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Sink down to the Depths of Horror with SEA OF SORROWS

2/14/2020

From the creative team behind last year's hit horror series, Road of Bones, comes an all-new tale of terror.

Feb. 14th, 2020, (Cottage Grove, OR.) — This spring from IDW Publishing, plunge headfirst into the icy waters of dread with another historic tale of terror from writer Rich Douek and artist Alex Cormack, with the all-new five issue miniseries, Sea of Sorrows! This blend of horror, folklore, and history will be sure to have you sinking into the mystery of the vast waters.

In the aftermath of the Great War, the North Atlantic is ripe for plunder by independent salvage crews. When a former naval officer hires the SS Vagabond, he leads the ship to a sunken U-boat, and a fortune in gold. Tensions mount as the crew prepares to double cross each other, but the darkness of the ocean floor holds deeper terrors than any of them have bargained for!

“One thing that was always on my mind while writing Road of Bones was how we have this whole tradition of horror — sitting around a campfire, telling stories, trying to scare each other,” said Rich Douek. “And yet, you can go back to any time period, in any place, and find very real and horrific things people have done. Putting these supernatural and historic horror elements side by side in Sea of Sorrows lets us offer up a brand new tale that will take things in some crazy and unexpected directions."

“The ocean is a horrifying and mysterious place,” said Alex Cormack. “And Sea of Sorrows reveals the isolation and horror of being in an alien world on our own planet, facing threats that should be impossible chasing you through an inescapable setting. With the character designs and especially the story, this would be a book I’d draw just for myself. Rich is a talented writer and great collaborator. I’m happy to be along for the ride!”

Seek the horror just below the surface. Sea of Sorrows by Rich Douek and Alex Cormack is slated for release May 20th. Retailer Incentive Cover by Katie Sawatsky. Colors by Alex Cormack, letters by Justin Birch. Both Rich and Alex will be attending C2E2 in Chicago, IL, Feb. 27-29th.

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JAMIE MCKELVIE'S ELECTRIFYING DECORUM COVER REVEALED

2/14/2020

PORTLAND, Ore. 02/14/2020 — Image Comics is thrilled to reveal this show-stopping, electrifying cover by Jamie McKelvie (The Wicked + The Divine, The Killing Horizon) for the highly anticipated Decorum #1.

Decorum—by bestselling, comics titan Jonathan Hickman (House of X, Powers of X, East of West) and fan favorite artist Mike Huddleston (Middlewest, House of X)—is an all-new, eight-issue science fiction miniseries set to launch this March from Image Comics.

Decorum will blend the high impact, event level storytelling of Hickman’s recent re-envisioning of X-Men with the sprawling, addictive worldbuilding of the recently concluded East of West.

There are many assassins in the known universe. Decorum is the story of the most well-mannered one.

Decorum #1 Cover A by Huddleston (Diamond Code JAN200108), Decorum #1 Cover B by Huddleston (Diamond Code JAN200109), and Decorum #1 Cover C by McKelvie (Diamond Code JAN208126) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, March 11.

Decorum #1 will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including the official Image Comics iOS app, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

Sweet Heart A new horror comic based on one writer's struggle with diabetes

2/14/2020

Feb. 14, 2020 (COTTAGE GROVE, OR) — Monsters are everywhere in this world. Nobody’s safe.

On March 11th, Action Lab: Danger Zone brings you the ComixCentral’s 2018 People’s Choice award-winning Sweet Heart, a new horror comic series by up-and-coming writer, Dillon Gilbertson, with art by Ghastly Award-winner, Francesco Iaquinta (Croak), and colors by Marco Pagnotta (Phantom Squad, Captain Canuck). Variant cover by Christian DiBari. Follow the tale of Sweet Heart and you may learn that things are not so sweet after all...

