Seven Years in Darkness
English
126 pages
Graphic Novel 1
Seven Years in Darkness: Year One
3K views • May 02, 2025
From acclaimed comics creator Joseph Schmalke (We Don't Kill Spiders, Phantom Starkiller, The Electric Black and Cherry Blackbird) comes a dark sweeping fantasy epic. The Academy of Black Magic has opened its doors for the first time in over 200 years. 72 children are conscripted to enter its dimly lit halls and study the dark arts in an environment devoid of the sun. Only seven will emerge to see daylight again. Their seven-year journey begins in Year One of Seven Years in Darkness.
114 pages
Graphic Novel 2
Seven Years in Darkness: Year Two
464 views • Oct 29, 2025
From acclaimed comics creator Joseph Schmalke (We Don't Kill Spiders, Phantom Starkiller, The Electric Black, and Cherry Blackbird) comes a dark sweeping fantasy epic. Welcome to Year Two at the Academy of Black Magic. The 59 surviving Apprentices advance into their second year as Mages. As they continue their studies, the body count rises. Year Two follows a magically gifted student who finds herself the target of a parasitic entity, a familiar intent on helping its master graduate, and Death itself makes its way to the school to collect a debt.
26 pages
Issue 1
Seven Years in Darkness: Year Three, #1
97 views • Nov 05, 2025
As Year Three begins at the Academy of Black Magic, the students within the House of the Moon take a risky step to ensure their survival. Mister Whispers, the enigmatic creature at the center of all the strange mishaps plaguing the Academy’s first two years, is revealed. A year filled with villainy that will change the course of the Academy forever kicks off in this continuation of the sweeping fantasy epic from acclaimed comics creator Joseph Schmalke.
27 pages
Issue 2
Seven Years in Darkness: Year Three, #2
160 views • Nov 14, 2025
Our seven-year epic continues with Year Three of this dark horror/fantasy coming-of-age saga from creator Joseph Schmalke. The Headmaster has the students partake in a deadly ritual, the Rush, to prepare them to fight back against the twisted corruption of Mister Whispers, while David the Wolf seeks help from outside the city. As one student faces a life-or-death decision, Ornasis presents them with an offer that could change everything.
26 pages
Issue 3
Seven Years in Darkness: Year Three, #3
111 views • Dec 24, 2025
Scholomance continues to plunge into chaos as Mister Whispers’ corrupting influence spreads through the city. Meanwhile, the faculty at the Academy of Black Magic is moving quickly to capture and end his of reign of terror. Matthew learns to adapt to his new life after receiving Ornasis’ dark gift and the students are granted the freedom to reveal their faces for the first time in three years.
