Christine Larsen will return to the world of her Orcs! series this winter for Orcs! The Gift, which wraps up the trilogy of miniseries published through BOOM! Studios’ KaBOOM! imprint.
“I’m stoked to finally reach the culmination of this trilogy, where my characters are put to a true test, and I can test my own ability to balance the dramatic moments and the comedy of this series,” said Larsen. “I hope everyone enjoys this final arc as much as I’ve enjoyed crafting it.”
Larsen has been working on Orcs! for at least a decade now, if you go back to the art books she self-published and crowdfunded before BOOM! started publishing the series. You can read more about their pre-BOOM! history here.
Here’s how BOOM! describes the new series:
An alliance between Orcs, Crows, and Elves is the last thing anyone would expect, but times have changed since the defeat of the Wizard.
The party grows larger as two of the Crows join our lovely band of Orc miscreants on a mission to steal a dragon’s hoard, but the fun can only last so long as the Wolf King’s grudge against the Orcs threatens a second War of the Beasts!
And here’s a look at Larsen’s designs for The Wolf King:
Squirrel Girl artist Erica Henderson did a variant cover for the first issue:
Look for the first issue on Dec. 6.