PORTLAND, Ore. 06/15/2019 — Image Comics is pleased to reveal artwork for Jody LeHeup (Shirtless Bear-Fighter!) and Nathan Fox’s The Weatherman, Vol. 2 #2 variant by Mike Mignola (Hellboy) featuring colours by Dave Stewart. It will hit stores on Wednesday, July 24. 

The Weatherman, Vol. 2 #2, introduces Pace and Pickles—an exciting and strange new ally guarding a horrible secret! Nathan, Cross, and the crew of the Disco Queen scour the ruins of Earth for the woman responsible for wiping Nathan’s mind, only to find themselves in a fight to the death against mysterious genetic monstrosities… and not everyone makes it out alive. 

The Weatherman, Vol. 2 #2 Cover A by Fox (Diamond Code MAY190113), The Weatherman, Vol. 2 #2 Cover B by Robinson (Diamond Code MAY190114), and The Weatherman, Vol. 2 #1 Cover C by Mignola (Diamond Code MAY198072) will hit stores on Wednesday, July 24. The final order cutoff for comic shop retailers is Monday, July 1.

“NIGHTFALL will begin as annual event, bringing you some delightfully dreadful comics from some truly remarkable creators each fall,” says Vault CEO & Publisher, Damian Wassel. “But, like every initiative we launch at Vault, we have some big, as yet unspoken plans for Nightfall, to bring our readers more of that late-October feeling horror fans crave.”
Tim Daniel, Vault’s E.V.P. of Branding and Design adds, "NIGHTFALL is all about allowing us to maintain our core focus while embracing our love of horror. Every title under the NIGHTFALL banner will receive the same strict care and attention our readers have come to expect.”

The first title under the NIGHTFALL banner will be The Plot, co-written by Tim Daniel (Fissure, Enormous) & Michael Moreci (Wasted Space, Mall) and drawn by Joshua Hixson (Shangai Red).

"This is the most emotional book I've ever written," says Moreci. "It's everything I love dearly about horror, where the scares come from the characters and their intense personal journeys. This is horror you feel chilling your bones. It's horror that lingers when you try to sleep at night."

Artist Joshua Hixson says, "The best kind of horror confronts us with our buried secrets and darkest thoughts—all that we try to keep dormant. The Plotdrags those to the surface and forces us to look. It’s everything I love about horror, and everything I love about drawing it."

The Plot #1 will receive a Vault Vintage Cover B by Nathan Gooden and Tim Daniel, an homage to Bernie Wrightson's classic House of Secrets #92 cover (DC Comics). The official synopsis for The Plot #1 can be read below: 
"In order to receive...first you must give. When Chase Blaine's estranged brother and sister-in-law are murdered, he becomes guardian to McKenzie and Zach, the niece and nephew he hardly knows. Seeking stability for the children, Chase moves his newly formed family to his ancestral home in Cape Augusta—which overlooks a deep, black bogland teeming with family secrets."
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The Plot #1 hits shelves in September, 2019.
For more information, visit www.vaultcomics.com/nightfall. ​

Robert Grossman was the famed artist of over 500 magazine covers (Time, New York Times, Rolling Stone, New York, National Lampoon, etc.), iconic film posters (for instance, Airplane! and its famous imagery of fuselage being tied in a knot), Acady Award-nominated animation, and ingenious comic strips.
Grossman completed his magnum opus and decade-long passion, the graphic novel Life on The Moon, shortly before his passing last year. The artist, who reveled in illustrating the “un-illustratable,” wrote and drew this historical work based on the “Great Moon Hoax” of the mid-19thcentury, the most successful fake news in media history.

Film director Terry Gilliam calls Life on the Moon, “Amazingly inventive!” and reveals that in his professional history, “I did my best to follow in Robert Grossman’s footsteps!”

In 1835, New York newspaper The Sunpublished a series of six articles attributed to the famous contemporary astronomer Sir John Herschel declaring the discovery of life — and even civilization — on the Moon! According to The Sun, the lunar inhabitants included unicorns, bison, bipedal tail-less beavers, and intelligent humanoids with bat-like wings.

