PORTLAND, OR (July 10, 2023) - This fall, Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of comic books and graphic novels, is publishing SOGGY LANDING by the Brothers McGovern and Ian Densford, an epic fantasy story of a perma-stoned wizard bear’s quest to save their beloved magical island from evil robber baron cults.
“Soggy Landing isn’t for kids, it's for cool kids and I hope tons of kids read this book and have to hide it from their stupid parents,” said co-author Alec McGovern. “We’re super stoked to work with Oni Press, a publisher with a spine. Soggy Landing is the tip of the iceberg. We’re excited to explore our wilder, raunchier and more violent fantasies next.”
“Soggy Landing is a silly book, and there should be more silly books. Without them, we’re doomed,” added co-author Andrew McGovern.
Not very long ago, Soggy Landing was an island paradise. Now, it’s a brutal settler city ruled by a group of wealthy, cultists called “The 13” who are immune to a leafy plague ransacking their community. As a battle between the haves and the have-nots comes to a head, a free-spirited wizard bear named Otso and her friend, Slipper, join The Broken Wheel in an uprising against colonial forces controlling the magical island they love. A hallucinatory journey to the center of the island leads them to a series of discoveries more jarring than the last in this magical fantasy adventure that explores a post-global war community pitted against thieving barons and diabolical cults.
“We wanted to create a story of resistance in a fantasy setting where we could lampoon these contemporary robber barons, stick a finger in the eye of the powerful and selfish, and try to kill them,” said artist Ian Densford.
"Soggy Landing is about a different, wacky world, sure—but it's also about what's happening now,” said editor Zack Soto. “This is a story of resistance, and finding camaraderie in increasingly inhospitable situations."
SOGGY LANDING will be available in bookstores on August 1 and in comic shops on August 2, 2023.
About the creators Soggy Landing is created by Alec McGovern, an unfortunate layabout charitably employed as a barrel scraper at the West London Ale Co.'s brewery. Due to the institution’s adherence to the modern principles of “employment ethics”, Mr. McGovern was introduced to Mr. Ian Densford, an elderly custodian with a fondness for doodling in the hopes that they would motivate each other’s innate sense of duty to the Ale company. The pairing was recommended by Mr. McGovern’s current supervisor, Mr. Andrew McGovern (no relation). Despite their disparate physical characteristics, Mr. McGovern (Alec) clings fiercely to (or feigns) a belief in their common heritage. The supervisor’s recommendation and the pair of no goodnicks labors have produced these depraved imaginings, unpublishable in a polite or civil society.
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