In your previous interview about The Steel Prince, you mentioned some of your Western comics influences, but I know you’re also a big fan of manga. Plus, getting to SEE her bone magic, an ability which, in the novels, is largely invisible compared to other elements, was just a complete blast. The magic itself has visually lived in my head while writing the books, but the iconography, such as Arisa’s flag, with it’s open skeleton hand on one side, and its closed fist on the other, those punchy visual pieces, work so much better on the comic page.
I know!! That’s probably my favorite aspect of the entire thing, and it really came down to the details. Did you have any visual elements you particularly loved? One of the coolest things about a Shades of Magic comic was seeing what the visual parts could do that prose couldn’t, like the amazing images of Arisa’s bone magic. The world of the books, and now the comics, is one that really changes depending on the protagonist, their abilities, and their world.
I’d love to do more comics in the Shades world, but I think I’d like to shift focus, either in time, or to another London. The Steel Prince series was inspired by a very specific bit of conversation in A Conjuring of Light, where an ambassador from another empire lists the three feats that gave Maxim Maresh the reputation as the “Steel Prince”, so it made sense, to give each feat its own arc. I personally gravitate toward bind-ups, and coming from the world of fiction, and having a readership that has such allegiance to bookstores, I’m glad they’ll be able to get their hands on the full first arc of Steel Prince! Did you know from the start it would be twelve issues, or did you initially intend for the first four to stand alone? Would you extend beyond twelve issues if given the opportunity? How are you feeling about having the first part of the story out in the world?Īs cool as it’s been, seeing the single issues, I’m honestly really excited about the trade paperback. So issue 4 of the single issues of The Steel Prince just released, wrapping up the Arisa arc, and the trade paperback is due out in March. Schwab spoke with Wendy when the series was first announced, and now that the first arc has wrapped up, she’s returned to give us a look back on The Steel Prince, as well as offer a few glimpses into its future. Four issues, a few stabbings, some badass magic and a decisive battle later, we thought that was all, only to be gleefully surprised with an expansion to twelve issues and the release of the first trade paperback from Titan Comics. Schwab opened a new doorway into the Shades of Magic world with The Steel Prince, a comic series focusing on the past trials and forging of Maxim Maresh.
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