Chip Zdarsky and Kris Anka Return to Blacksand for a New Adventure in 'The Whisper Queen'

 The White Trees issues will be collected into a reprint available the following week for fans eager to discover where the adventure all began

Bestselling writer Chip Zdarsky (Newburn, Batman) and fan-favorite artist Kris Anka (Across the Spider-Verse)—the all-star team behind The White Trees—return to the fantastical land of Blacksand with an all-new chapter in The Whisper Queen. This three-issue miniseries is set to launch in May from Image Comics.

The series also boasts alternate covers by industry titan Fiona Staples (Saga) and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me).

"The White Trees is the best project I’ve ever been involved in, thanks to the gorgeous work by Kris and Matt," said Zdarsky. "We always knew there were more stories to tell in the world of Blacksand, so getting the gang back together for another wild, action-filled adventure was a no-brainer. It’s years in the making and I hope everyone is ready to find out what happened next in The Whisper Queen!"

Anka added: "We're back!"

The royal guard has sent their most capable bounty hunters after the accomplices in the king’s murder! Javro, once the king’s most skilled assassin, must find the killers before they and the bounty hunters—including her son—are wiped out by the kingdom’s most feared specter: The Dark Whisper!

The White Trees was first introduced by Zdarsky and Anka to readers as a two-issue miniseries and launched in 2019 to critical acclaim. Readers who pick up The Whisper Queen, and hope to discover the magic of The White Trees, will be able to snag The White Trees reprint hitting shelves the following week. It will collect both issues of that initial story together.

Set in the fantastical world of Blacksand, peace was hard-won, and three unbending warriors carry the scars to prove it. Now, almost twenty years later, their children are missing and war is on the horizon. Can they put aside their memories of the war—and each other—for one last adventure?

The Whisper Queen will provide new readers an exciting entry point into this lush, expansive fantasy world.

The Whisper Queen #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 1:

• Cover A by Anka - Lunar Code 0324IM183
• Cover B by Fiona Staples - Lunar Code 0324IM184
• Cover C by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell - Lunar Code 0324IM185

The new collected reprint of The White Trees (Lunar Code 0324IM186) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 8.

The White Trees and The Whisper Queen will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Courtesy of Image Comics

ABOUT CHIP ZDARSKY Chip Zdarsky is the current writer of Batman for DC Comics, somehow. For Image Comics he’s the writer of Newburn and the writer/illustrator of the award-winning Public Domain. His previous work includes an acclaimed run on Daredevil and Spider-Man: Life Story for Marvel, and he’s the illustrator of Image Comics’ Sex Criminals, an Eisner Award winning series and New York Times bestseller (despite all the penis jokes). ABOUT KRIS ANKA Kris Anka is a Los Angeles based artist who's worked on titles such as the Runaways, Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, and Uncanny X-men. He is known for harnessing the power of Thirst.