Enter a Primal Vision of Mythic Fury in the Aeon Before Own – In Stores April 3rd!
Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to unveil a fully animated and ferocious video trailer alongside the first colored interior preview for AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1 (of 3) – the MUST-READ, FIRST ISSUE for the bi-monthly, prestige format epic colliding dark fantasy and sword-swinging barbarian combat against ancient African myth and lore from emerging talents Murewa Ayodele (I Am Iron Man) and Dotun Akande (Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood)!
In an age thought forgotten . . . when man, monster, and the divine all strode the Earth . . . a lone warrior emerges to test the immortality of the cruel gods who would deal destruction with impunity . . . He is a one-man reckoning that stands in defiance of his divine masters with a sword in hand and a thirst for godblood. His name: AKOGUN THE BRUTALIZER!
In the tradition of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Thor,, superstars-in-the-making Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande—the creative duo behind I Am Iron Man and Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood—usher in a new epoch of African dark fantasy on the ancient continent of Alkebulan with a mythic cycle of cosmic destiny and unrelenting warfare colliding man against god. . . and blade against blade!
Told across three powerfully oversized bi-monthly chapters, steady your mind and spirit for a glorious new comics milestone revealing the fabled origin and battle-tested fury of . . . Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods!
Featuring covers by Dotun Akande (I Am Iron Man), Ramon Villalobos (Nighthawk, America), Grey Williamson (X-O Manowar), and Eisner Award winner David Mack (Daredevil), the first double-sized chapter of the year’s most monumental fantasy epic reaps revenge and fury on April 3rd in AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1!
AKOGUN BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1 (of 3)
Written by MUREWA AYODELE
Art by DOTUN AKANDE
Cover A by DOTUN AKANDE
Cover B by RAMON VILLALOBOS
Cover C by GREY WILLIAMSON
Full Art Variant (1:20) by RAMON VILLALOBOS
Variant Cover (1:30) by DAVID MACK
IOD: 2/29/24
FOC: 3/11/24
ON SALE APRIL 3, 2024 | $5.99 | 40pgs | FC | MATURE READERS
Courtesy of Oni Press
About the creators
Recipient of the (Lagos Comic Con 2023) FIST AWARD for WRITER OF THE DECADE, Murewa Ayodele is the writer of the Nommo-nominated comic book series, NEW MEN, the critically acclaimed webcomic series, MY GRANDFATHER WAS A GOD, and several Marvel comics like I AM IRON MAN, MOON KNIGHT: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD, and AVENGERS UNLIMITED INFINITY COMIC. He is also the co-founder of Collectible Comics NG, a Nigerian comic book studio founded with artist Dotun Akande that was nominated in the COMIC STUDIO OF THE YEAR category at the 2018 FIST AWARDS. Murewa has worked as a professional comic book writer for almost a decade with over 10 comic book titles under his belt.
Dotun Akande is an award-winning comic book cover artist and graphics designer who has worked with some of the biggest brands in Nigeria. He was the recipient of the (Lagos Comic Con 2018) FIST AWARD for BEST COVER ARTIST and has created comic covers for comic book series like I AM IRON MAN, VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT, BLACK PANTHER, MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR, and an upcoming X-MEN series.
He is also the artist behind the Nommo-nominated comic book series, NEW MEN, the critically acclaimed webcomic series, MY GRANDFATHER WAS A GOD, and several Marvel comics like I AM IRON MAN, MOON KNIGHT: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD, and AVENGERS UNLIMITED INFINITY COMIC. Dotun has worked as a professional comic book storyteller for almost a decade with over 10 comic book titles under his belt.
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