IMAGE COMICS IN AUGUST 2024
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LIAM SHARP’S EISNER-NOMINATED ‘STARHENGE’ SAGA CONTINUES IN ‘ORE: A STARHENGE GRAPHIC NOVELLA’
Iconic creator Liam Sharp returns to the epic Arthurian world of StarHenge to explore the genesis of Ore, with a first look at the stunning new sci-fi tale
PORTLAND, Ore. 06/05/2024 — Legendary award-winning artist and writer Liam Sharp (Green Lantern, Spawn: The Dark Ages) is returning to his fantastical realm of StarHenge to summon a new spellbinding tale, ORE: A STARHENGE GRAPHIC NOVELLA. The news comes shortly after it was announced that Sharp earned an Eisner nomination for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) for StarHenge: The Dragon and the Boar and for Nocterra: Nemesis Special, also published by Image Comics.
Following the events of StarHenge, in which a future Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling robots from robbing the universe of magic, Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella charts the battle between the resurrected Ur-Queen and the horrifying AI of the CAST, in a galaxy-spanning conflict where ALL sentient life is threatened. A first look at a selection of pages from the graphic novella shows Sharp’s stunning illustrations and the genesis of Ore, revealing the plans of her many avatars: to save as much life as they could, and to make the CAST learn how to suffer. Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella will hit shelves this August from Image Comics.
"Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella blurs the line between illustrated books and comics, with a blistering, hard sci-fi saga of epic proportions,” said Sharp. “The graphic novella expands the StarHenge universe with a galaxy-spanning saga focusing on the Ur-Queen after her physical death. Becoming an agent of vengeance against the implacable might of the CAST—alien AI wearing human skin faces—she fights a losing battle in search of a single idea that might tip the balance..."
StarHenge Book One: The Dragon And The Boar Deluxe Edition is now available for purchase in stores and on digital platforms.
Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella will be available for purchase at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 7 (cover by Liam Sharp; Lunar Code 0624IM253). It will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Select praise for StarHenge:
“Uniting futuristic world building with the wonderful world of Arthurian mythology, Sharp has created one of the best modern masterpieces of comics.” — CBR
“Liam Sharp’s new Image Comics series StarHenge is one of the most ambitious sci-fi and fantasy projects to appear in comics in recent years, one that will push the artist to his very limits and perhaps consecrate him as one of the greatest in his generation.” — Screen Rant
“Sharp’s art is such a perfect fit for epic fantasy, it’s a joy to see him add robots and spaceships into the mix as well.” — Entertainment Weekly
“A star-spanning saga of ancient magic and deep science, vividly told by a modern master of the comics medium.” — Dave Gibbons
“One of the great artists of our time at the top of his game. Absolutely epic.” — Tom King
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Liam Sharp
AUGUST 07 / 64 pages / FC/ -- / $7.99
GROUNDBREAKING FANTASY SERIES BEAR PIRATE VIKING QUEEN TO BE FULLY COLLECTED INTO TRADE PAPERBACK THIS AUGUST
The bestselling three-issue comic book series by writer Sean Lewis and artist Jonathan Marks Barravecchia will be published in trade paperback format
PORTLAND, Ore. 06/06/2024 — Bestselling epic fantasy miniseries Bear Pirate Viking Queen, by award-winning storyteller Sean Lewis (King Spawn, Thumbs) and talented newcomer artist Jonathan Marks Barravecchia, will be fully collected in a new trade paperback, hitting shelves in August from Image Comics.
The epic fantasy is a tale of the sea, of Pirates, Vikings, Queens, and bears, warring with each other and trying to assert dominance over the past and future of the world. Beautiful, poignant, and daring—readers embark on the adventure of a lifetime with a story by masterful writer Lewis and with mind-blowing hand-painted watercolor art by Barravecchia, resulting in a book unlike anything you’ve read. The first issue, a breakout hit, immediately sold-out at the distributor level and was rushed back for a second printing. Fans will now have the ability to read the whole series from start to finish in a brand new volume.
"At this point in my career my goal has been to make books where each one is a swing at the canon of books I worshipped as a kid. From this source of inspiration, I wanted to make a book that was undeniably beautiful, full of myth and depth, that was unlike anything I had seen or done before,” said Lewis. “This book is our shot across the water at everything we've ever loved about the comic book and graphic novel form, and we're so excited to be able to share the full story with readers."
"I’m thrilled to have Bear Pirate Viking Queen collected and presented as a trade. Sean and I made exactly the comic that we wanted to make with these issues—and to have that comic be a painted, meditative, meandering story about human nature is not without risk,” said Barravecchia. “To have such a positive response to the series has been amazing. We wanted to create a story that is as equally rewarding to read as individual issues as it is all collected, and I can’t wait to share this version with the world."
The Bear Pirate Viking Queen trade paperback (ISBN: 978-1-5343-8261-9, Lunar Code 0624IM264) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, August 21 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, September 3.
Bear Pirate Viking Queen will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Select praise for Bear Pirate Viking Queen:
“Nothing but thunderous, chaotic creativity.” — Monkeys Fighting Robots
“Dreamy and impressionistic, but with all the rousing adventure you’d expect from a story teeming with pirates, a ghostly Viking ship and, oh yeah, a bear.” — Jess Walter, National Book Award Finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Beautiful Ruins
“The thing to really hook you is the art which is some of the best on the shelves right now.” — Graphic Policy
"Unlike anything that you've seen on the stands today. A story that moves unexpectedly, like the tides that it takes place on. A dark storm of adventure across a horizon filled with pirates and mysticism. A book worth your time and coin!" — Jeremy Adams, Flash One Minute War, Green Lantern
"A glorious fever dream, thumbing its nose at every expectation with its languid, liquid, lethal fusion of history, hallucination and horror. A unique and irresistible book." — Si Spurrier, DC's The Flash, Boom's Coda
“Hauntingly beautiful, this mystery of a tortured man and the demons he encounters dives deep and pulled me into its emotional waves." — Cecil Castellucci, author of Boy Proof, Grandma's Gloves, Odd Duc
"A beautifully-illustrated, hallucinatory voyage across dark and dangerous waters. It’s Pirates of the Caribbean as directed by Ingmar Bergman.” — J.M. DeMatteis, Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams, The DeMultiverse
KIERON GILLEN & CASPAR WIJNGAARD TAKE EMERALD CITY COMIC CON BY STORM, ANNOUNCE UPCOMING SERIES THE POWER FANTASY FOR AUGUST FROM IMAGE COMICS
Comic teaser "trailer" pages revealed
SEATTLE 03/04/2024 — The bestselling, award winning writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Die) and creative powerhouse artist Caspar Wijngaard (Home Sick Pilots, All Against All) took Emerald City Comic Con by storm on Friday when Gillen shared news of their upcoming The Power Fantasy series at his Spotlight panel to a standing room only audience. Gillen and Wijngaard were guests of the show and further entertained a queue of enthusiastic fans eager for for more details on this forthcoming series with Image Comics slated for August.
The Power Fantasy concept is laid out in a two-page comic advert released at the book’s announcement. It’s a world where “Superpowered” has a specific meaning. It’s reserved solely for those with the destructive potential of the nuclear arsenal of the most powerful nations on Earth. There are presently six superpowered beings, and the future of the planet is reliant on them never, ever coming into conflict.
