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Heavy Metal ⋅ 2018
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First solo series featuring Taarna, Heavy Metal Magazine's iconic character who debuted in the 1981 adult-oriented, animated film, Heavy Metal

Image ⋅ 2018
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As mankind colonizes the galaxy, horror awaits in the deep, dark parts of space

Shadow Play #1

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Scout ⋅ 2019
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From the same universe of Stabbity Bunny: to save his own life, a teenage boy must travel into a realm where shadows live independently to find his counterpart before time runs out

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Crime-thriller written by Jeff Rougvie, a music producer who worked with David Bowie and others

Playlists are available on the Spotify app to complement the story

Criminal #1

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Volume three of a crime noir experience written by Ed Brubaker, initially published by Marvel's Icon imprint in 2006

Scout ⋅ 2019
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Stabbity Bunny is unleashed in an alternate reality where normal rules don't apply and to save Grace, he must go full-berserker bunny on the fairies who kidnapped her

Variant ⋅ Coffin Comics ⋅ 2019
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The Unnaturals infiltrate hell to seek the aid of Lady Death to defeat The Trinity and reverse a supernatural event that portends the end of the world

Kickstarter ⋅ Absolute Comics Group ⋅ 2019
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48-page graphic novel crowdfunded on Kickstarter by 988 backers raising $82,949

A young girl is given the gift of superpowers from her dying father

Dark Horse ⋅ 2019
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Four-part limited series about an seemingly invincible, immortal detective who investigates supernatural cases

[December 2020 - FX is producing WYRD based off of the comic book series with The Americans star Matthew Rhys in the lead (Deadline)]

Cave Pictures ⋅ 2019
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Lilith, the mother of demons reanimates the dead in Appalachia

Antarctic ⋅ 2019
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A team of heroes from the 1940s are awoken in the present day retaining their political incorrectness

Oliver #1

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Image ⋅ 2019
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A twist on Dickens' Oliver Twist about a super-powered orphan in a post-apocalyptic world who is simultaneously fighting for the freedom of England and trying to discover the mystery behind his origin

Independent ⋅ 2019
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Daniel Warren Johnson creates and independently publishes an unofficial entry in the Star Wars universe of stories

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Authorized biographies of professional wrestlers featuring Nikolai Volkoff

Dark Horse ⋅ 2019
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A young woman reaches the surface of the water she was thrown into after having been brutally attacked only to discover that 50 years have passed and someone else has been living her life

Wulfborne #1

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Wulfborne the Adventurer travels the Underworld in search of his lost love Luna

Silver Sprocket ⋅ 2019
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A schoolgirl transforms into a Magical Girl to seek revenge on her tormentors with an array of wild weapons

Amigo Comics ⋅ 2019
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A man discovers his inoperable brain tumor is a malfunctioning data bullet injected by a space fugitive who claims it contains the origin of God

Vindication #1

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A cop faces the challenges of public mistrust when investigating a murder by a black man who had previously been cleared of a similar murder

Coffin Comics ⋅ 2019
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Lady Death vs Hellwitch

Devils #1

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Antarctic ⋅ 2019
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A true story about two Japanese soldiers fighting their way out of a swamp while being haunted by the victims of their unscrupulous allies

Includes an audio/video component activated by your phone

Antarctic ⋅ 2019
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Resurrection of the Golden Age title featuring public domain heroes including The Heap and Black Terror in a shared 'Superverse' with new characters

Cave Pictures ⋅ 2019
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A queen makes a great sacrifice to provide an heir to the king but when the child is born, the king's sister places a curse on the baby

Mad Cave ⋅ 2019
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A young Shinobi seemingly has a bright future despite a difficult past...that is until the Tengu returns to twist him into an unstoppable force of nature incapable of remorse

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A sci-fi tale from Mark Millar about a blue-collar bounty hunter who tracks criminals across the universe in his souped-up, rocket-powered ice cream truck

[December 2019 - screenplay being written]

