UDON Entertainment is moving to the head of the class with an all new Free Comic Book Day Comic! Street Fighter heads back to school, as the world's young fighters flex both their academic and martial arts prowess! Fan favorites Sakura, Ibuki, Karin, Makoto, and Elena come face-to-face with a new challenger - the leather-clad, motorcycle-riding Akira! It's a square-off of (rival) schools in this action-packed one-shot!

The STREET FIGHTER: BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL features interior art by Genzoman, writing by UDON’s Director of Publishing, Matt Moylan, and cover art by Hanzo Steinbach. Fans of Street Fighter and Rival Schools will not want to miss out on this winning combo! Choose your fighter on Free Comic Book Day! 

Free Comic Book Day will be Saturday, August 14, 2021! Check with your local comic shop for details! 


STREET FIGHTER: BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL 
Story: Matt Moylan
Art: Genzoman
Cover: Hanzo Steinbach
DETAILS: 32pp, Full Color
RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2020
DIAMOND ORDER CODE: APR210044
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ABOUT UDON ENTERTAINMENT
UDON Entertainment is a publisher of original and translated art books, graphic novels, and manga. The publisher’s best-known projects are those based on popular video game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Persona, Bayonetta, Bloodborne, and many more. UDON also publishes books based on top anime properties including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kill la Kill, FLCL, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Robotech.

PORTLAND, Ore. 03/17/2021 — Image Comics is pleased to announce that the long-running, fan-favorite Steampunk adventure series--Lady Mechanika by Joe Benitez—has found a new home at the publisher. The adventure begins with an Image Comics FCBD 2021 edition of the first appearance of the character available at participating comic shops on Saturday, August 14 and then a new Lady Mechanika story launching this September from Image. 


The entire backlist of Lady Mechanika will be made available from Image Comics too, beginning this August with the long anticipated reprints of the volume one trade paperback and hardcover editions. These reprints will join a total of seven trade paperbacks and five hardcover editions of the beloved series.

In Lady Mechanika, readers follow a young woman during the Victorian Era who is desperately in search of the secrets to her past—a past that left her with extraordinary, but unnatural, mechanical limbs.

"I’m very excited that Lady Mechanika is moving to Image!" said Benitez. "We hope this move will provide an opportunity to share the series with a new, wider audience, and also give us more time to focus on our creative strengths while letting the experts at Image handle publishing and marketing. We have so many stories to tell, hopefully this will help us get more of them out faster. The next story arc we’re calling 'The Monster of the Ministry of Hell-th' will deal with a piece of Lady Mechanika’s haunted past. Check out a preview of the new book in our FCBD issue!"

Eric Stephenson, Publisher & Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics added: "We’re pleased to welcome Joe back to Image. Joe got his start at Image, as part of Marc Silvestri’s Top Cow Productions, and he has grown into a phenomenal talent over the years. What he has built for himself with Lady Mechanika is truly impressive, and it’s exciting to be part of what comes next for this incredible series."

The FCBD 2021 edition of Lady Mechanika will include the stand-alone short story “The Demon of Satan’s Alley,” which first introduced Lady Mechanika and her steampunk world (Lady Mechanika #0)—plus a preview of “The Monster of the Ministry of Hell-th,” the newest story by series creator Joe Benitez which will debut this year at Image Comics.

Contact your local FCBD participating comic shop to learn more about these exciting freebies and more and don’t miss out on the opportunity to participate in FCBD 2021 on Saturday, August 14! 

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.

Special one-shot issue to be offered for free in participating comic book stores in August.

Archie Comics is looking to the past, present, and future as it celebrates Archie Andrews' 80th Anniversary and the return of Free Comic Book Day on August 14th, 2021 with the release of a special one-shot comic in the traditional Archie art style!

Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual tradition at comic shops throughout North America where fans can pick up a wide array of comic books for free, and Archie Comics is proud to be a GOLD sponsor of the event once again with the appropriately titled ARCHIE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE FUN! one-shot featuring an all-new cover by legendary artist Dan Parent.

The special FCBD issue will feature stories celebrating the various incarnations of Archie and friends from the past 80 years of comics, television, animation and more, along with a preview of the new EVERYTHING'S ARCHIE ONE-SHOT by Fred Van Lente and Dan Parent, hitting shops in June as part of the company's 80th anniversary publishing plans..

Visit a participating comic book store for Free Comic Book Day on August 14th and follow Archie Comics on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for the latest news.

Archie: Past, Present, and Future Fun!
 
It's the crisis of infinite Archies! Celebrate 80 years of the Riverdale Gang with this tale featuring a dimension-hopping Archie Andrews in his quest to save the multiverse. Then, witness Archie go toe-to-toe with... himself?! May the best Archie win! Plus, get a preview of the newest Archie One-Shot in shops! This title includes several versions of Archie (from classic to TV to horror) and showcases his evolution as a character over eight decades, all while being a tie-in to the company's 80th Anniversary plans.
 
Script: Bill Golliher, Angelo DeCesare, Fred Van Lente
Art: Pat and Tim Kennedy, Dan Parent, Jim Amash, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, Jack Morelli
Cover: Dan Parent
Available in comic book shops on August 14, 2021