GASTRONOMIQUE #3

An intense game of cat and mouse ensues in the wild, sinister gardens of Versailles! Charlotte and Zelie traverse the garden of Versailles' overgrowth and brave the lurking beasts to find the one beast they're truly after-Tarrare.As he remains frustratingly out of their reach, Charlotte reminisces about their past interludes and how her training under the Royal Spies has led to this very moment...What follows next is a fever dream of violence, sex, and emotion as we peek further into her sordid past with Tarrare, and how she came to learn the art of the kill from the spies who took her in!With Solange, Zelie, and Charlotte's lives at stake as they continue their pursuit, the stakes are higher than ever in this issue of Marguerite Bennett's explosive erotic body horror! Marguerite Bennett is a GLAAD-nominated, New York Times-bestselling comic book and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She has written Bombshells, Batwoman, RWBY (DC Comics); Animosity, Horde, InSEXts (Aftershock Comics); ODIN, Mother of Madness (Image Comics) with Game of Thrones superstar Emilia Clarke; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Sleepy Hollow (BOOM! Studios); Josie and the Pussycats (Archie); A-Force, Angela, Years of Future Past (Marvel); Red Sonja, Sheena (Dynamite); and indie horror The Lot for Bad Idea.She is the lead writer on Ark: The Animated Series, adapted from the adventure/survival video game Ark: Survival Evolved (Studio Wildcard). She is a founder of horror publisher Ninth Circle. She is the new writer of Witchblade through Top Cow.Helena Masellis is a storyboard artist, inker, concept artist and illustrator in the comic book industry from Italy. She is well know for her incredibly unique ink style, both traditional and digital. Helena has worked for several Italian and international comic book publishers, as a concept, interior, and cover artist, recently working with Bugs Comics on many comic book titles. She has also worked on gaming illustrations, recently working with Ubisoft Italia to create an illustration for Far Cry New Dawn.