VAMPIRELLA STRIKES! #12 writer: Tom Sniegoski artists: Jonathan Lau covers: Lucio Parrillo (A), Stephen Segovia (B), Junggeun Yoon(C), Jonathan Lau (D), Cosplay / Dizzymslizzyy (E) FC | 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+ In Stores April 26, 2023 The murders in Sepulcher City continue and the streets of the Menagerie flow red with the blood of the innocent. Who is this savage killer and is it possible that he serves a master older than recorded history? Vampirella and the werewolf, Dagwood, are closing in on the mystery, and the killer is closing in on them. Enter the world of Vampirella Strikes under a series of amazing covers by returning superstars Lucio Parrillo, Stephen Segovia, Jonathan Lau, Junggeun Yoon, and another stunning cosplay cover -- featuring Dizzymslizzyy as Vampirella! Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment

  Bestselling writer W. Maxwell Prince ( Ice Cream Man, Haha ) continues his wildly popular, winning one-shot formula in the upcoming, Swan Songs . This all-new multi-artist project will feature a who’s-who of top-tier talent and launch this July from Image Comics. Along for the terminal ride are some of comics’ best and brightest artists. The first apocalyptic issue, “The End of the World,” is drawn by none other than The Department Of Truth ’s Martin Simmonds.  Future artists for future endings include Caspar Wijngaard ( Home Sick Pilots ), and Filipe Andrade ( The Many Deaths of Leila Star ), with more to be announced. Swan Songs explores the way things END…and also how they never really do. It’s comprised of stories about endings…The End of the World. The End of a Marriage. The End of a Sentence. The End of the End of the World! (Which one supposes might consider the BEGINNING of a new world…) "It's a shame that everything has to end," said Prince in an ex...

Mariko Between Worlds is a bittersweet story set in a beautiful sci-fi world that connects to the hearts of anyone who has ever loved and lost. This out-of-this-world rom-com is straight out of the year 2099 but speaks to a feeling that time will never change. The fear of loss. Ringo Award Winning and Eisner-nominated artist Liana Kangas teams up with author Matthew Erman to create a world of lust and stardust. Find yourself navigating the human condition with the most out-of-this-galaxy characters.  Mariko Between Worlds is a realistic, down-to-earth graphic novel completely off the wall swarming with magic portals and sexy aliens. Mariko Between Worlds Writers: Matthew Erman & Lisa Sterle Artist: Liana Kangas Colorist: Rebecca Nalty Cover Artist: Lisa Sterle Letterer: Micah Myers Publication Date: August 22, 2023 It's perfect for fans of Guillem March's Karmen and the sci-fi romance, Saga . Mariko Between Worlds will be in Previews on May 24, 2023 (FOC: Jul...

  Bestselling, multiple award-winning, master storyteller Jeff Lemire ( Sweet Tooth, The Underwater Welder, The Bone Orchard Mythos ) will bring small-town evils to life in the highly anticipated Fishflies . This all-new series written and drawn by Lemire—and which will first be teased to fans with a special Free Comic Book Day edition in May—will officially launch in July from Image Comics. When a brutal and violent crime puts the life of an innocent teenage boy in the balance, it sets off a chain of events in bucolic Bell River, Ontario that will permanently change several residents’ lives. And as the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox forms an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them on an odyssey of discovery and redemption. Fishflies is a new tale of small-town surrealist horror that begins with a special extra-length debut issue. "For years the books I both write and draw seem to switch back and forth between grounded, slice-of-life human...

 Bulgilhan Press' first comic of 2023 will be Far Distant, launching on Crowdfundr next week! Bulgilhan Press is proud to introduce Far Distant by A Liang Chan, the latest book kicking off their 2023 publication season. Launching at the end of April on Crowdfundr , Far Distant is the latest comic by artist A Liang Chan, previous publications include  Interim (ShortBox, 2020), Viscera (ShortBox Comics Fair, 2021), and Everything You Will Forget (ShortBox Comics Fair, 2022). Far Distant follows a researcher all on their own in a remote region as their dreams become stranger and stranger, slowly creating a sublime dissonance and ambivalence illustrated in methodical paneling and uncanny, symbolic artwork. While wrapping up their second cycle conducting research in isolation, this Keeper contemplates an anomalous transmission that describes something unknown, until their dreams begin to change and soon, a choice must be made: repeat the same cycle over and over or...

  BLACK TAPE #3  Writer: Dan Panosian Artist: Dalibor Talajic, Ive Svorcina Letters: Steve Wands Publisher: AWA Release Date: April 19, 2023 Cover Price: $3.99 FOR MATURE READERS Jack King was a rock'n'roll god who projected a stage persona on par with the devil. After Jack dies on stage, his widow, Cindy, grapples with grief and struggles to protect his legacy, unaware that she is being surrounded by dark forces that covet the master tapes to Jack's final, unreleased album - a heavy metal masterpiece that just might open a doorway to hell. Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) QUICK REVIEW: We've been waiting for the more supernatural aspects of the story to start appearing and while we get some of it in how the lines between reality and dreams become blurred the sobering truth about Jack is as astonishing as anything could be. Cindy is obsessed with finding the black tape and in the process found evidence of Jack's secret lifestyle and his family's before she knew hi...

40 Pages of Subversive Sci-Fi Agitation from All-Star Creators Melissa Flores & Daniel Irizarri, Phil Hester, Chris Condon & Nick Cagnetti, and More! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher – is proud to reveal your first look inside XINO #1 (of 3) – the 40-PAGE, FIRST ISSUE for the highly anticipated science-fiction comics event of the summer, featuring creators Melissa Flores ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Dead Lucky ) & Daniel Irizarri ( Judge Dredd ), Phil Hester ( Gotham City: Year One ), Chris Condon ( That Texas Blood ) & Nick Cagnetti ( Pink Lemonade ), and Jordan Thomas ( Weird Work ) & Shaky Kane ( The Bulletproof Coffin )! It’s 2023, and the only thing you can trust is XINO … so surrender your consciousness to Oni as we present three oversized installments of intra-ocular entertainment that will manipulate your hopes, dreams, desires, paranoia, alienation, anxiety, and adrenaline to...