Ancient purgatory gets a YA twist in this new Roman mythos comic
Receiving the burden of an old god’s power isn’t considered a pleasant gift. Marjam, the most recent recipient of the ancient god Janus’ powers, is just happy the power didn’t fracture her personality into a million pieces, as is its unique risk. Now, her training complete, she just wants to get back home and resume her (somewhat) normal, teenage life. She only got a few of Janus’ powers anyway, for all that risk. When she is lured and entrapped into Tartarus – The Prison of Wicked Souls soon after returning home, her meager power isn’t even enough to get her back out. There is one thing she could do, to save herself and the others trapped in the Infernal Pit, but it would require confronting the deeds she’s done and acknowledging the person she’s become… she’d very much rather not.
Written by visual storyteller and cartographer, Abrian Curington, JANUS is a full-color YA comic, slated to be approximately 350 pages. Technically a Modern Fantasy tale, it is both literary and comedic, fusing ancient history with the modern lives of multifaceted characters (some more literally multifaceted than others), presented with a clean, clear look; something between Tintin and Revolutionary Girl Utena.
It is a tale of letting go of who you were, in order to accept the person that you have become, and will grow to be.
Readers can find its web release currently running at BlueCatCo.com/Janus, updated once monthly, and Patreon members have been enjoying early chapters and weekly updates on the project’s progress for quite some time at Patreon.com/AbrianC.
