2023 Eisner Award Winner Zoe Thorogood Joins Titan Comics’ ‘Life Is Strange’

Titan Comics and Square Enix have announced that the next Life Is Strange comics – coming this December – is to be written by Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth, The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott), who won this year’s Russ Manning Newcomer Award at the 2023 Eisner Awards. Returining to art duties is Claudia Leonardi with Andrea Izzo on colours.

Called Life is Strange: Forget-Me-Not, we get a comic book introduction to two fan-favourite characters from the game Life is Strange: True Colors and more. Here’s the series’ synopsis:

“Psychic empath guitarist Alex Chen and drummer, DJ, and super-nerd Steph Gingrich are now touring their band across smalltown America; a tour of crusty venues, distracted audiences, and cold nights huddled in their camper van.

As the days blur together, Alex and Steph begin to doubt their choices – until they find another lost soul on the side of the road, a mysterious teenager named Lily.

Alex and Steph take Lily under their wing, to uncover the truth of what she’s running from. But there’s more to Lily than meets the eye, as she struggles under the weight of heartache and memories from lives she hasn’t lived. An all-too-familiar story for Alex, who’s lived her life buffeted by the emotions of others. Is there time to save Lily from a similar lonely fate?”

Thorogood, who’s having quite the year of it, had this to say:

“It’s difficult to emphasise how formative the original LIFE IS STRANGE was for my teen years, I played it when I was 16 and remember falling in love with it instantly. I downloaded each episode on the day they came out. Even now, episode 2 is one of the most powerful game experiences I’ve ever had. Personally, LIFE IS STRANGE has always been a series about misfits trying to find themselves and their crowd, with the superpowers being stand-ins for real life divergences we may have. Tonally, it has the perfect balance of whimsical and dark what-the-heck-ery that I adore in stories. I’m hoping LIFE IS STRANGE: FORGET-ME-NOT will appeal to new and old fans alike, and have all the charm and heartbreak as the rest of the series.”

Titan Comics editor Phoebe Hedges added:

“As a franchise, LIFE IS STRANGE is always asking ‘what if?’ and encouraging players to explore the road less travelled. LIFE IS STRANGE: FORGET-ME-NOT places familiar characters in unfamiliar places, and under Zoe’s pen will take readers on an unforgettable emotional journey. Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo have gone from strength to strength in developing the wider LIFE IS STRANGE world and bringing Alex Chen to the page. As a book, LIFE IS STRANGE: FORGET-ME-NOT is going to push Alex and her abilities, and explore the power of our memories and the hold they can have over us – for better or worse.”

LIFE IS STRANGE: FORGET-ME-NOT #1 will be out on December 13th, 2023 from Titan Comics