Stronghold #1

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Aftershock ⋅ 2019
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A man believing himself to be an ordinary guy is actually an alien of vast power who lost his memory and to keep civilization intact, it has to stay that way

Zodiac #1

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Zenescope ⋅ 2019
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Merlin enlists a deadly magical warrior named Zodiac to act as an assassin against the Order of Tarot

High Level #1

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 2019
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100 years after the collapse of society, a smuggler is forced to deliver a child messiah to the mythical city of High Level, from which there is no return

Star Bastard #1

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A beaten-down crew of mercenaries follow their loud-mouthed, drunken captain through the galaxy as he searches for his past

Ronin Island #1

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BOOM! ⋅ 2019
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Survivors of a devastating event find refuge on a hidden island until an army arrives with orders from the Shogun to pay a protection tax or face the invasion of a mutated horde

Scout ⋅ 2019
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Continuation of the recently optioned-for-film (animation) series that takes place in post-apocalyptic Germany circa 1839 where humans struggle to survive against an invasion of mysterious creatures

[November 2018 - in-development by Mercury Filmworks]

[April 2021 - officially announced by the producing studio]

Rise #1

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Scout ⋅ 2019
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A recently orphaned heir to the throne of a broken kingdom must endure the Trials of the House to ascend to her birthright but an ancient evil awakens to ensure she never takes the crown

Little Bird #1

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Little Bird follows a young rebel fighter who battles against an oppressive American Empire

Aftershock ⋅ 2019
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A series about vampires in America's heartland

Copies ordered by retailers: 8,680

Astro Hustle #1

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Dark Horse ⋅ 2019
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A 1970s style, sci-fi adventure about a criminal who wakes up from cryo-stasis after 60 years to a future where his brother is President of the Galaxy

Dark Horse ⋅ 2019
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Cursed at birth, a woman uses her bad luck to cause disasters in places where the result can be profitable

Dark Horse ⋅ 2019
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Two women find their lives in danger after discovering a conspiracy between a mega-corporation and the religious institution that run society

Neon Future #1

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Impact Theory ⋅ 2019
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Concept by Steve Aoki, a well-known electro-house DJ

Synopsis: a man must decide whether to continue fighting against the technology that resurrected him as he did before his death or defect and defend it

Image ⋅ 2019
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Second series begins and will be published quarterly with 64-pages of content

Amazon developing the property with writer Greg Rucka

Viking Queen

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Source Point Press ⋅ 2019
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One-shot issue that pits the queen of a kingdom against the onslaught of a dark sorceress

Source Point Press ⋅ 2019
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Spin-off of the SourcePoint 'Monstrous' series

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In the sequel to 'Descender', a girl spends her days exploring while trying to avoid the vampire-witch known as Mother

[June 2020 - optioned with Descender]

Scout ⋅ 2019
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Needful Things meets Tales from the Crypt in this new horror anthology written and illustrated by Rich Woodall and Joe Schmalke

Fairlady #1

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A young war veteran continues to experience sexism as a private investigator when she's given menial cases that end up revealing big secrets

Each issue is a standalone case

Ghost Tree #1

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IDW ⋅ 2019
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A man escapes his unhappy life and heads back home to the Ghost Tree where he visits the spirit of his departed Grandfather

Amber Blake #1

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IDW ⋅ 2019
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Recruited as a child to the Cleverland Institute for gifted children, a woman now finds herself on the run as she threatens to expose the abuse that occurred by the administration

Orphan Age #1

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Two decades ago, all of the world's adults died at the same time and what resulted is the first civilization to endure the Orphan Age

Plague Doktor

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Source Point Press ⋅ 2019
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While treating victims of the Black Plague, a traveling doctor finds himself in a metaphysical battle to save humanity

Independent ⋅ 2019
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One-shot ,112-page independently produced graphic novel

Indiegogo campaign raised $404,913 from 10,619 backers

Aftershock ⋅ 2019
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Mary Shelley was just 19 years old when she wrote Frankenstein and now we know she didn't just write it, she lived it

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