Top Shelf Weaves Sci-Fi into a Fairytale with IONHEART

A Nuclear Fusion of Fantasy and Science Fiction Whose Every Page Glows with an Eerie Light…

 Imagine a colorful dystopian world where everyday appliances are traded as magical currency and a time-traveling knight becomes the hero to save the world! This is IONHEART, the English-language debut from German creator Lukas Kummer, from award-winning independent publisher of graphic novels Top Shelf Productions (IDW Publishing). This ambitious, atom-smashing book combines trace elements of everything from Tintin to Blade Runner to Adventure Time to The Dark Tower into a deadly breakthrough: intricate, explosive, and entirely new – IONHEART is set to release August 19, 2025.

“I always enjoyed stupid smart things... Or smart stupid things. To me, that's the pinnacle of art,” says creator Lukas Kummer. 

Book Description

Pursued by a terrifying demon, a young knight flees across the radioactive ruins of a fairy-tale land. His only weapon is the same cursed power that once destroyed this world—what some would call magic, and others would call technology.

 

As his relentless enemy draws closer, the knight’s terrible secrets begin to unfold. How many lives has he lived? Is this the past, the present, or the future? Is he destined to bring love, or unimaginable destruction? And if he fails…will humanity get another chance?

 

The English-language debut of Austrian-German graphic novelist Lukas Kummer arrives like a thunderbolt, arcing brilliantly between timelines, genres, and dimensions!

 

Ionheart will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color softcover graphic novel (ISBN: 9781603095587) as well as a digital edition, on August 19, 2025. For more information, please visit the Top Shelf website.

 

“Austrian German Kummer’s English-language debut offers a magical and unpredictable fusion of fantasy, science fiction, crime thriller, and drama.”
— Publishers Weekly

About the Creator

Lukas Kummer​ was born and raised in Austria. At the age of 19, he moved to Germany to study fine arts. Since 2014, he has worked as a freelance illustrator and comic book author. He has published several graphic novels in Germany and Austria. Ionheart is his first book to be published in English.

About the Publisher

Top Shelf Productions has published critically acclaimed and popularly beloved graphic novels since 1997. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf continues to showcase the vanguard of the comics medium, publishing works of literary sophistication, visionary artistry, and personal resonance.