Batman/Catwoman Special #1 interior artwork by Leon & Stewart (left) and Gerads (right)


Now expanded to celebrate the legacy of iconic artist John Paul Leon, whose untimely passing after a long battle with cancer shocked the comics world this past May, this special will feature the work Leon completed for the original story plus tributes to the renowned artist created in his name by some of his closest friends and admirers. Bernard Chang, Shawn Crystal, Mitch Gerads and Dave Stewart will bring the original story to its conclusion, lettered by Clayton Cowles, while comics' top artists gather to celebrate Leon's creative legacy through pin-up pages and essays in the special, including Lee Bermejo, Denys Cowan, Joëlle Jones, Dave Gibbons, Walter Simonson, and more.
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Colossus
EP1T0ME w/ Top Cow


Los Angeles, California - December 7th, 2021 - Top Cow Productions, Inc., the company behind Witchblade,The Darkness and Wanted, announced today that it has partnered with EP1T0ME Studios, Inc. to co-produce and to publish The Clay People’s Colossus.

Colossus, penned by Matt Hawkins (Think Tank) and illustrated by Christian DiBari (Magdalena), introduces a bi-racial teenager in middle America that, thanks to his grandfather’s last wish, unleashes an otherworld of hurt onto his tormentors.

Colossus was inspired by The Clay People’s song of the same name; Richard Leibowitz, EP1T0ME’s President, said: “The song means different things to different people; the more we heard it, the more we envisioned a story about an underdog with new-found, out-of-control power and the ramifications that using it would bring.”

EP1T0ME is inviting curious readers to visit https://ep1t0.me/colossus and sign up for updates, the first 100 signups will receive a digital copy of The Clay People’s latest album and the next 500 sign ups will receive a digital copy of the single, Colossus.

"After Rich pitched Colossus, I listened to the song and the lyrics really spoke to me," says Top Cow President, Matt Hawkins. "My sons are bi-racial, so the story made me think; so much so that I offered to write it myself.  Intolerance, drug addiction, poverty and boredom pave a perfect storm for a revenge tale of grisly proportions!"

Dan Neet, The Clay People’s frontman, said: “I wrote the song during a dark time; I can’t believe it’s coming to life for all of our fans and others to see.”

UDON Entertainment Proudly Presents...
DARKSTALKERS: MORRIGAN #1
COMING MARCH 2022!
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DECEMBER 2nd, 2021: UDON Entertainment announced today that it will release the all-new comic book Darkstalkers: Morrigan #1, featuring the continuing cannon adventures of the sultry succubus queen! This one-shot comic book will be written by legendary Street Fighter and Darkstalkers comic books writer Ken Siu-Chong, and illustrated by the incredible artist Panzer!In this issue: The Demonic Darkstalker Morrigan’s late-night escapades into the human world have accidentally unleashed a destructive force on her home dimension! Now, she must personally confront this new evil to return order to her kingdom of monsters and misfits…! Featuring a character never previously revealed in UDON’s Darkstalkers comics!
Fans won’t want to miss out on UDON’s first regular comic book release in nearly three years, just look at this incredible cover art to issue #1 courtesy of issue artist Panzer! 
The whole book looks THIS GREAT! 
UDON will release details on variant covers and plot reveals(!) in the weeks to come! You can pre-order this comic book beginning in January at either your local comic shop (January Diamond Comics Previews Catalog) or at UDONstore.com. 
DARKSTALKERS: MORRIGAN #1
Story: Ken Siu-Chong (Street Fighter, Darkstalkers)
Art: Panzer (Street Fighter #100, Street Fighter Wrestlepalooza)
In stores: March 30, 2022
But wait, there's more!
DARKSTALKERS FAN ART COMPETITION!
Dear aspiring artists and Darkstalkers fans, want to see your artwork printed in a Darkstalkers comic book? The UDON team will be choosing its favorite submitted artworks for inclusion in a fan art gallery in Darkstalkers: Morrigan #1! Here’s how to participate:

