From the Mist

Once upon a time, there was an infamous knight who believed that saving a princess would help him atone for his sins. And somewhere in the deep mist lived a princess who thought she had to atone for her parents' sins. Exiled and shamed because of a past mistake, Arzur wanders in search of odd jobs in internecine skirmishes. One night, three mysterious old women offer him a chance to regain his honorable name and earn well by proving himself in a noble cause — the rescue of the local king's daughter from captivity in a gloomy castle. But is it right to call Islen 'a girl in trouble'?.. A posthumously published screenplay by Hubert ('Beauty'), masterfully brought to life by the brush of Vincent Mallie, turns the usual story of the princess and the knight upside down. 'From the Mist' invites the reader to ponder the heavy burden that familial secrets impose on us and the monsters that hide within ourselves. If you enjoy dark fantasy in the spirit of Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials', James Clavell's 'A Bone of the Skull', the themes of Margaret Atwood's works, and unexpected readings of classic tropes, as was even the case in 'Shrek' and 'The Princess Bride' — the comic by Hubert and Mallie will undoubtedly delight you.