Mod Egon is back from his somewhat impromptu Heritage Day holiday and reinvigorated for the final push of promos before our release! This trippy sectional is the work of @cobaltbeam. COBALT BEAM is a prolific artist with a range of different styles and techniques levied across her body of work so that each new addition provides a fresh breath of life. Her anatomy studies have been put to horrifying use here in the warped state of everyone’s favourite Avatar, Michael Shelley, and the full piece should have you feeling just as disoriented as Helen. You can find COBALT BEAM on twitter and instagram at cobalt_BeaM, but you will never regain your sanity.
@emperiocism has produced a gorgeous watercolour for today’s promo, which marks approximately 15 days to our release!
When not having copious amounts of feelings for fictional foggy sea captains, Emperio can be found watching a vast array of terrible horror game let’s plays, with an empty canvas beside her, open and waiting. Find her on twitter at emperiocism!
After consulting with the remaining outstanding contributors for their submissions, the mods have decided to give a one-week grace extension to the project. We’d rather make sure that every piece gets those gorgeous finishing touches that showcase the love and appreciation each contributor has for the Magnus Archives rather than a hurried spackling, and we believe that granting additional time will help round out this volume as a strong selection of artwork.
Promos will resume Friday, and will also include “Work in Progress” snapshots if a completed piece was not available at time of posting. We aim to have the digital copy of the Magnus Collection available August 29. Thank you for your continuing interest!
We’re playing catch up with our promos, so you lucky fools will get a double decker of delights through the day! First up comes a piece from @artlyloser, who describes herself thusly: “I am a 20 year old artist currently living in Louisiana. My focus is on illustration and comics and my current biggest inspirations are podcasts and D&D. I am currently on my way to complete my graphic design degree and plan to start on my own comic projects soon.” Find them on twitter at artlyloser, and instagram at ghostlyloser.
Next up comes a thrilling piece from @samglyph. Sam is a college student who got deeply into the Magnus Archives over the last year, and proceeded to drag all their friends into the abyss with them. It seems they’ve gotten Gerry Keay on the way! This promo only captures a small segment of a truly gorgeous illustration, and you will just have to see it in full soon! If you prefer to check out their art on instagram, you can find them at samglyph.
When might pre-orders be available?
themagnuscollection:
We’re aiming to have preorders available for physical copies August 22-23, and digital orders available on the same day. Pricing is going to depend on how stable the print and shipping industries hold up over the next month, so our moderators are looking at five different options, one of which being a print-on-demand. The other four options would be a bulk order shipped by Moderator Jack, and would allow us to include a smaller goodie pack for a ‘deluxe edition’. Regardless of pandemic, we are working very hard to ensure that we can ship product out to all the wonderful fans out there!
We’re just updating this post to once again reaffirm that we’re now working toward an August 29th release date!