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BLACK’S MYTH - A New Punk Rock Horror Series Coming from Eric Palicki and Wendell Cavalcanti About A Werewolf Private Eye

Eric Palicki, the writer of Atlantis Wasn’t Built For Tourists and No Angel, and BlackAcre artist Wendell Cavalcanti are collaborating on an all-new comic book series, BLACK’S MYTH, about an LA-based private investigator … who is a werewolf.  This punk rock black-and-white horror series will feature covers by rising star Liana Kangas ( She Said Destroy and Trve Cvlt) , and the first issue will feature a variant cover by Jamal Igle ( The Wrong Earth ). BLACK’S MYTH will debut this July from AHOY Comics, the Syracuse-based comic publisher that encourages readers to “expect more” from its stable of unique and off-beat titles. Meet Janie Jones “Strummer” Mercado—just an ordinary werewolf PI, trying to make it on the mean streets of Los Angeles. When the case of a lifetime falls into her lap, it’s up to her and her charming djinn assistant Ben Si’lat to figure out just how many silver bullets have been used, and just where do silver bullets come from anyway? BLACK’S MYTH mixes fami...

Matt Kindt’s Acclaimed MIND MGMT Returns As An NFT

  Acclaimed cartoonist Matt Kindt is announcing an unusual and historic project: an all-new, stand-alone MIND MGMT comic that will only be available as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token). For more than 20 years, Kindt has been writing and illustrating creator-owned comic books and graphic novels like BRZRKR (with Keanu Reeves), ENIAC, MIND MGMT, BANG! Dept H., Ether, Folklords, Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, and Pistolwhip , and he’s once again experimenting with comic book storytelling to create an all-new MIND MGMT comic which will only be available as a one-of-a-kind NFT. “MIND MGMT: The Artifact” is the latest story in Kindt’s globe-trotting mystery series about espionage, super spies, and psychic abilities.  The story will be available, via auction, at https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/3511643341375049533489502144308609956911379505039353382867712348867384049665 .  “I wanted to create an original MIND MGMT comic book narrative that w...

'Jim Lives' Imagines the Lead Singer of The Doors Alive in Upcoming Graphic Novel

Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti re-team for an all-new original graphic novel— Jim Lives: The Mystery of the Lead Singer of The Doors and the 27 Club —a speculative fiction thriller that riffs off the conspiracy theory that Jim Morrison never died. This is the second standalone graphic novel in the trilogy, following last year’s release Paul Is Dead  and will be out from Image Comics in June 2021. “Would you believe me if I told you that right here, in the small village in southern Italy where I set the story, I met Superman jogging on the beach?" said Baron. "(Check out his Instagram: Henry Cavill, July 2019). So, why couldn't Jim Morrison be here too?” Carbonetti added: "Drawing stories like Jim's—I mean stories with Rock legends—is a much more intimate experience than listening to their records. Now it’s no longer them giving something to you, it’s you giving them something back." Amid the intense colors of a foreign land, Jim Lives is the story of...

REVIEW: 'Count' (OGN) by Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

  A sci-fi reimagining of the greatest revenge story of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo. Framed for treason and wrongfully imprisoned at the hands of a jealous rival and a corrupt magistrate, Redxan Samud escapes his hovering prison colony hell-bent on retribution. Given a map from his dying jail companion to the location of a stolen cache of Union Credits large enough to make him wealthy beyond imagination, Samud concocts a plan to exact revenge on those who conspired to let him rot in a cell . COUNT Writer: Ibrahim Moustafa Artist: Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Publisher: Humanoids Publishing Release Date: March 17, 2021 Cover Price: $19.99 Score: ★★★★★ (5/5) I'm embarrassed to say I never read the literary classic 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas. I've read about it and how it's influenced revenge stories in the 177 years since its publication. The story of Edmond Dantès, a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, es...

PREVIEW: 'Vampirella vs. Purgatori' #1 by Ray Fawkes and Alvaro Sarraseca

 The unholy alliance you prayed would never happen! For countless generations, the fight between good and evil has been fought, as much behind the scenes as in plain view. Unbeknownst to the world at large, one force has stood as a safeguard against the potential triumph of evil and the unleashing of the apocalypse: The 36. Now, someone is after them, a creature of evil known as Purgatori, and the only thing standing in her way is Vampirella. So with all of existence hanging in the balance, what could possibly bring these two enemies to join forces? Hint: Whatever it is, it must be really bad. Vampirella vs. Purgatori #1 writer: Ray Fawkes | artist: Alvaro Sarraseca covers: Derrick Chew (A), Carlo Pagulayan (B), Joseph Michael Linsner (C), Szymon Kudranski (D), Marco Mastrazzo (E), Blank Authentix (F), Joseph Michael Linsner(RI/BW), Carlo Pagulayan (RI/Virgin), Marco Mastrazzo (RI/Virgin), Derrick Chew (RI/BW), Joseph Michael Linsner (RI/BW Virgin), Derrick Chew CGC-Graded, Jose...

Emotional Sci-Fi Thriller 'Everfrost' is Coming from Ryan K. Lindsay, Sami Kivelä, and Lauren Affe

All scientist-warrior Van Louise wanted was to retire and get off-planet as her society collapsed, but she’s unearthed a mystery involving the death of her son... and she can’t leave without discovering the truth first--even as war brews in her violent and fantastical world.   That’s the situation facing our hero in EVERFROST, the comic book series launching in June 2021 from Black Mask Studios, the Los Angeles-based indie publisher of acclaimed titles including SPACE RIDERS, CALEXIT, 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK and BLACK.   Together, writer Ryan K Lindsay (ETERNAL, NEGATIVE SPACE) and artist Sami Kivelä (ABBOTT, UNDONE BY BLOOD), who previously co-created Black Mask’s 2017 breakout BEAUTIFUL CANVAS together, now joined by colorist Lauren Affe (THE WITCHER, STRANGER THINGS) and letterer Jim Campbell (THE WILDS, WE CAN NEVER GO HOME), have created an emotionally resonant tale of sci-fi insanity and heartbreaking emotion.   “This story came to me as a vision o...

Adult Animated 'Invincible' Adaptation Arrives on Amazon this Friday

From The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, and based on the Skybound/Image comic of the same name by Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, Invincible is an hour-long, adult animated superhero show that revolves around seventeen-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who’s just like every other guy his age — except that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). But as Mark develops powers of his own, he discovers that his father’s legacy may not be as heroic as it seems. Invincible will also star Sandra Oh ( Killing Eve) , Seth Rogen ( This is the End ), Gillian Jacobs ( Community ), Andrew Rannells ( Black Monday, Girls) , Zazie Beetz ( Deadpool 2 ), Mark Hamill ( Star Wars: The Last Jedi ), Walton Goggins ( Justified ), Jason Mantzoukas ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine ), Zachary Quinto ( Star Trek ), Mahershala Ali ( Moonlight ), Melise ( The Flash ), Kevin Michael Richardson ( The Simpsons) , Grey Griffin ( Avengers Assemble ), Khary Payton ( The W...