The first issue was given a November release date. Similarly, one of the elements that draw Johanna to the project was the chance to work with Pacat, and also because she's interested in LGBTQ-related stories. Regarding the collaboration between the two, Pacat stated that she had been a fan of Johanna for years, ever since she saw Johanna's fan art of Mulan. Pacat, writer of the Captive Prince trilogy, and drawn by Johanna the Mad. It was announced that the comic would be written by C. Seiji gives Nicholas some pointers, apparently out of pure annoyance to the fact that Nicholas was such an untrained fencer.įence was first announced by Boom! Studios on August 17, 2017, to be released under their Boom! Box imprint. Now that Seiji and Nicholas are teammates as well as roommates, they are forced to work together. Nicholas is again unable to defeat Seiji, but does well enough to become one of the team's reserves along with Eugene Labao.

Nicholas must go up against and defeat many other talented fencers for his spot, including Seiji himself. His scholarship is for fencing, so him staying there depends on his being able to get on the team. Nicholas has been given a scholarship to Kings Row high school.

In his first tournament match, his opponent is the legendary Seiji Katayama, who he is utterly trashed by- but not before they make a negative lasting impact on each other.įast forward a few months. Nicholas Cox, the illegitimate son of top fencer Robert Coste, and brother to Jesse Coste, is a wannabe fencer with a lot of natural talent but no professional training. The first original graphic novel, subtitled Rivals, was released June 30, 2020. The last issue of the ongoing series was released in November 2018.

In August 2018, Boom! Studios announced that the series would change its format to original graphic novels. The series has received a positive response from fans and critics this positive response resulted in Boom! Studios promoting Fence from a limited series to an ongoing one. Pacat was inspired to create Fence due to her love for the sport, which she practiced in high school, and her interest in sports manga like Haikyu!!. The comic book was first announced by Boom! Studios in August 2017 to be published under their Boom! Box imprint in November. Managing to get into the elite boys school Kings Row on scholarship, Nicholas quickly finds out that Seiji is his roommate. While at a competition, he's quickly beaten by the fencing prodigy Seiji Katayama and Nicholas vows to beat him. Despite being talented, he's roughly trained due to the hard conditions he grew up in. fencing Olympic champion Robert Coste, who aspires to become a fencing champion like his father. The comic book focuses on Nicholas Cox, the illegitimate son of U.S. Pacat and drawn by Johanna the Mad both of them are co-creators. Fence is an American comic book series written by C.

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