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Oni Press and EC Comics Drop A Bombshell with SHELLSHOCK #1

The First War Comic in Decades from EC Comics Features a Cataclysmic Collection of Comic Book Superstars In a Brand-New Bone Crushing Anthology On Sale in August! NEW WARS! NEW SOLDIERS! SAME OLD PRICE TO PAY…​ This August, Oni Press , the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are rotating back into combat for a powerful dose of two-fisted fury with staggering new tales of war and fighting men in EC Comics’ next giant-sized, 56-page special: Presenting … SHELLSHOCK #1! You’ve warmed yourselves by the pyres of SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES . . . You’ve grabbed OUTLAW SHOWDOWN by both red-hot barrels . . . And you’ve felt the poison touch of TORTURED HEARTS. But nothing can prepare you for what awaits—or who you will become—when you finally reach the front line. Here, there can be no peace—only SHELLSHOCK, on sale August 19th!!    !Meet mankind’s greatest enemy of all—himsel...

COMING SOON: Explosive New Anti-Spy Thriller YUMI: 00EX from Doug Wagner and Hoyt Silva

  Fan favorite writer Doug Wagner ( Narco, Plastic, I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer ) teams up with rising star artist Hoyt Silva for an all-new, action-packed thrill-ride in, Yumi: 00EX . This four-issue miniseries is set to launch in August from Image Comics . The series will also feature eye-popping variant covers by artists Mirka Andolfo ( Sweet Paprika ) and up-and-comer Nicoletta Baldari . When her MI6 boyfriend disappears, Yumi storms the agency—hacking their network, dismantling their operatives, and setting everything on fire. There she finds her first ally… a fully AI Lamborghini that’s built less like a car and more like a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Yumi is in love. Yumi is lethal. "Part The Kingsman , part K-Pop Demon Hunters , all attitude," said Wagner in an exclusive scoop on the announcement at Popverse . "We even tossed in an AI Lamborghini sidekick that’s built like a WMD, because with Hoyt and I involved, subtlety never really had...

PREVIEW: 'Archie's Movie Mania' One-Shot by Jamie L. Rotante, Steven Butler, and Bill Galvan

  ARCHIE’S MOVIE MANIA (ONE-SHOT) Features two new movie-themed stories by Jamie L. Rotante , Steven Butler , and Bill Galvan : first, the SuperTeens need help from the Power Pets to stop a rampage at the zoo, then Ginger Lopez stars in a send-up of The Devil Wears Prada . Press materials include the complete classic story "Alien" by Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo .  

Rick Remender & Steve Epting Go Hardboiled Horror with Upcoming 'Hammerfist'

  Reservoir Dogs collides with Evil Dead in a filthy crime story that mutates into a savage splatter-horror nightmare from New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender ( Escape, Captain America ) and acclaimed artist Steve Epting ( Velvet, Captain America ), with colors by Matt Hollingsworth, in the upcoming Hammerfist . This all-new ongoing series was announced exclusively at IGN this week and is set to launch this August from Image Comics. Hammerfist will launch with a lineup of jaw-dropping variant covers by such superstar artists as Jerome Opeña, Nic Klein, Dan Panosian, Daniel Acuña, Andrew Robinson, and more as well as a blank sketch cover and a special foil-treated version of Robinson’s cover art. “ Hammerfist is for people who grew up on those unhinged genre films of the VHS era, over-the-top, hard-R, wildly original, but never forgetting to be fun,” said Remender . “A hardboiled crime story that mutates into an ultra-violent, Raimi-style horror story follow...

Action-Packed 'Witchblade/Vampirella' #1 Crossover One-Shot Raises the Stakes

  Witchblade series writer Marguerite Bennett ( Odin, Bombshells, Batwoman ) and Witchblade fan favorite artist and alumni Laura Braga ( Future State: The Next Batman, Captain Marvel, Dazzler ) team up to bring two leading comics ladies together in an epic one-shot, Witchblade/Vampirella #1. The first of two exciting mashups will hit shelves in August from Image Comics/Top Cow, followed by another jaw-dropping crossover event in the Vampirella/Witchblade #1 one-shot by Erica Schultz ( Rat City, The Deadliest Bouquet ) and Valentina Pinti ( Daredevil: Unleash Hell ) in September from Dynamite Entertainment. “This is the kind of crossover that only works when everyone leans in—creatively and as partners,” said Matt Hawkins, President and COO at Top Cow, in an exclusive scoop with CBR . “You’ve got two iconic characters, two publishers, and a story that doesn’t play it safe. It puts Sara and Vampirella on a collision course where trust is fragile and the consequences ar...

Comic Con Revolution is the Inland Empire's Pop Culture Event of the Year

Get your tickets now!  Comic cons across the country — and around the world — are giving fans access to their favorite creators, stars, and exhibitors. Whether the fandom is comics, anime, wrestling, cosplay, collectibles, or any number of other passions, regional shows are filling the calendar until the two biggest events in the US arrive: San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic Con. As influential as those juggernauts are, they can be expensive, exhausting, and overwhelming. Publishers and studios reserve their biggest announcements for those stages precisely because the news ignites fan frenzy on a global scale. But fans still crave the chance to meet their favorite comic book writers, artists, wrestlers, actors, and cosplayers without the cost or chaos of a mega-con. That's what makes regional shows so vital — they bring a similar experience, scaled to serve their local communities. Thirty-five miles east of downtown Los Angeles, in San Bernardino County, Comic Con...

'Dracula' Meets 'Berserk' in Upcoming 'Regicide' from Patrick Kindlon and Ludovic Lalliat

  Fan-favorite writer Patrick Kindlon ( Tigress Island, Gehenna: Naked Aggression ) and up-and-coming artist Ludovic Lalliat ( Akutezoïde ) will take readers on a doomed march through Transylvania in the upcoming Regicide . This dark, ongoing fantasy series will launch in August from Image Comics. In Regicide , a farmhand lives a simple life until village elders insist he set out for the capital with a dangerous stranger. Their mission? Kill the murderous viceroy of Transylvania! Dracula meets BERSERK in this story filled to the brim with sexy entities and betrayal. "Ludovic and I are going for it on this one," said Kindlon. "True monster-of-the-issue storytelling where you are guaranteed sensational and sensual battles for the souls of our heroes every month! Violence you can feel in a world so dripping with evil the droplets will hit your head as you read! It's submit to the Impaler or die on a pike!" Regicide #1 will be available at comic book sho...

ADVANCE PREVIEW: Step Into the Dark World of 'Odin' by James Tynion IV, Marguerite Bennett, and Letizia Cadonici

Neo-Nazi punks face the wrath of Norse gods in the new nine-issue limited series coming out from Tiny Onion and Image Comics Ahead of FOC on Monday, an advance preview of Odin invites readers to step into the dark world of the original limited series co-created by five-time Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV ( Something is Killing the Children, Exquisite Corpses ), bestselling writer Marguerite Bennett ( Witchblade, Mommy Blog ), and fan-favorite artist Letizia Cadonici ( House of Slaughter ). The nine-issue series, produced by Tynion’s production house Tiny Onion and published by Image Comics, follows an undercover journalist reporting on a group of deluded Neo-Nazis foolishly seeking glory and instead facing the wrath of Norse gods. Green Room meets Midsommar with a touch of The Ritual in this relentless, no-holds-barred horror story.   The new preview selection, sharing the beginning of issue #1, starts with a visual punch: Odin disemboweled and disfigured, ...