Bestselling writer Charles Soule and artist Ryan Browne team up for an all-new ongoing series Curse Words, set to launch from Image Comics in January 2017.

In the series, a wizard appears one day in New York City, claiming he’s here to protect the planet from dark magical forces bent on its destruction. The world falls in love with Wizord and his slick sorcerous ways – after all, we’ve never had a wizard before. Everything’s great! But it’s not. Wizord is actually fleeing an extremely dark past, and it’s only a matter of time before that evil comes calling. Curse Words is a gonzo modern fantasy, full of shadows, light… and magic.

The comic is described as Lord of the Rings meets Breaking Bad. A color-saturated, anything-goes dark fantasy romp about the coolest, most charming evil wizard you’ve ever met in your life. It is, in a word, magical.

Curse Words #1 Cover A by Browne and Cover B by Skottie Young hits stores on Wednesday, January 18th. The final order cutoff for comics retailers is Monday, December 19th.