Sep 19, 2017 as a bonus, keep your eye on this instagram page as the story continues to unfold into late december, when the sixth and final issue of the comic book series will be released. Xyz sat down with lights to talk about the connections between the album and the comic, her evolving voice, and the importance of including women as consumers and creators of comic books. Paired with a concept album coming out this fall, the comic introduces us to a postapocalyptic world in which the rich get richer and the poor are left to rot in the ruins of a. Jul 22, 2018 lights is a popular canadian musician who recently released a series of comics along with a concept record.
Caught between romance and cults, gods and mortals. Entertainment one has reportedly secured the rights for the comic series, according to. Interactive sharecodes to access the album, music videos and other. Lights introduces her alter ego and comic books uncut youtube. You can catch their show at the state theater later that evening. Caught between romance and cults, gods and mortals, and just trying to find a good borscht, enaia jin is lead down a dark path by new lover. Through her first three records, lights built an incredibly passionate fanbase, selling out tours around the world, earning 100m in u.
Lights wrote and recorded the music, as well as wrote, drew, inked, colored, and lettered the book. So you can listen to a song on its own and its something completely standalone. Lights talks intertwining music and comics with skin. A comic book series designed by the singer accompanied the release of the record, with the first edition published in july 2017. Waca lights the full collection of lights masterwork is here. A longtime fan of comics, lights impressively taught herself how to write, draw, and produce her own sixissue comic book series while working on the music for. Jul 12, 2017 skin and earth issue 1 is a brilliant read and great introduction to the world lights is creating. Always pushing boundaries, altpop phenomenon lights has never shied away from a challenge. Lights announces new album, comic book series alternative press. Lights is a popular canadian musician who recently released a series of comics along with a concept record. Lights claims that the comic book was inspired by strong female heroes such as wonder woman, and features fantasy genre characteristics such as romance, mortals, cults, and gods. The first issue of the series was released in july of 2017 and the most recent issue was released on december, 2017, being the final issue of the first volume. How this connects with the album will be interesting to see and i cant wait to see this world unfold.
Caught between romance and cults, gods and mortals, and just. After introducing herself as the comic book alterego captain lights. Skin and earth issue 1 is a brilliant read and great introduction to the world lights is creating. New music was released with each edition on a monthly basis until the album was released in full. And then you can read the comic on its own and its standalone as well.
Lights will be on tour with pvris rise records starting 922, with a link to dates below. Lights has a sort of dream of her and then sees her later that day and chases her down. The album is accompanied by a comic book series of the same name. Set in a postapocalyptic future where corporations rule, this adventurous tale of loneliness, deceit and selfdiscovery begins here. The art complements the writing and has potential to get better in future issues. Lights introduces her alter ego and comic books uncut. As a bonus, keep your eye on this instagram page as the story continues to unfold into late december, when the sixth and final issue of the comic book series will be released. Lights created the album alongside her comic book of the same name, which was initially released july 2017. Released in the fall of 2017, her much anticipated fourth album was created sidebyside with a 160page graphic novel which she wrote and illustrated herself. I never was interested in the comic book style so these are my first. We are excited to announce that our next instore signing will be saturday, november 10th from 12 noon 2pm with the multitalented comic creator, artist, writer, musician and singersongwriterlights. Caught between romance and cults, gods and mortals, and just trying to find a good borscht, enaia jin is lead down a dark path by new lovers that reveal a twisted fantasy world. She is a talented musician and singersongwriter who is currently on tour with young the giant.
Paired with a concept album coming out this fall, the comic introduces us to a postapocalyptic world in which the rich get richer and the poor are left to rot in the ruins of a city on the wrong side of a wall. A passion project, lights has balanced touring, spending time with her family, writing new music, and, of course, drawing illustrations. Lights claims that the comic book was inspired by strong female heroes such as wonder woman, 3 and features fantasy genre characteristics such as romance, mortals, cults, and gods. Issue 1 provides a solid foundation for the rest of the story which is about to unfold. Making an albumcomic crossover youtube lights house of strombo duration. Lights latest and final issue in the series was released december, 2017, and a trade paperback was released april 3, 2018. Skin and earth takes place in another reality, but it mirrors our current society. She is able to convey an entire fictional world in a few short, indepth pages which is no small feat. Caught between romance and cults, gods and mortals, and just trying to find a good borscht, enaia jin is lead down a dark path by new lovers that reveals a twisted fantasy world and her own true nature. Records hired ihc to help bring lights new comic book and album project to life. Ive been wanting to read these since i first heard lights was creating them. Subsequently, the album was released in tandem with the comic books, and each of the albums 14 tracks correlates directly to a chapter within.