FINAL ORDERS DUE 2/4
IN STORES 5/4
Cover by Thomas Pitilli

Art by Joe Eisma and Matt Herms
FCBD 2019 RIVERDALE SEASON 3 SPECIAL See where it all begins in this all-new story based on the smash-hit CW series Riverdale! It’s picture day at Riverdale High, and the student council has opened the polls for class superlatives. As the gang preps for their closeups the ballot box goes missing . . . and everyone’s a suspect! Micol Ostow (Riverdale: The Day Before) and Thomas Pitilli (ARCHIE) bring fans into the world with a never-before-seen tale that presents all-new drama and intrigue! Plus, get a sneak peek at Scholastic’s original Riverdale novels coming soon to comic shops.

Script: Micol Ostow
Art: Thomas Pitilli, Andre Szymanowicz, John Workman
Cover: Thomas Pitilli
Available 5/4/19

I know it's hard to think of it now in the deep freeze hitting large swaths of the country, but Free Comic Book Day, our annual rite of spring, is coming up soon! This coming Monday is the last chance for retailers to finalize orders for the biggest comic book celebration of the year, and I wanted to send you an advance look at pages from MALIKA WARRIOR QUEEN: FIRE & FROST, this year's offering from YouNeek Studios.

If you're new to YouNeek, they're the Afrofuturist comics publisher of your dreams, founded by Nigerian writer and entrepreneur Roye Okupe a few years back as a home for his storytelling universe of African heroes in a sci-fi setting. Malika, the warrior queen of our title, has battled for her kingdom across two graphic novels and a couple of special one-shots to date, and her FCBD 2019 comic is an all-new story of time-lost Malika fighting evil forces in Nigeria's dangerous future. 


FCBD 2019 MALIKA – FIRE & FROST
 
Malika, warrior queen and military commander of the 15th-century Azzazian Empire, has been flung into the year 2025, a dangerous future she’s struggling to understand. After years of moving in the shadows, she’s forced out of hiding by a sinister plot that spans the centuries. Malika journeys to Egypt to retrieve the FireFrost stone, a relic that holds the combined power of two ancient dragons, from the hands of an absolute evil! MALIKA series creator Roye Okupe and artists Sunkanmi Akinboye and Raphael Kazeem bring you an all-new story for Free Comic Book Day full of superhero action inspired by African history and culture!

Script: Roye Okupe 
Art: Sunkanmi Akinboye, Raphael Kazeem
Cover: Sunkanmi Akinboye
In-Store Date: May 4, 2019
32-page, full color comic
FREE
Item Code: JAN190051