Looking forwards to 2025 now and BOOM! Studios’ new series Bronze Faces…
Shobo, Shof and Alexandre Tefenkgi Bring Nigerian Mythology to BOOM! Studios
A Nigerian Cultural Horror Story
Celebrated authors Shobo and Shof (New Masters) draw from their Nigerian heritage for the heist of a lifetime. Joined by Eisner winning illustrator Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Shobo and Shof bring BRONZE FACES to BOOM! Studios in 2025. Prepare for a story that’s at once an exhilarating adventure and a breathtaking descent into mythology, history, and the horrors of colonialism.
Soho, London. Estranged childhood friends Timi, Sango, and Gbonka reunite on the eve of the British Museum’s historic purchase of the works of Timi’s father. Timi has been invited as a “guest of honor,” but what the Museum is heralding as a triumphant acquisition, the trio see as nothing short of brazen cultural theft.
Emboldened by a night of drinking and shared outrage, the friends concoct a scheme to steal back the seminal artwork themselves!
But when the trio find themselves in possession of “The Register,” a document outlining dozens of colonial-era stolen artifacts, their sights turn even higher to the Benin Bronzes–the British Museum’s cache of nearly 1,500 works of stolen art from the Kingdom of Benin…
“Bronze Faces is our bold answer to the question, ‘What if we took our heritage back by any means necessary?’ We’ve crafted a story that’s part heist, part homecoming, and part myth. I can’t wait for readers to dive into the action with us,” said series co-creator Shobo.
“Bronze Faces is an idea we all may have had at some point standing in some of the world’s most prominent museums. ‘What happens if I just took that priceless sculpture home with me back to Nigeria? While jamming to afrobeat, preferably Fela, wearing a bronze leopard mask, flipping the bird, and wearing a stylish getaway outfit that you can see from space’… Right?!” said series co-creator Shof.
“The creation process for Bronze Faces is completely different than what I’ve ever done so far,” said series artist Alexandre Tefenkgi. “The creative team is composed as if we were crafting an animated feature, which is new and thrilling for me. So much care, research and attention to details are being put into this work, it’s just mad. I couldn’t NOT be a part of this, even if the challenge of drawing these issues is definitely going to make me sweat this winter!”
BRONZE FACES #1 features main cover art by series co-creator Shof, and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Alexandre Tefenkgi, Dan Mora (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and Tula Lotay (Somna).
