Black Magick Volume 1: Awakening I

Greg Rucka is a New York Times bestselling author of hundreds of comics and nearly two dozen novels. He has written for film, television, and video games, and he is currently developing his Image series LAZARUS, co-created by Michael Lark, with Legendary Pictures and Matt Tolmach Productions. His career has included critically acclaimed and Eisner-winning work in both the creator-owned and work-for-hire arenas. Rucka lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, author Jennifer Van Meter, and their two children, Elliot and Dashie.Nicola Scott is an Australian comic book artist working primarily in the American industry. With a history in theater and costume design, Nicola started pursuing a comics career in 2001 and by 2006 was the first Australian to become a staple of the U.S. mainstream. She quickly became a fan-favorite, working exclusively for DC Comics on iconic characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman and team titles Birds Of Prey, Secret Six, Teen Titans, and the New York Times bestseller Earth 2. 2016 saw the launch of her critically acclaimed creator-owned Image Comics maxi-series Black Magick and DC’s Wonder Woman: Year One to celebrate the character's 75th anniversary, both in collaboration with writer Greg Rucka. Also in 2016, Nicola partnered with DC Comics and The United Nations to create the key art for Wonder Woman’s Honorary Ambassadorship For Women and Girls.She’s appeared in W Magazine, Vogue Australia, Frankie Magazine, has written for The Guardian, and guest judged on both Australian and U.S. reality shows. She’s given talks at Graphic Festival, ACAF, Araza Women Presents, and gave a keynote at the 2018 Adobe Max Creative Conference.Nicola lives in the Blue Mountains with her husband and their cat.

SHELF-AWARENESS -Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott's BlackMagick (Image Comics, $9.99) is both accessible and supremely suspenseful, astand-out in large part due to its protagonist, a detective and--secretly--awitch. The character's unlikely occupation allows the creators to combine horrorand police procedural to a remarkably effective degree, with humor occasionallyplaying off Scott's foreboding art.