Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson, Key Architects of Star Trek Lore in
Television and Comics, Reunite for Adventures in the 32nd Century
SAN DIEGO, CA (December 20, 2021) – Comic book and graphic novel publisher IDW today announces that The United Federation of Planet’s far-flung future will be further explored in a new four-issue miniseries, Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures in the 32nd Century, based on the wildly popular series streaming on Paramount Plus.
 
The new series reunites co-writers Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson, whose previous collaboration on Star Trek: Discovery comics included The Light of Kahless, Succession, and Aftermath. The authors are joined by artist Angel Hernandez, celebrated by fans for his work on Star Trek / Green Lantern: The Spectrum War and, most recently, Star Trek: Manifest Destiny.
 
Each issue of Adventures in the 32nd Century will spotlight a different cast member, and the first issue’s focus promises a unique perspective from the Star Trek franchise as it reveals the secret history of the queen herself: Grudge the Cat! A flashback tale of her first meeting with Cleveland “Book” Booker sets the stage for a trajectory establishing Grudge as the greatest feline spacefarer of all. Subsequent issues will focus on ensign Adira Tal, Lieutenant Keyla Detmer, and science officer Linus.
 
“Discovery's arrival in the 32nd century opens up a whole new universe of adventure for the crew, from the feline to the Saurian. It's a blast telling stories eight hundred years in the future of Star Trek, where we really have never been before, exploring different facets of their lives,” says Johnson.
 
“It’s no secret that Star Trek: Discovery’s television series has an amazing cast of characters, and being able to translate those characters and their stories into the comics is a real treat for not only the fans, but also us as well,” says editor Heather Antos. “Diving deeper into Queen Grudge’s mind, to Adira’s relationship with Gray and more, Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures in the 32nd Century gives readers an incredibly detailed perspective of these fan favorite characters.”
 
Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures in the 32nd Century will be available with two cover variants for retailers and fans to enjoy, including Cover A by interior artist Angel Hernandez and a Retailer Incentive edition by Aaron Harvey.
 
For information on how to acquire Star Trek comics and graphic novels from IDW, please contact your local comic shop or visit www.comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you.

About the Authors
 
Kirsten Beyer is a writer on the Star Trek: Discovery and Picard series, and is the New York Times-bestselling author of many Star Trek: Voyager novels, including A Pocket Full of Lies, Acts of Contrition, Protectors, The Eternal Tide, Children of the Storm, Unworthy, Full Circle, and String Theory: Fusion. She is also an actor for theater, movies, television, and commercials. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.
 
Mike Johnson has the distinction of having scripted more Star Trek comic book stories than any writer ever. Johnson's first work for IDW was in 2009, when he wrote the miniseries Star Trek: Countdown, a well-received prequel to the 2009 J.J. Abrams film. He would follow that with Khan, Starfleet Academy, Nero, the crossover Star Trek/Green Lantern, and IDW's two monthly series following the 2009 Star Trek film continuity.
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About Star Trek: Discovery
 
Season four of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY currently streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. Internationally, the series is available on Paramount+ in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics, and on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel.  In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.  STAR TREK: DISCOVERY is distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.

   


About IDW
IDW (NYSE AMERICAN: IDW) is a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms. The award-winning IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment divisions holistically evaluate and acquire IP for franchise development across comics and graphic novels, television, theatrical, games, merchandise, and other entertainment platforms, in addition to bringing world-renowned storytelling to life with our creative partners.

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   Discover Intriguing New Legends & Folktales From All Over the World Starting in March 2022



LOS ANGELES, CA (December 20, 2021) –  BOOM! Studios announced today JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: SHAPESHIFTERS, a brand new four-issue comic book series based on the Emmy Award-winning classic television show, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. Each issue will feature a new creative team, with the first issue by writer Andre R. Frattino (Simon Says: Nazi Hunter), artist Nori Retherford, colorist Kieran Quigley and letterer Jim Campbell, spinning a fresh new tale about the ancient Celtic myth of the swan Children of Lir, available in March 2022.

Fans of this enchanting series can look forward to stories about shapeshifters of lore by acclaimed creative teams such as award-winning author Darcie Little Badger (Elatsoe) with artist Alexandra Fastovets (Genu) and colorist James Fenner (The Sacrifice of Darkness), illustrator and cartoonist Em Niwa, and comics writer Deron Bennett (Quixote) with artist Bruka Jones (Perdita Aside).

In JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: SHAPESHIFTERS #1, Dain, a nefarious, power-hungry magic user and Lir’s brother-in-law, plots to steal the throne from Lir and his family by turning Lir’s children into swans and ascending the throne himself. While Fionna, the eldest child, attempts to find a way to break their curse, the swan-children are forced to wander near and far for nearly a thousand years. They endure much hardship and sorrow but face the curse together . . . finding solace and strength in one another.  

JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: SHAPESHIFTERS #1 will feature main cover art by illustrator Mike del Mundo (House of Slaughter) and variant cover art by artist Mateus Manhanini (Miles Morales: Spider-Man).

JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ ambitious Archaia imprint, home to graphic novels such as Mouse Guard by David Petersen, Bolivar by Sean Rubin; Cursed Pirate Girl by Jeremy Bastian; Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys; The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby; The Short While by Jeremy Sorese; Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen and George Schall; Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra, 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 JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: SHAPESHIFTERS #1 will be available for sale in March 2022 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 Kindle.

For more on JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER comic books and more from Archaia, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

It's a Tribute to Steve Perrin
With a Huntsman 3-Pack!
THREE
SUPER-
SIZED
52-PAGE
ISSUES

Here's some news! We just got word from our printer that Huntsman #8 has already printed and shipped. And that means we'll be able to send out copies to our supporters the instant this project funds on IndieGoGo.

So if you haven't yet checked this one out to see if it's worthy of your support, please do. There's less than one week to go! And here's why we think it's important:

When Steve Perrin passed away several weeks ago, he left us with one unpublished story, a 28-page crossover adventure featuring the HUNTSMAN and our time-traveling hero ETERNITY SMITH. We're hoping to be able to publish that tale in the ninth issue of the Huntsman.

But we do need to raise a chunk of money in order to finance that effort. To that end, we have a crowdfunding effort underway on IndieGoGo. You can find it here:

https://igg.me/at/huntsman

Available rewards include copies of any or all of the three most recent issues of Huntsman, along with complete sets of Huntsman, Eternity Smith, or Psyche comic books.

Alternately, if you'd like to provide direct support, you can do that from the Huntsman project page:

http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/heroicpub/huntsman/

Hope to hear from you.

And do keep your eyes open. There are many more projects in the works.

IDW Debuts the Vicious and Darkly Humorous Sequel Comic
from a Fan-Favorite Transformers Creator in March
SAN DIEGO, CA (December 17, 2021) – Livio Ramondelli, the renowned illustrator beloved by fans for a decade of atmospheric Transformers storytelling, returns to his labor of love, The Kill Lock, with its first-ever sequel series entitled The Kill Lock: The Artisan Wraith. The debut comic book in this vicious and darkly funny sci-fi miniseries will arrive in March, written and illustrated by Ramondelli and published by IDW.
 
“Making the first series was one of the best experiences of my life, and I’m ecstatic that the reception to it has allowed the story of these characters and their world to continue,” says Ramondelli.
 
The original Kill Lock series, a captivating cult hit released in 2019 and 2020, introduced four sentient robots -- a soldier, an addict, a murderer, and a child -- who were bound together by a “Kill Lock” as punishment for irredeemable crimes. If one of them dies, they all will… a fate that forces them to protect each other while searching for a cure for their seemingly inevitable, linked deaths.
 
The new Artisan Wraith storyline picks up where the first volume left off, the four criminals having managed to escape destruction… albeit not without complications. One of their number -- the smartest and most malicious -- now inhabits an unbreakable body and has a planet at his command. The authorities can not let this stand, deploying two of the deadliest assassins in the universe to eliminate this threat.


“The central premise of The Artisan Wraith is: If you had both the might and the mind to remake the faults that you see in society, would you improve it or create something worse?” says Ramondelli. “The scope of this series is larger than the first, and will explore not only the future of the prior characters, but also introduce new ones as well as explore the dark origins of their universe.”
 
"Livio's a great storyteller,” says IDW editor David Mariotte. “From his earliest work, he's always had a sense of style and a knack for bringing cinematic compositions to the comics page. The Kill Lock brought him to the next level with an amazingly humorous and wickedly exciting story, and The Artisan Wraith raises the stakes again.”
 
Praise for The Kill Lock:
 
“Utterly captivating.” —ComicBook.com
 
“Original and intelligent.” —Monkeys Fighting Robots
 
“A tale which will catch you off guard, evoke emotions you were not expecting, and pull you into its narrative.” —Major Spoilers
 
“I find myself so involved, invested, and thoroughly engaged from the start, and I simply do not wish the story would end. I have mad respect for Livio as he is pretty much doing it all here . . . he has opened up a world of storytelling.” —Reading with a Flight Ring
 
For information on how to acquire The Kill Lock trade paperback (isbn 9781684057191) and the seven-issue sequel series, The Kill Lock: The Artisan Wraith, please contact your local comic shop or visit www.comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you.