“The Power Fantasy emerged in a similar way to The Wicked + The Divine,” said Gillen in an exclusive scoop with The Hollywood Reporter. “I was doing a book at Marvel, and became aware of exactly the sort of things I could do with the reins taken off. As The Wicked + the Divine was to Young Avengers, this is to Immortal X-men. It’s a comic informed by superheroes, but one where a fight is the absolute lose state, for everyone. It’s set from 1945-1999, and so is a chance to really have fun with an alternate cultural history too. I think you can see it as an extension of my best work: WicDivian alternate-pop culture, a cold-war take on Uber’s realpolitik, Die’s social group drama hyper-charged by genre…”
Wijngaard added: “Once Kieron had pitched the basic outline for The Power Fantasy I knew this was the story I felt comfortable most telling. We’ve been able to create some incredible characters, each with their own vibrant personalities and worlds in which they inhabit. If you are a fan of my most recent image titles Home Sick Pilots and All Against All, you’ll see a lot of its DNA here. I’m truly putting everything I’ve learned into this series, and The Power Fantasy is a large and beautiful canvas for me to operate on.”
With an approach that sits between The Boys and Watchmen and a music video aesthetic, The Power Fantasy #1 will be available at comic book shops in August.
The Power Fantasy #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
WRITER: Kieron Gillen
ARTIST / COVER A: Caspar Wijngaard
COVER B: Stephanie Hans
AUGUST 07 / 40 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
REVENGE LEADS TO CHAOS ON A GLOBAL STAGE IN UPCOMING SERIES STANDSTILL THIS AUGUST
PORTLAND, Ore. 05/17/2024 — Fan-favorite artist Andrew Robinson teams up with up-and-coming writer Lee Loughridge (colorist on Deadly Class, The Good Asian) for an all-new, revenge-drenched tale in the upcoming, Standstill. This eight issue miniseries is set to launch this August from Image Comics with an extra-length issue containing 60 double-page spreads of jaw-dropping artwork.
In Standstill, readers meet Ryker Ruel, an enigmatic, lecherous, and clinically insane sociopath who has stolen a top-secret device that can freeze time! Now, as the bodies of world leaders pile up, famous works of art go missing, and other strange crimes dominate the headlines, only the device’s creator, a run-of-the-mill science geek, knows what’s happening and sets out to stop Ryker’s seemingly endless revenge tour.
"Nearly nine years in the making, this is the longest sequential run for Andrew Robinson in well over a decade," Loughridge. "This may just be his career best."
Robinson added: “Lee writes with a rebellious, punk rock vigor that combines his classic, sardonic wit with epic action.”
Standstill #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 21:
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER B: Lee Loughridge
COVER A: Andrew Robinson
Cover B 1:10 copy incentive by Matteo Scalera & Lee Loughridge wraparound
COVER C: Cary Nord
AUGUST 21 / 64 pages / FC / $4.99
EISNER AWARD WINNING DUO ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS' UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVEL HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY WILL LURE READERS INTO WORLD OF SERIAL KILLERS, CULTS & SATANIC PANIC THIS AUGUST
PORTLAND, Ore. 02/12/2024 — The multiple Eisner Award winning creative duo of bestselling writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artist Sean Phillips—and team behind such chart-topping titles as Criminal, Pulp, The Fade Out, Reckless, Night Fever, and Where the Body Was—will hit shelves once again with their upcoming original graphic novel, Houses of the Unholy. This highly anticipated, standalone crime thriller is set to release in August from Image Comics.
Brubaker and Phillips’ names have been stealing headlines left and right lately with The Hollywood Reporter’s buzzy scoop that Amazon has given a full series order to Criminal, with Brubaker co-showrunning and writing the pilot. Criminal is perhaps one of the most beloved comic book series in the pair’s catalog and first cemented them as an ‘auto-buy’ brand for many readers.
Now, their latest offering, Houses of the Unholy promises the team’s trademark crime noir storytelling, but with some darker, more sinister thriller twists than their usual fare.
"Houses of the Unholy is something I've been describing as Satanic Panic Noir. It's somewhere in-between a creepy horror story and a f*cked-up noir, and directly tied to the Satanic Panic craze of the '80s," said Brubaker. "The book really speaks to my obsessions with cult horror, and plays with the demonic tropes of classic horror from Hammer to Carpenter to Stephen King. The fear that was everywhere back then has clearly resurfaced, and that made me want to dive back into those dark waters and try to find a Brubaker-Phillips take on noir and horror at the same time."
In this new tale, an FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn into a terrifying hunt for an insane killer hiding in the shadows of the underworld.
This pulse-pounding story asks: can you ever escape your past, or are all your bad decisions just more ghosts to haunt you, wherever you go?
Houses of the Unholy (ISBN: 9781534327429) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, August 14 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Indigo on Tuesday, August 13.
Houses of the Unholy will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Select praise for Brubaker & Phillips:
"Brubaker and Phillips's books have always been about eight years ahead of their time." —Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Paper Girls
"Brubaker & Phillips continue to make sweet music together, broadcast to you in the form of the best comics around." —Robert Kirkman, Invincible, The Walking Dead
"Ed and Sean are that rare longterm collaboration that never become complacent, each project is a new revelation, the love visibly increased, the enthusiasm for the craft only growing over time. You don't have to consider the purchase, you make it on instinct at this point." —Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Black Science
"Like Scorsese and De Niro, Brubaker and Phillips are the unmatched masters of a certain kind of storytelling—those fables of doomed and deluded men who are ready to die bloody, defending the tatters of their soiled American dreams. A new title from the sharpshooters behind Criminal and Fatale is reason enough to go on living." —Joe Hill, Locke & Key, Horns, NOS4A2
"Brubaker and Phillips have achieved the sort of creative consistency that'd justify critics filing their INSTANT CLASSIC reviews before they even read whatever they put out next." —Kieron Gillen, The Wicked + The Divine, Die
"I’ve been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter to myself: 'ugh! I wish I would’ve thought of that!'" —Brian Michael Bendis, Powers
"I'm a pretty easy mark for any Brubaker-Philips creation..." —Jonathan Hickman, East of West, House of X
“Two of the best in the business, no contest.” —Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel, B*tch Planet
Select praise for Brubaker & Phillips’ Where the Body Was:
"Prolific collaborators Brubaker and Phillips follow their surrealistic thriller Night Fever with this playfully experimental, though no less grittily gripping, stand-alone whodunit-style murder mystery set in a suburban neighborhood over the summer of 1984...VERDICT A fast-paced mystery, propelled by a fascinating cast of characters, that builds to a profoundly moving and deeply romantic climax. Absolutely not to be missed." —Library Journal, starred review
“A masterfully-told puzzle box mystery with a fiercely beating human heart.” —Jordan Harper, Edgar Award winning author of Everybody Knows and She Rides Shotgun
"Brubaker and Phillips have done it again—a crime story that somehow, in its twists, turns, and thrills, reminds us of the poignancy of lost dreams, missed connections, and a past we'll always crave but never return to." —Sara Gran, author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series
"Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker represent the gold standard for comics noir—brutal, beautiful, and best." —Ian Rankin, bestselling author of the John Rebus books
Select praise for Brubaker & Phillips’ Night Fever:
“Night Fever pulled me in from the first moment with its razor sharp writing and gorgeous art. Brubaker and Phillips have crafted a taut, riveting story, as disturbing as it is satisfying, full of memorable lines and stunning images. Thought-provoking and highly entertaining.” ―Charles Yu, National Book Award winning author of Interior Chinatown
"Brubaker’s masterfully hardboiled scripting is both unnervingly nihilistic and propulsively thrilling, and Phillips’s illustration has rarely evoked such nuances of character or absolute menace. VERDICT Another masterwork from a collaborative team that seems increasingly incapable of producing anything less. —Library Journal
"Crackling, effortless style." ―Publishers Weekly
"The art is striking. Moody and noir, it also makes strong use of colors: one page contrasts yellow with dominant blues, purples, and blacks to illuminate graphic violence, while other pages use lighter tones to indicate Jonathan having a greater measure of control. Part mysterious crime story, part psychological drama, Night Fever is a haunting graphic novel in which a man tests his limits and realizes why they existed in the first place." ―Foreword Reviews
WRITER: Ed Brubaker
ARTIST: Jacob Phillips, Sean Phillips
COVER A: Sean Phillips
AUGUST 14 / 144 pages / FC/ / $24.99
UPCOMING SCI-FI/FANTASY LAUNCH—CONVERT—A FEAST FOR THE EYES LAUNCHING THIS AUGUST
PORTLAND, Ore. 05/17/2024 — Veteran writer John Arcudi (Rumble, B.P.R.D.) and illustrator Savannah Finley bring readers a sci-fi/fantasy comic like no other in the upcoming miniseries, Convert. This four-issue tale is set to kick off this August from Image Comics and will feature covers by fan-favorite artist Simon Gane (Ghost Tree, They're Not Like Us).
Science Officer Orrin Kutela finds himself stranded on a distant planet, starving and haunted by the ghosts of his dead crew. On the verge of death, he makes an astonishing discovery.
“Convert was maybe my first opportunity to write a science fiction story the way I wanted to, meaning something more personal, more intimate—while at the the same time more fantastic—than what I’m used to seeing in the genre," said Arcudi. "My hope is that this human element in the comic will connect with readers.”
Convert #1 (Lunar Code 0624IM232) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 21.
WRITER: John Arcudi
ARTIST: Savannah Finley
COVER A: Simon Gane
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
AIN'T NO GRAVE #4 (OF 5)
WRITER: Skottie Young
ARTIST / COVER A: Jorge Corona
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Ryder washes up on the shores of an abandoned mine and finds herself buried under her past, present, and future in this hauntingly loud silent issue.
BEAR PIRATE VIKING QUEEN TP, VOL. 1
WRITER: Sean Lewis
ARTIST / COVER A: Jonathan Marks Barravecchia
AUGUST 21 / 216 pages / FC/ -- / $19.99
The groundbreaking three-issue miniseries is collected in its entirety.
A tale of the sea, of Pirates, Vikings, Queens, and bears, we follow each as they war with each other and try to assert dominance over the past and future of our world. Written by bestselling creator SEAN LEWIS (KING SPAWN, ABOVE SNAKES), and with mind-blowing hand-painted art by newcomer JONATHAN MARKS BARRAVECCHIA, the book is unlike anything you've read. Beautiful, poignant, and daring—a fever dream unlike any comics has seen lately.
BLACK CLOAK #7
WRITER: Kelly Thompson
ARTIST / COVER A: Meredith McClaren
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
BLACK CLOAK RETURNS!
Something old has awakened beneath the city.
In the five years since the "Essex Fire," Kiros has changed dramatically. Ex-Black Cloak Phaedra Essex is either the city’s greatest hero or greatest villain, depending on who you ask, and Black Cloak Pax has a bloody new case, a rookie partner, and absolutely no leads.
BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN #4
WRITER: Joe Casey
ARTIST / COVER A: Paul Fry
COVER B: Chris Mooneyham
COVER C: Dustin Nguyen
COVER D: Jim Rugg
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The new Blood Squad Seven springs into action as they confront the enemy within! The result? Violence in the streets! Collateral damage ensues! All the mayhem you ever wanted in a true superhero slugfest! This is one issue you can’t afford to miss!
THE BLOODY DOZEN: A TALE OF THE SHROUDED COLLEGE TP
WRITER: Charles Soule
ARTIST / COVER A: Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque
AUGUST 14 / 152 pages / FC/ -- / $14.99
Collected for the first time, the second tale in the SHROUDED COLLEGE universe, created by CHARLES SOULE and WILL SLINEY, which began with HELL TO PAY. In this all-new standalone installment in the supernatural horror-adventure saga, three down-and-out astronauts are tasked with the ultimate heist: breaking nine deadly, ancient vampires out of a space prison orbiting the sun.
Collects THE BLOODY DOZEN: A TALE OF THE SHROUDED COLLEGE #1-6
C.O.W.L. 1964 #1 (OF 3)
WRITER: Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel
ARTIST / COVER A: Rod Reis
COVER B: Kelly McMahon
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
MINISERIES PREMIERE
It's 1964, and C.O.W.L.—the Chicago Organized Workers League, the world's first superhero labor union—is going national! But with the old team scattered and powerful forces moving in the shadows, will this union be busted before it gets off the ground?
Join the original C.O.W.L. creative team of KYLE HIGGINS (RADIANT BLACK), ALEC SIEGEL (HADRIAN'S WALL), and ROD REIS (New Mutants) for a new miniseries celebrating C.O.W.L.'s 10-year anniversary!
CYBER FORCE: SHOOTOUT (ONE-SHOT)
WRITER: Billy Muggelberg
ARTIST: John Starr
COVER A: Bruno Abdias, John Starr
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Top Cow Talent Hunt 2022 winners BILLY MUGGELBERG and rising-star artist BRUNO ABDIAS debut in the industry with an action-packed tale from the world of CYBER FORCE!
Set in the REBIRTH era, Cyber Data Industries tasks one of their operatives, Cyber Force’s Ballistic, with tracking down an Aphrodite IV android that has gone rogue. It’s up to Ballistic to hunt the walking weapon of mass destruction down, but if C.D.I. is willing to destroy anything or anyone that does not fit in neatly with their plans, what does that mean for her?
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #25
WRITER: James Tynion IV
ARTIST / COVER A / COVER C: Martin Simmonds
COVER D: W. Scott Forbes
COVER E: Puppeteer Lee
AUGUST 28 / 40 pages / FC/ -- / $4.99
Since the very first page of THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, questions have swirled around Lee Harvey Oswald, the director of the DoT—his motivations, his allegiances, and his true identity. Now, in our landmark 25th issue, prepare for answers that will change everything. Starting with…what really happened in Dallas?
JAMES TYNION IV (W0RLDTR33, Nice House on the Lake) and MARTIN SIMMONDS (UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: DRACULA) set their sights on a 25th-issue blowout for the multiple Eisner Award-nominated series!
DESTRO #3 (OF 5)
WRITER: Dan Watters
ARTIST: Andrea Milana, Adriano Lucas
COVER A: Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas
COVER B: Karl Kerschl
COVER C: Nikola Čižmešija
COVER D: Rex Lokus, Mico Suayan
COVER E: Eric Canete
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Stranded in the mountains without any weapons, Destro must survive the Chameleon’s wrath. But who is the Chameleon? And why do they want Laird Destro dead?