Being hunted is an everyday risk in Ellicott City and the town itself is designed to make life comfortable for its citizens while being actively stalked by the eerie, insatiable creatures that live among them. But when Ben is chosen by one of the creatures near his home, his mother struggles to cope with the certainty of her son's death.

Advance Praise for Sweet Heart

"Good horror grabs your mind. Better horror grabs you by your gut. And the best horror grabs both. That's what Sweet Heart does."
- Paul Tobin (Made Men, Colder)

"This is a genuinely creepy comic. The writing is clever. It’s genuinely surprising and each of the twists and turns took me by surprise."
- Nick Devonald, Comics: The Gathering

“...fresh and terrifying in how real and natural it feels.”
- Matt Ligeti, ComicBookYeti.com

"Imagine Stephen King’s “IT” but there’s more than one Pennywise and the entire town knows about them."
-Al Mega, Comic Crusaders
“This story serves as both a vessel for my own worst fears about these ‘monsters’ as well as my optimistic views of what we can do about them,” said writer, Dillon Gilbertson. “Like bogeymen that could follow them their entire lives, Sweet Heart began as a thinly veiled analogy for my life with diabetes that grew to represent a number of chronic health, psychological, and personal issues many people deal with everyday."

“Sweet Heart isn't the usual horror story,” said Francesco Iaquinta. “The evolution of each character, and how they seem to change in such unpredictable ways, is what makes this comic so unique. These are demons that Dillon needed to exorcise, so I’m grateful for the opportunity to be part of it.”

Sweet Heart finds the monster in all of us, and maybe—just maybe—you’ll get the courage to face yours.
Dillon will be signing at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, CA on March 11th, from 5-8pm, and will also be attending Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) in Seattle, WA, March 12-15th.

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SKYBOUND’S DEAD BODY ROAD FLOORS IT DOWN THE FAST LANE TOWARD A HIGH-OCTANE, PULSE-POUNDING NEW STORY ARC—BAD BLOOD—OUT THIS MAY

2/13/2020

PORTLAND, Ore. 02/13/2020 — Image/Skybound Entertainment kicks the action into gear with the return of fan favorite miniseries Dead Body Road by Justin Jordan, featuring new series artist Benjamin Tiesma, colorist Mat Lopes, and letterer Pat Brosseau. The action-packed, six-issue series--Bad Blood—will hit comic shops this May
and feature covers by Matteo Scalera and Moreno Dinisio.

In Dead Body Road: Bad Blood, Bree Hale has left a lot behind in her life. Crime. The military. But she can't leave behind her own family, and when the local crime boss puts a hit out on her brother, there's nothing she won't do to save him. Absolutely nothing.

"Well, it's been a couple years, but I am back to crime....writing,” said Jordan. “Crime writing. This is another story about revenge, but this time from the point of view of the person trying to stop someone else from getting it. But should she? Dead Body Road is back."

John Wick meets Southern Bastards in this pulse-pounding action series—set to deliver an explosive tale of revenge like you’ve never seen before!

Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1 (Diamond Code MAR200042) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 20.

Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1 will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including the official Image Comics iOS app, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

New Comic Book Wednesday: HAG #2

2/12/2020

"Everything's gone straight to hell out there."

HAG #2

Publisher: American Gothic Press
Writer: Chad Stroup
Artist: Jon Clark
Letterer: April Brown
Price: $2.99 Digital

OUT NOW!
Spooked and soggy, Carl heads for his old pal Franklin’s house, where the two veterans hole up with war stories and Franklin’s shotgun. But soon it becomes clear that whatever was haunting Carl outside has followed him to the house, and it wants in!

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ABOUT AMERICAN GOTHIC PRESS™

American Gothic Press is the comic book publishing imprint of Famous Monsters of Filmland (est. 1958). American Gothic hosts a wide variety of original titles (KILLBOX, BROKEN MOON, MONSTER WORLD), adapted work from other media (Jeremy Robinson’s PROJECT NEMESIS), and licenses (IRWIN ALLEN’S LOST IN SPACE: THE LOST ADVENTURES). Their series have been nominated for industry awards, and their creative roster includes fresh talents such as Jon Clark and Marco Ferrari, established industry veterans like Steve Niles and Darick Robertson, and celebrities such as John Carpenter and rock musician John 5.

