The Beat can completely reveal that Mad Cave Studios’ younger grownup imprint, Maverick, is releasing the English-language version of Heartbreak Lodge, written by Micol Beltramini and illustrated by Agnese Innocente. It is going to arrive at bookstores and comedian retailers on September 30, 2025.
Try the Heartbreak Lodge cowl under:
Beltramini, the author of Heartbreak Lodge, writes and interprets books and comics. Since 2015, she has been translating Crepax’s complete physique of labor into English for Fantagraphics. Her earlier work consists of the comics Final Goodbye: A Tribute to Jeff Buckley (Edizioni BD 2019), Homicide Ballads (Mondadori Oscar Ink 2021), and Anna with Inexperienced Hair (Il Battello a Vapore 2022), and her 2008 bestseller, 101 Issues to Do in Milan at Least As soon as in a Lifetime.
“Heartbreak Lodge is the ebook I’ve at all times needed to write down,” Beltramini says within the press launch. “It holds a bit of each trauma I’ve ever skilled, each tear I’ve shed over each story I gave my coronary heart to, echoes of my previous and current life, and all my loves–actual or imaginary, platonic or not. And I couldn’t have hoped for a greater journey companion than Agnese, since we’ve at all times inhabited the identical narrative universe. She’s the Nana Komatsu to my Nana Osaki! Once we came upon that Heartbreak Lodge can be revealed by Maverick, we jumped for pleasure! We will’t wait to listen to what American readers assume—and never simply the younger ones, we would like everybody to learn it!”
Innocente provides, “4 youngsters, 4 damaged hearts, 4 tales that intertwine. Hearts, diamonds, golf equipment, spades. Over the previous yr, Micol and I’ve been working tirelessly on Heartbreak Lodge: she wrote it pondering of me, I drew it pondering of her. It’s our ebook, it’s our story. In right here you’ll discover every thing about us, and I feel and hope you’ll discover a whole lot of yourselves too.”
Innocente’s previous work consists of the 2019 comedian ebook adaptation of The Fantastic Wizard of Oz and the 2020 YA graphic novel Girotondo, written by Sergio Rossi, which received the Andersen Award for finest comedian ebook in 2021. In 2022, she first collaborated with Beltramini, drawing Anna dai capelli verdi, a up to date adaptation of Anna dai capelli rossi that received the Boscarato Award for finest comedian ebook for a younger viewers in 2022.
Learn the official description of Heartbreak Lodge under:
Have you ever ever needed to vanish after somebody broke your coronary heart?
Heartbreak Lodge is aware of precisely how you are feeling, and can do something to coddle your illusions. However what’s the expiration date of a dream? And when you need to return to actuality, who will assist you put the fragments of your coronary heart again collectively?
“We’re so happy to carry Heartbreak Lodge into the Maverick household,” mentioned Maverick Senior Editor Lauren Hitzhusen. “This can be a ebook I feel will resonate with younger grownup readers, particularly these experiencing their first heartbreak. That is such a novel, shifting, and magical story about studying to develop after your coronary heart is damaged and studying to like your self and your passions once more. I’m so excited for it to be launched!”
The ebook is on the market for pre-order for $14.99 wherever books are offered, together with Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop.
