LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 31 2021- Kidrobot is excited to present The Simpsons Stupid Sexy Flanders 8" Vinyl Figure in two special colorways. This premium vinyl art figure features Ned Flanders showing off his ski suit and some of his other assets as he joins his neighbor Homer on the slopes. "Feels like I'm wearing nothin' at all!" This iconic scene from The Simpsons has burned its place in our hearts and become a beloved meme-worthy moment that will be forever captured in your collection. Coming 2021 from Kidrobot.

Pre-orders for these two vinyl figures are available right now and estimated to ship to purchasers Q3 2021:

• The original edition is available for pre-order at Kidrobot.com and select retail stores for $69.99. 
• The neon edition is available for pre-order exclusively on Kidrobot.com, while a limited pre-order quantity remains, for $69.99.

ABOUT KIDROBOT
Founded in 2002, Kidrobot is acknowledged worldwide as the premier creator and dealer of limited edition art toys, signature apparel and lifestyle accessories. An innovative cross between sculpture and conceptual art Kidrobot offers not only a powerful medium for today’s international designers, illustrators and artists, but also the creative canvas for emerging street trends and pop art. Our products can be found online at Kidrobot.com and in select retailers worldwide. ​

PORTLAND, Ore. 03/31/2021 — The breakout thriller series Stray Dogs by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner is ahead of the pack when it comes to fan enthusiasm and has sold out yet again at the distributor level. Image Comics will unleash a reprint of the second issue in order to keep up with the dogged customer demand.


"We're so happy that people are reading our weird little book,” said Fleecs. “Huge thanks to all the retailers who took a shot on us. Every Stray Dogs issue ends in a big cliffhanger—we're doing our best to make sure that if someone gets one issue from your shop, they'll have to stick around for all five."

In Stray Dogs #2 something doesn’t smell right. None of the dogs know what happens behind that door at the end of the hallway. All they know is there’s a punishment for sniffing around it. What secrets are hidden in the Master's Forbidden Room? 

Stray Dogs is a five issue, Don Bluth-style mystery/horror miniseries best described as Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs.

Stray Dogs #2, second printing (Diamond Code FEB219069) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 28. 

Stray Dogs #1, second printing (Diamond Code JAN218693) is available now. 

Stray Dogs is also available for purchase across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.

There will also be a FCBD edition of Stray Dogs available on August 14, at participating comic shops, which will feature a brand new prologue, "That Doggie in the Window"—the unnerving story of the very first dog to ever come to the Master's house.
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.

​   Discover the Unexpected Consequences of Long Buried Secrets Coming to Surface in May 2021

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 31, 2021) –  BOOM! Studios today revealed a brand new look at the original graphic novel THE DOWN RIVER PEOPLE— reuniting writer Adam Smith and artist Matt Fox, creative team of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated Long Walk to Valhalla, for a riveting new story about a man attempting to survive the complicated and dangerous web of his family’s dark past with his soul intact, available in May 2021. 

Myers Carpenter is a bootlegger who just inherited his family's bar, The Flatbed. Unsure of whether or not he wants to keep the famous speakeasy, Myers is forced to find a new booze supplier when he burns his bridges at his longtime source in Mississippi. The only option he can turn to is his estranged mother, now running a fishing lodge for the wealthy, and a half sister he knew nothing about. 

As Myers becomes more entangled in the lives of his newfound family, he begins to learn the secrets of the fishing lodge and the sinister cult thriving just under the surface of wealth and opulence.

THE DOWN RIVER PEOPLE is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ ambitious Archaia imprint, home to graphic novels such as Bolivar by Sean Rubin; Mouse Guard by David Petersen; Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys; The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby; Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Ameziane, We Served the People by Emei Burell, and licensed series including Lev Grossman’s The Magicians by Lilah Sturges and Pius Bak, as well as Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Coronation.

Print copies of THE DOWN RIVER PEOPLE will be available for sale on May 26, 2021 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) and on June 1, 2021 at bookstores or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire. 

For more on THE DOWN RIVER PEOPLE and other projects from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter. 

 Back When You Called Us Devils 
By Takashi Sano  

Release Date: May 25, 2021

Yusuke Saito is a normal high school kid...well, normal enough, though there's six months missing out of his memory. But when he starts to get confronted by people who insist they're from his past, who allege that he did horrible things to them...suddenly Yusuke realizes that those missing six months may be crucial to remember. Otherwise, the skeletons in his closet may just make him a skeleton, too...

