The Official Horizon Zero Dawn Peach Momoko Poster Portfolio showcases the incredible covers of Peach Momoko from the best-selling Horizon Zero Dawn comic. Each cover is removable to display as a high-quality poster! It’s on sale on September 7, 2021.
Peach Momoko is a Japanese illustrator who began exhibiting at US comic conventions back in 2014 and saw American publication with a couple of stories picked up by Grant Morrison when he was EIC of Heavy Metal Magazine. Since then, she has become the hottest cover art variant creator in the business, increasingly in demand, drawing over a dozen covers for American publishers every month.
Writers: Ben McCaw, Anne Toole Artist: Elmer Damaso FC – 32pp – $3.99
Taking place during the events of the original game, this new arc explores the never-before-told adventures of Aloy and her fan-favourite sidekick Erend as they hunt for a killer with links to his past…
Titan Comics and Guerrilla are excited to announce that the smash-hit comic series Horizon Zero Dawn will be returning for a second arc. Horizon Zero Dawn: Liberation #1 the debut of this highly anticipated new adventure is set to arrive in stores July 14, 2021 with a cover by superstar artist Peach Momoko.
Taking place during the events of the original game, this new arc explores the never-before-told adventures of Aloy and her fan-favorite sidekick Erend as they hunt for a killer with links to his past. As their journey progresses, and the pair fend off a series of deadly machines, Erend reveals the sweeping tale of the liberation of Meridian, and how his sister, Ersa, Captain of the Carja Vanguard, was murdered.
Released in 2017, the original Horizon Zero Dawn game garnered praise from both fans and critics alike, receiving numerous awards including the 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Achievement in Videogame Writing. A sequel game titled Horizon Forbidden West is set for release in 2021.
The critically acclaimed writing team behind the first arc led by Horizon Zero DawnNarrative Director Ben McCaw and writer Anne Toole, will be returning for this new story. They will be joined by new series artist Elmer Damaso.
Horizon Zero Dawn: Liberation #1 will debut with a range of amazing variant covers to collect, including artwork by Peach Momoko, Harvey Tolibao, a set of Aloy concept progression covers, plus much more!
Out now from Titan Comics, Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 1: The Sunhawkis an all-new expansion of the world of the epic video game from Guerrilla Games.
Horizon: a far-future Earth full of epic natural beauty and forgotten ruins, where awe-inspiring, animal-like machines are the dominant species and humans struggle to survive in pre-industrial tribes. In the aftermath of a titanic battle that almost laid waste to the capital city of Meridian, Talanah, one of the greatest machine hunters in the land, struggles to find her place in the rebuilding effort. Making matters worse, Aloy, her trusted friend and confidant, has disappeared. When a new threat emerges in the hinterlands, she must decide how best to serve her tribe, her friends, and herself.
Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 1: The Sunhawk is written by Anne Toole with art by Ann Maulina.
(W) Anne Toole (A) Ann Maulina (CA) Artgerm In Shops: Nov 25, 2020 SRP: $16.99
A brand-new comic series based on the award-winning game by Guerrilla. Aloy and Talanah return in a new story set after the events of the game! Nature has reclaimed the planet. Awe-inspiring machines dominate the land, as humanity fights for survival on this new earth. Co-created by one of the writers of Horizon Zero Dawn game Anne Toole.
Author(s): Anne Toole Artist(s): Ann Maulina Cover Artist(s): Cover A: Peach Momoko Cover B: Game Art Wraparound Cover C: Loish Cover D: Stanley Artgerm Lau Blue Virgin Variant
A brand-new comic series based on the award-winning game by Guerrilla. Aloy and Talanah return in a new story set after the events of the game! Nature has reclaimed the planet. Awe-inspiring machines dominate the land, as humanity fights for survival on this new earth. Co-created by one of the writers of Horizon Zero Dawn game Anne Toole.
Author(s): Anne Toole Artist(s): Ann Maulina Cover A: PEACH MOMOKO Cover B: GAME ART WRAPAROUND Cover C: LOISH Cover D: STANLEY ARTGERM LAU GREEN VIRGIN VARIANT
A brand-new comic series based on the award-winning game by Guerrilla. Aloy and Talanah return in a new story set after the events of the game! Nature has reclaimed the planet. Awe-inspiring machines dominate the land, as humanity fights for survival on this new earth. Co-created by one of the writers of Horizon Zero Dawn game Anne Toole.
