{"id":29712,"date":"2023-07-13T08:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T12:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/?p=29712"},"modified":"2023-07-13T08:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T12:31:03","slug":"saladin-ahmed-sami-kivela-return-to-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/saladin-ahmed-sami-kivela-return-to-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Saladin Ahmed & Sami Kivel\u00e4 Return To Abbott!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Road to SDCC: Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivel\u00e4 Debut the FINAL CHAPTER of ABBOTT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugo Nominated Trilogy ABBOTT Comes to a Close with New Series in October 2023 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 12, 2023)<\/strong> \u2013  BOOM! Studios today announced ABBOTT: 1979<\/strong>, a new series from Miles Morales: Spider-Man <\/em>mastermind & Eisner Award-winning writer Saladin Ahmed and acclaimed artist Sami Kivel\u00e4 (Machine Gun Wizards<\/em>). Jump back into the action of the hard-boiled trilogy\u2019s final chapter in October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the eve of the 1980s and the Reagan Administration, Detroit is burdened with an oppressive darkness\u2013both political and supernatural. Dejected and tough tabloid reporter Elena Abbott, who previously defeated the occult forces responsible for her husband\u2019s death, must dig herself out from rock bottom if she\u2019s going to save Detroit from the Umbra, one last time\u2026 Elena will have to contend with the dark cloud hanging over Detroit\u2026 and over her own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABBOTT: 1979 #1<\/strong> features a main cover by Taj Francis (Wonder Woman<\/em>) as well as variant cover art by acclaimed artists Justine Florentino (Grim<\/em>), Nimit Malavia (Dead Boy Detectives<\/em>), and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saladin Ahmed is the Eisner-award winning writer of Miles Morales: Spider-Man, The Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Black Bolt, Terrorwar, <\/em>and Starsigns.<\/em> He was nominated for the Hugo and Stoker awards for the first volume of ABBOTT<\/strong>, which was also named a Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I couldn’t be more excited to bring you the next (and final!) chapter in the saga of hard-nosed reporter Elena Abbott, sorcerous savior of the city of Detroit,\u201d said Ahmed. \u201cABBOTT: 1973<\/strong> left Elena in a grim place, and things have only gotten worse since — for her and her beloved city. Now Detroit itself is being consumed — eaten alive by the Umbra. And it will take all Elena’s got to keep her own spark from being snuffed out. From the beginning I’ve imagined ABBOTT <\/strong>as a three-act story, and I’m positively thrilled to team with the awe-inspiring Sami to bring this story to its epic conclusion.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sami Kivel\u00e4 is a comic book artist from Finland. In addition to Abbott<\/em>, you may recognize him from titles such as Undone By Blood, The Heathens, Machine Gun Wizards, Beautiful Canvas<\/em> and Everfrost<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always a pleasure to return to Detroit with Elena. I hope the readers are as excited about ABBOTT: 1979 <\/strong>as I am!\u201d said Kivel\u00e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readers can find ABBOTT <\/strong>& ABBOTT 1973<\/strong> softcovers available everywhere books are sold. While investigating police brutality and corruption in 1970s Detroit, journalist Elena Abbott uncovers supernatural forces being controlled by a secret society of the city\u2019s elite. In the uncertain social and political climate of the city, hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Elena Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. Crimes she knows to be the work of dark occult forces. Forces that took her husband from her. Forces she has sworn to destroy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re beyond thrilled to be working with Saladin and Sami again to bring ABBOTT <\/strong>back for its final chapter,\u201d said Executive Editor, Eric Harburn. \u201cEver since the series debut in 2018, Elena\u2019s journey has been a prescient, harrowing look at American society through the lens of Detroit \u2013 and ABBOTT: 1979<\/strong> carries on that tradition in brilliant and unexpected ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABBOTT: 1979 <\/strong>is the newest release from BOOM! Studios\u2019 eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR <\/em>by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children<\/em> by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell\u2019Edera; Once & Future <\/em>by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Wynd <\/em>by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas; Grim <\/em>by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Briar <\/em>by Christopher Cantwell and Germ\u00e1n Garc\u00eda; Stuff of Nightmares <\/em>by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; The Approach <\/em>by Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley, and Jesus Hervas; Damn Them All <\/em>by Simon Spurrier and Charlie Adlard; Behold, Behemoth<\/em> by Tate Brombal and Nick Robles; Once Upon a Time at the End of the World <\/em>by Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca, and Nick Dragotta; Know Your Station <\/em>by Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas; A Vicious Circle <\/em>by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Mosely <\/em>by Rob Guillory and Sam Lotfi; Harrower <\/em>by Justin Jordan and Brahm Revel; The Neighbors<\/em> by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Letizia Cadonici; The Seasons Have Teeth<\/em> by Dan Watters and Sebasti\u00e1n Cabrol; Ghostlore <\/em>by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; and the upcoming Sirens of the City<\/em> by Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Harkonnen<\/em> from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Michael Shelfer; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers<\/em> from Melissa Flores and Simona Di Gianfelice; Magic <\/em>from Jed McKay, Rich Douek, and Ig Guara; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth<\/em> by Andy Diggle and Rubine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Print copies of ABBOTT: 1979 #1<\/strong> will be available for sale in October 2023 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com<\/a> to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For continuing news on ABBOTT <\/strong>and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com<\/a> and follow @boomstudios<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Road to SDCC: Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivel\u00e4 Debut the FINAL CHAPTER of ABBOTT\u00a0 Hugo Nominated Trilogy ABBOTT Comes to a Close with New Series in October 2023  LOS ANGELES, CA (July 12, 2023) \u2013  BOOM! Studios today announced ABBOTT: 1979, a new series from Miles Morales: Spider-Man mastermind & Eisner Award-winning writer Saladin Ahmed and acclaimed artist Sami […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":29713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}