DSTLRY has announced a new partnership with Kodansha that will see acclaimed horror-manga icon Shūzō Oshimi contribute an open order variant cover for Somna #3, the final issue of Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay’s erotic folk-horror series, arriving March 27.

This new partnership, headlined by Oshimi’s evocative Somna cover, will see the two publishers regularly exchange cover artists for upcoming releases, as superstars from both western comics and manga bring their extraordinary talents to new worlds, styles, and audiences. 

Set amidst the terrifying backdrop of the witch hunts in a quiet 1600s English village, Somna follows one woman’s escape from the confines of her puritanical world. Ingrid is unhappily married to Roland, the town’s bailiff and chief witch hunter, who has embarked on a single-minded quest to purge the ‘heretics’ in their midst. After a prominent town leader is found murdered, accusations fly and no one is above reproach from Roland’s deadly crusade. Ingrid has her suspicions about who the real murderer is, but even as she searches for the truth, she’s pursued by a shadowy figure. Ingrid gravitates to the foreboding phantom in ways she can’t resist; does this otherworldly seduction hold the key to the mystery? Or will he damn Ingrid’s soul to the blackest circle of Hell?

Somna #2 will be on sale at local comic shops and digitally via www.dstlry.co on January 31. Somna #3, with covers by Oshimi, Cloonan, Lotay, and more, is available now for pre-order and will be on sale on March 27. Retailers can place print orders now through Lunar Distribution (FOC: February 10) and Diamond Comic Distributors (FOC: February 11).