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PREVIEW: 'Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold' #1 by Sarah Hoyt and Riccardo Bogani

  BARBARELLA: THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD #1 SERIES DEBUT!  Writer: Sarah Hoyt Artist: Riccardo Bogani Covers: Derrick Chew (A), John Cassaday (B), Celina (C), Geebo Vigonte (D), Cosplay / Rachel Hollon (E) 32 pages | Science Fiction | $3.99 | Teen+  In Stores March 1, 2023 BARBARELLA IS BACK IN A NEW STAR-SPANNING EPIC! BARBARELLA SETS OUT ON A DESPERATE MISSION TO STOP INTERGALACTIC WAR BETWEEN GODLIKE BEINGS! Beyond the edge of known space lies...the Unnamable. Myth? Gods? Malevolent force? No one knows. No one but the one force in the universe that can stand against the Unnameable: the Architects, hidden guides of our galaxy for untold eons. Enter Barbarella, on a desperate quest to find and convince the Architects that a war with the Unnameable will spell the death of Every. Living. Thing. Get ready for tension, excitement, espionage, and the secret of how to defeat an empire. Fun, romance, and cosmic adventure beyond the furthest reaches of the galaxy! Courtesy of Dyn...

Award-Winning Brazilian Children's Tale MISSING YOU to be Released in English by Oni Press

Heartwarming Tearjerker in Stores April 12, 2023  Oni Press , the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher today announced the English language release of the Prêmio Angelo Agostini 2019 Winner for Best Independent Publication, MISSING YOU, on sale April 12, 2023. Perfect for fans of Bambi and The Fox and the Hound , Missing You is a beautifully illustrated heartwarming story of companionship, loss, and learning how and when to let go from award-winning Brazilian creators Phellip Willian and Melissa Garabeli.  Released in Brazil in 2019, Missing You was a finalist for the Prêmio Jabuti 2019 Award and artist Melissa Garabeli was awarded the Troféu HQ Mix Award as Best New Talent.  Book Description Following the loss of their mother, Thomas, and Lara find an injured deer on the side of the road. Deciding to bring it home with them, they name the deer Lion and quickly become best friends. The new woodland creature soon fills their ...

Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino's Latest 'Tenement' Expands The Bone Orchard Mythos Horror Universe

  From the Eisner-winning creative team behind Gideon Falls, Primordial, The Passageway , and Ten Thousand Black Feathers —Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino—comes the biggest and most essential project yet in the bold and ambitious new shared horror universe of The Bone Orchard Mythos titled, Tenement . This thrilling ten-issue miniseries is set to launch with an extra-length first issue in June from Image Comics. In Tenement , Lemire and Sorrentino bring fans the story of seven residents in a building and the dark secrets that bind them together…beginning with a death that feels much more sinister than natural. “ Tenement is the first book I started developing in the early days of planning The Bone Orchard Mythos with Andrea Sorrentino,” said Lemire in an exclusive on the announcement at Popverse. “In many ways, it will be the centerpiece of our new horror universe up to this point. It will be our longest story so far and, like Gideon Falls , this new series will follow an ens...

PREVIEW: 'Darkwing Duck' #1 Facsimile Edition by John Blair Moore and George Wildman

 DARKWING DUCK #1 FACSIMILE EDITION Writer: John Blair Moore Artists: John Blair Moore and George Wildman Cover: John Blair Moore 32 pages | Adventure | $3.99 | Teen  In Stores March 1, 2022 Reprinting the first comic appearance of Darkwing Duck! He is the terror that flaps in the night - and he's working overtime to keep the city of St. Canard safe! But if there's one thing Darkwing Duck wants, it's to face off against a really big villain. Enter Taurus Bulba, an oversized criminal who's planning to steal the mysterious weapon called the Ramrod from a heavily armed train. Darkwing has one chance to foil Bulba's plans - and whether his new pal, Launchpad McQuack, will be a help or a hindrance is anyone's guess. Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment

REVIEW: 'Black Cloak' #2 by Kelly Thompson, Meredith McClaren, and Becca Carey

  BLACK CLOAK #2  Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Meredith McClaren Letters: Becca Carey Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: February 22, 2023 Cover Price: $3.99 Murdered prince. Hungry mermaids. Vengeful queen. Plentiful suspects. Dead assassin. Dying Black Cloak. So far this case is going to the devils. And it's super great that absolutely everything is on the line. No pressure! Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) QUICK REVIEW: 'Black Cloak' by Kelly Thompson, Meredith McClaren, and Becca Carey opened up a potent mix of fantasy and crime drama since its debut on Substack and again in print with Image Comics. Issue two continues the murder mystery of a familiar royal to Detective Phaedra Essex who's recovering from an attack at the end of the last issue. An attack she's still trying to figure out how she survived. Meanwhile, witnesses need to be interviewed, and certain suspects are trying to cover their butts in the aftermath of the murder. There's a nicely designed flashb...

