Image Comics Unveils Lost Fantasy: A Final Fantasy-Inspired Series

Curt Pires, celebrated for his work on titles like Youth and Lost Falls in the Comixology Originals library, is set to make a thrilling return to Image Comics with his latest project, Lost Fantasy. This new series draws heavily from the rich tapestry of JRPG classics, notably Final Fantasy VII, promising a blend of fantasy and adventure that's sure to captivate fans of both comics and video games.

Explore the exclusive preview of Lost Fantasy #1 in the slideshow gallery below, showcasing interior art from the debut issue and the process behind Jae Lee's stunning cover:

Lost Fantasy #1: Exclusive Preview Art Gallery

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Lost Fantasy marks a reunion for Pires with artist Luca Casalanguida, known for their collaboration on Money. The first issue boasts cover art by Casalanguida, Alex Diotto, Darick Robertson, and Jae Lee. Additionally, the series will feature a serialized backup story titled Indigo Children: Exodus, a continuation of Pires' earlier sci-fi work, Indigo Children.

Here's the official synopsis from Image Comics for Lost Fantasy:

In Lost Fantasy, a magical world lies beneath ours, and first contact was made over a hundred years ago between the two worlds due to a natural disaster, resulting in a schism that allowed monsters to break through. Since then, secret monster slayers, known as The Great Hunters, have been working with global leaders to police the border and to keep our world safe from the creatures that lurk in the shadows. But last night, something broke through, resulting in a mysterious mass killing in Montana, and causing things to shift in a way that will ripple through both worlds. Now it’s up to rookie monster hunter Henry Blackheart to stop it…

Pires shares his excitement about returning to Image Comics with Lost Fantasy, a series that combines his passion for Western comics like East Of West and Something Is Killing The Children with the intricate world-building and action-packed narratives of the JRPGs he grew up with. "Games like the Final Fantasy series—with our lead character's Snow White spikey hair and Giant Sword being a direct homage to Tetsuya Nomura's amazing character design for Cloud," Pires explains to IGN.

He adds, "The 'Lost' in the title is also a homage—albeit a more subtle one—to the great Hironobu Sakaguchi's Lost Odyssey—which is his criminally underrated post-Final Fantasy masterpiece at Mistwalker. So the comic has a lot of JRPG love at its core."

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