Life on the Moon is a full-length graphic novel capturing this mythical world. Robert Grossman said the book is set in a time when “many of the signal achievements of the 19th Century still lay well in the future, Andrew Jackson was president, the steamboat was the summit of technology, and news traveled slowly.” The unfettered novel includes real historical figures such as P.T. Barnum, Jean Jacques Audubon, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Charles Goodyear, and Edgar Allan Poe. Grossman stated that, “Life on the Moon is meant to be at least partly funny, and has a rip-roaring sci-fi ending.”

He concluded, “I read somewhere that William Randolph Hearst insisted that everything he produced had: tears, laughs, loves, and thrills. Life on the Moon has all that and more.”  

Art Director, author, and graphic historian Steven Heller declares, “Bob Grossman, one of America’s most innovative caricaturists, was a spirited storyteller with a bottomless well of historical fact and trivia to draw from. In Life on the Moon, he weaves a tale that cannot be read just once, so on that next trip to the Moon, take it along.” 

Journalist Pete Hamill proclaims, “Grossman has the subtle power to change the way we perceive reality, like Chekhov or the best of Hemingway.”

The New York Times called Grossman “an outstanding illustrator with a brash touch.” The Washington Post called his work “incisive”, Rolling Stone said his art was “biting” and the creator of Mad, Harvey Kurtzman, called Grossman's art “Perfect!”

Yoe Books’ Craig Yoe says, “We are both humbled and immensely proud to be publishing this masterpiece in our new original graphic novel series. I fully expect Life on the Moon, Robert Grossman’s tour de force, to take its rightful place among the most revered works in our field.”

Want to continue your search for the elusive Dragon’s Crown beyond the game? Look no further! DRAGON’S CROWN VOLUMES 1 & 2 follows our industrious heroes as their quest for treasure, glory, and the Dragon’s Crown leads them through catacombs, labyrinths, and beyond! 

DRAGON’S CROWN VOLUMES 1 & 2 are now available for purchase. 

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Discover Love, Laughter, and the Afterlife in the City of Angels this July 2019

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LOS ANGELES, CA (June 13, 2019) – BOOM! Studios revealed a first look at GHOSTED IN LA #1, the first issue in a brand new comic book series from GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer Sina Grace (Iceman) and artist Siobhan Keenan (Jem and the Holograms), about figuring out your love life - and your afterlife - in Hollywood. The first issue debuts in comic shops on Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

Daphne Walters is ready for an exciting new Los Angeles life, full of fun, romance, and sunshine! But her new roommate is ignoring her, her boyfriend broke up with her, and things are looking distinctly downcast in the city of dreams. In the midst of her heartbreak, she stumbles upon a new living situation at Rycroft Manor, a derelict apartment complex that isn’t as abandoned as it seemed. Turns out the Manor isn’t just packed with mid-century charm . . .  it’s also teeming with lovesick ghosts! With the help of her new ghostly roommates, Daphne learns how to navigate the city, making friends and finding romance in the most unexpected of places.

GHOSTED IN LA #1 features a main cover by series artist Siobhan Keenan and variant covers by series writer Sina Grace and artist Kris Anka (Runaways).

GHOSTED IN LA is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn Allen, and Noelle Stevenson; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Misfit City by Kiwi Smith, Kurt Lustgarten, and Naomi Franquiz; Fenceby C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad; and Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams. 

Print copies of GHOSTED IN LA #1 will be available for sale July 10, 2019 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one). Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.

For more on GHOSTED IN LA and other projects 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 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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“High school can be hell and no one knows that better than Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who returns to her teenage roots in a new comic book series from BOOM! Studios”—The New York Times

“Whether you’re a new fan or old, reading through this debut feels like the first exciting step on a new adventure. Welcome back to the Hellmouth, Buffy. We’ve missed you.”—CBR

“Slayers, vamps, witches, Watchers and innocent bystanders everywhere will want to follow this new era from day one.”—Paste Magazine

“There's no doubt that Buffy and friends have found a great new home.”—IGN

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LOS ANGELES, CA (June 13, 2019) – BOOM! Studios today unveiled a first look at BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6,  in partnership with 20th Century Fox Consumer Products, where acclaimed artist David López (Captain Marvel) joins Eisner Award-nominated writer Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), along with series creator and story consultant Joss Whedon (the visionary writer/director behind Firefly, Marvel’s The Avengers, and more), to reimagine the groundbreaking pop culture phenomenon. Available in stores July 2019.

