About Crema
“Esme always feared sleep. As a
child she feared monsters lurked there. Waiting to swallow her up in the dark
where no one would find her. She’d be lost. Invisible. So she made a plan to
drink sleep away. Night after night… with cup after cup… of coffee. Lots and
lots of coffee.”
So begins Crema, a
delectable original graphic novel by #1 New
York Times bestselling writer Johnnie Christmas and Prism-Award nominee
Dante Luiz, featuring lettering by Ryan Ferrier. Arriving July 21st
from comiXology Originals, Crema is
the story of a haunted romance that explores the world of coffee and is told in
three potent chapters — The Last Roast, The Grind, and Brew — all of which
simmer with magical realism and passion.
Esme loves coffee. She works as a barista at a Brooklyn
coffee shop and knows everything there is to know about the stuff. But when she
drinks too much, she can actually see . . . and talk to . . . ghosts. In fact, Gerry the ghost has been her friend
since she was a young child.
Esme often feels invisible, until she meets Yara, heiress to
the coffee shop and its coffee bean provider Cherry Mountain Farm. Their world is turned
upside down when Esme discovers a mysterious letter written in old Portuguese
and encounters the strange ghost of an Old-World nobleman, in the basement of
the coffee shop. In the midst of a sexy whirlwind romance, the
discovery leads Esme and Yara to the deteriorating (and said to be haunted)
coffee plantation in Brazil bringing dark and sinister tidings of unrequited
love. Will Yara sell her family’s coffee plantation? Will Esme find peace—and
an escape from the ghosts that visit her?
Crema is sure to appeal to
fans of Neil Gaiman, Laura Esquivel, and Anthony Bourdain.
Like the sip of a world class cup of coffee and the first kiss of a new
romance, this charming graphic novel will
transport you.
Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive content, Crema will be available upon release on
July 21, 2020 at no additional cost, for members of Amazon Prime, Kindle
Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for purchase on Kindle and comiXology.
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About the Creators:
Johnnie Christmas is a #1 New York Times Best Selling graphic novelist. Writer of the Image
Comics sci-fi series TARTARUS and is perhaps best known for co-creating the
series ANGEL CATBIRD with celebrated writer Margaret Atwood, as well as
adapting William Gibson’s lost screen-play for ALIEN 3 into a critically
acclaimed graphic novel of the same name. His credits also include creating
FIREBUG — for which he was nominated for the Joe Shuster Outstanding Cartoonist
in 2019 — and co-creating the pre-apocalyptic thriller SHELTERED. A graduate of
the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, earning a BFA in Communication
Design/Illustration, Johnnie makes Vancouver, BC his home.
Dante Luiz is a comic artist, editor and illustrator from
Brazil. He’s a two-time PRISM awards nominee, and part of the 2020
Hugo-finalist team for the speculative fiction magazine STRANGE HORIZONS. He
publishes adult romance comics at Filthy Figments, and has participated of
several anthologies, such as SHOUT OUT, GOTHIC TALES OF HAUNTED LOVE and
WAYWARD KINDRED, among others. Right now, he’s quarantined in Porto Alegre with
his wife.
Ryan Ferrier is a Canadian comic book writer and letterer,
having worked in both roles with every major North American comics publisher.
His most recent work includes I CAN SELL YOU A BODY and DEATH ORB, and he has
built acclaim with the original titles such as D4VE, CRIMINY, KENNEL BLOCK
BLUES, and several of your favorite licensed properties, including TEENAGE
MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and G.I. JOE.
Atla Hrafney is an Icelandic comics writer and editor who’s
worked on Eisner, Broken Frontier, and Xeric award nominated projects. As a day
job she works at Hiveworks Comics as part of their editorial staff, and by
night she… actually does her day job, because time zones are awful. On occasion
she finds time to work on neat projects like this one, and even writes her own
forthcoming graphic novels.
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