Joe Eisma
| Morning Glories | |
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Teaser Campaign Promo Art by Rodin Esquejo
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| First appearance | Morning Glories #1 (August 2010) |
| Created by |
Nick Spencer Joe Eisma |
| Morning Glories | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Mystery, Drama, Adventure |
| Publication date | August 2010 - Present |
| Number of issues | 50 |
| Main character(s) | Casey Zoe Hunter Ike Jun Jade |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Nick Spencer |
| Artist(s) | Joe Eisma Alex Sollazzo Johnny Lowe |
| Creator(s) |
Nick Spencer Joe Eisma |
Morning Glories is a comic book series published by Image Comics. Described by writer Nick Spencer as "Runaways meets Lost," the series focuses on six "brilliant but troubled" new recruits at Morning Glory Academy, a prestigious prep school hiding "sinister and deadly" secrets. Featuring interior art by Joe Eisma and cover art by Rodin Esquejo, the series debuted in August 2010.
Though sharing qualities with other long form, high-concept mysteries, writer Spencer points out that Morning Glories was launched with a planned run of about 100 issues and a definite ending, culminating in a final series run of fifty issues. The first pages of the debut, Spencer says, will "completely prove that we knew what we were doing from the get go." The series found commercial success from its inception, with four printings of the first issue alone. The first volume of the trade paperback edition (containing issues 1-6) sold 10,000 copies in a month. Critical success is abundant as well, with IGN calling the first issue "one of the most engrossing...in recent memory" and noting that Spencer is "determined to make the rest of the comic book world stand up and take notice."
The series takes place almost completely at the fictional Morning Glory Academy, an exclusive boarding school for teenagers. Beneath its placid facade, the school is actually involved in the murder and torture of students as well as various investigations into occult and supernatural phenomena. The main action focuses on six students from diverse backgrounds as they enter Morning Glory Academy and try to survive.
The six main characters are all new students at the Morning Glory Academy:
Casey Blevins, is a smart, beautiful, blonde student from Chicago, Illinois. Casey is the only one of the six protagonists who does not come from a broken home in some manner. Her parents loved her and gave her affection, especially her father, a former soldier, who taught the tomboyish Casey various survival skills including boxing and how to construct tear gas. When she enters Morning Glory Academy, her parents refuse to cut off contact with her and are murdered by the administration. After this Casey determines to resist and "burn this place to the ground." She appears to be the most academically gifted of the students and shows a real flair for leadership, easily organizing her fellow inductees around her. She has so far been protected from official reprisal by orders of Morning Glory's mysterious Headmaster.
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