‘FML’ from Kelly Sue DeConnick Coming to Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics announced FML, a new coming-of-age single-issue series from writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrator David López, colorist Cris Peter, and letterer Clayton Cowles. The first of eight issues hits shelves November 6, 2024 with a main cover by David López and variants by Alvaro Martinez Bueno, David LaFuente, Nicola Scott, and Pepe Larraz. Keep scrolling to check out these covers!
“David and I have been talking about doing something creator-owned together since Captain Marvel, but it took years for the stars and our schedules to properly align,” said DeConnick. “Now that we’re here though, it almost feels planned — like we needed exactly as long as it took us to grow and change, both as artists and as people, so that we could come back together for this big swing.”
The publisher shared more on what readers can expect from the series:
Riley is a 16-year-old heavy metal kid who draws down his anxiety with a ballpoint pen. His mother is an aging punk cartoonist slam dancing with a true crime obsession. Bound by threads of magical realism, they navigate the absurdities and horrors of our modern lives.
Issue one introduces Riley’s daily life: terrorism diaries, school shooter drills, and social pressures under the constant shadow of encroaching wildfires that rain ash like a morbid snow. His refuge? The Forest Park Witch’s House, where tales of chaos magic and trickster gods promise some semblance of sense in a senseless world.