• Draw your favorite Darkstalkers character(s) (not just Morrigan!)
• E-mail a JPG version (under 4mb please!) to fanart@UDONentertainment.com, with the subject "Darkstalkers"
• All mediums welcome (digital, traditional, 3D, etc.), but for final inclusion in the comic book an 8.5” x 11", 300dpi digital image will be needed.
• Include your real name, artist credit name (if different), and your city/state/country.
• UDON's favorite entries will be included in a fan art gallery in Darkstalkers: Morrigan #1
• Artists selected for inclusion will be contacted to obtain high resolution artwork.
• Artists selected for inclusion will receive a complimentary copy of the issue.
• Art deadline, Jan 3rd 2022

ABOUT UDON ENTERTAINMENTUDON Entertainment is a publisher of original and translated art books, graphic novels, and manga. The publisher’s best-known projects are those based on popular video game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Persona, Bayonetta, Bloodborne, and many more. UDON also publishes books based on top anime properties including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kill la Kill, FLCL, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Robotech.

Writer Curt Pires and Artist Sunando C Release Memoria, A Shocking Horror-Noir 
with comiXology Originals
 
December 2, 2022 -- New York, NY -- When two troubled detectives are paired up and assigned a case, they begin to discover a well kept secret behind a slew of murders that spans decades. With Memoria, writer Curt Pires (Youth, Lost Falls), artist Sunando C, colorist Mark Dale and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou have created a mesmerizing comic book mystery thriller, chock full of paranoia, intrigue and horror. Told in five chapters, Memoria is available beginning December 7th from comiXology Originals, the exclusive digital content line of comiXology, an Amazon company and is available to read at no additional cost for members of Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for purchase on the Amazon Kindle Store and comiXology.
 
"I'm excited to be releasing Memoria with my friends at comiXology Originals as a complete series this coming Tuesday, December 7th,” says Pires. “Memoria is a dark and literary exploration of institutional corruption and the fall of America, through the lens of a sprawling murder mystery that sends two broken men on the trail of a prolific serial killer. This is a book for fans of true crime and the films of David Fincher. I believe this series includes some of my strongest writing and I'm excited for everyone to check out the amazing work that Sunando, Hassan and Mark have done on this project." 
 
Memoria follows two detectives—Daniels, a young cop who drinks to cope with his past, and Reynolds, an aged terminally ill cop with an axe to grind. When the police chief partners them up and saddles them with what seems to be an unsolvable case, their investigation begins to unravel a sprawling conspiracy that points to one thing: the most prolific serial killer in American history. As they follow leads, they make discoveries that will force them to question everything and everyone they know.
 
This is Curt Pires' third comic book released via comiXology Originals. His previous comiXology Originals work YOUTH Volume 1 is now in paperback from Dark Horse Books, YOUTH Season 2 is available digitally and his series Lost Falls, which recently concluded, is also available digitally. YOUTH is currently in development at Amazon Studios as an original series with executive producer Patrick Moran.
 
ComiXology Originals titles are available at no additional cost for members of Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for purchase on the Amazon Kindle Store and comiXology. Prime Reading offers all Amazon Prime members a rotating selection of over a thousand top Kindle books, magazines, short works, comic books, children’s books, and more – all at no additional cost. Kindle Unlimited gives customers access to more than 1 million titles, including thousands of audio books, and current magazines for just $9.99 a month with a free trial period at amazon.com/kindleunlimited. ComiXology Unlimited offers over 40,000 comics, graphic novels and manga for just $5.99 a month with a 30-day free trial at http://amazon.com/comixologyunlimited.
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Missoula, MT (12/1/2021): Vault is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of A DARK INTERLUDE with new series artist, Piotr Kowalski. Beginning with Issue #3, which hits shelves in January 2022, A DARK INTERLUDE will return to its monthly release schedule.

“Usually when doing anything PR-related I'll just LARP as the book's protagonist, Henry Henry.(For example, the diamond solicits for A Dark Interlude #1-5 tell their own little story of Henry Henry spewing invective at Vault Comics' PR guy for forcing him to write the solicits.) However, this time I've elected to break kayfabe,” said series co-creator Ryan O’Sullivan. 


“Piotr Kowalski is an incredible artist, and I'm extremely excited to have him join Vlad, Deron, Vault, and myself on the last three issues of A Dark Interlude. Seeing the Fearscape and its cast of characters through the eyes of Piotr's incredibly detailed pen has been breathtaking. Readers of the series are going to be blown away. 100% worth the wait.