THE DEVIANT #8 (OF 9)
WRITER: James Tynion IV
ARTIST / COVER A: Joshua Hixson
COVER B: Letizia Cadonici
COVER C: Fernando Blanco
AUGUST 14 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The police are sure that Michael is guilty. Derek is convinced that he’s not. And if Derek is right, that means the killer responsible for the grisly murders is still on the loose…and is very, very unhappy that Derek is getting closer to unraveling the truth.
THE DOMAIN #2 (OF 5)
WRITER: Chip Zdarsky
ARTIST / COVER A: Rachael Stott
COVER B: Eren Angiolini
AUGUST 14 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The Domain offers power like Dez, Liz, and Max could only dream of, but can they trust themselves—and each other—to use it safely? And can they do it in time to fend off a roving band of ALIEN PIRATES?
DRAWING BLOOD #5 (OF 12)
WRITER: Kevin Eastman, David Avallone
ARTIST: Kevin Eastman, Ben Bishop, Troy Little
COVER A: Kevin Eastman
COVER B: Ben Bishop
COVER C: Amanda Conner
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
Books and Beastly in Hollywood! Our beleaguered cartoonist hero goes to Los Angeles to visit the set of the “gritty” adaptation of his most famous creation, and chaos ensues. The second arc kicks off with a magical mystery tour through show business and Books’ own heartbreaking past.
FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL #3
WRITER: Gerry Duggan
ARTIST / COVER A: Garry Brown
COVER B: Mike Hawthorne
AUGUST 14 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The penultimate chapter of arc one brings tension, action, and the embers of romance are lit. MacRaith is a wounded soul from Bleeding Kansas, and he can't even get along with the other murderers and assassins in purgatory. The cult ruling the island marks him for annihilation with a cruel and extremely violent attack, but luckily he's got an ace up his duster's sleeve: the folded steel blades of Lady Asami.
GERRY DUGGAN (X-Men) and GARRY BROWN (Babyteeth) take you on an unforgettable trip to the heart—that leads through hell.
FERAL TP, VOL. 1
WRITER: Tony Fleecs
ARTIST: Tone Rodriguez, Trish Forstner, Brad Simpson
COVER A: Trish Forstner, Tony Fleecs
AUGUST 28 / 136 pages / FC/ -- / $16.99
Meet Elsie, Lord Fluffy Britches, and Patch: three indoor cats lost in the not so great outdoors during a nightmarish rabies outbreak.
Without their humans to protect them, the cats must find their way home without getting eaten by the zombie-like horde of beasts on their tails.
Collecting issues #1-5 of the smash-hit ongoing series from the creators of STRAY DOGS.
Don’t get scratched. Don’t get bit. Don’t become…FERAL.
FREE AGENTS #2
WRITER: Fabian Nicieza, Kurt Busiek
ARTIST / COVER A: Triona Farrell, Stephen Mooney
COVER B: Kevin Maguire
COVER C: Declan Shalvey
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
After the shattering conclusion of issue #1, are the FREE AGENTS still FREE—or back on active duty? Plus, the appearance of a second deadly remnant from their interdimensional war forces the team into conflict with BOTOKK, the superhuman curator for the mysterious collector known as THE VAULT! Plus PLUS: A couple of cameos that'll build to bigger things. Is that...RADIANT BLACK? And who's the other guy?
G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #309
WRITER: Larry Hama
ARTIST: Tony Kordos, Paul Pelletier, Francesco Segala
COVER A: Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson
COVER B: Andy Kubert
COVER C: Brad Walker, Francesco Segala
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
COBRA COMMANDER STRIKES BACK!
And in Springfield, Dawn Moreno will have her revenge....
GEIGER #5
WRITER: Geoff Johns
ARTIST: Gary Frank
COVER A: Gary Frank, Brad Anderson
COVER B / COVER C: Gabriel Rodríguez, Brad Anderson
AUGUST 14 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
This is it! The first four issues of this new series have all pointed toward this final battle between Geiger and The Electrician! But it might be a quick one: The Electrician’s clever trap hits Geiger's greatest weakness, and his friends are helpless to halt it. Also: the final fate of Barney, the two-headed mutant wolf!
GROMMETS #4 (OF 7)
WRITER: Rick Remender, Brian Posehn
ARTIST: Brett Parson, Moreno Dinisio
COVER A: Brett Parson
COVER B: Chuck BB
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Rick’s dad gives him adolescent world-ending news that causes a fight with Brian, leaving him feeling angry, alone, and unheard just as their movie night with friends and girls begins, but party-crashing high school animals BYOB and blow their plans to bits.
GUNSLINGER SPAWN #35
WRITER: Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Carlo Barberi
COVER A: Von Randal
COVER B: Mirko Colak
AUGUST 07 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
Javier has crossed another name off his list. Just when he thinks it's time to sit back and nurse his wounds for a bit, he receives a visitor. One that sets him on a new path. One where violence will follow in his wake.
THE HOLY ROLLER #8 (OF 9)
WRITER: Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman, Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: Roland Boschi, Moreno Dinisio
COVER B: Jonathan Wayshak
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Up is down, foes are friends, haywire holograms signal plummeting property values while the demise and rise of heroes and sidekicks all manifest the end times, but don’t worry…there’s still plenty of pudding for everyone.
ICE CREAM MAN #41
WRITER: W. Maxwell Prince
ARTIST / COVER A: Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo
COVER B: Jacob Phillips
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"SPY STORY"
A who-can-you-trust thriller, both shaken and stirred!
KAYA #20
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Wes Craig
COVER B: Mahmud Asrar
AUGUST 07 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Join us for the beginning of a brand new adventure. A deadly new threat emerges from the Robot Empire, and following their disastrous last mission, Kaya and Jin are forced to travel a road of thieves, assassins, and worse in KAYA AND THE DRAGON ROAD.
New characters, new settings, and a perfect jumping-on point for new readers.
KING SPAWN #37
WRITER: Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Javi Fernandez
COVER A: Björn Barends
COVER B: Francesco Tomaselli
AUGUST 14 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
Spawn has the Vampire Lord Bludd in his sights. Unfortunately, over the past few months, Spawn has made quite a few new enemies, one of whom wants to have a word with Al Simmons!
THE LAST MERMAID #6
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Derek Kirk Kim
COVER B: Joy Ang
COVER C: Jacob Perez
COVER D: Gene Luen Yang
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
END OF STORY ARC
Story arc finale! A close bond begins to bloom between the mermaid and Torque. A bond that will be tested by an entire lair of cannibal cyborg mutants who stand between them and the only supply of water for miles. Moreover, major revelations about the mermaid’s past abound, including—at last—her name.
LOCAL MAN #13
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Tim Seeley, Tony Fleecs
COVER B: John Stinsman, Brian Reber
COVER C: Allen Passalaqua, Tony Fleecs
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
END OF STORY ARC
"The Lost Ones" Finale
Local Man has lost Farmington to the forces of the Faceless Horde. Now every townsperson is a devout, fanatical member of a sprawling terrorist organization bent on rebooting the world—including his own grieving mom.
Now Jack is alone and outclassed. Thankfully, he has the one thing that makes every Image superhero smile... Lots and lots of big ass guns.
