{"id":9422,"date":"2024-10-16T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T21:33:45","slug":"the-horizon-experiment-finders-keepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/the-horizon-experiment-finders-keepers\/","title":{"rendered":"THE HORIZON EXPERIMENT: FINDERS\/\/KEEPERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Horizon Experiment: Finders\/\/Keepers<\/em>, a brand-new action-adventure comic that twists the genre in a way that\u2019s never been done before. Fans of\u00a0Indiana Jones<\/em>,\u00a0The Mummy<\/em>, and\u00a0Tomb Raider<\/em>\u00a0will enjoy this thrilling, fresh take that re-envisions this style of storytelling with new energy and perspective. Hitting shelves in January 2025, this marks the final installment in\u00a0The Horizon Experiment<\/em>\u00a0series of one-shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Horizon Experiment<\/em> centers on original protagonists from marginalized backgrounds set in a popular genre or inspired by a famous pop culture character, with each unique comic putting a diverse spin on a fan-favorite story. The initiative is led by Eisner and Harvey Award-winning creator Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel<\/em>) and award-winning editor Will Dennis (SOMNA: A Bedtime Story, Gideon Falls<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horizon Experiment: Finders\/\/Keepers<\/em> is a reverse Indiana Jones<\/em> story that follows Puerto Rican archeology grad student Ines Guarua, who plans to steal an important cultural artifact from a famous museum in order to bring it back home to where it belongs, in the heart of the rainforest. If she fails, then a curse may bring about the destruction of Puerto Rico. This leads Guarua on a quest to smuggle other artifacts from museums and institutions to return them to their native cultures. Finders\/\/Keepers<\/em> flips the script on traditional action-adventure tales in a fun and exciting way, opening up a new path for protagonist Guarua for potential future stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve always loved action-adventure stories, but the archetypal protagonist and most of the traditional setups weren\u2019t really ever going to work for people like me.\u201d<\/p>\nVita Ayala<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Like the other titles in The Horizon Experiment<\/em>, this one-shot serves as the equivalent of a pilot for a creator-owned series, with the potential of continuing should there be demand for more. Along with a cover featuring art by Patridge, the issue will feature variant covers by Eisner Award-winning artist Tula Lotay (SOMNA: A Bedtime Story, Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder<\/em>), part of a series of connecting variant covers across all five Horizon Experiment<\/em> one-shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horizon Experiment<\/em> series kicked off on September 25 with The Manchurian<\/em>, written by Pichetshote and illustrated by superstar artists Terry and Rachel Dodson (Adventureman<\/em>, Harley Quinn<\/em>), featuring a Chinese super spy inspired by James Bond. Other upcoming issues include the Muslim exorcism horror The Sacred Damned<\/em> (by Sabir Pirzada and Michael Walsh), East African werewolf horror Moon Dogs<\/em> (by Tananarive Due and Kelsey Ramsey), and \u201cEvil Dead<\/em> for blerds\u201d horror-comedy Motherf*ckin\u2019 Monsters<\/em> (by J. Holtham and Michael Lee Harris). The five issues will be released on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horizon Experiment: Finders\/\/Keepers<\/em>\u00a0#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, January 15<\/strong> 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/td>Vita Ayala is a queer Afro-Puerto Rican writer out of New York City and one of the most in-demand writers in comics. An author of comic books and prose, they have worked on some of the most iconic franchises currently published, ranging from the\u00a0X-Men<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Wonder Woman<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0James Bond<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Batman<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Static Shock<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Star Wars<\/em>.\u00a0The Horizon Experiment: Finders\/\/Keepers<\/em>\u00a0marks their long-awaited return to original, creator-owned work.<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"\/<\/td>Freelance comic artist, illustrator, designer, and occasional writer, Skylar Patridge is a fan-favorite artist. Her work has become hotly in demand by every major comics publisher, whether it be working on original material such as\u00a0Relics of Youth<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Resonant<\/em>, both for Vault Comics or drawing some of the most beloved characters in pop culture, including Batman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Colorist Jason Wordie is credited on hundreds of comics in a career that\u2019s spanned over a decade working with such respected young celebrated artists as Wes Craig and Geoff Shaw or on such beloved properties as\u00a0Planet of the Apes<\/em>or\u00a0Harley Quinn<\/em>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hitting shelves this January, Ayala and Patridge\u2019s The Horizon Experiment: Finders\/\/Keepers one-shot is a thrilling \u201creverse Indiana Jones\u201d story that brings new energy and perspective to the action-adventure genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[150,4,342,67,435,437],"class_list":["post-9422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-blog","tag-blogging","tag-breaking-news","tag-comics","tag-comics-news","tag-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/unnamed-17-e1729113400502.jpg?fit=975%2C882&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-2rY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10267,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/out-today-the-shadow-planet\/","url_meta":{"origin":9422,"position":0},"title":"Out Today! 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