‘Emerald City’ And ‘Siberia’ Creator Matthew Arnold To Make Graphic Novel Debut With ‘Eden’
20.01.2022 - 20:02
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EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Arnold, the creator and executive producer of NBC’s Emerald City and Siberia, will soon unveil his first graphic novel Eden, a sci-fi story exploring a new and controversial approach to incarceration. The graphic novel illustrated by Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ, Highway to Hell) will become available in digital form via Amazon’s cloud-based service ComiXology Originals on March 29. It’s set for publication in print by Dark Horse, the legendary company behind titles including Black Hammer, Hellboy, Sin City and The Umbrella Academy, on July 12.
Eden is billed as a story told in five chapters about starting over. When a new law declares that convicted criminals should be cryogenically frozen instead of jailed, society thinks it has found a more humane way to deal with inmates. But when Anna Craft, a senator accused of a horrible crime, is imprisoned under this new system, alongside her sheriff husband Ben, she will have to face a bizarre and frightening reality unlike anything she’d previously imagined. Upon its ComiXology release, the graphic novel will be available at no cost to members of Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and DomiXology Unlimited, and for purchase on the Amazon Kindle Store and ComiXology.
“At the heart of this story is an exploration of forgiveness and redemption. In our social media / insta-news world, we can often make snap judgements in the court of public opinion about a person, often times on the worst day of their lives,” observed Arnold. “The question the novel asks is whether true forgiveness can ever be achieved. And do we judge people on their pasts or their presents?”
Arnold is best known for his fantastical NBC drama series Emerald City, which he created and exec produced as a
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