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Back to the Future 35th Anniversary Collection

9/29/2020

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Your First Look at SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #11

9/28/2020

Discover the Beginning of a Brand New Story Arc in Acclaimed Horror Series in October 2020.

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 28, 2020) – BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #11, the launch of a brand new story arc in the Eisner Award-nominated horror series from GLAAD Award-winning author James Tynion IV (The Woods, Batman), artist Werther Dell’Edera (Briggs Land), colorist Miquel Muerto (Bury the Lede), and letterer AndWorld Design (Martian Manhunter), about the close-knit community of Archer’s Peak, rocked by a series of murders, and Erica Slaughter, a mysterious figure who rides into town claiming she can stop the brutal attacks turning their lives upside down.

Erica’s gambit to save Archer’s Peak has failed. Now, the town is under the full control of the Order of St. George. And if the spread of the monsters can’t be contained, then the Order might move to eradicate the entire area...

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #11 features main cover art by series artist Werther Dell’Edera and variant cover art by fan favorite artist Jenny Frison (We Only Find Them When They’re Dead), Bengal (Death or Glory), and Martin Simmonds (The Department of Truth) with design by Dylan Todd.

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Wynd by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; The Red Mother by Jeremy Haun and Danny Luckert; and Alienated by Simon Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David López, Firefly from Greg Pak, Lalit Kumar Sharma & Daniel Bayliss, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.

Print copies of SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #11 will be available for sale October 21, 2020 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire. Due to the ongoing impact of the current global health crisis, the final release schedule of this series is subject to change.

For continuing news on SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN and more from BOOM!, stay tuned to 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, Once & Future, Something is Killing The Children, Giant Days, 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 for film and with Netflix for TV. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.

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Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette Return to Themyscira to Complete Their 'Earth One' Trilogy!

9/28/2020

Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3 arrives on March 9, 2021!

DC’s New York Times bestselling 'Earth One' graphic novel series continues!
The epic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling original graphic novel series from superstar and critically acclaimed duo Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette, Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3, arrives on March 9, 2021!
Diana, now queen of the Amazons, must assemble the disparate Amazonian tribes for the first time in a millennium. Max Lord’s assault on Paradise Island with his destructive A.R.E.S. armors is on the horizon, and in order to weather the war that is coming, Wonder Woman will need the full might of her sisters by her side! Can Diana finally bring her message of peace to Man’s World, or will Max Lord’s war burn the world and the Amazons to ashes?

Continuing the tradition of the critically acclaimed 'Earth One' tales that deliver creative new interpretations of DC’s world-renowned Super Heroes, Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3 is part of DC’s critically acclaimed and #1 New York Times bestselling 'Earth One' series and is Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette’s final installment of this visionary and enterprising trilogy of graphic novels.

A thought-provoking original graphic novel that puts an all-new spin on the Amazon Warrior, written by Grant Morrison, one of the most groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and bestselling writers of his generation, and drawn by Yanick Paquette, an Eisner Award-nominated and Shuster Award-winning, globally recognized Canadian artist, this newest entry in DC’s Wonder Woman: Earth One trilogy is a great entry-point graphic novel for new readers.

Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3 (9781779502070 / $29.99 US) publishes on March 9, 2021, and is available for pre-order from Amazon and Barnes and Noble now. Wonder Woman: Earth One Vols. 1 & 2 are currently available wherever books are sold, including participating digital retailers readDC.com, ComiXology, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books and more.

To preorder books from a comic shop near you, visit comicshoplocator.com, and to preorder Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3 from an independent bookseller, visit indiebound.org.

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9/25/2020

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE MEETS PAPER GIRLS IN NEW SERIES HOME SICK PILOTS OUT THIS DECEMBER FROM IMAGE COMICS

9/25/2020

PORTLAND, Ore. 09/25/2020 — Bestselling writer Dan Watters (Coffin Bound, Lucifer) reteams with fan favorite artist Caspar Wijngaard (Star Wars, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) for an ongoing series in Home Sick Pilots. The new ongoing horror comic will launch from Image Comics this December.

Watters and Wijngaard debuted at Image with their critically acclaimed, day-glo drenched miniseries Limbo back in 2015, and return to the publisher for a fresh, new, neon thriller.