MIRKA ANDOLFO'S SWEET PAPRIKA: BLACK, WHITE & PINK #2
WRITER: Jarrett Melendez, Sylvain Runberg, Mirka Andolfo, Tim Seeley
ARTIST: Tim Seeley
COVER A / COVER E: Mirka Andolfo
COVER B: Xongbros
COVER C: Miki Okazaki
COVER D: Elena Manicastri
AUGUST 07 / 48 pages / SC/ -- / $5.99
SPECIAL ISSUE: SWEET PAPRIKA IS BACK, IN BLACK, WHITE AND…PINK!
Paprika, Infernum Press’s sexy CCO, created by Harvey Award-winning superstar MIRKA ANDOLFO, returns with a second special issue in black, white, and pink, featuring sexy and fun stories by some stunning creators, including TIM SEELEY (HACK/SLASH, REVIVAL, HEXWARE, Superman vs. Lobo), JARRETT MELENDEZ (Chef's Kiss), SYLVAIN RUNBERG (Watchdogs: Legion), SAMUEL SPANO (Nine Stones), and more!
MISERY #3 (OF 4)
WRITER: Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Szymon Kudrański
COVER A: Don Aguillo
AUGUST 07 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
As hard as she tries, trouble keeps finding Cyan. The people in her orbit keep getting hurt. Cyan has been pushed too far this time. She is about to explode...
MONSTRESS #54
WRITER: Marjorie Liu
ARTIST / COVER A: Sana Takeda
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Maika comes face to face with her father—and the lives of Zinn, Seizi, and half the Known World hang in the balance. Who will win this otherworldly game of tug-of-war?
MOON MAN #4
WRITER: Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, Kyle Higgins
ARTIST / COVER A: Marco Locati
COVER B: Eleonora Carlini
COVER C: Danny Earls
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Unsure who to trust as Moon Man takes to the streets of Cleveland, one terrible mistake will lead to unthinkable consequences for Ramon and those closest to him.
NAPALM LULLABY #6
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: Bengal
COVER B: Zach Howard
AUGUST 14 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
END OF STORY ARC
Sarah and Sam’s escape from the Dome City with their volatile cargo is cut off by an epic battle against The Janitor, unleashing the darkest hell imaginable upon the world in this pulse-pounding finale of the first chapter!
NIGHTS #10
WRITER: Wyatt Kennedy
ARTIST / COVER A: Luigi Formisano
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
It's Matt's birthday, and he and Ivory are takin' a trip back to the woods for a super chill time. Old friends (and enemies) return, and if he's lucky, Matt might even get a Gameboy Advance SP. The countdown to the end of the world starts now.
PLASTIC: DEATH & DOLLS #3 (OF 5)
WRITER: Doug Wagner
ARTIST: Daniel Hillyard
COVER A / COVER B: Michelle Madsen, Daniel Hillyard
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
For big Edwyn, life suddenly becomes complicated. FBI agents show up, curious about the recent uptick in decapitations on the same day vicious human traffickers begin harassing his diner patrons.
On the Lil’ Edwyn front, he finds a rusty old handsaw…just as his mom introduces her new boyfriend.
PRECIOUS METAL #3 (OF 6)
WRITER: Darcy Van Poelgeest
ARTIST / COVER A: Ian Bertram
COVER B: Daniel Warren Johnson
AUGUST 14 / 48 pages / FC/ -- / $5.99
Max is betrayed by someone close to him as the Disciples of Twelve ramp up their mission to rid the world of "old flesh"—pushing Max to revisit the Temple of Twelve and journey deeper into the unknown.
PUBLIC DOMAIN #7
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Chip Zdarsky
AUGUST 07 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The Eisner Award-winning comic about comics by CHIP ZDARSKY (Batman, NEWBURN) continues! Move over, Jim Lee! Get outta here, Ryan Stegman! This issue features the first appearance of the world’s hottest comic artist, TEDDY KRANK! Prepare to get Kranked™!
RADIANT BLACK #30
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
THE CATALYST WAR CONTINUES. Pieces fall into place. Endless possibilities collapse. The end of the world is at hand.
The first half of a story that continues in RADIANT BLACK #30.5!
RADIANT BLACK is a Massive-Verse series.
RADIANT BLACK #30.5
AUGUST 07 / pages / / T+ / $3.99
END OF STORY ARC
Everything has come to this. The paradigm is forever changed. In the wake of THE UNMISSABLE CONCLUSION TO THE CATALYST WAR, there can only be one RADIANT BLACK.
The second half part of a story that begins in RADIANT BLACK #30!
RAT CITY #5
WRITER: Erica Schultz
ARTIST: Zé Carlos
COVER A: Fede Mele
COVER B: Kevin Keane
AUGUST 21 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
Dr. Ammon is back, and he wants what's his. Peter and Quinlan have a plan, but the suit may have other ideas.
REDCOAT #5
WRITER: Geoff Johns
ARTIST: Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson, Bryan Hitch
COVER A: Brad Anderson, Bryan Hitch
COVER B / COVER C: Chris O’Halloran, André Lima Araújo
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Immortal mercenary Simon Pure is no Einstein. Lucky for him, Simon has the real one helping him. Except this Albert Einstein is 13 years old and still discovering the revolutionary genius he’ll grow up to be. But, hey, that’s still a lot smarter than Simon, who needs all the brain power he can get to defeat the hooded cult called The Founding Fathers. They’ve been hunting Simon for over a century, and now that they have him…what do they intend to do with him?
REMOTE SPACE #3 (OF 4)
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Cliff Rathburn
AUGUST 28 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The Higgs Space Initiative receives a mysterious distress signal from Earth with the biomarkers of one of its original founders, Levi Wells. Thought to be long dead, Wells is a traitor who holds the key to the annihilation of the Space Initiative and the salvation of Earth.
RIFTERS #3
WRITER: Joe Trohman, Brian Posehn
ARTIST / COVER A / COVER C: Chris Johnson
COVER B: Greg Hinkle
AUGUST 14 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Count it on one hand: Horse and buggy hot pursuits, mysterious corpses, fist-fighting a homophobe, crack-smoking in an alleyway, Metal Gear subterfuge, and famous serial killers—Fenton and Geller will disobey orders from the top brass to stay in the mix and prove everyone wrong.
ROGUE SUN #21
WRITER: Ryan Parrott
ARTIST: A. Abel
COVER A: Stefano Simeone
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Rogue Sun and Divinity face off against a new villain...VEIN. But will this confrontation place Dylan on a direct path toward a showdown with Mourningstar, or cause him to question not only his mission...but his purpose?
ROGUE SUN is a Massive-Verse series.
ROGUE SUN #22
WRITER: Ryan Parrott
ARTIST: A. Abel
COVER A: Stefano Simeone
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Following the brutal murder of a Sparrow Sister, the Aviary enlists Rogue Sun’s help in finding the killer and bringing them to justice. But as Dylan begins to uncover the truth, his search is compromised as Marcus’s complicated past with the Ravyn Queen is dragged into the light.
ROGUE SUN is a Massive-Verse series.
ROOK: EXODUS #5
WRITER: Geoff Johns
ARTIST / COVER A / COVER C: Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson
COVER B: Jason Fabok
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Ursaw: Ruler of Exodus! Rook: Food for the vultures? Left for dead after last issue’s slobber knocker, Rook faces his greatest fears as the animal world completely turns against him! And without them, he’s frankly better off dead. Also: what does Ursaw plan to do with his prize?
