BRZRKR: Light Draws Breath #1

BRZRKR: Bloodlines #6

by Season Butler (Writer), China Miéville (Writer), Alessio Avallone (Illustrator)

The latest and greatest from Keanu Reeves’s BRZRKR universe is now here!

It’s the Bronze Age and B. is dead. Again. Not for long, of course. But two rogue scientists have siphoned off a tiny portion of his protoplasm before he can fully reconfigure, and something else has been born anew…

Something that must learn what it is, what its powers are, how to be in the world—and how to fight those who would try to control it.

Drawing on real historical figures and events, and the secret histories of alchemy, award-winning writer Season Butler, NYT-bestselling author China Miéville, and seasoned artist Alessio Avallone craft a story that’s at once grim and funny, poignant and touching, about what it is to be human in this all-new, oversized one-shot.

Genres: Comics

57 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 27, 2026

About the author

Season Butler is a writer and artist born in Washington, DC. Season also works as a dramaturg, and as a lecturer in Performance Studies and Creative Writing. An early draft of her debut novel, Cygnet, was shortlisted for the 2014 SI Leeds Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women. She lives and works between London and Berlin.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 2 out of 5]

(B-) 70% | Satisfactory
Notes: Just bizarre, a clone's the star (or more a Mini-Me), a real one-eighty (not violent nor weighty), and not my cup of tea.

*Progress update

[Ann-Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This just became my favorite story in the BRZRKR universe so far. I liked Lugaltur, that cute little travel-sized warrior. And I really liked the ending between him and B. It was surprisingly tender in an otherwise harsh and lonely world that those two have to endure.

[Lizzy DeMarco · Rating 5 out of 5]

The end! Oh my gosh. Didn't expect that at all. Great story.

[Mary T Banecker · Rating 5 out of 5]

So captivating that I can’t wait for the next edition.