Orcs!: The Gift

In Orcs!: The Gift (2023–2024, Boom! Studios), Christine Larsen turns the fantasy genre on its head by centering the story on the overlooked grunts of a goblin war party. Across this four-issue miniseries, readers follow a band of orcs as they stumble into an unexpected adventure involving a mysterious gift, blending dark humor with a surprisingly heartfelt perspective on the lowliest soldiers in a magical conflict. Larsen's expressive artwork brings a distinctive, cartoonish energy to the battlefield, making this a fresh and character-driven take on classic sword-and-sorcery tropes.