Joseph Schmalke and CEX Publishing are launching a new series: Seven Years in Darkness. Seven Years of Darkness tells the story of the first group of students to enter a wizarding school in over a hundred years. 72 children are selected for the new class, but only seven will graduate, alive.

Joseph Schmalke is the Co-Publisher of Black Caravan and a comics creator, writer, and illustrator residing in Westbrook, Maine. Joe is the artist and writer on several comic book titles including: The Infernal Pact, Cherry Blackbird, Phantom Starkiller (with Peter Goral), We Don’t Kill Spiders, The Electric Black (with Rich Woodall), and Murder Hobo (with Jason Lynch).

Seven Years in Darkness: Year One is a four-issue miniseries released bi-monthly. Seven Years in Darkness #1 will feature three covers from Joseph Schmalke and Bill Sienkiewicz and will be included as part of Diamond and Lunar Distribution’s December catalogs and will be available in stores this March.