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  • Published: 20 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781684156290
  • Imprint: BOOM! Studios
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $60.00

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance The Ballad of Hup & Barfinnious



AN OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES! Return to Thra in a time before the Age of Resistance to meet Hup - the breakout star of Netflix’s hit Dark Crystal series, who’s a Podling cook dreaming of being a Paladin - and who discovers that sometimes it’s not good when your wishes come true! One day, the chivalrous bard Barfinnious comes to Hup’s village with tales of former glory and charms the Podling into leaving his small town to journey into adventure. But the longer they travel, the more Hup begins to doubt that Barfinnious is truly who he says he is... Based on a story by Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series writers, Will Matthews & Jeff Addiss, Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield) and French Carlomagno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) present an official prequel to the next chapter of the pop culture phenomenon, now streaming on Netflix. Collects Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #5-8.

  • Published: 20 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781684156290
  • Imprint: BOOM! Studios
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $60.00

About the authors

Adam Cesare

Adam Cesare is a New Yorker who lives in Philadelphia. He studied English and film at Boston University. His books include Video Night, The Summer Job, Zero Lives Remaining, Tribesmen, and Clown in a Cornfield, which was adapted into a feature film. His nonfiction has appeared in Paracinema, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and other venues.