Mad Cave Studios announces Roy and Inaki Miranda’s next big hit series!
Four years after publishing their Eisner-nominated hit, the Miranda Brothers once again combine forces for BLADE FORGER, now available at your favorite local comic shop!
Co-created and written by the team that brought readers We Live, Roy Miranda and Inaki Miranda, features art and Cover A by Inaki Miranda, colors by Eva De La Cruz and letters by Dave Sharpe—the series that begs the question, What happens when utopia is born from necessity—can one person change the world?
BLADE FORGER
Writer: Inaki & Roy Miranda – Artist: Inaki Miranda
Colorist: Eva De La Cruz – Letterer: Dave Sharpe
Release Date: March 5th, 2025
Synopsis: The discovery of CORUM, a never-before-seen energy source, led to a bloody world war for its control. After years of constant death and destruction, the Lords of the lands agreed to stop the fight and negotiate an agreement. The BLADE FORGERS TREATY was born from that meeting. This treaty established that the centralization of the Corum exploitation would be done through one central government led by a neutral Emperor. The Emperor would have to be a BLADE FORGER, a mystical swordsman, and defend the title in a tournament called The Tournament of the Five Rings. Every five years, Blade Forgers from every corner of the Empire would fight for the possibility of becoming the new Emperor.
“Blade Forger was born from two crises; both imposed and unexpected. The first was having to abandon (temporarily, we hope) our WE LIVE story halfway through, despite its success. We had to shut down a universe and characters that were already part of our lives and with whom we had come to build a dream. That’s not easy to assimilate—
The second was the world energy crisis resulting from the war between Russia and Ukraine. For months there were warnings in Europe about the possibility of energy supplies not reaching homes. We talked about the fear and helplessness that arises when a basic commodity cannot reach everyone, knowing that what will happen is only under the control of large corporations. And the consequences: something as simple as a family not being able to afford heating in winter—
The question that triggered the idea was: could energy become a common good for all? All the pieces fell into place in a magical way. The entire Mad Cave team absorbed our enthusiasm and multiplied it by 100. We promised we’d be back! And as Blade Forger’s slogan says: a promise is a promise.”
Inaki earned a degree in fine arts and established a place for himself in the comics industry, collaborating with DC Comics for more than a decade on such titles as Coffin Hill, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Batman Beyond. In 2024 he received an Eisner nomination as Best Artist for his work in Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, which was also nominated as Best miniseries. Roy hails from both the music industry and the stage. He supplements his long carreer as a Hip Hop singer – in bands such as LEFlaco, Roy Mercurio, Dremen, La Zurda- with his job as a Creative Director.
In 2020, they joined their creative minds and published the Eisner nominated hit WE LIVE.
Different life paths that met in the territory of ideas and narration. The Brothers watched the same films, played the same video games, read the same comics and shared the same Star Wars and He-Man figures. Their imaginative impulses led them to create stories together… as if they were returning to that messy bedroom they shared as children.
We’ve got a sneak peek inside the pages of Blade Forger. Check out our official trailer below!
Blade Forger #1 is now available on the official Mad Cave Studios website, and is available at your favorite bookstore, local comic shop, and digital comic reader!
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