ABOUT FAMOUS MONSTERS®

Famous Monsters of Filmland (est. 1958) is the world’s longest running entertainment fan magazine. Credited as the original authority in what is known as geek/nerd culture today, Famous Monsters influenced an entire generation of monster fans who grew up to become Hollywood’s most recognized names: Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Rick Baker, and many more. Today, the magazine enjoys worldwide distribution as an annual, and has expanded beyond the pages to include licensed products, comic books, designer apparel, an e-commerce division, and special events and conventions.

Your First Look at THE RED MOTHER #4 From BOOM! Studios

2/12/2020

"From the very first page, creepy and confident."—Kieron Gillen, Once & Future

“Has all the pacing, depth and visual style of the very best European Bandes Dessinées.”—David Hine, The Marked

"Creeped me the hell out, and I can't wait for more!"—Gerry Duggan, Deadpool

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 12, 2020) – BOOM! Studios is proud to reveal a first look at THE RED MOTHER #4, the latest issue of an all-new original comic book series from acclaimed writer Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, The Realm), artist Danny Luckert (Regression), and letterer Ed Dukeshire, about a young woman who survives a tragedy, only to be afflicted with sudden, unexplained visions of horror and forced to deal with the terrible consequences.

As Daisy works to unravel the secrets behind her fiance’s disappearance and her own horrific visions, she is approached by the mysterious Leland Black, a too-charming entrepreneur with an intriguing proposition. As Daisy struggles to keep both feet in reality, Leland Black might be the tipping point… one way or another.

THE RED MOTHER #4 features main cover art by series writer Jeremy Haun and variant cover art by Roberta Ingranata (Witchblade) with colors by Warnia Kondiati.

THE RED MOTHER is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Bury The Lede by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe; Klaus by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora; Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith; Alienated by Simon Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose; and the upcoming King of Nowhere by W. Maxwell Prince and Tyler Jenkins. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid; Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David López; Angel from Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov; and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.

Print copies of THE RED MOTHER #4 will be available for sale March 18, 2020 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.

For continuing news on THE RED MOTHER and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, The Woods, Giant Days, Klaus, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century Fox for film and with 20th Television for the small screen. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.

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NEW Sexy Deadpool & X-Force Deadpool Plush Right Now at Kidrobot.com!

2/12/2020

Sexy Deadpool and X-Force Deadpool
Join the Kidrobot x Marvel Plush CollectionRight Now at Kidrobot.comFour years ago today on February 12th, 2016 the Marvel Deadpool movie debuted right before Valentine's Day making it the ultimate date movie! In honor of this wonderful day in history, Kidrobot and Marvel are excited to bring to life in cuddle-able Sexy Deadpool and X-Force Deadpool Phunny Plush. These join the line up of Kidrobot x Marvel Plush Phunnys and HugMes just in time for Valentines Day! Get them all right now at Kidrobot.com.
KIDROBOT X DEADPOOL

Before he was a brand unto himself, Deadpool was also a member of the X-Force – mercenaries more concerned with getting the jobs done than walking away with “hero” status. The 8” X-Force Deadpool plush is the perfect addition to any Marvel or Kidrobot plush collection.
BRING HOME X-FORCE DEADPOOL

Are you ready for sexy Deadpool? Propped on his elbow, holding a rose, and giving you that come-hither wink, this classic Deadpool spoof of the famous Burt Reynolds 1972 fireside centerfold will look perfect on any mantle or bearskin rug you happen to have laying around.
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A coloring book that helps kids with cancer

2/10/2020

Comic Book For Kids Launches Legends Vol 2 coloring book for C2E2

In October of last year, ComicBooks For Kids announced their first coloring book which we announced here. https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/10/24/legends-create-colouring-book-comicbooks-for-kids/
Mark Weiss, president of ComicBooks For Kids! stated that the response was so great and so many artists wanted to contribute that he knew there had to be a Volume 2.

