Image Comics Weekly News Wrap Up
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Five Ghosts Starts New Arc and Has a TV Show in Development
From Image:
Co-creators Frank J. Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham, and colorist Lauren Affe return for the beginning of an all-new story arc for FIVE GHOSTS. “Monsters & Men” begins on 10/15 with issue #13, just in time for New York Comic Con. This new arc will bring the acclaimed action adventure series to Eastern Europe and establish a new element of horror to the series. The series is also in development for a television series with Universal.
The new FIVE GHOSTS story arc features an assortment of famous monsters and literary figures. “Most notably the new arc will bring Fabian face-to-face with the legendary demon hunter Van Helsing,” hinted Barbiere. “Issue #13 will serve as a great jumping-on point and has been made fully returnable for all Diamond retailers.” The issue will also feature a blank sketch cover, available to all retailers to order, as well as a number of exciting retailer exclusive variants.
In addition to its continued success in the comic world, FIVE GHOSTS has been optioned by Universal Television and is in development for a television series. The project has acclaimed screenwriter Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsmen, Divergent, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) attached as a writer and is being produced by Black Mask Studios and Benderspink. FIVE GHOSTS will also be branching out into new media endeavors over the next year with partners Black Mask Studios.
FIVE GHOSTS #13 arrives in stores this 10/15 and will be available for $3.50. It can be pre-ordered using Diamond Code AUG140647. The sketch variant can be ordered with Diamond Code JUL148416. The final order cutoff deadline for retailers is 9/22.
Seriously, do you need another excuse to try out an indie series like Five Ghosts? Great reviews, fantastic concept, and now multi-media presentations…All happening to a great series. Pick up the first two volumes of the series and get ready for the next arc!
Low #2 Continues to Sell Out
From Image:
Bestselling writer Rick Remender (BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS) and artist Greg Tocchini’s (Uncanny X-Force, Last Days of American Crime) hot new science fiction adventure keeps climbing in popularity. Readers in search of a science fiction series filled with plot twists and worldbuilding cannot get enough of LOW and issue #2 has sold out instantly. LOW #2 will sail into a second printing arriving on 9/24 to meet customer demand. Additionally, we are pleased to reveal early artwork of the eagerly anticipated LOW #3.
LOW #3 picks up with Stel Caine’s effort to save mankind. She’s going to do the unthinkable, something that hasn’t been done in millenia: walk on the Earth’s surface. But before she can rise from the depths of the ocean, she must first help her son rise from the suffocating emotional darkness in which he wallows.
“We’re thrilled by the incredible reaction, it’s more than we could have hoped for,” said Remender in response to the news of issue #2’s sell-out and 2nd printing. “Low has been years in the making so seeing all the hard work paying off, it’s wonderful. Many thanks to the faithful readers and retailers for the huge support.”
The first printing of LOW #2 has completely sold out at the distributor level, but may still be available in comic stores. It is currently available digitally on the Image Comics website (imagecomics.com) and the official Image Comics iOS app, and on Comixology on the web (comixology.com), iOS, Android, and Google Play.
The second printing of LOW #2 (Diamond Code JUL148415) will release on 9/24.
LOW #3 (Diamond Code JUL140555) will hit stores on 9/24. The final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, 9/1.
Check out the preview for issue 3:
Outcast #3 Sells Out Immediately; 2nd Printing Announced
From Image:
Now pacing the success of THE WALKING DEAD, the third issue of Skybound/Image Comics’ OUTCAST BY ROBERT KIRKMAN & PAUL AZACETA has sold out instantly and is slated for a second printing. OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA celebrates the somber, terror-riddled tones of the classic horror genre and is winning over comic readers in droves. Robert Kirkman and Fox International Channels announced during San Diego Comic-Con that Cinemax has green-lit the pilot for Outcast and that further updates on production will be released soon.
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA explores demonic possession and exorcism while telling the story of Kyle Barnes, a man with a burdensome gift. In issue #3, details of Kyle’s life, in the time before he returned to Rome, West Virginia, are revealed… as the danger from all around him intensifies.
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #3 will go into a second printing in order to meet customer demand. For fans of digital editions, this third issue remains available for purchase across all platforms, including the Image Comics website (imagecomics.com) the official Image Comics iOS app, Comixology’s website (comixology.com), iOS, Android, and Google Play.
This second printing of OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #3 (Diamond Code JUL148428) will be available on 9/24.
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #4 (Diamond Code JUL140566) will hit shelves on 9/24.
Blackhand Comics by Wes Craig Available This October
From Image:
For the first time, