Jeff Lemire’s latest project, Minor Arcana, has a home a BOOM! Studios, and we have all the details about the upcoming ongoing series.
“Minor Arcana has become my dream project,” said Jeff Lemire in a press release. “Combining small-town life with magical realism and supernatural mystery, it lets me stretch my wings and play with all the different kinds of characters and stories I’ve loved working on since Essex County and Sweet Tooth. Writing and drawing the book myself has allowed me to make it an immersive read that I hope will hook readers as much as it’s hooked me.
“I have big plans for the series, having already plotted it through the first 22 issues. If Black Hammer was my love letter to the superhero comics I grew up reading, then Minor Arcana is my love letter to the classic Vertigo comics of my youth, but all filtered through my own style. I really want to get back to doing a true ongoing series that focuses on the importance of single issues again.
“I love writing and drawing this book and living in the world, and I can’t wait to start sharing it.”
So what is the series about?
Theresa, the prodigal daughter of a small-town “psychic” tarot reading fraud, begrudgingly returns home to care for her ailing mother after having left home for good–or so she thought. Arriving back in her childhood hometown seemingly untouched by time, Theresa learns that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed. And with that, she finds herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help…
Minor Arcana #1 is scheduled to arrive on September 4, 2024.