The Emmy, Eisner and other award winner artists in this volume include in no particular order, Frank Frazetta, Will Eisner, Hal Foster, Kevin Eastman, Jeff Smith, Mike Kaluta, Mike Grell, Dave Stevens, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, Tim Seeley, Stan Sakai, Art Baltazar, Bill Reinhold, Shawn McManus, Aaron LoPresti, Michael Ploog, Topper Helmers and many others for a total of 38 different artists. In addition, new talent is highlighted as was done in the last volume. The cover for this volume is again by Steve Feicht and is a connecting cover to the first volume( attached) The variant cover(attached) is by the incredible Will Eisner and colored by John Lind. It is a rare Spirit image created for a Will Eisner Week poster. Like the previous volume,the biographies are included so that the kids can learn more about the contributors. Some art in this volume was created simply for this coloring book and has never before been seen.

All of these will be going to the kids across the US. First day of sale will be at the C2E2 conference.but a small presale allocation is available on the ebay site https://www.ebay.com/usr/comicbooksforkids to help pay for printing and shipping.

For more information visit www.comicbooksforkids.org.

BAD IDEA's First Bad Idea Arrives in ENIAC #1 from Matt Kindt & Doug Braithwaite – Coming to Select Comic Shops May 6, 2020

2/10/2020

Cover Art by Lewis LaRosa with Diego Rodriguez
On May 6th, the arrival of the most talked-about publisher of the new decade (hey, we're only six weeks into that decade, but it still counts) begins with BAD IDEA's historic debut in ENIAC #1 – the oversized, 40-page first issue of 2020's brain-swelling new series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), artistic powerhouse Doug Braithwaite (Justice), colorist Diego Rodriguez (X-O Manowar), and cover artist Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX).

First revealed today at The A.V. Club, ENIAC is a prestige-format limited series kicking off BAD IDEA's campaign of self-aggrandizement with one of the decade's (still counts, even the second time) most momentous, must-read debuts...

At the height of World War II, the world's most ingenious minds began a race to create a super-weapon capable of ending the war with the push of a button. One of those projects gave us the atom bomb...and another produced the world's first supercomputer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) – an immeasurably complex mathematical model that targeted the Axis war machine by calculating missile trajectories and troop deployments.

Everybody knows that. It's real-life American history.

Or so we were told.

On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.

Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki... Only President Truman wasn't the one who gave order.

It was ENIAC.

In the Allies' determination to end the war, they had accidentally created the world's first autonomous machine intelligence...which had quickly deduced that one bomb wouldn't be enough.

But ENIAC's real plan was only just beginning...

Now, 75 years later, an encrypted countdown has just been detected in Earth's satellite network and mankind only has three days left before ENIAC launches every weapon in the planet's nuclear arsenal simultaneously. With few options and even less time, the Secretary of Defense has just given two covert operatives the most important mission in human history: kill ENIAC.

From the minds of New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and incendiary artist Doug Braithwaite comes ENIAC #1, the debut series from BAD IDEA – the disruptive and experimental new comic publisher pushing the bounds of the medium (and your patience) one issue a time. This is no ordinary comic book... This is the long-classified history of an unspoken superpower more formidable than all of Earth's nations combined...and now its story can finally be told.

So, in case you haven't heard all of the hullabaloo about BAD IDEA, here's the score:

BAD IDEA’s mantra is “don’t do anything unless it’s special.” First and foremost, that means that we're gong to produce a limited number of series at any given time – no more than one to two single issues per month – featuring A-level comics storytelling by some of the industry's best and most respected creators. And each time one shows up in your store, it should be kind of a big deal.

