Iron Maiden's lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and Z2 have announced a The Mandrake Project companion comic series.
The Mandrake Project: Year One, which collects the first four issues in the series, will be released on August 5.
Additionally, the oversized 12"x12", 184 page volume Deluxe Editions include an extensive series of interviews and essays recounting the road Dickinson and the creative team took in bringing the album, tour, and comic series to life.
Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter has written an introduction to the book. The case also contains four exclusive foil collectors' cards and the cast Metal Mandrake Project medallion seen in the comic and music videos.
"Finally we are at the end of the beginning," Dickinson said about the book's release. "I honestly have to pinch myself to believe that Volume 1 of The Mandrake Project is upon us. I sometimes get the feeling that I am not fully in control of the story, and that some other entity is squeezing the blood out of my subconscious and turning it into ink on the page before my very eyes. We are just getting going. We are all… formed… of the dead."
The oversized 12"x12" Deluxe edition with spinning slipcase and the limited, signed platinum edition will only be available directly from Z2 at Z2Comics.com, while a 9"x9" smaller hardcover edition without slipcase will be available via Z2's retail partners Amazon and Barnes and Noble in the United States, and at HMV UK (Exclusive HMV Cover + Trading Card), as well as many independent comic and music shops worldwide.
Speaking about The Mandrake Project: Year One, Z2's Editor-in-Chief Rantz Hoseley said, "You pray for collaborators like Bruce Dickinson. While we've always taken pride in the presentation and production of our books, Bruce challenged us to exceed our previous best, and we happily took that challenge on. The end result is a design so ambitious and lush it'll make your jaw drop, and we cannot wait to have you dive into this beautiful beast of a book!"
Pre-order The Mandrake Project: Year One at Z2comics.com/BruceDickinson
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