In Home Sick Pilots, in the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band—who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes, really).

“They say write what you know—well what I know is a teenage hellscape filled with pitfalls and secret etiquettes and beautiful broken people,” Watters told The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive feature. “We’re about to send the Home Sick Pilots—the power trio of Ami, Buzz and Rip—out of that same hellscape into another, and hope that they survive.”

“We've all had at least one unforgettable summer as teens, late nights, parties, gigs, stolen booze, heartbreak and most importantly friendships. Except in this instance the teens are causing chaos in ectoplasmic power suits whilst haunted houses are fist fighting on the horizon,” added Wijngaard in the THR piece.

Home Sick Pilots #1 (Diamond Code OCT200017) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 9.

Home Sick Pilots #1 will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including 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.

LOST on Sale September 29th

9/25/2020

Sept. 25, 2020, (EUGENE, OR) -- This month, we learn to enjoy the silence. Buño Books is proud to announce the release of Lost by Rob Cham, the gorgeously illustrated second book in the silent graphic novel series and follow-up to the National Children's Book Award-winning title, Light.

When the two best friends, Backpacker and Tear, fall through a magical portal they find themselves LOST and far from home in a strange dimension. Once again they find themselves on a dramatic adventure through a land of strange creatures and magical wonders. Eventually Backpacker and Tear must split apart so when they reunite they are able to find their way home together.

Story, illustrations, and colors by Rob Cham. Lost ventures into comic shops September 29th.

Founded in 2016, Buño Books publishes graphic novels and comic books by talented artists from around the world. We look for fresh and unexpected work, and believe in a diverse and dynamic community of creators, making work that connects cultures, experiences, and people.

ONI-LION FORGE TEAMS UP WITH NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING LUMBERJANES WRITER IN UPCOMING OWN VOICES MIDDLE-GRADE ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL

9/25/2020

The LGBTQIA+ Fantasy Graphic Novel Will Be Available Spring 2021
Portland, OR: The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group is pleased to announce an upcoming collaboration with Lilah Sturges, author of the New York Times bestselling series Lumberjanes, and Meaghan Carter, creator of the webcomics Take Off and Godslave, with the release of their middle-grade graphic novel Girl Haven in February 2021.

Three years ago, Ash’s mom left home and never returned, leaving behind a husband and child and a shed full of mystical curiosities related to the all-girl fantasy world she’d created as a child—Koretris. One day, Ash invites a new group of female friends from the school’s Pride Club over, and they try one of the spells to enter Koretris. To their amazement, they’re all transported to a magical realm filled with human-sized talking animals who are fiercely protective of their world and are ready to fight to defend it.

But if Koretris is real, why is Ash there? Everyone has always called Ash a boy—shouldn’t the spell have kept Ash out? And what does it mean if it let Ash in? With a diverse and queer cast of characters, Girl Haven takes place in that strange, special time of life when every young person is on the verge of discovering who they are—and what they want for themselves.

For Lilah Sturges, this was the book missing from her own childhood experience, and a perfect chance to offer it to the next generation. “Girl Haven is the book I wish I'd had when I was in middle school. The book is for anyone who loves a fantasy adventure, but it has a special message for young trans kids—that they are okay, that they are allowed to be who they are and also to be confused sometimes, and that they are worthy of love and friendship.” For Sturges, it was important for the readers to explore how their gender made sense for them as they develop the stories of their own lives.

“The Girl Haven team and story has been such a thrill to work with, and I’m so thankful Lilah let me help bring this story to life. Girl Haven has a world with so much life, heart, and sword fights! It’s a beautiful message for trans kids, wrapped up in a fantasy adventure,” added co-creator Meaghan Carter.

Girl Haven will be available in stores and online February 9, 2021.
About the Creators

Lilah Sturges is the author of many comic books. She lives in Austin, Texas, with two daughters and two cats.

Meaghan Carter is an illustrator with a love for shonen fighting spirit and aggressive female leads. Since graduating in 2010, she’s honed her work with anthologies and webcomics. She lives with her husband and three cats in Toronto.

