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REVIEW: 'Made in Korea' #5 by Jeremy Holt and George Schall

  MADE IN KOREA #5 Writer: Jeremy Holt Artist: George Schall Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: October 20, 2021 Cover Price: $3.99 DEREGISTER YOUR PROXY You can deregister your Proxy if you no longer want to keep it. 1. From the manufacturer's website, login with your account credentials. 2. Go to Manage Your Content and Devices. 3. Click Devices. 4. Click Deregister. This will remove all content from your child, and many features will not work. Score:  ★★★★☆ (4/5) QUICK REVIEW: After the horrific events of the previous issue, memories haunt Jesse while she lives with Chul, the programmer that created her A.I. This new dynamic finds Chul trying to be a parent but nothing has prepared him to deal with a Proxy with such realistic emotional intelligence. His program works too well as Jesse deals with growing pains, or rather, the inability to physically grow. Chul is faced with and unprepared for dealing with a confused adolescent. It's relatable and heart-wrenching to se...

'Joe Hill's Rain' to Launch Chris Ryall & Ashley Wood's SYZYGY Publishing Imprint

David M. Booher, Zoe Thorogood, and Chris O’Halloran Adapt the Thrilling Prose Tale A graphic adaptation of Joe Hill’s Rain will serve as the debut offering from Syzygy Publishing, Chris Ryall, and Ashley Wood’s new publishing venture. This first, five-issue miniseries will kick off the new line of comics, graphic novels, and art books—from the Zombies vs Robots co-creators—beginning in January 2022.  The award-winning creative team consisting of writer David M. Booher ( Killer Queens ), artist Zoe Thorogood ( The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott ), colorist Chris O’Halloran ( Ha Ha ), and letterer Shawn Lee ( Madman Artist’s Select ) will come together to bring Joe Hill's Rain to sequential form. Ryall and Wood contribute editorial and logo/production design, respectively. Rain first appeared in author Joe Hill’s acclaimed novella collection Strange Weather , and tells the story of a seemingly normal August day in Boulder, Colorado—the skies are clear and Honeysuckle Spec...

'Djeliya' Creator Juni Ba Offers An Action-Packed Satire in Upcoming 'Monkey Meat'

UPCOMING MINISERIES 'MONKEY MEAT' A CHEEKY SATIRE FOR FANS OF 'ICE CREAM MAN' & 'CHEW' Fan-favorite Djeliya creator Juni Ba introduces a new fantasy universe in an upcoming miniseries of connected one-shot stories, Monkey Meat . This five-issue, action-packed romp will launch from Image Comics in January 2022. The Monkey Meat Company made its fortune selling cans of processed meat all around the world. Using that money to fuel their wacky experiments, they turned their native island into a magical hyper-capitalist hellscape where even demons have to pay rent! " Monkey Meat is a passion project born of wanting for us all to poke fun at how dystopian the world is," said Ba. "It’s fun and colorful but most of all aims to be cathartic, and bring you great cartooning!" Follow the lives of the creatures of Monkey Meat Island in this series best described as the storytelling style of W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo’s Ice Cream Man meet...

REVIEW: 'Black's Myth' #4 by Eric Palicki and Wendell Cavalcanti

  BLACK'S MYTH #4 Writer: Eric Palicki Artist: Wendell Cavalcanti Publisher: Ahoy Comics Release Date: October 20, 2021 Cover Price: $3.99 The werewolf crime story barrels toward a shocking conclusion! When Strummer disappears, we learn that Grim is a very good boy. But can he and Ben save Strummer from her kidnappers? Will they accept the help from a sad vamp? And how good are mythological creatures at handling a crisis, anyway? Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) QUICK REVIEW:   Strummer's feeling the disappointment of where this investigation of Rainsford Black's silver bullets has gone, culminating in one dead end after another. Now, with the attack on the occult bookstore and the last words of The Old Man sparking a realization for Strummer, will her sudden disappearance be the end of the investigation altogether? It'll be up to Grim, Ben, and unlikely ally to find Strummer and the truth.  'Black's Myth' has been a cool detective story with some supernatural twists a...

Hell Sonja Goes Bounty Hunting with Sonjas From Across the Multiverse

Hell Sonja Rises From the Depths This January! Leading a Multiversal Team of Sonja's to Feed the Pits of Hell Welcome to Hell... Sonja. The fan-favorite breakout star of the mythos boundary-blasting Sonjaversal is breaking out in a fiery hot new title ready to warm up fans this winter! She's the Queen of Damnation, lording over the fire-scorched pits of eternal hunger and suffering. But Hell Sonja has had enough of all this boring evil. She's binding together lost souls, other Red Sonja's of the multiverse, and will scour time and space to find the most wicked to feed to her endless realm's churning maw. For those desperate enough and beset by evil, when no one else can help, perhaps Hell Sonja will be their surprising savior! Writer Christopher Hastings ( Unbelievable Gwenpool, Deadpool ) and artist Pasquale Qualano ( Dejah Thoris ) reunite to chronicle the tales of the latest breakout star in the Red Sonja mythos. She's now set up a multiversal bounty hunti...

'Sex Criminals' meets 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' in the Upcoming 'Bolero'

EMBARK ON A VISUALLY STUNNING, FANTASTICAL NEW ADVENTURE IN FORTHCOMING BOLERO THIS JANUARY An all-new sci-fi/romance begins in the upcoming Bolero by rising stars Wyatt Kennedy and Luana Vecchio. This visually stunning five-issue miniseries will launch from Image Comics in January 2022. “Page by page, Wyatt and I put our whole love and passion for comics into this miniseries to convey the strong sense of loneliness and despair that many feel after the end of a relationship," said Vecchio. "Running away might often seem like the simplest solution, but there is no simple solution when dealing with pain” Kennedy added: "I sincerely can't thank Image enough for giving us the chance to tell this story. I've lived with it and these characters for nearly six years, and no one besides the tremendously talented Luana Vecchio could have imbued this with such soul and joy and kept me from rewriting it for the 87th time." A woman running away from a broken heart dis...

Valiant Announces Year-Long Celebration in 2022 with New Launches, Creators, and More!

The Valiant Universe is about to expand. THE YEAR OF VALIANT will be a year-long celebration of Valiant throughout 2022, consisting of new launches with new creators, the return of fan-favorite characters, the formation of new teams, and the Valiant characters exploring beyond traditional publishing methods. To celebrate the announcement, Valiant Entertainment is incredibly proud to showcase its universe with exciting new artwork from acclaimed creators Tyler Kirkham and Arif Prianto. "So much is happening in Valiant's 2022 to bring our Universe forward with the return of characters that fans continue to anticipate and love," said Valiant Entertainment Publisher Fred Pierce. "There will be sci-fi, horror, comedy, and so much action that it will be hard to sit down as they're being read. In addition to publishing, be on the lookout for games based on our characters, like Shadowman Remastered, original graphic novels, prose novels, and perhaps items of a more c...