THE SACRIFICERS #11
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: André Lima Araújo, Dave McCaig
COVER B: Mike Hawthorne
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
How do we survive in the absence of love? How do we push ourselves forward into a bright future when the past has been so dark? How do we forgive those who have wronged us?
THE SACRIFICERS GIANT SIZED ARTISTS PROOF EDITION (ONE-SHOT)
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: Max Fiumara
AUGUST 07 / 64 pages / BW/ -- / $24.99
Presenting issues #1 AND #2 of the smash-hit fantasy series THE SACRIFICERS by RICK REMENDER and MAX FIUMARA in the ultimate artist's proof treatment, showcasing FIUMARA’s pages in their original inks in stunning 11”x17” format.
The Sacrificers Giant Sized Artists Proof Edition (One-Shot)
SAGA #68
WRITER: Brian K. Vaughan
ARTIST / COVER A: Fiona Staples
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
The show must go on, right?
SAM AND TWITCH CASE FILES #6
WRITER: Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Szymon Kudrański
COVER A: Mark Spears
AUGUST 21 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
The rift between Sam and Twitch has grown. Unfortunately, Twitch is out on his own and is the target of a killer, and he could really use Sam as backup!
SATELLITE SAM COMPENDIUM TP
WRITER: Matt Fraction
ARTIST / COVER A: Howard Chaykin
AUGUST 21 / 416 pages / FC/ -- / $29.99
Sex! Death! Live TV!
New York, 1951: It’s the golden age of television, when everything happens live and on the air. When a beloved children’s show host winds up dead in a seedy motel room under sordid circumstances, his son steps into to his father’s shoes on-screen, and into his decadent double-life off-screen.
Collects SATELLITE SAM #1-15
SCARLETT #3 (OF 5)
WRITER: Kelly Thompson
ARTIST / COVER A: Marco Ferrari, Lee Loughridge
COVER B: Marcio Takara
COVER C: Gleb Melnikov
COVER D: Jeff Spokes
COVER E: Eric Canete
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Scarlett has fought her way to the Arashikage’s final test—a death-defying mission that could change the Clan’s fortunes.
But where do Jinx’s loyalties truly lie?
THE SCORCHED #33
WRITER: John Layman
ARTIST: Stephen Segovia
COVER A: Don Aguillo
COVER B: Von Randal
AUGUST 28 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
Bishop and Jessica Priest find themselves forced to work together on a mission. The last time this happened, one of them ended up dead. Is the past about to repeat itself?
SELF HELP #3 (OF 5)
WRITER: Owen Kind, Jesse Kellerman
ARTIST / COVER A: Marianna Ignazzi
COVER B: Stephen Byrne
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
“Live, Laugh, Love.”
Jerry Hauser seeks to reinvent his present with the aid of Darren Hart’s opportunistic assistant Cassandra, but his past refuses to stay where it belongs—as Jerry’s ex-wife and daughter learn when they meet Powder Bob. And nothing good happens to anyone who runs afoul of Power Bob...
SPAWN #357
WRITER: Rory McConville
ARTIST: Brett Booth
COVER A: Marcial Toledano Vargas
COVER B: Carlo Barberi
AUGUST 28 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That's how the old saying goes. Al doesn't typically like working with a partner, especially one that may have ties to Heaven and Hell. But she still seems to have her powers for some reason, and Al is determined to find out why...
SPAWN BAD BUSINESS TP
WRITER: Rory McConville, Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Carlo Barberi, Thomas Nachlik
COVER A: Carlo Barberi
AUGUST 07 / 168 pages / FC/ -- / $16.99
SPAWN fights to save his soul and must find an enemy who holds "THE SECRET." SINN threatens to destroy everything unless he unlocks the DEAD ZONES. As the war intensifies, JIM DOWNING joins Spawn's crusade. A Hellspawn warns of the consequences of tampering with time. In the ongoing battle between Heaven and Hell, Spawn is determined to protect his loved ones at any cost. With new allies and enemies, he's prepared for any challenge.
Collects SPAWN #324-330
SPAWN COMPENDIUM, VOL. 6 TP, VOL. 6
WRITER: Tom Leveen, Darragh Savage, Paul Jenkins, Jason Shawn Alexander, Scott Snyder, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Jon Goff
ARTIST: Jason Shawn Alexander, Todd McFarlane, Jonboy Meyers, Szymon Kudrański
COVER A: Francesco Mattina
AUGUST 21 / 1096 pages / FC/ -- / $59.99
TODD McFARLANE unleashed his signature creation, SPAWN, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic book in history.
Join Spawn in SPAWN COMPENDIUM, VOL. 6 as he discovers the true meaning of becoming a Hellspawn and settles on a path of bloody revenge in search of a way back to his humanity!
Collects SPAWN RESURRECTION and SPAWN #251-300, collected for the first time in FULL COLOR and featuring some never-before-collected issues
SPAWN KILLS EVERY SPAWN #2 (OF 5)
WRITER: John Layman
ARTIST / COVER A: Rob Sketchcraft Duenas
AUGUST 28 / 24 pages / FC/ -- / $2.99
Spawny declares War on all other Spawns! None shall be safe from his wrath! All shall grovel at his boot! None of the Spawns will ever laugh at him again!!!
TRANSFORMERS #1 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (ONE-SHOT)
WRITER: Bill Mantlo, Ralph Macchio
ARTIST: Kim Demulder, Nelson Yomtov, Frank Springer
COVER A: Bill Sienkiewicz
COVER B: Christian Ward
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the TRANSFORMERS with a new printing of the comic book that started it all!
The Autobots and Decepticons have brought their conflict to Earth—and the world will never be the same again!
This issue will be printed on newsprint and will feature an all-new variant cover celebrating the history of the TRANSFORMERS!
TRANSFORMERS #11
WRITER: Daniel Warren Johnson
ARTIST / COVER B: Mike Spicer, Jorge Corona
COVER A: Mike Spicer, Daniel Warren Johnson
COVER C: Karen S. Darboe
COVER D: Ludo Lullabi
COVER E: Wes Craig
AUGUST 14 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Only Optimus Prime can save Earth and Cybertron.
But will all of the Autobots stand with him?
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: FRANKENSTEIN #1 (OF 4)
WRITER / COVER A: Michael Walsh
ARTIST: Michael Walsh, Toni Marie Griffen
COVER B / COVER D: Joshua Middleton
COVER C: Francesco Francavilla
COVER E: David Talaski
COVER F / COVER G: Christian Ward
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $4.99
MINISERIES PREMIERE
A MODERN-DAY HORROR VISIONARY RESURRECTS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MONSTERS
Award-winning creator MICHAEL WALSH (THE SILVER COIN) presents an electrifying new vision of the horror classic. Each issue of the limited series tells the shocking story behind one of the body parts used to create the unforgettable monster in the original film.
In this first issue, Dr. Henry Frankenstein begins his unholy quest to create life by robbing the grave of a decorated police officer. But little does he know that the corpse has a son who is mourning a father—and that this young boy will forever change Frankenstein’s life.
VIOLATOR: ORIGIN #1 (OF 6)
WRITER: Marc Andreyko
ARTIST / COVER A: Piotr Kowalski
COVER B: Francesco Mattina
COVER C: Todd McFarlane
AUGUST 14 / 56 pages / FC/ -- / $5.99
MINISERIES PREMIERE
Finally, the one true origin story of the VIOLATOR, as told by the most unbelievable and unreliable narrator of all time. Follow the journey of your favorite SPAWN UNIVERSE demon from his start in the celestial heavens through his fall and descent into Hell, and finally, his banishment to Earth. He existed throughout human history, living in the shadows and pulling the strings of some of the most powerful people to ever live.
Six huge oversized issues! Six incredible artists! Six different points in history! Eisner-winning writer MARC ANDREYKO and a murderers' row of artists take you to Hell and back in this epic series!
VOID RIVALS #12
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST / COVER A: Lorenzo De Felici
COVER B: Stefano Simeone
COVER C: Chris O’Halloran, André Lima Araújo
COVER D: Chris Stevens
COVER E: Jorge Fornes
AUGUST 28 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
After what they've endured in the wasteland, are Darak and Solila now destined to walk separate paths? Where Solila goes now, Darak cannot follow...or can he? What will Springer's final fate be? And what are the Quintessons planning now?
THE WALKING DEAD DELUXE #94
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST / COVER B: Dave McCaig, Charlie Adlard
COVER A: Dave McCaig, David Finch
COVER C: Jacob Phillips, Sean Phillips
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Jesus proves his skill set while leading Rick and company to his community. “A Larger World” continues here!
This deluxe presentation in STUNNING FULL COLOR also features another installment of Cutting Room Floor and creator commentary.
THE WALKING DEAD DELUXE #95
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST / COVER B: Dave McCaig, Charlie Adlard
COVER A: Dave McCaig, David Finch
COVER C: Jacob Phillips, Sean Phillips
COVER D: Dave McCaig, Arthur Adams
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Rick and his group take a leap of faith and are welcomed into a new community by another charismatic leader. Is this the beginning of a new era of peace for Rick and the others...or is this man every bit as dangerous as The Governor?
WITCHBLADE #2
WRITER: Marguerite Bennett
ARTIST / COVER A: Giuseppe Cafaro, Arif Prianto
COVER B: Joëlle Jones
AUGUST 21 / 32 pages / FC/ -- / $3.99
Fresh from the warehouse massacre, Detective Sara Pezzini is electrified with the power and sensory overload of the Witchblade. Strength, healing, pleasure, rage—every temptation lures her from her mission to find her father’s killer. Sara thinks she possesses the Witchblade—but does it possess her?
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Nothing Image publishers has interested me since Fire Power came to an end.
I was really enjoying Satelite Sam until I lost the story. Still, if I were to attempt a re-read, I'd opt for the hardcover rather than this "compendium."
This is the first I am hearing of Universal Monsters: Frankenstein. I'll be sure to give that a try when August rolls around.
I don't read much Image, either. I really enjoyed Firepower, but that's gone. Right now Saga is coming back for a while (maybe until the end?) and there's the Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives! comic, which I think has 3 issues to go. Plus, the new Brubaker/Phillips book when it comes out. I'll never pass up one of those.
But that's it.
I just remembered that Deep Cuts, the jazz comic I was enjoying, was from Image as well. The collection should be in stores tomorrow!
Frankenstein is the third Universal Monsters series, after Creature and Dracula. I intend to get/read them all.
I just got the first three Saga books, so I'll be following that (in HC).
But there's at least half a dozen books I know nothing about. I feel guilty for not trying them, so I will as soon as I have time.
Two more press releases:
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: FRANKENSTEIN
Comics superstar Michael Walsh resurrects one of the most iconic monsters of all time in a jaw-dropping, re-imagining of the seminal horror classic. Readers can expect each issue of the limited series to tell the shocking story behind one of the body parts used to create the unforgettable monster in the original film.
“The story of Dr. Frankenstein and his poor, misunderstood monster is one of the most recognizable and influential horror tales ever told… It’s also one of my favorites,” said creator Michael Walsh. “The original 1931 film from Universal Pictures is a continuing inspiration for my art and storytelling, so, as you can imagine, I was honored to be able to play in that sandbox. Trying to tell an original story while staying true to the canon of that film was an exciting yet daunting prospect. It’s been some of the most fun I’ve had making comic books, and I know that fans of Frankenstein and horror will have a blast experiencing these characters and iconic scenes like never before.”
In this first issue, Dr. Henry Frankenstein begins his unholy quest to create life by robbing the grave of a decorated police officer to find necessary parts, specifically a strong pair of hands. But little does he know that the corpse has a son who is mourning a father – and that this young boy will forever change Frankenstein’s life.
"Michael Walsh’s take on Frankenstein feels like a comic book classic in the making,” said Alex Antone, Editorial Director at Skybound. “While each issue stands alone as its own vignette, in a way that only he can, Michael has brilliantly sewn together a brand-new perspective which both lovingly adapts the Universal Pictures film and breathes new life into one of the most important horror stories of all-time.”
This collaboration between Skybound and Universal is the latest milestone in a near decade long relationship that encompasses film, video games, and now comic book publishing. Universal Monsters: Frankenstein is the third Universal Monsters series launch, following James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ Dracula and Ram V, Dan Watters, and Matthew Roberts’ Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives!, arriving in stores this April.
Frankenstein will be followed by more new limited series pairing the biggest names in comics with pop culture’s most iconic monsters.
Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1 (of 4) (Lunar Code Coming Soon | SRP: $4.99) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
EISNER AWARD WINNING DUO ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS' UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVEL HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY WILL LURE READERS INTO WORLD OF SERIAL KILLERS, CULTS & SATANIC PANIC THIS AUGUST
Brubaker and Phillips’ names have been stealing headlines left and right lately with The Hollywood Reporter’s buzzy scoop that Amazon has given a full series order to Criminal, with Brubaker co-showrunning and writing the pilot. Criminal is perhaps one of the most beloved comic book series in the pair’s catalog and first cemented them as an ‘auto-buy’ brand for many readers.
Now, their latest offering, Houses of the Unholy promises the team’s trademark crime noir storytelling, but with some darker, more sinister thriller twists than their usual fare.
"Houses of the Unholy is something I've been describing as Satanic Panic Noir. It's somewhere in-between a creepy horror story and a f*cked-up noir, and directly tied to the Satanic Panic craze of the '80s," said Brubaker. "The book really speaks to my obsessions with cult horror, and plays with the demonic tropes of classic horror from Hammer to Carpenter to Stephen King. The fear that was everywhere back then has clearly resurfaced, and that made me want to dive back into those dark waters and try to find a Brubaker-Phillips take on noir and horror at the same time."
In this new tale, an FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn into a terrifying hunt for an insane killer hiding in the shadows of the underworld.
This pulse-pounding story asks: can you ever escape your past, or are all your bad decisions just more ghosts to haunt you, wherever you go?
Houses of the Unholy (ISBN: 9781534327429) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, August 14 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Indigo on Tuesday, August 13.