Joamette Gil’s work has been published both online and off (IDW, EverydayFeminism.com, Margins Publishing). Her ongoing projects include self-publishing minicomics and curating educational content for Angry Latinxs United, the Comics Workshop, the Black-Led Webcomics List, and the Queer Lady Comics List. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, two cats, and one big network of rabble-rousers, weirdos, and ne’er-do-wells. She previously worked as letterer for the Hugo Award-nominated Mooncakes.

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group is a premier comic book and graphic novel publisher located in Portland, Oregon. Merged with Lion Forge Comics in 2019 but established in 1997, Oni Press publishes a thoughtfully curated line of award-winning original and licensed graphic novels and comic books for readers of all ages. Oni Press also publishes inclusive sex education, gender studies & erotica graphic novels under the Limerence Press imprint. Notable titles from the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group include: The Tea Dragon Society, Sheets, Gender Queer, A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Scott Pilgrim, Stumptown, Achewood, Sanrio's Gudetama, and Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty™.

Scout Comics Signs Distribution Deal With Simon & Schuster

9/23/2020

September 23, 2020 -- Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. is proud to announce that it is extending its trade paperback publishing program by signing an exclusive distribution deal with Simon & Schuster, effective October 1, 2020, and by signing with the Webber Agency for exclusive representation for foreign language rights deals around the globe.

Simon & Schuster, a Viacom CBS Company, is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. Simon & Schuster and its imprints have won 56 Pulitzer Prizes, and been the recipient of numerous National Book Awards, National Book Critics Circle Awards, Grammy Awards, and Newbery and Caldecott Medals.

With a focus on comics, graphic novels, and pop-culture, the Webber Agency manages translation rights and publishing projects for a worldwide family of partners. The agency works closely with creators and publishers to bring their titles and brands to a global audience, and in addition to Scout represents foreign language rights for Archie Comics, Oni-Lion Forge, Markosia, and many others.

Scout Comics & Entertainment launched in October 2015 to immediate critical acclaim. Five years later, the comic book and multi-media company has over 150 titles published and scheduled for future release, spanning the gamut of genres. Scout has multiple specialty imprints: Black Caravan (horror), Scoot (kids), Lit (young adult), Outsider (LGBTQ+), Scout One-Shot (single issue stories), and Non-Stop (first issue releases followed shortly thereafter with the entire trade paperback). Additionally, Scout has multiple movie, TV and streaming adaptations in development, including projects with Amazon Studios and Disney/Freeform, among many others.

IDW BUILDS KIDS, FAMILY AND YA DIVISION WITH THREE NEW EXECUTIVE HIRES

9/22/2020

SAN DIEGO / LOS ANGELES, CA - (September 22, 2020) - IDW Entertainment (IDWE) and IDW Publishing (IDWP), divisions of IDW Media Holdings Inc. (OTC PINK: IDWM), today announced that Jeff Brustrom, Daniel Kendrick and Erika Turner have been handpicked to build the company’s concentrated initiative within the Kids, Family and YA division. Brustrom joins IDWE as the newly appointed Vice President of Kids, Family and Animation where he will oversee the development and production of a growing slate of live-action and animated projects (drama and comedy) based on graphic novels, prose and other source material. Kendrick, the new Director of Animation, will oversee development and production of animated series. Turner has been named Senior Editor of Original Content, IDWP, where she will focus on the development and acquisition of original IP, primarily in the categories of kids, middle grade and young adult.

IDW Entertainment Appoints Industry Expert Jeff Brustrom as Vice President of Kids, Family and Animation

Daniel Kendrick Named Director of Animation

Erika Turner Named Senior Editor, Original Content, IDW Publishing

“We are thrilled to have Jeff and Daniel join our team. Their collective experience speaks for itself and we are looking forward to building out this area in partnership with Erika and her deep passion to inspire and empower young readers,” said Lydia Antonini, President of IDWE.

Nachie Marsham, Publisher of IDWP, went on to say, “Combining Jeff’s deep knowledge of family content with Erika’s experience and ambition for young readers, and Daniel’s passion for animation, will surely result in the success of this initiative. I couldn’t be more excited to see what they will achieve.”

Previously, Brustrom spent 17 years working for the Disney Channel where he developed the series that launched the careers of A-list icons such as Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Zendaya and The Jonas Brothers. Most recently, Brustrom was an independent consultant, advising international animation studios, production companies and content creators on IP development.

“I’ve always had a passion for creating content that the whole family can enjoy watching together,” said Brustrom, IDWE’s Vice President of Kids, Family and Animation. “The opportunity to work with Lydia to help grow this new initiative and develop great shows together was too alluring to pass up. I’m excited about bringing memorable characters and stories to a new generation.”

Kendrick was most recently at Chatrone, a Los Angeles based production company, where he represented artists and creators, and oversaw animation projects from initial concept to production, post-production and release.

“One of my favorite aspects of animation is that it sparks limitless imagination,” said Kendrick, IDW’s Director of Animation. “I’m thrilled to have found my place at the IDW table with some of the best in the business, like Erika, who is an absolute champion for today’s youth. I can’t wait to put our heads together and come up with new and unique ways to capture the imaginations of folks everywhere...especially the young folks.”

Before joining the IDW team, Turner served as the Senior Editor at Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and prior to that, she held the Editorial Project Manager position within the same company where she focused on the development and acquisition of owned IP primarily in the category of kids, middle grade and YA.

“I’m passionate about harnessing the power of literature to empower young people, especially those from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds,” said Turner, IDWP’s Senior Editor, Original Content. “I’m so excited to build a division to create original stories for young readers alongside Jeff, who has an impressive track record of developing hit series for young audiences.”

This news comes on the heels of IDW announcing the next wave of published offerings in the Locke & Key franchise, following the first season success of the Netflix Original Series Locke & Key produced by IDWE. Most recently, IDW announced industry veteran, Nachie Marsham, had been tapped as the company’s new Publisher and promoted Veronica Brooks to Vice President of Creative Affairs.

About IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing (IDWP), a subsidiary of IDW Media Holdings Inc. (OTC PINK: IDWM), is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, trade paperbacks, and tabletop games. IDWP is one of the top four publishers of comic books and graphic novels in the U.S. with a library of world-renowned licensed content and original series. IDWP’s critically-acclaimed imprints include Top Shelf Productions, Artist’s Editions, EuroComics, The Library of American Comics, Sunday Press, and Yoe! Books.

About IDW Entertainment

IDW Entertainment “IDWE” is charged with developing, financing, producing and distributing creative, diversified and targeted entertainment content ranging from series and features to interactive experiences and digital content from sister company IDW Publishing’s extensive IP catalog of comic books and graphic novels, as well as from third party content.

Since launching in 2013, IDWE has successfully delivered 3.5 seasons of the critically-acclaimed “Wynonna Earp”, which debuted on SYFY in the U.S.; Spike TV in the UK and Australia; and Netflix Globally. IDWE also produced, in association with High Park Entertainment, the Netflix series, “October Faction”, the adaptation of IDW Publishing’s comic book series written by Steve Niles. The company also produced the Netflix series adaptation of the popular comic book “Locke & Key” by Joe Hill and show run by Carlton Cuse.

IDWE is a franchise studio division of IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (OTC PINK: IDWM), a fully integrated media company.

Aron Wiesenfeld's TRAVELERS is Now on Kickstarter

9/22/2020

Clover Press Celebrates the Recent Works of the Acclaimed Painter

(September 22, 2020) Acclaimed artist Aron Wiesenfeld is renowned for his enigmatic paintings, featuring figures in solitary landscapes that capture a sense of melancholy, isolation, and of leaving innocence behind. Now Clover Press is celebrating the artist’s most recent works in Travelers, a new book featuring over 100 pages of the artist’s paintings completed since 2014, curated and designed by the artist himself. Travelers is funding now on Kickstarter.

Travelers is a 10" x 10" full color art book featuring the Southern California artist’s latest artwork, in which he uses various tools, including oils, charcoal, watercolor, and pencil. Wiesenfeld transforms a blank canvas into beautiful images portraying eerie and soul touching figures of despair and hope. His subjects appear to be outsiders in their world, more comfortable being part of the scenery surrounding them.

