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YouNeek Studios Graphic Novels to be Published by Dark Horse Comics

Roye Okupe’s YouNeek Studios universe is going to be published by Dark Horse Comics. Okupe’s works were previously self-published. The Dark Horse Comics releases will include never-before-seen bonus material. The first graphic novels from the YouNeek Youniverse line being published by Dark Horse are Malika: Warrior Queen, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, and E.X.O: The Legend of Wale Williams.

Said Okupe of the partnership “What we are trying to do over the next few years is create a compelling and immersive universe with our own twist. How? Well, the YouNeek YouNiverse is a massive, interconnected universe of sci-fi, fantasy and superhero content spread across multiple timelines with stories told from an African perspective. Is this ambitious? Yes. Is it impossible? Not at all. With this monumental partnership with Dark Horse and the impeccable history, support and infrastructure they bring to the table, we will finally be able to achieve our ultimate goal: create, for a global audience, content that empowers African creatives and storytelling." (Dark Horse Comics)

Malika: Warrior Queen Volume 1, from Okupe, Chima Kalu, and Raphael Kazeem, releases on September 7, 2021. The graphic novel follows Malika. When she inherits the crown of from her father Azzaz splits in half, resulting in years of civil war. She will finally united the empire and grow, but expansion has its costs.

 Iyanu: Child of Wonder Volume 1, from Okupe and Godwin Akpan, will release on September 21, 2021. The graphic novel follows Iyanu, an orphan with amnesia. She discovers she has special abilities that would rival the deities from folklore. Her abilities may be the key to bringing back the “age of wonders” and save her world from destruction.

E.X.O: The Legend of Wale Williams Volume 1, from Okupe, Sunkanmi Akinboye, and Raphael Kazeem, releases on October 19, 2021. The graphic novel is described as “an Afrofuturist superhero story about redemption” and follows Wale Williams from the metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria. Williams moonlights as E.X.O. a tech savy superhero who battles deadly extremists.

(Images via Dark Horse Comics)

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Preview: MALIKA – FIRE & FROST (Free Comic Book Day Special)

Preview: MALIKA – FIRE & FROST (Free Comic Book Day Special)

YouNeek Studios are back! The Afrofuturist comics publisher, founded by Nigerian writer and entrepreneur Roye Okupe a few years back as a home for his storytelling universe of African heroes in a sci-fi setting.

Malika, the warrior queen of our title, has battled for her kingdom across two graphic novels and a couple of special one-shots to date, and her FCBD 2019 comic is an all-new story of…

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