The highly successful creative team of #1 New York Times bestselling writer Charles Soule (The Oracle Year, The Endless Vessel, Star Wars) and critically acclaimed artist Ryan Browne (Curse Words, God Hates Astronauts) are reuniting for their next series following the hugely popular Eight Billion Genies. The new series, The Lucky Devils, is a nine-issue fantasy/satire adventure set to debut in January 2025 from Image Comics.
“After the incredible success of Eight Billion Genies, Ryan Browne and I knew our next project together had to be something truly special,” said Soule. “The Lucky Devils feels like exactly that—a spiritual successor to Genies in that it, too, tells a self-contained, tightly-plotted story about the supernatural unexpectedly intersecting with the lives of a few ordinary, unsuspecting people. That said, it’s also very much its own beast. We’re playing with the myth of the devil on your shoulder here—what Genies did for wishing and desire, Devils does for Faustian bargains and humanity’s struggle with temptation. Not to mention I get to see Ryan draw hundreds of hilariously badass little demons—unbeatable. In The Lucky Devils, it’s good to be bad. I can’t wait for people to check it out this January.”
Browne added: “Over the last year, Charles Soule and I have crafted, revised, rebuilt, sculpted, edited, and polished The Lucky Devils, reinventing an approach to the ‘Little Creatures Who Mess With Humanity’ angle that worked so well with Eight Billion Genies. Oh, and as always, I get to draw as much crazy world-building insanity as the page will allow! Heart, humor, sin, and madness all wrapped around two little punk devils that were born to raze hell to the ground!”
“The Lucky Devils” is a story about two ordinary, kind-hearted, twenty-something Chicagoans who start collaborating with the devils on their shoulders in an effort to improve their troubled lives. Their plan exceeds their expectations, and eventually, they become two of the most influential individuals on the planet. Although they have every intention of using their power to make the world a better place, we all know the saying about the road to Hell…
“The Lucky Devils” is a dark and hilarious satire that explores the challenges of trying to do good in a world where it’s so easy to do bad things. It’s an examination of everything that makes humanity both great and terrible, brought to you by two of the most unique storytellers in the world of comics.
If you enjoyed their previous bestsellers such as Curse Words and Eight Billion Genies, or if you like stories similar to Good Omens, Lucifer, or tales where ordinary lives intersect with the supernatural, then you’re sure to love this new series.
The Lucky Devils #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, January 8.