“Admittedly, I usually hate it when art changes mid-way through a book, but given the metafictional nature of A Dark Interlude, we've gone ahead and made it part of the story. This was all part of my master plan, you see. The big delay between Issues 2 and 3? Why, I suppose you could say it was a...Dark Interlude. An obviously intentional piece of comic-distribution-as-performance-art that allowed us to comment on the--" [Editor's note: the delay was due to covid lock down complications and had nothing to do with Ryan's "creative vision". Do not trust the creator of Henry Henry when he says he has "broken kayfabe". He is pathologically incapable of doing so. Please buy this book so we can finally be rid of him for good.]

A DARK INTERLUDE, the not-quite-a-sequel to FEARSCAPE, is written by Ryan O'Sullivan, drawn by Piotr Kowalski, colored by Vladimir Popov, lettered by Andworld Design, and designed by Tim Daniel. 
A DARK INTERLUDE #3 hits store shelves on January 26, 2022, with a stunning A cover by Ariela Kristantina and a gorgeous B cover variant by Rebekah Isaacs. The full synopsis can be found below: 


What sort of gibbering reprobate requires solicit information for the third chapter of a story? Why must I continue to write these? And don't you dare respond citing "contractual obligations". If we're going to go down that route, then may I remind you that if it wasn't for me, nobody would have heard of... [Message truncated once again, with apologies, at the request of Vault Comics].

ABOUT VAULT COMICS:

ESCAPE ORDINARY.Creating science fiction, fantasy, and horror requires confronting the new, the bizarre, the unimagined. In these genres, creators can break the established order, dissolve conceptions of social identity, and give voices to the silenced. They can ask hard questions, and if they are brave, venture bold answers.
Beyond the page, Vault actively develops its library across a wide range of media, including film, television, audio productions, and video games.

PETER LANDESMAN TO WRITE AND
DIRECT SCOUT COMICS “THE
RECOUNT”; KADINCREATIVE & MOTOR
CONTENT TO PRODUCE

FORT MYERS, FL (November 29th, 2021) – Peter Landesman (Concussion, Parkland, Felt) has come on board to adapt and direct Scout Comics best-selling comic series THE RECOUNT into a feature film for Don Handfield's Motor Content (The Founder, Knightfall) and Jonathan Kadin's KadinCreative (Cinderella). Nick Jones Jr. will co-write with Landesman. 

The fictional political thriller penned by Jonathan Hedrick was published by Scout Comics in November of 2020 on the eve of the most contested election in modern history.  Blending the political intrigue of House of Cards and the horror of The Purge, The Recount is a realistic action-thriller set in an unsettlingly recognizable American political climate.

When the US President is assassinated by one of his own security detail, a female Secret Service agent must protect the Vice President at all costs from a conspiracy group calling themselves ‘The Masses’. With nowhere to turn and no one to trust, these two women with completely opposing political views and beliefs must work together to preserve what’s left of American democracy.

Landesman and Kadin worked together not too long ago on Sony’s CONCUSSION starring Will Smith, which Landesman wrote and directed and Kadin oversaw as the studio’s Executive Vice President. Prior to that, Landesman and Handfield worked together on political thriller KILL THE MESSENGER starring two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner for Focus Features which Landesman wrote and Handfield Executive Produced. Landesman went on to write and direct PARKLAND, about the aftermath of the assassination of JFK, the aforementioned CONCUSSION and FELT starring Liam Neeson.
“As storytellers, we’re struggling to capture not just this fraught political moment, but what it means, and will mean, for our immediate futures. When I read this graphic piece, it made me yearn for the days when character and integrity had value, and what would happen when you pack that into an imperative to survive, not just to live, but to lead. I want this movie to look like what many of us are feeling” said Peter Landesman.
 
Handfield added, “THE RECOUNT struck me because it really hammers home both the incredible divisiveness of our times, as well as the fragility of our democracy - all without taking a political 'side'.  On one level it's an engaging political thriller, on another, a hellbent action ride, but ultimately, it's a cautionary tale about two women with opposing political viewpoints coming together to save America. I can think of no better filmmaker to adapt this book than Peter Landesman, who has written & directed some of the best political thrillers of our time.”

“Given the current sociopolitical climate, this story couldn’t be more relevant. Sure it’s fiction, an exciting action thriller with a big idea, but it’s quite grounded and authentic. Peter Landesman is the perfect director to not only deliver on this suspenseful tale, but do so while appealing to everyone – no matter what side of the aisle they’re on,” said Kadin in a statement.