Robert Kirkman & Lorenzo De Felici Launch A New Shared Comics Universe In VOID RIVALS #1

 The Most-Anticipated New Comic Book Series of the Year Arrives June 2023  Today at the ComicsPRO Comic Industry Annual Meeting, Skybound made the surprise announcement of Void Rivals , a new comic book series from the blockbuster Oblivion Song team of Robert Kirkman ( Invincible, The Walking Dead ) and Lorenzo De Felici ( Kroma ), along with colorist Matheus Lopes ( Step By Bloody Step ). It was also announced that Void Rivals will introduce the world to an all-new shared universe with a surprise that won’t be revealed till the series debut coming June 2023.  In Void Rivals, war rages around the Sacred Ring, where the last remnants of two worlds have collapsed around a black hole in a never-ending war. However, when pilot Darak and his rival Solila both crash on a desolate planet, these two enemies must find a way to escape together. But are they alone on this strange planet? And what dark forces await that threaten the entire universe?    “With every pr...

PREVIEW: 'Hunt. Kill. Repeat.' #1 by Mark London, Francesco Archidiacono, Mark Deering, and Lee Loughridge

 It’s 'Kill Bill' meets 'Clash of the Titans' in 'Hunt. Kill. Repeat.' The all-new, action-packed series by Mark London ( Battlecats, Knights of the Golden Sun ). When the Greek gods invade Earth, society is quickly forced to comply with their new rulers.  However, one god, Artemis, rejects her brethren's ideology and has found solace in the love of a mortal. When she is called to Olympus to answer for her betrayal, the gods strip away her godly powers and leave her for dead. Now, ten years later, Artemis is on a quest for revenge to confront her father, Zeus, for taking away everything she ever loved. Hunt. Kill. Repeat. #1 Writer: Mark London Artist: Francesco Archidiacono Inker: Mark Deering Colorist: Lee Loughridge Letterer: Rus Wooton Publication Date: March 1, 2023 Courtesy of Mad Cave Studios

REVIEW: 'Godfell' #1 by Christopher Sebela, Ben Hennessy, and Triona Farrell

    GODFELL #1  Writer: Christopher Sebela Artist: Ben Hennessy, Triona Farrell Letters: Jim Campbell Publisher: Vault Comics Release Date: February 22, 2023 Cover Price: $4.99 One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God's body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God's corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion on her own pilgrimage. Score: ★★★★★ (5/5) 'Godfell' #1 by Christopher Sebela, Ben Hennessy, and Triona Farrell is a wonderfully familiar fantasy with some genre-invigorating choices that elevate this new series with near-poetic prose, brilliant artwork, an...

ComicsPRO 2023: READ XINO #1– Oni Press Subverts Science Fiction in June!

First of Three 40-Page Issues to Inspire Paranoia, Alienation & Anxiety with Nick Cagnetti, Christopher Condon, Melissa Flores, Phil Hester & More! As revealed today at ComicsPRO 2023, the annual comic industry conference which began Wednesday, February 22 in Pittsburgh, PA, Oni Press is proud to announce an all-new limited-series event, only perceptible in three dimensions as XINO #1 – the first of three, 40-page intra-ocular lozenges of subversive, psych-surrealist science fiction to cure your awful awareness of our meager reality.  Try not to worry — the implantation process will be guided by the megawatt brilliance of Oni's brightest talents—past, present, and future—as they slowly tune your hopes, dreams, desires, paranoia, alienation, anxiety, and adrenaline to produce the desired results. In our first exploratory outing:  Rising stars Melissa Flores ( The Dead Lucky, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ) & Daniel Irizarri ( Judge Dredd ) surgically activate the ...

REVIEW: 'Fallen' #1 by Matt Ringel and Henry Ponciano

  FALLEN #1  Writer: Matt Ringel Artist: Henry Ponciano Letters: Toben Racicot Publisher: Red 5 Comics Release Date: February 22, 2023 Cover Price: $3.95 Casper Clay, an ancient warrior and immortal servant of Zeus turned private detective, navigates the murky depths of a criminal underworld to solve the murder of a god at the hands of a mysterious killer. As he gets closer to unraveling the truth he learns that there may be more at stake than solving a case. Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) 'Fallen' #1 delivers a slick crime thriller featuring fallen gods on earth living as criminals among mortals to try and stay hidden. Zeus's trusted servant, Casper Clay, must navigate the underworld to solve a shocking murder that changes the hierarchy of the earth-bound gods. Told in a well-paced neo-noir fashion, Matt Ringel leans on some familiar mafia tropes that line up well with the personalities of the living gods - Zeus, Odin, Loki, and Apollo. Zeus is obviously the Don with help from At...

PREVIEW: 'Draculina: Blood Simple' #1 by Christopher Priest and Michael Sta. Maria

   DRACULINA: BLOOD SIMPLE #1 SERIES DEBUT! Writer: Christopher Priest Artist: Michael Sta. Maria Covers: Joseph Michael Linsner (A), Rafael Kayanan (B), Zoe Lacchei (C), Rebeca Puebla (D), Cosplay / Rachel Hollon (E)   32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+ In Stores February 22, 2023 IT’S THE FAMILY REUNION FROM HELL IN AN ALL-NEW EPIC! WRITER CHRISTOPHER PRIEST REUNITES WITH ARTIST MICHAEL STA. MARIA FOR A BLOODY NEW THRILLER! Vampirella’s hateful, self-absorbed twin is back in a new volume and this time her Vampire Privilege entitlement is failing her as Vampirette, her preteen other-self, has become a literal mirror image of the life she could have had and person should could have become if she wasn’t, y’know, Draculina. Also: Lilith has returned and the meddling vampire Mm from Hell is determined to reunite her estranged daughters while Levi, a murderous sea creature, intends to crash the family reunion! Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment