John Wick: Chapter 4 star Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKRVerse is expanding. BOOM! Studios today shared with information on the new BRZRKR: Poetry Of Madness coming this July. Keanu Reeves will be joined by acclaimed writer and artist Steve Skroce (We Stand On Guard) and Eisner-winning colorist Dave Stewart (Black Hammer) for the first-ever BRZRKR one-shot special. BRZRKR: Poetry Of Madness one-shot special pits the immortal B. against a Lovecraftian nightmare.
BOOM! Studios provided us with the following synopsis for BRZRKR: Poetry Of Madness one-shot:
A sea of gore and devastation awaits as B., through a fateful chance encounter, safeguards the advanced and ancient realm of Atlantis as its unstoppable protector. But a sickly king serves as a symbol for the rot inside the kingdom, as the security and bliss created through B.’s violence is shallow… The cracks created by a secret cult might spell a monstrous end for the legendary city, one beyond even B.’s ability to save.
Keanu Reeves, the iconic star of feature films such as “John Wick” and “The Matrix,” is the creator and co-writer of BRZRKR. Along with success with “John Wick and “The Matrix” Keanu Reeves found major success with BRZRKR, his first comic book and graphic novel series. BRZRKR is the highest funded comic book Kickstarter of all-time and the twelve issues were consistently one of the top selling comics each month it released.
Along with a history of working as an artist and writer for Marvel and Image Comics Steve Skroce storyboarded all the Matrix films. You can find him on instagram. “I loved the original BRZRKR series and I’m thrilled to be helping Keanu craft a tale of high fantasy and adventure in his creation’s singular, blood soaked style. It’s action horror on a scale you can only get on the comics page,” said Skroce.
BRZRKR: Poetry Of Madness features covers by Steve Skroce, Travis Charest (Wildcats), David Aja (Hawkeye), and David Mack (Kabuki). You can check out a first look at the covers below:
In addition to the covers we got our first look at the character designs by Steve Skroce for some of the leads of BRZRKR: Poetry Of Madness, which you can check out below:
“How can you say no to ‘B. versus Cthulhu’? You can’t. And instead you ask Steve Skroce and Dave Stewart to make the most heavy metal, moody, action-packed one-shot of the summer,” said editor Jon Moisan.
BRZRKR: Poetry Of Madness will be published by BOOM! Studios in July 2023.
