The Pander Brothers (Dissident X) return to the world of GirlFIEND with GirlFIEND in Paris: A Bloodthirsty Bedtime Story, a new original graphic novel set to launch this October from Dark Horse Comics.
GirlFIEND in Paris serves as a follow-up to The Pander Brothers' GirlFIEND, which Dark Horse published as a trade paperback back in 2015. The new, hardcover OGN is "written in poetic verse from the vampire heroine Karina's perspective and includes a new GirlFIEND pin-up gallery." With a cover price of $19.99 USD, it is slated to arrive in comic shops on Wednesday, Oct. 12 and in bookstores on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
The fugitive romance continues between Karina, a day-walking vampire and Nick, a nocturnal mortal. Living out their storybook fantasy in Paris by day and hunting down criminals by night to feed Karina's hunger, Nick's moral line continues to be pushed to the limit. When Karina discovers her latest prey holds a dark criminal secret, it will put their immortal love-pact to the test when they attempt to rescue an innocent girl from a deadly underworld plot.
"We wanted to magnify the idea of the protagonists living out their 'fairytale fantasy' in Paris by depicting the narrative itself in literal fairytale storybook verse," said Arnold Pander.
"GirlFIEND in Paris was born out of the COVID lockdown," added Jacob Pander. "With both of us working in separate locations, we decided to take a different approach by making the story more intimate in its tone -- a Paris romance novella to reacquaint the readers with these two characters, and allow the complexity of their relationship to grow and evolve."
Described as a "thrilling tale of lust, sacrifice and rock 'n' roll," the original GirlFIEND graphic novel is a vampire crime drama that follows "a human [Nick] and his vampire girlfriend [Karina]," who "must hunt the criminal underworld to keep their love alive."
"GirlFIEND is a fun, entertaining read, with a good, dense plot and a lot of cool stuff packed into it," Greg Burgas wrote in his official CBR review for The Pander Brothers' comic back in 2015. "Fans of the Pander Brothers should definitely get this, but even if you're not, it's a wild ride that does a good job fitting the vampire mythos into a different kind of story."
GirlFIEND in Paris: A Bloodthirsty Bedtime Story by The Pander Brothers goes on sale Oct. 12 from Dark Horse Comics.
Source: Dark Horse Comics