MIRKA ANDOLFOS SWEET PAPRIKA OPEN FOR BUSINESS #1 (OF 5) CVR E EMILIO PILLIU HOT COVER POLYBAGGED VA

'MINISERIES PREMIERE A QUEER LOVE DRAMA SPIN-OFF OF MIRKA ANDOLFO'S HARVEY AWARD-WINNING AND EISNER AWARD-NOMINATED SWEET PAPRIKA! Aubrey Jean is a young employee at Infernum Press, and 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 difficult 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!? An erotic romance drama in the style of the original SWEET PAPRIKA series, building off characters introduced in the Eisner Award-nomined SWEET PAPRIKA: BLACK, WHITE, AND PINK #1, written by STEVE ORLANDO (Scarlet Witch, Marauders, COMMANDERS IN CRISIS) and illustrated by the amazing Italian artist EMILIO PILLIU (X-Men: The Wedding Special).'