Manga artist Gou Tanabe has illustrated the Kickstarter-exclusive cover for the upcoming one-shot manga Liminalis. The 200-page one-shot will be published by independent comic company Happy Misfits Publishing, which is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter for a release ending on July 8, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EST.
Tanabe's exclusive cover for the one-shot manga will be printed on 120g paper with an elegant integrated fabric bookmark. It will also be available as an 11”x17” print.
Tanabe is best known for his manga adaptations of selected HP Lovecraft works such as At the Mountains of Madness, The Call of Cthulhu, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth, among other titles. All three manga are released in English by Dark Horse Manga.
Liminalis is described by Happy Misfits as a “manga-influenced comic” inspired by “Blame!, Silent Hill and Shadow of the Colossus.” The manga will also be released in English, French and Japanese.
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Happy Misfits briefly describes Liminalis as:
Alone and crowded in a small house in the middle of a deserted snow-covered Village, a child dreams of travel and adventure. If it weren't for the strange illness of unknown origin that tormented him a little more every day, the boy would have made a great leap forward.
However, a friendly and pleasant ghostly creature is always by his side. The mysterious entity seems to have only one purpose: to bring comfort to the child who has frequent nightmares about a fog-shrouded island, coming closer and closer, becoming more and more clear and ominous.
Reaping dreams from the dead, the creature gives them to its guardian to escape both reality and nightmares. However, behind the absurdity and suspense of that dreamscape lie some unavoidable truths.
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