Coda is getting a sequel comic, to blast the eyeballs out of your skull with more fantasy art
Contrary to its title, 2018’s Coda was as much a beginning as it was an ending. The BOOM! Studios fantasy comic by writer Simon Spurrier (Way of X) and artist Matías Bergara (Hellblazer) functioned as a sort of epilogue to The Lord of the Rings, exploring the aftermath of a great battle that wiped out magic and left hordes of urken soldiers (Coda’s version of orcs) without a mission.
The book delivered astounding spectacle, earning Bergara an Eisner Award nomination for Best Artist, balanced with a deeply personal story about the dysfunctional relationship between a spineless former bard, Hum, and his urken berserker wife, Serka.
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The couple and their turbocharged pentacorn (that is, a unicorn who’s been exposed to so much weird magic it’s mutated four more horns), Nag, seemingly found peace at the end of Coda’s first series, but like so many fantasy storytellers before them, Spurrier and Bergara can’t resist the urge to return to this world. That’s why Coda is back for a sequel series debuting in September, reuniting the team to explore the next phase of the couple’s relationship while ushering in a new age of magic.
“It’s an absolute pleasure and privilege to welcome back one of BOOM!’s seminal titles,” said BOOM! Studios Executive Editor Eric Harburn. “In 2018, Si and Matías built a post-modern fantasy masterpiece that was years ahead of its time; in 2023, they’re back to do it again with a new chapter in the lives of Hum, Serka, and the Nag.”
Spurrier and Bergara’s creative rapport has only gotten stronger since the first Coda, with the two of them working together on DC’sThe Dreaming as well as Image’s Step By Bloody Step, a silent miniseries that pushed Bergara’s visual storytelling to even greater
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