Fantastic fungi tales return with a second installment to worth foraging for! We’re pleased to announce the THE MUSHROOM KNIGHT VOL. 2, the exciting fantasy follow-up by Russ Manning Award-winning writer, artist, and mushroom enthusiast, Oliver Bly, is now available at your favorite local comic shop and book store!! The exciting second installment will find magnificent mycelium meandering through the forest in an all-new adventure.
“The Fungal Kingdom is one of the largest eukaryotic kingdoms in the phylogenetic tree of life, encompassing an estimated 1.5-7 million species across the boundaries of its enigmatic and mostly uncharted realm. It is from this vast and mighty Kingdom, at the dawn of a new Aeon for humankind, that a tiny Mushroom Knight has emerged into the land of 1990’s Philadelphia. And he has a very, very large story to tell. Far too large for just one book,” said Oliver Bly, creator of The Mushroom Knight. “My heart is radiating with golden beams of brilliant sunlight as we announce The Mushroom Knight, Volume 2, of the continuing adventures of Gowlitrot & Lem. Volume 1 exploded in a puff of spores that found fertile ground in the imagination of its readers. The mycelium is now growing and people are being turned on to something new—and the resounding reply has been “more!” “
THE MUSHROOM KNIGHT VOL. 2 (GN)
Writer & Artist: Oliver Bly – Colors: Oliver Bly & Steph Snow
Letterer: AndWorld Design
Release Date: November 5th, 2024
ISBN: 9781545809495
Synopsis: An adolescent girl searches the deep dark woods for her missing dog, entangling her destiny with a chivalrous mushroom faerie on a mystical quest to protect the biome from catastrophic ruin.
The Mushroom Knight follows the adventures of Gowlitrot the Gardener, a sentient bipedal fungus created by a race of woodland gnomes called Gödels, as he investigates and unearths a deadly conspiracy that reveals the true nature of himself and the devastation humans have wrought upon the global biosystem that he has sworn to protect.
Writer/Artist, Oliver Bly
Oliver Bly is an animator, cartoonist, tin whistler, archer, and mycology enthusiast living in Olympia, WA. The Mushroom Knight is his first graphic novel work.
“I am honored to be the bard chosen to answer that call, to tell this particular tale, to scatter these peculiar seeds. And I could not have wished for a better planting-partner than Mad Cave Studios, who continue to be a venerable bastion of wild creativity and boundary defying graphic art. What Volume 1 planted, Volume 2 will grow. I will see you at the harvest.”
– Writer/Artist, Oliver Bly
We had the chance to catch up with Oliver Bly and celebrate the release of The Mushroom Knight Vol. 2 at New York Comic Con! Check out the photos below!
The Mushroom Knight Vol. 2 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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