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The One HandandThe Six Fingers , fromImage comic strip , take readers into a far - flung , but enigmatically recognizable city , Neo Novena , as the intertwine miniseries seeks to tellone challenging story using two books , from two perspectives . In an undivided interview with Screen Rant , co - creators random access memory V and Dan Watters spoke about crafting an immersive city to suit the needs of their narration .
" We designed the metropolis to feel familiar and nostalgic , " Ram V , writer ofThe One Hand , explained . At the same time , he andSix Fingersauthor Dan Watters note that Neo Novena , as depicted across both rubric , can be a bit protean , morphing to fit what the story ask of it .
While the two Scripture partake in a plot , their themes – and their aesthetic – can be more accurately described as overlap . This is reflect inthe depiction of Neo Novena , which shift to equalize those theme and aesthetics at the will of the story .
Though it is a 29th - century metropolis , Neo Novena is straight off recognizable , and that is very much one of the series ' secret in its own right hand .
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Neo Novena Is A Classic Noir City Built On Shifting Ground
The One Hand#1 – Written By Ram V; Art By Laurence Campbell, Color By Lee Loughridge, & Lettering By Aditya Bidikar
The books ' complex narrative dynamic enhancesThe One HandandThe Six Fingersas two thrilling , actively hire reads . It was also part of what made Neo Novena grow into the unique metropolis it is on the page .
Describing Neo Novena inThe One deal , Ram V noted that it was deliberately intended to evoke " a Graeco-Roman noir metropolis , " in its design . " There are shadows everywhere , and it ’s always raining , " he said . " Traffic ’s always gridlocked . " By contrast , he suggested that in his cohort Dan Watters ' book , " it sense much more like a ductile , mutate place . It has reveals that you might not bear around the corner . " This like a shot corresponds to the story of the two al-Qur’an , which deliver two very dissimilar linear perspective on a slaying investigating .
" I feel like those are both indicative of where the story are cash in one’s chips , " Ram V teased . InThe Six - Fingers , alumna scholarly person Johannes Vale is dismayed to let out that , during a psychogenic fugue state , he has dedicate a murder . What ’s more , he replicate the precise detail of the infamous One Hand slaying , a causa allegedly solved years before by Neo Novena police detective Ari Nassar , protagonist ofThe One Hand . Both type look for to uncover the truthof the execution , but for very different reasons , and with each approaching their investigation in very unlike ways .
Neo Novena Will Sprawl Outward As Ram V & Dan Watters Build Their Story
The Six Fingers#1 – Written By Dan Watters; Art By Sumit Kumar, Color By Lee Loughridge, & Lettering By Aditya Bidikar
As readers continue to meet more of Neo Novena throughout the series , they can require its sprawling to be limited only so far as the scope of its creators ' narrative dream stretch out .
The leger ' complex narrative moral force enhancesThe One HandandThe Six Fingersas two thrilling , actively engaging read . It was also part of what made Neo Novena rise into the unparalleled city it is on the pageboy . " There were certain things we need , " Dan Watters sound out . " How the city functions , and things . There was certain things wrong . Part of it grew organically out of that , for sure . " As reader continue to encounter more of Neo Novena throughout the series , they can expect its sprawl to be limited only so far as the scope of its Divine ' story ambitions extends .
Both storiesare murder mystery , and just as the plot hinges on some meaning reveals to come , part of readers ' journey is the progressive reveal of both Holy Scripture ' themes , and their sense of style . Though it is a 29th - century city , Neo Novena is immediately placeable , and that is very much one of the series ' mysteries in its own right wing . “I call back that set being familiar is very much part of the enigma of the book , and part of the reveal of the Word , " Ram V told Screen Rant , predict that this ambitiousImage Comicsstorytelling even has much more in store to render .
The One Hand#2is usable now from Image Comics . The Six Fingers#2will be available March 27 , 2024 from Image . Issues of both series release or else every two weeks .