That's because our comics feature no variants, won't be released digitally, and will not be collected into trade paperbacks, hardcovers, or other bookshelf formats. Monthly comic books, sold by comic book stores, are what we do.

Part and parcel with that commitment, our books will come in a pristinely designed, prestige-format package featuring deluxe matte-laminate cardstock covers, heavy-duty interior paperstock, and lots of pictures with little words on the inside – all for the standard $3.99 cover price.

Lastly – and this part is important – we're going to get things going by self-distributing our series to a select list of just 20 participating comic shop retailers. From May 2020 onward, we'll be slowing expanding that roster month after month for a total of roughly 50 by the end of the year. Each time a new retailer comes aboard as a BAD IDEA destination store, they'll have access to every prior BAD IDEA release in limited quantities, so they can start at the beginning.

To the retailers (🤛 much respect): We're still in the process of locking just who those 20 comic shops will be, so there's still time for your store to participate. Retailers who wish to apply directly should email BAD IDEA's customer service team at hello@badideacorp.com.

To the fans (❤️ for life): To find out where and how to reserve your copy of ENIAC #1 (and every future BAD IDEA book), stay tuned as we gear up to reveal our list of initial retail partners in the next 30 days. You can follow us online on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and also sign up for email updates here.

And, oh yeah, we're the geniuses that named our own company BAD IDEA – and, like or not, you will probably have to think about us more often than you'd like.

Oh, and we almost forgot to remind you... ENIAC #1 – in (some) stores May 6th, 2020!

ENIAC #1
Written by MATT KINDT // Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE // Colors by DIEGO RODRIGUEZ // Cover by LEWIS LAROSA // 40 pgs. // $3.99 // On Sale MAY 6, 2020

NOT A PLACE TO VISIT by T. Edward Bak in stores April 2020

2/10/2020

NOT A PLACE TO VISIT
A new collection of illustrated essays by WILD MAN cartoonist T Edward Bak
April 2020
Exploring themes of social and ecological flux unique to environments in the western US through concisely rendered reflections this series examines the migration of the artist's family to and from Colorado's San Luis Valley, tourism and salmon on the Columbia River, the fraught ecosystem of southern California's Salton Sea, and fracking along the northern Colorado prairie and Front Range.

Writer/Artist: T Edward Bak
Pub Date: 04/07/2020
Pages: 120
Trim: 5 x 7
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-1942801764
Diamond Code: FEB201774

Distributed to the book trade by Consortium Books Sales

"T Edward Bak is a writer and illustrator who manages to combine personal history with history in the largest sense. He is simultaneously a historian and ecologist. He cuts through the strata of different levels of existence to give a comprehensive, illuminating and often sobering view of the relationship between humans and the landscape."
―Jenny Zervakis, author-artist of Strange Growths

"T Edward Bak knows his nature. His cartooning brings amazing species to life on the page (even extinct ones) while he shares important stories about the natural world and our role in it. Don't miss this book."
―John R. Platt, award-winning environmental journalist and editor of The Revelator

"T Edward Bak's comics are a powerful mix of bold visual themes and calculated restraint. From color to line to page composition and more, Bak's attention to deal makes every panel and page stand out. Like the subject of his current project (the naturalist Georg Steller) Bak has a roving and feverish curiosity about everything he translates onto the page."
―Rob Clough, The Comics Journal

"Bak is one of our great naturalist cartoonists, with a fierce moral vision and deep engagement with history. He has seen the glory of wild landscapes with his own eyes and you see it on these pages." ―Kevin Huizenga

About the AuthorT Edward Bak is a native of Colorado and a long-time Oregon resident exploring intersections of culture and ecology in western North America through his comics work. While living in Athens, Georgia, Bak produced the autobiographical comic strip Service Industry for Flagpole Magazine. Bak's work would later appear in the critically-acclaimed anthologies Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, The Best American Comics, and MOME.