Meet the Rebellious Queer Witches of Brooms in This Exclusive Graphic Novel Preview

Written by Jasmine Walls and illustrated by Teo DuVall, pinch colors by Bex Glendining and letters by Ariana Maher, Brooms brings vivid characters (queer, broom-racing witches) to life successful an arsenic vivid mounting (1930s Mississippi). The graphic novel will merchandise successful October, but io9 has a typical preview to stock today.

First up, here’s a summary of Brooms, including immoderate speedy introductions to nan protagonists:

It’s 1930s Mississippi. Magic is permitted only successful definite circumstances, and by definite people. Unsanctioned broom racing is banned. But for those who request nan money, aliases nan thrills...it’s location to beryllium found.

Meet Billie Mae, skipper of nan Night Storms racing team, and Loretta, her champion friend and second-in-command. They’re wished to make capable money to move retired westbound to a authorities that allows Black folks to legally usage magic and return portion successful nationalist races.

Cheng-Kwan – doing her champion to grip nan delicate and vulnerable double enactment of being nan cleanable “son” to her parents, and being existent to herself while racing.

Mattie and Emma — Choctaw and Black — nan youngest of nan group and trying to dodge authorities officials who want to nonstop them and their newly-surfaced powers distant to boarding school.

And Luella, successful emotion pinch Billie Mae. Her powers were sealed distant years agone aft she fought backmost against nan government. She’ll do thing to forestall nan aforesaid destiny for her cousins.

Brooms is simply a queer, witchy escapade that shines ray connected history not often told.

“Brooms is our measurement of exploring what a world pinch magic mightiness beryllium for illustration successful nan discourse of history, particularly successful nan American South,” writer Walls said successful a connection provided to io9. “What would beryllium different, what would enactment nan same, and who gets to bask nan benefits? These six young witches aren’t astir to fto anyone show them what they tin aliases can’t do, if that intends learning magic successful concealed and sneaking retired successful nan nighttime to participate successful forbidden broom racing, past truthful beryllium it. They can’t dodge problem everlastingly though, and sooner aliases later spells, curses, aliases nan rule are bound to drawback up.”

Added illustrator DuVall, “I fell successful emotion pinch nan magic of nan young witches of Brooms. What they do is chaotic and powerful, beardown successful nan look of their adversity. Their magic is beautiful, and they bespeak a history of those who person ever stood up and rebelled.”

Brooms will beryllium released October 10; you tin pre-order a transcript done Bookshop aliases Amazon. Click done for an exclusive preview now!