About Livio Ramondelli
 
An artist celebrated among fans for his contributions to IDW’s Transformers comic book continuity, Livio Ramondelli's body of work includes such Transformers projects as The Autocracy Trilogy, Robots in Disguise, and Optimus Prime. He has also illustrated Darkness Visible with Mike Carey and Arvind Ethan David; the Star Trek: Vulcan and Star Trek: The Klingon Empire entries in Insight Editions’ Hidden Universe Travel Guide line; Battlestar Galactica for Dynamite; Pacific Rim for Legendary Comics; and the cover art for The Transformers: The Animated Movie Blu-Ray. In 2019, Ramondelli wrote and illustrated The Kill Lock, a six-issue miniseries published by IDW.
 
In addition to publishing, he provided design work and storyboards for Victory Hill Productions' upcoming interactive "Transformers Experience" opening in Shanghai, worked for Wildstorm/DC Comics doing design work on the Sony MMO DC Universe Online, provided design for Google's "Ingress" VR project, and worked on toy and movie designs for Hasbro. He received a Masters degree from the Academy of Art University and currently resides in Los Angeles.
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About IDW

IDW (NYSE AMERICAN: IDW) is a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms. The award-winning IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment divisions holistically evaluate and acquire IP for franchise development across comics and graphic novels, television, theatrical, games, merchandise, and other entertainment platforms, in addition to bringing world-renowned storytelling to life with our creative partners.

KURT BUSIEK, BRENT ANDERSON, ALEX SINCLAIR & ALEX ROSS TEAM UP FOR ASTRO CITY: THAT WAS THEN… ONE-SHOT THIS MARCH

PORTLAND, Ore. 12/17/2021 — Bestselling creative team Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross, Alex Sinclair, and Comicraft team up for the return of Astro City in an all-new special out from Image Comics this March—the Astro City: That Was Then… one-shot.

And a host of top Image creators welcome the series back to Image—where it all began—with a stunning lineup of variant covers by Erik Larsen, Marcelo Costa, Leandro Fernández, Jamie McKelvie, Chip Zdarsky, and Rob Guillory.

These highly collectable covers bring Astro City characters together with popular classic and current Image Comics series, including Savage Dragon and Samaritan, Radiant Black and the Confessor, The Old Guard and Cleopatra, Beautie in full The Wicked + The Divine style, Quarrel and Crackerjack in a Sex Criminals homage, and Tony Chu and the First Family’s Rex in a Chew-style trip to Beefy Bob’s.

Astro City: That Was Then… features new and existing heroes and launches a mystery that will drive the forthcoming Astro City series. Who were the Jayhawks? How did they inspire five teen sidekicks looking for answers to hit the road in a rickety crime mobile in 1969? And how will this affect Astro City in the present? It all begins here. And don’t miss the Astro City Metrobook, collecting the first three years of the acclaimed series!

The Astro City: That Was Then… one-shot will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, March 30. 

Astro City: That Was Then… will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Heather Reilly Color Edition
MAGIC! MYSTERY! MURDER!
And Hard-Boiled Detective Action!

We're into the last week of crowdfunding for the Heather Reilly Colour Edition. And we could sure use your help.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heroicpublishing/heather-reilly-in-color

HERE'S THE STORY, FROM
ADAM WALTERS HIMSELF:

The genesis of it dates back to my teen years, way back in the 1970s. It goes back to a realisation I had one day: We're all trapped inside our own heads.

Now, for most people, the dichotomy of brain and body never even seems to be understood (witness the number of people who think trading brains with a genius would make them smarter but otherwise unchanged). However, I found it quite a revelation.

We think of ourselves as one unit, mind and body, inseparable. We go through life assuming everyone experiences reality the same way. But how can we KNOW? How can I know that what you see as blue is the colour I see as blue? To each of us, it's what we've been told all our lives is blue. But your blue could be my orange. My red may be your green, my purple your yellow. Ultimately, it's an unknowable difference, albeit a difference that makes not a whit of difference to any of us. But the question is still there: Do you see what I see?

This led to the inevitable question: What if I COULD get inside someone else's head? What would it be like? The very idea seemed made for the comic book format. That perfect blend of text and images would allow for visual storytelling, while allowing for a verbal first-person narration as a counterpoint to the imagery.
And, being a red-blooded heterosexual MALE, I quickly decided that I was gonna get inside any OTHER head (and consequently BODY), I would definitely prefer it to be a FEMALE body. If I was gonna explore all the aspects of existence in another body, I'd definitely want it to be as DIFFERENT from my OWN equipment as possible. After all, how interesting a story would it be to go from one male body to another? Wow. I'm taller. How weird. Personally, I wouldn't have been able to keep myself awake long enough to write it.

