WINTER: BOOK 1
Creators: Dave Morris (writer) Leo Hartas (artist) Nikos Koutsis (Colourist) Martin McKenna (Cover)
There's a green comet in the sky and things are getting strange. Every day, fantasy and reality are getting harder to tell apart. Witches in bottles, warmongering cabbages from the planet Pluto, and a pteranodon roosting on the Eiffel Tower. Or is it a pterodactyl?
Jack Ember is caught between two very unreliable mentors. Talisin is a two-thousand year old wizard or an escaped madman - or possibly both. The Kind Gentleman is the sort of fairy godfather who'll grant you three wishes you can't refuse. Both of them have plans for Jack, who's spent his life dreaming of adventure and now is about to get rather more of it than he bargained for.
Mirabilis is an epic full-colour graphic novel drawn from the pages of Random House's weekly comic The DFC. A delightful fantasy adventure for all ages from 10 years and up.
MIRABILIS REVIEWS
"My continuing love for Mirabilis just grows and grows. I'm really looking forward to the collection that is definitely coming out at some point in the future."
-- Richard Burton, Forbidden Planet International
"The characters and events are believable, easy to understand and the script has a nice flow that is easy to read and lures you into it. There’s a nice narrative/storytelling feel to the script, almost musical.
"The art by Hartas fits the story. The linework is smooth, not cluttered. The backgrounds are nicely detailed, not overpowering."
- Joe Milone, Kitty's Pryde
REVIEWS FOR WINTER: BOOK 1
"The inaugural instalment in Dave Morris and Leo Hartas's lavish turn-of-the-20th-century fantasy... ends all rather abruptly with an audacious cliffhanger that will leave you desperate to find out what happens next. So let's hope that we aren't kept waiting too long for the second book."
"The inaugural instalment in Dave Morris and Leo Hartas's lavish turn-of-the-20th-century fantasy... ends all rather abruptly with an audacious cliffhanger that will leave you desperate to find out what happens next. So let's hope that we aren't kept waiting too long for the second book."
-- Stepehn Jewell, SFX
"Not only is Mirabilis an involving adventure story that moves along at a good pace, it's also full of mystery and mild horror, with a strange dreamlike intrigue throughout. Mirabilis is grounded in solid storytelling and, although an all-ages book, is more mature than the shock-value dramatics of comics such as Clint. If classic titles such as Valiant and Lion were being published today and had evolved to accommodate modern storytelling techniques, Mirabilis is the sort of strip that would be ideal for them. As it is, you get better than that, because instead of a serial story you get a whole book to sink your teeth into."
-- Lew Stringer, Blimey, It's Another Blog About Comics
COMIC READERS
• Mirabilis - Year of Wonders, Winter Book 1 by David Morris and Leo Hartas is available from First Age Comics, The Assembly Rooms, Lancaster.
• Order it online from the First Age eBay Store
• Mirabilis - Year of Wonders, Winter Book 1 is also available from www.amazon.co.uk
HOW COMIC SHOPS CAN ORDER COPIES
• Mirabilis - Year of Wonders, Winter Book 1 is available to order by UK comic shops through Diamond Comic Distributors, Canalside, Warrington Road, Manor Park Industrial Estate, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1SN. Web: www.diamondcomics.com Order Code: JUL112258
HOW BOOK SHOPS CAN ORDER COPIES
• Mirabilis - Year of Wonders, Winter Book 1 is available to order by bookshops through Gazelle Books: www.gazellebookservices.co.uk. Tel: +44 (0) 1524 68765 or Fax: +44 (0) 1524 63232. Email Customer Services: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
OTHER WEB LINKS
• Mirabilis: Year of Wonders: Official Site
• Mirabilis: Year of Wonders: Official Blog
