Award-Winning 'Bitter Root' Series Returns to Kick Off 'The Next Movement' Story Arc This March

 

Bestselling creative trio David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene will usher in a bold new chapter to their epic, multiple Eisner Award-winning series Bitter Root with the upcoming “The Next Movement” story arc. Bitter Root: The Next Movement will kick off a new, five-issue installment in the long-running series that will launch in March 2025 from Image Comics.

In Bitter Root: The Next Movement, a lie built a House of Oppression. The bitter truth will burn it down. It is 1964, the height of the Civil Rights Movement. A group of activists have gone missing, and a new generation of the Sangerye family must face a menace far worse than anything their ancestors ever encountered. The monstrous jinoo—creatures born out of hate and racism—have evolved into a threat that few people are willing to acknowledge, and even fewer know how to fight. 

"I'm excited to return to what I believe is one of the most important books of our time!" said Greene.

Brown added: "Thanks for always standing up to the monsters." 

"Thanks for your patience. The wait will have been worth it," said Walker.

Bitter Root: The Next Movement #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, March 26:

• Cover A by Greene
• Cover B wraparound by Tradd Moore
• Cover C 1:25 copy incentive raw wraparound art by Moore
• Cover D Blank Sketch

Bitter Root: The Next Movement will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Select praise for the Bitter Root series:

"Historical fiction mixes with supernatural horror, producing a hybrid fantasy world of voodoo spells, mad science, monster Klansmen, and Jazz Age demon hunters wielding steampunk versions of Ghostbusters proton packs... Comics fans will look forward to future volumes of this energetic dark fantasy that effectively mixes thrills and scares." —Publishers Weekly

"Relentless action...a kinetic style." —Library Journal

"The comic is by an all-black creative team and features a predominantly black cast of characters in the 1920s—embracing the black artistic creativity of the Harlem Renaissance but also recognizing the racism of the time." —The Washington Post

"The tragedy and family drama at the heart of Image Comics’ new series Bitter Root may be the most traditional thing about a comic that is, at heart, anything but traditional." —The Hollywood Reporter

"Puts a monstrous face on bigotry and a beautiful new spin on the Harlem Renaissance." —The Onion's AV Club

"Confident in itself and doesn't need to rely on overwrought high-concept themes. Bitter Root isn't afraid to tackle weighty issues while still having some fun, giving us some new heroes that are much needed in today's world." —ComicBook.com

ABOUT DAVID F. WALKER David F. Walker is a comic book writer. filmmaker, and educator. He has worked for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Boom, Dynamite, and Image. He teaches at Portland State University. He is the writer and co-creator of Bitter Root.  ABOUT CHUCK BROWN Chuck Brown has written The Punisher and Black Panther comics for Marvel. He is the writer and co-creator of Rotten Apple for Dark Horse Comics and the writer and co-creator of Bitter Root and On the Stump from Image Comics. He has been self-publishing for more than 18 years and has written comics for Zenescope Entertainment, 12-Gauge Comics, and Line Webtoon.

ABOUT SANFORD GREENE Sanford Greene has worked professionally in comic illustration and related industries for over 15 years, including work for mainline publishers such as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics. Recent work includes the hit Marvel series Power Man and Iron Fist as well as covers for Black Panther and Luke Cage. He currently works on his creator-owned online comic series for Line Webtoon, 1000, and is the artist and co-creator on Bitter Root, a dark fantasy/action ongoing series published by Image Comics and set during the Harlem Renaissance.