Briar Vol. 1

Part of Briar

Illustrated by Germán García
Paperback
$14.99 US
On sale May 30, 2023 | 128 Pages | 9781684159000

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What if Sleeping Beauty never got her happily ever after… and had to save herself instead? One-hundred years after Briar Rose first fell into her slumber, the sleeper has now become the sleepwalker, and she must face a brutal, bleak world ruled by a tyrant from her past. Burdened by prophecy and betrayal, it will take everything Briar and her band of misfits have to survive the wasteland where magic went to die. As they journey through a land of untold terrors, Briar nurtures a burning pledge of vengeance. But will it be enough to bring some semblance of a happy ending to the land… and her heart? Eisner Award-nominated writer, producer, and director Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man, The United States of Captain America, Halt and Catch Fire) and rising star artist Germán García (Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land) reimagine the classic tale as an epic dark fantasy adventure. Collects Briar #1-4.
Christopher Cantwell is the current writer of the ongoing IRON MAN series for Marvel Comics. His other comic credits include THE UNITED STATES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA and DOCTOR DOOM (also for Marvel), THE BLUE FLAME (Vault), SHE COULD FLY and EVERYTHING (both from Berger Books and Dark Horse). Chris is also a co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner of AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE and additionally served as an executive producer on the first season of the upcoming TV adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s PAPER GIRLS, coming soon to Amazon Prime.

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What if Sleeping Beauty never got her happily ever after… and had to save herself instead? One-hundred years after Briar Rose first fell into her slumber, the sleeper has now become the sleepwalker, and she must face a brutal, bleak world ruled by a tyrant from her past. Burdened by prophecy and betrayal, it will take everything Briar and her band of misfits have to survive the wasteland where magic went to die. As they journey through a land of untold terrors, Briar nurtures a burning pledge of vengeance. But will it be enough to bring some semblance of a happy ending to the land… and her heart? Eisner Award-nominated writer, producer, and director Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man, The United States of Captain America, Halt and Catch Fire) and rising star artist Germán García (Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land) reimagine the classic tale as an epic dark fantasy adventure. Collects Briar #1-4.

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Christopher Cantwell is the current writer of the ongoing IRON MAN series for Marvel Comics. His other comic credits include THE UNITED STATES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA and DOCTOR DOOM (also for Marvel), THE BLUE FLAME (Vault), SHE COULD FLY and EVERYTHING (both from Berger Books and Dark Horse). Chris is also a co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner of AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE and additionally served as an executive producer on the first season of the upcoming TV adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s PAPER GIRLS, coming soon to Amazon Prime.

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