Ilias Kyriazis’ graphic novel WHAT WE WISHED FOR hits stores next week, but thanks to the fine folks at Humanoids, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page excerpt for you!
About the issue:
On the night a mysterious comet passes overhead, a group of kids encounter a supernatural being who promises to grant them one wish each. As they contemplate their wishes, they take too long and the comet passes without a trace until 35 years later, when the comet returns…and their wishes begin to come true!
But what seemed like their deepest desires in childhood come back to haunt them in the most unexpected and for some, deadliest, of ways. Now, they must face the consequences of their childhood dreams before those very dreams turn into disastrous nightmares.
“WHAT WE WISHED FOR is very personal to me. It’s a story I had in my mind ever since I first started thinking about the passage of time and the possibility of not all my dreams coming true,” said Kyriazis. “It took me years to feel ready but it’s time to reach out with my comics and attempt to connect with everyone who feels the same.”
Kyriazis also called the book “A twist on a classic superhero trope,” and added “Sometimes righteousness is just anger and sometimes people are looking for a ‘villain’ they’re ‘justified’ to attack.”
Kyriazis is a cartoonist based out of Athens, Greece who has drawn comics for DC Comics, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, and more. WHAT WE WISHED FOR is his first solo graphic novel with Humanoids, having previously co-created Chronophage with Tim Seeley.
Check out our WHAT WE WISHED FOR preview below:
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