Ah! But the FEMALE form. Unexplored territory for ANY man! An entirely NEW set of sensations and experiences in something as simple as getting a cup of coffee at McDonald's. And the social dichotomy was even MORE fascinating. To go from the metaphorical top of the heap to a lower rung of existence--the possibilities seemed ENDLESS!

And please, don't inundate me with hate mail. For most guys, back in the 70s, that's how it seemed.

Anyway, that's how the idea for HEATHER REILLY began.

Over the years, I refined it, and reexamined it, and reworked it, and refined it again. 
I had extensive plans for the characters--supporting cast, old girfriend, new town, continuing revelations about just how little our hero knew his own sister, even a spin-off title. Sadly, at the time, I could never interest a comic book company in the property. I did finally get the first part of it published in black & white a couple of decades ago by Sandy Thomas Publications, and I have been ever grateful.
Some time later, Dennis Mallonee offered me the chance to work on numerous Heroic Publishing characters, including Flare, Black Enchantress, and a couple of Dennis's own transgendered characters, Raven Gold and the Sensational G-Girl. After numerous discussions, I asked Dennis if he might be interested in Heather. I'm pleased to say he found her (or is it him?) worthy of joining his universe.
And so, here we are. I hope this new colour edition does well.

If it does catch on, I hope to finally do some of the other issues.

I might even get to that Werewolf tale.

AND HERE'S THE SCOOP:

This time, we're doing it in colour!

The color work has already been done. It's ready to go. But we still need to raise enough money to cover printing costs as well as the expense of getting that colour work done. That's why we've launched a Heather Reilly Kickstarter!

If you'd like to support this project, please visit it here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heroicpublishing/heather-reilly-in-color

There are lots of rewards available, and we'll be adding a few more before the Kickstarter ends (by the way, it ends on Christmas Eve).

We're hoping this will generate enough support to significantly help out Adam with his medical expenses. But that consideration aside, Heather Reilly is still a great, classic story. And Heroic Publishing is happy to take this opportunity to present it in colour for the very first time.

SPIDER-MAN WRITER DAN SLOTT
MAKES HIS DOCTOR WHO COMIC
BOOK DEBUT WITH TITAN!
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December 16, London - Titan Comics is thrilled to announce that Eisner Award-Winning writer Dan Slott (Spider-Man) will pen three separate annual Doctor Who comic book one-shots. Dan’s 2022 special will feature the Tenth Doctor and companion Martha Jones, and will hit stores in April.

Witness the incredible adventures of the Tenth Doctor like never-before! 
Writer Dan Slott – known for his critically acclaimed work on Marvel Comics such as The Amazing Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, Tony Stark: Iron Man, The Mighty Avengers, and Fantastic Four – is set to delight fans with an epic story that sees companion Martha Jones captured by the insatiable Pyromeths, and her only hope for survival is to keep them distracted with sensational untold tales of the Tenth Doctor facing off against his greatest foes - both classic and new!"

This all-new Tenth Doctor comic adventure teams Slott with fan-favourite artist Christopher Jones, who has previously worked on Titan’s Doctor Who: The Third Doctor - Heralds Of Destruction and Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor - Operation Volcano.

"One of the worst secrets in comics is that I am one of the world's biggest Whovians!” says Dan. “I've been regularly watching Doctor Who since the Tom Baker years, and am deeply devoted to every incarnation of the show! I've been waiting to write stories for the Doctor my whole life! And I couldn't be happier than getting a chance to tell an all-new tale of the Tenth Doctor – and to be doing this with Chris and all the fine folks at TITAN! Allons-Y!"

“I'm very excited to be working on this project with Dan - he's a huge Who fan, and it shows. This Doctor Who special exudes all of Dan's creativity and love of storytelling, with a few surprises along the way!” says Doctor Who Comics editor, Jake Devine.

"We're totally fired up that Dan is bringing his incredible knowledge and lifelong enthusiasm for Doctor Who to writing a story that will lead into a year long chapter for our favourite Time Lord," say Titan Comics Publishers, Dr Vivian Cheung & Nick Landau

Doctor Who: Special 2022 Comic Book One-Shot (SC, 64pp, $7.99, 9781787738690) hits comic shops, in the UK/Europe from Forbidden Planet, bookstores and digital devices in April 2022.