How far would you go for your best friend? Xander is becoming the very thing the Scoobies fight against every night: a vampire. Buffy is tearing through Sunnydale in search of a mythical cure while trying to stop Mistress Drusilla from opening the Hellmouth, and Willow may have found something that could fix Xander and save the day but comes at an impossibly high price.  But magic always comes at a cost—is Willow willing to lay everything on the line and make a sacrifice so final that nothing will ever be the same again? 

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6 features cover art by Mondo illustrator Marc Aspinall, and acclaimed artists Kevin Wada (She-Hulk), Alexa Sharpe (Lumberjanes), Becca Carey (Bitch Planet), and Ethan Young (Firefly).

Buffy The Vampire Slayer premiered on the WB Network on March 10th, 1997. The Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated series, which ran for seven seasons from 1997-2003, starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as “Buffy Summers.” Chosen to battle vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, Buffy was aided by her Watcher, Rupert Giles, and a circle of friends known as the “Scooby Gang.”

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6 is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including Abbott from Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Bone Parish from Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf; Grass Kings from Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins; and Klaus from Grant Morrison and Dan Mora. The imprint is also home to popular licensed properties including Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid and Angel from Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov.  

Print copies of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6 will be available for sale on July 3, 2019 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 the BOOM! Studios app.

For continuing news on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter. And follow Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ARCHIE: 1955 #1 cover by Audrey MokThe writing team that brought you ARCHIE: 1941 -- Archie Comics' first historical fiction series -- has teamed up once again to explore a whole new era of American history through the eyes of Riverdale's iconic teens in ARCHIE: 1955! Comics legends Mark Waid (ARCHIE, Captain America) and Brian Augustyn (The Flash) are joined by longtime collaborator and fan-favorite artist Tom Grummett (Superboy) to tell a true-to-life tale set during the turbulent origins of rock 'n' roll. Veteran Archie Comics inker Bob Smith, colorist GlennWhitmore, and letterer Jack Morelli will round out the ARCHIE: 1955 creative team.

"As a boy who grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi, I've been a rock-origins aficionado my entire life," Waid said. "ARCHIE: 1955 is my chance to visit that era I so love, and do it with an Archie spin. As with ARCHIE: 1941, we're very true to the time while telling a story in a modern way that's exciting and dramatic. Using Archie as a lens through which to really examine the beginnings of rock 'n' roll is a blast."

Launching in September, the five-issue miniseries imagines what life would be like for Archie Andrews and the gang if they were real teens in 1955, and it follows him on a quest for success in the fledgling rock 'n' roll scene. When Archie proves to a local DJ that he's got the talent for hip-shaking stardom, he begins an ascent to fame that will carry with it both triumph and tragedy. 

"As a teen in high school, I had two ambitions: comic book artist and rock star," Grummett said. "My guitar skills being what they were, rock star was pretty much off the table. It's going to be a kick to explore what might have been through Archie and his friends, at the very birth of rock 'n roll."

Augustyn added, "This sweeping story will feature laughs and tears, music and drama, and all the pals and gals. Get with it, hep-cats!"

ARCHIE: 1955 #1 arrives in comic shops on September 18, 2019. Subscriptions are now available from the Archie Comics Website.

The A Wave Blue World’s ALL WE EVER WANTED’s Trevor Project Donation Campaign comes ahead of the 50-year mark of the 1969 Stonewall Riots on June 28th, a pivotal moment in the movement for LGBTQ+ equality.
 
About A Wave Blue World
 
Founded in 2005 by Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner, A Wave Blue World is an independent publisher of high-quality graphic novels, anthologies and art books. AWBW connects people through storytelling and provides a platform for a multitude of creative voices. By using comics as a medium for change, we're imagining a better world and building a brighter future. We make stories matter. Together.
 
For more information visit, AWBW on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and awbw.com.
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