of-war championship. This year, the Aster Academy team is determined to win against their rivals Kingdom College. The protagonist is Domo Novak, a heavy-set and shy boy who is surprisingly named co-captain after the star of the team, Gabriel, unexpectedly defects for Kingdom College. Domo will have to struggle not only to earn his captain spot under pressure from his rival and co-captain Jocasta but also with his feelings for Gabriel and for the new recruit, Emil.
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“Love and War is a romantic sports comedy about how our conflicting passions can pull us in different directions,” said Wheeler. “It’s a fun, upbeat, inclusive rom-com about love, friendship, and competition in a world that takes varsity tug-of-war much too seriously!" Enjoy this exclusive preview of the cover and the first pages of Love and War, courtesy of ComiXology.
The setting of the story, with the fictional city of Rosecastle and the rival academies, seems influenced by romantic fantasy, similarly to Wheeler's fantasy comic series, Another
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