Following the hugely successful launch of Titan Comics and Guerrilla Games brand-new series Horizon Zero Dawn, the first original comic book set in the world of the global smash-hit PlayStation game, both parties are excited to announce that an exclusive variant cover by Peach Momoko is now available to purchase as part of New York Comic Con 2020.
On top of that great news, fans will be excited to learn that this cover is actually one of a pair of connecting covers by Peach. Check out the San Diego and New York Comic-Con exclusive covers side-by-side below featuring portraits of characters from the bestselling game, Aloy and Talanah.
Writer: Anne Toole Artist: Ann Maulina FC, 32pp, $3.99, On Sale: September 2, 2020 Cover Artists: Junggeun Yoon (Cover A), Game Art Wraparound (Cover B), Loish (Cover C), Artgerm B&W Variant (Cover D), Peach Momoko (FOC VARIANT)
A brand-new comic sequel story to the award-winning game by Guerrilla. Aloy and Talanah return! Nature has reclaimed the planet. Awe-inspiring machines dominate the land, as humanity fights for survival on this new Earth. Co-created by one of the writers of the Horizon Zero Dawn game.
When Horizon: Zero Dawncame out on the Playstation 4 back in 2017, I remember feeling a sense of wonder and relief. It was a post-apocalyptic game of sorts, but it wasn’t the dreary and bleak world we’d grown accustomed to as gamers post-Last of Us. Instead, Guerilla Games gave us a lush and living environment with impressive vistas and mechanical beasts that played with both prehistoric and high-tech notions of life. It made for an unforgettable gaming and storytelling experience.
Now, Titan Comics has brought the Horizon universe to the comics world and I’m happy to say the transition is not only successful but also comes off as an obvious next step for the franchise.
Written by Anne Toole, who worked on the game’s script and counts among her writing credits the Assassin’s Creed: Origins “Cursed of the Pharaohs” DLC, and illustrated by Ann Maulina (who has worked as a video game and environment artist), the new Horizon comic centers on Talanah Khane Padish and her hunt for a single machine as per a contract she accepted. Talanah gets injured, but she fights through the pain to continue in her quest even as she meets new characters that might hint at a coming conflict between tribes.
While previous knowledge of the game’s story isn’t a requirement, having at least one playthrough completed will enrich the reading experience considerably. In the game, Talanah is a potential ally for Aloy (Horizon’s main character) and is crucial to the Hunter’s Lodge missions in the story. She becomes Aloy’s sponsor in the Lodge and even helps out during the final battle of the main story.
Having that background helps readers jump straight into the comic. A familiar face is easy to get excited about and foregoes a lot of the trappings of heavy exposition commonly found in first issues. Toole does a phenomenal job in this front, keeping as much as possible up to the reader to figure out. Nothing is spelled out, but all the narrative elements are there for readers to piece together what the story’s world is about. Thankfully, new readers can also follow Talanah’s story with minimal understanding of the universe. This is where Maulina’s art comes in.
Horizon’s world is nothing short of breathtaking. The contrast between mechanical dinosaurs and human characters designed like they come from a high tech Stone Age is very unique to the PS4 game and Maulina has captured it faithfully in the comic book page. That same sense of wonder and danger that one gets while playing the game transfers over to the comic, with vibrant colors and deadly machines inhabiting a blossoming natural word. Having played the game, I felt as if the story’s energy mimicked that of the game’s. The thrill of the hunt and the adrenaline rush that comes with hunting robo-dinos is as present here as it is in the game.
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Toole’s scripting, on the other hand, also finds ways to incorporate video game winks into the overall design of the story with panels showing characters doing things player can do in-game. Whether it’s Talanah throwing a rock to distract the machines or walking on a tight-rope to cross a river, these instances bring players back to the game if only briefly to link up both experiences.
Whether the Horizon comic will continue to expand upon the game’s universe or simply follow within the lines of an extended side quest remains to be seen. Aloy is a part of the story, but it feels as if Talanah’s the lead. Fortunately, Talanah is well-crafted and can help fans bridge both comic and gaming experiences into a cohesive whole. In all honesty, any excuse to venture back into the world of Horizon is good enough for me–and with Horizon 2 already confirmed for the Playstation 5–this comic does a wonderful job of giving fans enough reasons to continue the journey.
Story: Anne Toole Art: Ann Maulina Color: Bryan Valenza Letterer: Jim Campbell Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Replay Horizon and make sure to finish the Frozen Wilds DLC
Titan Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
