Hit erotic comic Sweet Paprika gets a "spicy" new spin-off from Scarlet Witch writer Steve Orlando
Aug. 8, 2024Open For Business is an expansion of a previous short story
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Here are the covers for the first issue, from Pilliu, Andolfo, Robbi Rodriguez, Godtail, plus a polybagged cover from Pilliu, and a Showgirls homage variant from Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière.
“When Steve proposed that we follow up on the story he and Emilio had done for Sweet Paprika: Black White & Pink #1, we didn’t think twice,” said Mirka Andolfo in a statement. “The more I read this comic, the more I think I’m a little envious because I would have liked to have done it myself… It’s amazing, deep (no pun intended), funny, 100% Paprika-style. And Emilio is a fantastic artist and colorist. The Arancia team and I are lucky to have such great creators on board, and I can’t wait for fans to read the story because I’m sure they will have as much fun as I’m having!”
“I’ve never had a blast working on a book like I have with Sweet Paprika: Open for Business – it’s my favorite book to write, every month,” added Orlando. “And not just that – I’ve never synched with a collaborator like I do with Emilio. He’s subletted my brain and is elevating every single panel beyond my wildest dreams! Open for Business is raw, it’s real, it’s provocative, but most of all – it’s fun! It’s my first office comedy, and I’ve never loved working with a cast as much as this one! I can’t wait for you to meet them!”
“I hope I do not sound pretentious, but Sweet Paprika: Open For Business is like it was tailor-made for me,” said Emilio Pilliu. “The excesses, the romantic parts, the serious ones, the comic scenes, and the spicy ones… it’s all perfect, and it’s all that I love to draw. I don’t think it happens often in an artist’s life to work on something and feel totally comfortable!”
Here’s Image’s official synopsis for the new series:
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“Sweet Paprika: Open For Business follows Aubrey Jean, a young employee at Infernum Press, as he tries to impress his hero and boss, Miss Paprika, and figure out his relationship with Persica, a friend with benefits who might want to be more. But just as Aubrey and Persica settle into an open relationship that’s comfortable for them both, their relationship is thrown into turmoil by Kren. And on top of all that, Aubrey finally gets a chance to prove his worth to Miss Paprika by becoming the handler for Infernum Press’s most challenging client – the dreaded, eccentric, and unstable author known as Durian.
Can Aubrey deal with Kren and save his relationship with Persica? Does he even want to be with Persica? And how can he even figure any of that out when he’s got to be on-call day and night dealing with Durian’s next insane request?!”
Sweet Paprika: Open For Business #1 is published by Image on November 6.
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Will Salmon is the Comics Editor for GamesRadar/Newsarama. He has been writing about comics, film, TV, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he has previously launched scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for over a decade. He sometimes feels very old, like Guy Pearce in Prometheus. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places and he runs the micro-label Modern Aviation, which puts out experimental music on cassette tape.
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