Swan Songs #1 kicks off a new six-issue comic book miniseries published by Image Comics from W. Maxwell Prince and illustrated by a rotating roster of artists, including Martin Simmonds, Caspar Wijngaard, and Filipe Andrade.

The anthology series will explore the different ways in which things come to an end. Each issue features a different story about a different kind of ending, from the end of the world to the end of a marriage. The stories are all interconnected, and they all explore the themes of loss, grief, and hope.

Check out the first few pages of Swan Songs #1 below and let me know in the comments if you’re looking forward to this series!

From the publisher:

SWAN SONGS #1

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A) Martin Simmonds

MINISERIES PREMIERE

W. MAXWELL PRINCE (ICE CREAM MAN, HAHA) continues his weird, winning one-shot formula with this all-new multi-artist project that explores the way things END...and also how they never really do.  

SWAN SONGS comprises stories about endings...The End of the World. The End of a Marriage. The End of a Sentence. The End of the End of the World!  (Which I suppose one might consider the BEGINNING of a new world...)

And along for the terminal ride are some of comics' best and brightest artists! The first apocalyptic issue, "The End of the World," is drawn by none other than THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH's MARTIN SIMMONDS.  Future artists for future endings include CASPAR WIJNGAARD (HOME SICK PILOTS), and FILIPE ANDRADE (The Many Deaths of Leila Star), with more to be announced.

All things come to a close; these are the SWAN SONGS.