Cullen Bunn + A.C. Zamudio roll the dice on ‘Arcana Royale’

The supernatural thriller kicks off at Dark Horse Comics next year.

Cullen Bunn and A.C. Zamudio, who previously worked together on Shadow Roads at Oni Press, will team up for a new supernatural thriller at Dark Horse Comics. Arcana Royale is about Hudson Tremaine, a gambler who finds herself in a mystical poker tournament alongside magicians, demons and demigods.

Arcana Royale has been in the works for a while now, and I’m excited for people to get to read it,” said Bunn. “This is a story about controlling your own fate (even if you have to cheat a little) in the face of overwhelming odds. There’s a little bit of Hudson Tremaine… or at least there should be… in each and everyone of us.”

Here are the details from Dark Horse:

Hudson Tremaine is a streetwise gambler who has siphoned money from every high-stakes game in Vegas. She’s made a name for herself, but she’s also made more than a few enemies in the gambling underworld. When she’s invited to play in the most underground card tournaments of all–the Arcanos Mysterinos—she realizes the stakes are higher than she ever imagined possible. 

Imagine a clandestine poker tournament where magicians, demons, and demigods gamble using a set of mysterious tarot-like cards. These games shape the fate of the world—of many worlds—for good or ill. This game has always been played in secret, hidden from the prying eyes of mortals.

Until now.

Hudson has always been willing to bet on herself, but playing for the fate of all humanity is something she never anticipated!

“It’s my pleasure to escort you through the world of Cullen’s imagination in Arcana Royale where we get to play with the sublime alchemy that connects the glamor of Las Vegas and the darkness of the arcane,” Zamudio said. “I’m also elated to present my first full collaboration with Bill. He and I both jumped into this project with a shared vision and some bold new techniques to bring it to life.”

The first issue arrives in stores April 26.

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