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About Hot Actor:

Hot Actor is an artist living in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. He began the bulk of his early art career as a set and Mural painter for theatre productions. Winning several Hawaii State Council "Pookela" awards for his elaborate set designs covered in his art. Moving away from that world he began canvas painting. He is attracted to bright bold, beautiful palettes of color and loves to incorporate and display them in his work. He walks a tightrope between two styles of Art. The first is deviations on popular cartoon characters. He loves adding his own commentary to classic pop culture cartoon images or just mashing two pop culture characters together to create something new. The second style is original characters illustrated. Creating new characters and stories in the medium of Pencil line work, Painting, and digital design. Along with this, he is also a designer toy customizer. Frequently switching up his style from project to project in order to fulfill whatever vision the toy has inspired in him to customize and create a new.

https://www.instagram.com/hot_actor_/
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About Clutter:
Clutter, established in 2004, is a portal to the global subculture community of Designer Toys and Underground Art. From festivals to art openings to pop-up events, we have our finger on the pulse of this diverse and welcoming community.  
As a Gallery, Clutter works closely with international artists to curate original shows and releases. Whether it's a high-end resin made in our New York fabrication studio, or collectible vinyl produced using one of our overseas manufacturing partners in China or Japan, Clutter puts love, hard work, and dedication into every piece we create.
With multiple events throughout the year, we are dedicated to providing the toy community with in-person gatherings and toy releases, all culminating with Clutters’ Five Points Festival and the Designer Toy Awards.  
And yes, sometimes we publish a magazine.

https://www.clutter.co

Jen Hickman, Joshua Hixson, Martin Simmonds, and Yoshi Yoshitani will draw variant covers for Vault series all year long.


Missoula, MT (29/03/2021): Vault is thrilled to announce the 2021 Cover Artists-in-Residence (or "CAIR") variant program, featuring Yoshi Yoshitani (Beneath the Moon), Martin Simmonds (The Department of Truth), Joshua Hixson (The Plot), and Jen Hickman (Test). The CAIR program will see each of these artists drawing open-order variants for the entire run of the Vault series of their choosing.

Vault's 2021 Cover Artist-in-Residence program will kick off with Yoshi Yoshitani's mind-blwoing cover to Matthew Erman's and Lisa Sterle's Witchblood #1, on sale March 31st, 2021. Hickman's, Hixson's, and Simmonds', cover runs will follow.  

"In comics, we want to be judged by our covers, said Vault Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Adrian Wassel. "That's why we started CAIR—our Cover Artist in Residence program. On top of our phenomenal core teams, our 2021 CAIR roster of Jen Hickman, Joshua Hixson, Corin Howell, Martin Simmonds, and Yoshi Yoshitani will be making covers that leap off the shelf and shake you by the shoulders for our entire 2021 catalogue. This team represents an expansion of last year's team—our first year of CAIR, that saw astonishingly gorgeous covers from Jen Hickman (returning!), Adam Gorham, and Rebekah Isaacs. So please, between this roster and Tim Daniel's daring and indelible design, I'd very much like to invite you to judge us by our covers.

"We're incredibly fortunate to boast an entire roster of extremely talented and stylistically varied artists that will compliment each new series' standard covers." added Vault's VP of Branding & Design, Tim Daniel. "This newly composed, slightly expanded team of emerging talents and top-tier names follows in the footsteps of 2020's Adam Gorham (The Blue Flame), Jen Hickman (TEST), and Rebecca Isaacs (Money Shot), presenting our creators' unique stories (to you) in their own distinctive way! Please join us in welcoming returning alumni Jen Hickman, along with their new teammates Joshua Hixson, Corin Howell, Martin Simmonds, and Yoshi Yoshitani!"

ABOUT JEN HICKMAN:
Jen Hickman is a visual storyteller from California. Past work includes Lonely Receiver, TEST, Moth & Whisper, Jem and the Holograms, and more. They get really excited about dystopian fiction, good coffee, and drawing hands. You can find them on twitter as @thejensington. Discover more about Jen’s work at jensington.com.

ABOUT JOSHUA HIXSON: 
Joshua Hixson is best known for his work on The Plot, Shanghai Red, and working as an Illustrator for Kannibalen Records. He lives on Long Island with his wife and pup.

ABOUT CORIN M HOWELL:
Corin M Howell is a comic artist of the spooky, scary, and sexy. A graduate from SCAD, Corin has worked on various titles such as "Ghostbusters: Answer the Cal”" with IDW Publishing, "Dark Red" With Aftershock Comics, "Girl in the Bay" and "Calamity Kate" with Dark Horse Comics, and more. She's a lover of horror, giant transforming alien robots, and the world of Tolkien. Also a full time cat-mom. You can find Corin on Twitter, Instagram, Tumbler, and Patreon. Discover more about Corin’s work on their website and webstore. 

ABOUT MARTIN SIMMONDS: 
Martin Simmonds is a comic artist, and co-creator of The Department of Truth (with James Tynion IV) from Image Comics, Dying is Easy (with Joe Hill) for IDW, Punks Not Dead (with David Barnett) for Black Crown/IDW, and Friendo (with Alex Paknadel) for Vault Comics. 

He is also a contributing artist to Marvel’s The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, and series cover artist for Marvel’s Quicksilver: No Surrender and Jessica Jones.

ABOUT YOSHI YOSHITANI:
Yoshi Yoshitani is a California-based artist whose vibrant illustrations draw on inspiration from across the globe, with a particular focus on multicultural identity. Past clients include Disney, DC Comics, Valiant, Image, Dreamworks, and Netflix. Yoshi spends time researching world mythologies, listening to audiobooks, creating fashion inspiration boards, and attending comic conventions and art expos across the country. Discover more about Yoshi’s work at yoshiyoshitani.com

PREVIOUS VAULT COVERS FROM HICKMAN, HIXSON, SIMMONDS, & YOSHITANI: