Skybound’s ‘Corpse Knight’ Gets A Set Of Stunning Stained-Glass Inspired Variant Covers

Skybound/Image Comics has revealed some very creative variant covers for the upcoming new horror series, Corpse Knight, by artist Nimit Malavia (The New Gods). Each issue of the six-issue run will feature a stunning stained-glass style depiction of one of the central characters and is written by Michael Chaves (The Conjuring Franchise), with art by Matthew Roberts (Universal Monsters: Creature from The Black Lagoon Lives!), colourist Rico Renzi (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), and letters by Pat Brosseau (Creepshow).

Malavia explains the decision to go this way with the art below:

“From the outset, we knew we wanted to find a way to focus on the characters, and our initial conversations were around the idea of doing some kind of faux Renaissance portraits for each of the mains. Given the time period, players involved in the story (Joan especially), and the direct connection to life and miraculous rebirth, it felt like an organic step to give each of the characters a saint-like aura / treatment.”

As I started to explore more of the idea of saintly portraits and thinking how we could take this further than just the style, that’s when stained glass imagery came up. It’s not often that you get to play with religious iconography in comics, so I started researching and realized it would be a perfect fit. Not only does it connect thematically, but it gave us a framework and secondary level to sneak in iconography and subtle nods to the story and themes with the stained glass and ornamentation. It also had the added bonus of allowing us to directly incorporate our title into the cover in a seamless way. With all these pillars aligning, it felt like the perfect vehicle.” 

And, if you’ve not yet clicked on the link to catch a preview of the debut issue, you can always do so now (here) and read the synopsis there. Or here:

“War ravages France, but a young girl named Foy lives in relative peace with her father … until tragedy strikes. As Foy struggles to fend for herself, she’s granted a miracle — her father returns from the dead to protect her.

Now, they embark on a sacred quest, confronting murderers, wild animals, wandering armies, and black magic plaguing the countryside. As Foy comes face to face with the dark side of miracles and the secrets of the Corpse Knight, she must question if the man by her side has always been a monster … “

Corpse Knight #1  is out on Wednesday, the 22nd of April.