Wiesenfeld’s paintings have garnered attention with artists and critics alike:

“Aron Wiesenfeld. Like Hopper he is concerned with solitude, like Magritte he is bewitched by mystery.” —Guillermo Del Toro

“Like a master chef balancing flavors, Aron creates a perfect visual feast, pairing subtle color palettes with suggestive narratives, atmospheres and moods.”—Juxtapoz

“Quiet scenes of youthful melancholy and mystery.”--Colossal

“Beautifully-rendered and atmospheric.”--Hi-Fructose

“There is a richness in Aron’s color even when it appears to be a grey cheerless world filled with ghosts. The viewer can be both charmed and haunted by his work. Categorizing his painting style can also elude us. Surrealism doesn’t seem to be the perfect classification. Both cartoonist and classic realist seem to equally apply. I don’t know Aron well, but if an artist's work is a representation of themselves, it makes me want to know this very original enigma of an artist better.”— William Wray

Wiesenfeld is a former comic book artist who provided covers for the seminal series Y The Last Man, and illustrated comics for Marvel, Image and DC. Today he lives in San Diego, with his wife, and son, and devotes his time to painting. He is currently preparing for his 11th one-person exhibition of paintings and drawings. This is his first book with Clover Press.

“I have known Robbie Robbins and Ted Adams for a long time,” said Wiesenfeld. “They were the original founders of IDW publishing, which as a company always had the highest standards of quality. IDW published my first book, The Well, which was a top notch production - from the design, all the way through to the paper stock and the print quality. So when Robbie told me that he and Ted had left IDW to form their own boutique publisher that would focus on the projects they were passionate about, and that they wanted one of their first projects to be my new book, I was honored and thrilled, to say the least!

“The new book, Travelers, picks up where The Well left off. It includes artworks from 2014 to the present. As proud as I am about my first book, I have to say, Travelers is better. The Well covered 15 years of artmaking, and included a lot of my early development as a painter. Travelers is more cohesive stylistically, and it’s also arranged thematically, like a story. Flipping through it, one can see a central character traveling through seasons and landscapes, and the juxtaposition of images suggests potential stories to the reader, which is always what I try to do in my paintings individually.”

Travelers features a wonderful introduction by the New York-based art critic Kimberly Powers. She writes, “Wiesenfeld’s paintings are rife with deeply hidden allegory and art historical references, spanning from Byzantine tapestries to the 19th century movements of Tonalism (with a wink and nod to Whistler’s nocturnes) and landscapes influenced by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich. He traverses the realms of narrative painting like a 21st century time traveler, taking us along on his journey, so that we all become companions on his voyage of artistic discovery.”

The Travelers campaign has multiple tiers, including a softcover; a hardcover; a hardcover slipcase; and hardcovers with limited edition archival prints. For updates, follow Wiesenfeld on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and follow Clover Press on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

To support the campaign, visit Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloverpress/aron-wiesenfelds-travelers-art-book.

About the artist
Aron Wiesenfeld is an American painter renowned for enigmatic work. His figures in solitary landscapes capture a sense of departure and of leaving innocence behind. Decidedly contemporary, the scenes are redolent of disaffected youth, alienated from society and adrift in magical environments, be it floating on boats amidst glittering leaves or swarmed by a flamboyance of butterflies in a field. At the same time they also give subtle nods to the history of painting: his elongated figures echo the Mannerism of El Greco; sunset waters, the Impressionism of Monet. The influence of American painting also flows strongly through his work: a girl on a rock recalls Andrew Wyeth's 'Christina' turned around to face us, and the sparse solitude of Edward Hopper finds a new voice, albeit tempered with a sense of the fantastical. Wiesenfeld's work brings these diverse influences together in paintings that explore the experience of uncertainty, and the abandonment of the familiar for a journey into the unknown.

About Clover Press
Headed by IDW co-founders Ted Adams and Robbie Robbins, Clover Press publishes a wide variety of collected and original content ranging from classic reprints of The Wizard of Oz to the latest in horror graphic novels. Clover Press is working with a wide variety of creators including Kevin Eastman, Craig & Clizia Yoe, Steve Niles, Gabriel Rodriguez, Ken Fisher, Matt Bors, and more.