What Is The Brooding Muse Universe?
The Brooding Muse is an expansive graphic novel universe exploring dark fantasy, existentialism, and psychological horror.
It is a serialized narrative world built on continuity, consequence, and psychological descent. Published by Cherry Bomb Comics LLC, The Brooding Muse Universe follows a structured canonical timeline in which each installment expands a shared mythology rather than presenting isolated stories.
At its core, the universe is set in a world that feels inverted — familiar yet unhinged. Morality is unstable. Immortality is a curse. Violence has consequence. Every location carries the psychological residue of what occurred there. The world does not reset between volumes. It deteriorates.
The central figure is Kayla.
Kayla is not a passive observer. She is the emotional and moral axis of the universe. Raised with compassion in a world engineered for brutality, she is forced into confrontation with forces that seek to reshape her identity. As she moves deeper along The Path — a recurring narrative and symbolic structure within the series — her perception narrows. The world closes in. Each encounter alters her. Each survival costs something.
Opposite and alongside her stand The Raven and The Floating Fangs.
The Raven represents calculation and shadowed intelligence — a figure who navigates the psychological battlefield with restraint and watchfulness. The Floating Fangs embody raw force and volatile loyalty, a presence both protective and unpredictable. Their alliance with Kayla is not simple friendship. It is tension under pressure. Trust is tested. Motives are questioned. Survival binds them more tightly than comfort ever could.
Above them looms Third Eye — an unseen architect who grants immortality to killers in exchange for servitude. These enforcers are bound to fractured hunting grounds pulled from the sites of their crimes, creating rifts within the world itself. Immortality comes at a price. Memory is inescapable. Violence echoes.
The Brooding Muse Universe is not an anthology. It is a continuous canon. Events compound. Trauma accumulates. Characters evolve — or devolve — under sustained psychological strain. The narrative descends rather than resets.
Visually and tonally, the series draws from supernatural noir and stark psychological horror. Atmosphere is not background decoration; it is structural. Landscapes deceive. Islands hide corruption beneath elegance. Farmhouses conceal massacre beneath pastoral quiet. Beauty often functions as a mask.
Thematically, the universe explores revenge, identity, moral corrosion, and the question of whether compassion can survive inside systemic brutality. Kayla’s journey is not simply about defeating external threats. It is about resisting transformation into what the world demands she become.
The official reading order begins with The Brooding Muse: Book One, continues through Book Two, and expands with Dollhouse! and The Powered: Book One (Book Three of The Brooding Muse Universe). Each installment builds upon the last, reinforcing continuity and expanding the mythology.
The Brooding Muse Universe exists across collected print editions, digital archives, official character and lore pages, and its verified Amazon storefront distribution hub. All canonical editions are published by Cherry Bomb Comics LLC.
This universe is defined by structure, consequence, and descent.
It is not episodic horror.
It is a cohesive, evolving world where every choice leaves a scar — and where Kayla walks The Path knowing that survival may demand the loss of herself.
