


"Mike Hawthorne is very good." - Warren Ellis. Suggested for mature readers.Īnd with Umbra, it was my first opportunity to let a creative team scrap the last several pages of their original story, and create the ending they would have created the first time around if the original publisher (Image) would had given them more than three issues to tell their story. Bursting with mesmerizing imagery and brilliant colors, this hardcover edition also includes a second enigmatic story, Murmur. Created by an Eisner Award-winning Italian artist, Fires is an hypnotic and haunting fantasy that recounts a naval officer's investigation of missing ships near a mysterious island where the hills are constantly ablaze.

"Displays the artistry of European comics at their very best." ― Publishers Weekly. But judging by the new Amazon links, they are coming out… Fires, in my opinion, is one of the greatest graphic novels ever produced (and really excited we could add on Murmur, for those who have yet to experience that in English). "I wasn't sure if they were being published. They are Fires & Murmur by Lorenzo Mattotti, and Umbra by Stephen Murphy & Mike Hawthorne. But there are two more comics we didn't mention in two previous posts set up by Drew for Dover Books that have squeaked out despite his departure
