At CBR, “Giant Days” creator John Allison and artist Christine Larsen (“Adventure Time,” “Holy Diver”) have announced “By Night,” a 12-issue comic that will be published by BOOM! Studios from June. The series follows two childhood friends, Jane, a chemistry major and aspiring documentary filmmaker, and Heather, an amateur urban explorer, who reunite to get rich by making a film about their paranormal experiences.
Larsen was asked about penciling an original property instead of a licensed one like “Adventure Time.” She responded, “I’ve done a few original comics alongside the licensed work over the years — both for myself and for other publishers. There really isn’t a huge disparity between working on an established property and working on something original. After a research stage, a lot of exploratory drawing happens until something feels right. John had a good idea regarding what he wanted for the main characters — so that process wasn’t so different than the reinterpretation I do for a licensed property — but I pulled a lot of reference for the environments, creatures and support cast before I started sketching them.”
“By Night” #1 will be released in June: head on over to CBR for a preview of the first issue and more artwork from Larsen, as well as comments from Allison about how the comic fits into his “Giant Days”/”Scary Go Round” universe (“Of course it is,” he said, “but in the sense that we exist in the Charlize Theron universe.”)
