Preview — A Breathless Megalodon Chase In Humanoids’ ‘Carthago: Kane’
by Anton Kromoff
Welcome to the table,
One of my favorite quotes goes a little something like this…
“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean. Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. All my days have I watched it and listened to it, and I know it well. At first it told to me only the plain little tales of calm beaches and near ports, but with the years it grew more friendly and spoke of other things; of things more strange and more distant in space and in time.”
Those words were written down by one Howard Phillips Lovecraft and while his work is problematic his thoughts on the vast expanses of water that stretch out across 75% of our planet have always struck a chord with me.
The thought of a vast space beneath the waves that could be inhabited by monsters we have never seen should fill me with dread but the endless fascination with the airless landscape full of currents and the unknown is a place of constant wonder for me.
International publisher Humanoids announced today Carthago: Kane, a new, original graphic novel by writer Christophe Bec, artist Ennio Bufi, colorist Andrea Meloni, and translated by Montana Kane.
From the world of the critically acclaimed Carthago comes the story of Kane, a merman from a subterranean society who is hunted by a corrupt billionaire obsessed with mythological creatures.
Set in China in the late 1970s. Kane, a young man-triton hybrid, escapes from his captivity in a secret research facility owned by a corrupt billionaire intent on proving the existence of not only the triton species but the fabled megalodons as well
As Kane flees his captor’s henchmen and trackers, he finds himself in a breathless chase with a megalodon of legend! But is the Megalodon really his enemy…
Humanity’s continued feverish quest for natural resources threatens to unleash ancient monsters of the deep and beyond in the highly anticipated installment of the critically-acclaimed series Carthago, a Deep Blue Sea meets Succession tale of drama, mystery, and the monsters that lurk in the deepest ocean… and the human heart.
Carthago: Kane will be available in bookstores on October 17, 2023 and on October 18, 2023 in comic shops.
Until next time, it’s probably safe to go into the water.
