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Iron Maiden ’s Bruce Dickinson ’s graphic novel The Mandrake Project will be impress with soil from William Blake ’s grave accent .
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William Blake , poet and artist extraordinaire , is buried in the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground . just north of St Paul ’s Cathedral , and pretty nigh to the grave ofJohn Bunyan . And at some pointIron Maiden’sBruce Dickinson , or someone working for him , has rocked up with a low shovel and help themselves .
Z2 Comics is to call for and publish Bruce Dickinson ’s comic book projectThe Mandrake Project : Year One , on the 5th of August 2025 , collecting the first four progeny of his Mandrake Project comic loose last year as well as a serial publication of interviews and essays about the conception farad the project , as well as an introduction by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter , four exclusive foil collectors cards and the cast metallic element Mandrake Project decoration that feature in the laughable and music telecasting . It will also feature a court to William Blake , who breathe in the project . And yes , soil from his grave was pull together and mixed with ink to print the deluxe editions .
William Blake will not only flex in his grave but will also do so on the varlet of the pictorial novel .
write bbyTony Leeand drawn byStaz Johnson , I is being put out in twelve episodes , amass into three graphic novel , and is described as " a gloomy , adult story of power , abuse and a struggle for identity , set against the backdrop of scientific and occult virtuoso . " It will tie in with Dickinson ’s upcoming solo album and Latin American / European term of enlistment date , also bed as Bruce Dickinson’sThe Mandrake Project .
An eight - page comic prequel entitledAfterglow Of Ragnarokwas included within the vinyl radical 7 " single booklet , which accompany the single of the same name . Bruce Dickinson say , " last , we are at the oddment of the get-go . I honestly have to snarf myself to think that intensity 1 of The Mandrake Project is upon us . I sometimes get the flavour that I am not to the full in control of the story and that some other entity is squeeze the line out of my subconscious mind and turn it into ink on the page before my very eyes . We are just get go away . We are all … formed … of the beat . "
The oversized 12 " x 12 " Deluxe Edition with spinning slipcase and the restrain , signed platinum variation will only be useable directly fromZ2 at Z2Comics.com , while a 9 " x 9 " smaller hardcover variant without slipcase will be usable onAmazonin the United States , and at HMV UK ( Exclusive HMV Cover + Trading Card ) , as well as many independent comic and euphony shop worldwide .
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