Kickstarter Sci-Fi Anthology ‘Black Box Chronicles’ Hits Shops This Fall
by Brendan M. Allen
This November, explore the Black Box sci-fi multiverse featuring a star-studded cast of creators, with unforgettable interlinked stories, art, and world-building mapped to span generations.
The most successful sci-fi anthology in Kickstarter history comes to shops this Fall. Horrible Future and Magnetic Press is set to release the sci-fi anthology series, Black Box Chronicles and companion limited edition hardcover, Black Box: Design Space.
Black Box Chronicles features 15 intertwined shared-universe stories, co-written by Horrible Future cofounders Mark Schey and Chris Northrop. This stellar volume includes artwork by David Mack, Michael Avon Oeming, Zach Howard, Eryk Donovan, Marco Fodera, Gavin Smith, Toru Terada, David Messina, Giovanni Rigano, Drew Moss, Christian Dibari, Taki Soma, Mario Alberti, Sarah Baslaim, Flavio Dispenza, K. Michael Russel, and M. Sean McManus, and a cover by Shane Molina.
Dedicated to mankind’s exploration of space and far beyond, Black Box Chronicles anthology is a 172 page full-color quality bound paperback edition, and stands as the centerpiece of a new multi-platform narrative universe that will include artbooks, prose, tabletop RPGs, and more.
Stories in the anthology chronicle mankind’s first steps into interstellar space, as pieced together from the records recovered from the wreckage of various spacecraft found throughout the cosmos. A bold series of tales by a luminous collection of comics’ greatest creators spanning centuries of a fantastic yet plausible future.
The Black Box: Design Space hardcover with spotUV foil features a collection of schematic drawings and paintings of the various spaceships and technology discovered throughout the many stories within the Black Box: Design Space anthology graphic novel. The companion bool is illustrated by concept artist Shane Molina.
“We love hard sci-fi,” said Schey. “Black Box Chronicles is what happens after technology kills you. We wanted to take the readers on an emotional journey that shines a light on the last moments of a person’s life from a sci-fi perspective. All told through the lens of different award-winning artists interpreting the contents of a recovered flight data recorder.”
“Over the last two years I’ve worked with many internationally award-winning artists at Magnetic Press,” added Northrop. “I always wanted to bring them all under one title with a shared theme. Horrible Future is a place where original stories and ideas will thrive. I’m very excited for what Mark Schey and I have laid out for year two of production!”
“When Chris and Mark asked me to work on concept art for Black Box Chronicles I was stoked,” said Molina. “Then they said ‘let’s make a book of of all your art.’ I fell off my chair!”
For fans of The Expanse and Black Mirror, Black Box Chronicles hits shelves Nov. 5, and Black Box: Design Space on Nov. 15. Both are now available for preorder.