Feb
23
2:30am
Skylit: Home by Julio Anta, with Pornsak Pichetshote
By Skylight Books
Home (Image Comics)
After being separated from his mother at the US border, a young Guatemalan immigrant must learn to harness emerging superhuman abilities while being hunted by the Federal Government.
JULIO ANTA and ANNA WIESZCZYK debut with a deeply grounded, and heartfelt graphic novel that explores the real world implications of a migrant with extraordinary powers.
Collects HOME #1-5
Julio Anta is a writer based in New York City. Raised in Miami, in a Cuban and Colombian family, Julio strives to tell narratively rich stories about diverse and empowered Latinx characters for readers of all ages. His debut comic book series HOME began publication in 2021, courtesy of Image Comics. Forthcoming work includes FRONTERA, a YA graphic novel from HarperAlley, and SI SE PUEDE, a non-fiction graphic novel from Ten Speed Press.
Pornsak Pichetshote was a Thai-American rising star editor at DC's Vertigo imprint where he worked on comics perennials such as Sandman and Swamp Thing as well as award-winning New York Times bestsellers. His comic book debut as writer INFIDEL was a critical and commercial hit as well as being optioned for a feature film by Tristar Pictures. His next book THE GOOD ASIAN has launched to multiple sell-outs and has been featured on 20+ Best of the Year lists, including Entertainment Weekly, Variety, and Fortune Magazine. As a TV writer, his work includes Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger on Freeform, Two Sentence Horror Stories on the CW, Light as a Feather on Hulu, and the upcoming Green Lantern on HBOMax.
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