One of Scout Comics best-selling titles, THE RECOUNT was written by army veteran Jonathan Hedrick and received critical acclaim for both the jaw-dropping action and how it explored timely political themes in the vein of V for Vendetta or The Purge. The book was released in November of 2020, on the eve of the most contested election in modern history – and despite its fictional and apolitical stance -- seemed oddly clairvoyant in its dark portrayal of a nation on the brink. 

Handfield, Kadin, Landesman and Scout Comics will produce through their respective banners, with Motor Content’s Jordan Moore serving as an Executive Producer.  

James Haick III, President of Scout Comics said, “We were so blown away by this comic when we read it. It has all the action of 24 or White House Down, with the true-to-life political horror of The Joker. We are excited about what Peter and Nick will do with this material. 

Handfield is also a partner and board member of Scout Comics, and was instrumental in bringing the series to Scout for publication and got involved early in its development.  Scout Comics is at San Diego Comic-Con booth 1518 and has a few limited edition first printing and variant covers of The Recount on sale. 

THE RECOUNT features art by Gabriel Elias Ibarra Nunez (Graveland), Colors by Sunil Ghagre (Wunderwaffen) and Letters by Cristian Docolomansky (Zinnober). 

ABOUT KADINCREATIVE:
KadinCreative is a film and television production company launched by former Sony Pictures’ Executive Vice President Jonathan Kadin, with the company’s first production of Cinderella at Sony and released on Amazon Prime in September 2021. Kadin has multiple projects in development at Sony including the action-adventure Skyward, based on Image Comics’ Eisner Award-nominated series. Prior to launching KadinCreative, Kadin oversaw more than thirty films including such hits as 21 Jump Street, Step Brothers, and Moneyball.
 
ABOUT MOTOR
Motor is a content engine focused on Film, TV and Intellectual Property headed by Don
Handfield, producer of The Founder starring Michael Keaton and co-creator of History
Channel’s Knightfall. Motor has TV projects in development with Paramount + / Westbrook Entertainment, LionForge, and Armory Films. On the film side, the company is producing Switched On at Focus Features with Marc Platt based on the best-selling memoir by John Elder Robison, and a film adaptation of the US remake of the #1 grossing horror film in Vietnam Housemaid being adapted by Academy-Award winner Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious) with Deon Taylor (Black & Blue, Intruder) attached to direct. 
 
ABOUT SCOUT COMICS
SCOUT COMICS has a catalog of over 250+ original comic titles and is one of the fastest growing publishers in the industry. Scout has properties in development with top studios like Amazon and ABC, production companies like Starburns Industries (Rick & Morty) and FilmNation (Arrival, The Founder) and with the talent from blockbuster movies like Black Panther and 10 Cloverfield Lane.  Scout is distributed by Diamond, Lunar and Universal in the direct market, and by Simon & Schuster in the bookstore market. The company recently launched a toy division called TRACKER, and COMIC TAGS, a new collectible card and groundbreaking way to collect digital comics.  
 
ABOUT JONATHAN HEDRICK
Jonathan Hedrick is army veteran and comic book writer/creator born and raised in
Brevard County, Florida. His current work includes the zombie one-shots Freakshow Princess & Freakshow Knight (from Second Sight Publishing),  a superhero story called Capable. His prescient and taut political thriller The Recount was one of Scout’s best-selling comics. In addition to being a writer, Jonathan is a licensed radiologic technologist. He resides in Melbourne, FL with his cat, Tessa.   
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Wyatt Kennedy & Luana Vecchio's BOLERO
Available for pre-order with your local comic shop!
PRE-ORDER AT LOCAL COMIC SHOP
PRE-ORDER ON PULLBOX
PRE-ORDER ON COMICHUB
PRE-ORDER ON KINDLE
ON SALE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12
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About BOLERO by Wyatt Kennedy & Luana Vecchio (on sale 1/12): A new series from two bright-eyed and bushy-tailed little scamps! 

A woman running away from a broken heart discovers a mother-key into parallel universes. The rules are:

The key can work on any door.
The mother will only let you visit 53 universes.
Do not ask to speak to the mother. 
Never hop more than 53 times.