Houses of the Unholy will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Select praise for Brubaker & Phillips:
"Brubaker and Phillips's books have always been about eight years ahead of their time." —Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Paper Girls
"Brubaker & Phillips continue to make sweet music together, broadcast to you in the form of the best comics around." —Robert Kirkman, Invincible, The Walking Dead
"Ed and Sean are that rare longterm collaboration that never become complacent, each project is a new revelation, the love visibly increased, the enthusiasm for the craft only growing over time. You don't have to consider the purchase, you make it on instinct at this point." —Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Black Science
"Like Scorsese and De Niro, Brubaker and Phillips are the unmatched masters of a certain kind of storytelling—those fables of doomed and deluded men who are ready to die bloody, defending the tatters of their soiled American dreams. A new title from the sharpshooters behind Criminal and Fatale is reason enough to go on living." —Joe Hill, Locke & Key, Horns, NOS4A2
"Brubaker and Phillips have achieved the sort of creative consistency that'd justify critics filing their INSTANT CLASSIC reviews before they even read whatever they put out next." —Kieron Gillen, The Wicked + The Divine, Die
"I’ve been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter to myself: 'ugh! I wish I would’ve thought of that!'" —Brian Michael Bendis, Powers
"I'm a pretty easy mark for any Brubaker-Philips creation..." —Jonathan Hickman, East of West, House of X
“Two of the best in the business, no contest.” —Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel, B*tch Planet
Select praise for Brubaker & Phillips’ Where the Body Was:
"Prolific collaborators Brubaker and Phillips follow their surrealistic thriller Night Fever with this playfully experimental, though no less grittily gripping, stand-alone whodunit-style murder mystery set in a suburban neighborhood over the summer of 1984...VERDICT A fast-paced mystery, propelled by a fascinating cast of characters, that builds to a profoundly moving and deeply romantic climax. Absolutely not to be missed." —Library Journal, starred review
“A masterfully-told puzzle box mystery with a fiercely beating human heart.” —Jordan Harper, Edgar Award winning author of Everybody Knows and She Rides Shotgun
"Brubaker and Phillips have done it again—a crime story that somehow, in its twists, turns, and thrills, reminds us of the poignancy of lost dreams, missed connections, and a past we'll always crave but never return to." —Sara Gran, author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series
"Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker represent the gold standard for comics noir—brutal, beautiful, and best." —Ian Rankin, bestselling author of the John Rebus books
Select praise for Brubaker & Phillips’ Night Fever:
“Night Fever pulled me in from the first moment with its razor sharp writing and gorgeous art. Brubaker and Phillips have crafted a taut, riveting story, as disturbing as it is satisfying, full of memorable lines and stunning images. Thought-provoking and highly entertaining.” ―Charles Yu, National Book Award winning author of Interior Chinatown
"Brubaker’s masterfully hardboiled scripting is both unnervingly nihilistic and propulsively thrilling, and Phillips’s illustration has rarely evoked such nuances of character or absolute menace. VERDICT Another masterwork from a collaborative team that seems increasingly incapable of producing anything less. —Library Journal
"Crackling, effortless style." ―Publishers Weekly
"The art is striking. Moody and noir, it also makes strong use of colors: one page contrasts yellow with dominant blues, purples, and blacks to illuminate graphic violence, while other pages use lighter tones to indicate Jonathan having a greater measure of control. Part mysterious crime story, part psychological drama, Night Fever is a haunting graphic novel in which a man tests his limits and realizes why they existed in the first place." ―Foreword Reviews
More Image press releases for August:
BESTSELLING MASSIVE-VERSE TITLE C.O.W.L. CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, RETURNS WITH NEW MINISERIES—C.O.W.L.: 1964
Unlettered interior artwork revealed
PORTLAND, Ore. 05/21/2024 — Bestselling C.O.W.L. by Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black), Alec Siegel (Hadrian’s Wall), and Rod Reis (New Mutants)—first launched in 2014—will officially become part of the Massive-Verse universe of superhero series alongside Radiant Black, Rogue Sun, No/One, and others, and will kick-off a new chapter this August from Image Comics. C.O.W.L.: 1964 will reunite the original creative team for a three-issue miniseries just in time for the series’ 10 year anniversary.
"I find it incredibly surreal to reunite with Kyle and Alec for more C.O.W.L. work after a decade," said Reis. "Reflecting on the past 10 years, it's evident how much our lives and careers have changed, and readers will see that reflected in the upcoming pages."
Siegel added: "I'm excited to jump back into this world with Kyle and Rod after all this time. We've always felt like there was more story to tell and we're eager for readers to dive in and see where their favorite characters are in 1964 and what new challenges they face."
“Returning to C.O.W.L. is very special for me," said Higgins. "The series’ origins date back to my college thesis film, The League, and before that to the short story I wrote that got me into film school. It’s something that’s been with both Alec and myself for a long time. When Alec, Rod and I started this book In 2014, the idea of building it to be a part of a something larger wasn’t something that we thought we would ever be able to do. Now, as we come back to finish the core story, we’ll also be setting the stage for the future of C.O.W.L. and in some ways, The Massive-Verse.”
It's 1964, and C.O.W.L.—the Chicago Organized Workers League, the world's first superhero labor union—is going national! But with the old team scattered and powerful forces moving in the shadows, will this union be busted before it gets off the ground?
C.O.W.L.: 1964 #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 14:
Cover A by Rod Reis - Lunar Code 0624IM230
Cover B by Kelly McMahon - Lunar Code 0624IM231
C.O.W.L.: 1964 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
THE SPAWN UNIVERSE EXPANDS WITH TODD MCFARLANE'S NEW VIOLATOR: ORIGIN MINISERIES LAUNCH THIS AUGUST
TEMPE, Ariz. 05/23/2024 — Todd McFarlane Productions proudly unveils its latest addition to the Spawn Universe with a highly anticipated series, Violator: Origin. Written by Eisner Award winning writer Marc Andreyko and featuring an incredible lineup of artists—including Piotr Kowalski, Kyle Hotz, Jonathan Wayshak, Gianenrico Bonacorsi, Cully Hamner, and Von Randall—this six-issue saga will reveal the mythos behind one of the most popular figures in the Spawn Universe.
In Violator: Origin, readers will embark on a fantastic journey through time, revealing the long-awaited origin of the Violator. The story is narrated by the devious storyteller, Violator, himself. It begins with his celestial inception to his catastrophic decent into the fiery depths of hell, and ultimately his banishment to the mortal realm of earth.
The story will run throughout earth’s history, as Violator lurks in the shadows, manipulating the course of events and ensnaring some of the most influential figures to ever walk the earth. With six extra-length issues, and six talented artists—each artist doing a different chapter to the series—readers will be transported through six distinct eras.
Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn and President of Image Comics, said: “Strangely, that in the 30 year history of the Spawn-Universe, we have never written the origin story of one of the main characters of this mythology. So now, after such a long wait, Marc Andreyko and his crew of artists have delivered a story that is a multi-era spanning telling of how this villain came to be Spawn’s main antagonist. Since his first appearance way back in 1992, I’ve been asking writers to think about doing this story. Luckily Marc has enthusiastically jumped on that request.”
Violator: Origin invites readers on a thrilling journey through the depths of the Spawn Universe with captivating narrative and stunning artwork.
Violator: Origin #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 14 (the Final Order Cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, July 8):
Cover A by Piotr Kowalski - Lunar Code 0624IM246
Cover B by Francesco Mattina - Lunar Code 0624IM801
Cover C by McFarlane - Lunar Code 0624IM802
Violator: Origin will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Get ready to embrace the darkness and prepare to uncover the secrets that lie beneath the surface of reality!