The Demon of Beausoleil Combines Demonic Exorcism and Romance

Oni Press is starting disconnected the caller twelvemonth beardown with a caller graphic caller called The Demon of Beausoleil. Even though it deals with demons and exorcism, this publication is really a amazingly lighthearted romance astir a half-demon exorcist who falls for his eternally put-upon bodyguard.

IGN tin exclusively debut a caller preview of The Demon of Beausoleil. Check it retired successful the slideshow assemblage below:

The Demon of Beausoleil is written and illustrated by Mari Costa. Here's Oni's authoritative statement of the book:

A half-demon socialite-turned-exorcist and his disgruntled bodyguard person nary occupation facing down the hordes of darkness—but facing their feelings for each other? Well now, that’s a full antithetic communicative . . .

Helianthes is simply a Cambion—a kid calved touched by demons. Horned, clawed, and tailed, Helianthes—Hell for short—is a devil-may-care exorcist whose devil-may-care cognition has succeeded successful alienating those closest to him—all prevention for his long-suffering bodyguard, Elias, who sees him arsenic little a strange, mythical being and much conscionable a . . . nuisance.

Together, the 2 task into the streets of this psuedo-remix of Victorian London to exorcise demons (and possibly origin a small mischief connected the way). But arsenic Hell becomes progressively drawn to his enigmatic bodyguard—and arsenic Elias becomes progressively alert of his feelings for his occupation of a charge—the 2 find themselves faced with a growing, chaotic acheronian that mightiness endanger everything they’ve been moving toward . . .

A satellite of half-demons and the boys who emotion them await successful this epic queer romance by writer/artist Mari Costa!

"The lone happening I hatred astir Helianthes’s parents is I don’t get to gully MORE OF THEM!!" Costa tells IGN. "The existent calamity of Yanthe’s beingness is simply a batch of his suffering is self-inflicted. I deliberation it’d beryllium truly casual to excuse his behaviour with a shitty household oregon a unsmooth upbringing, but it makes him conscionable that spot much analyzable that helium was surrounded by emotion increasing up. There are a batch of things you extremity up internalising adjacent nether the champion of circumstances."

Costa adds, "Also, passim the full timeline of this comic, cipher inquire maine however aged Kirby is. Kirby is 3 months old. He’s a small puppydog. He’s 5 days old. And he’s immortal."

The Demon of Beausoleil volition beryllium released connected January 27. You tin preorder a transcript connected Amazon.

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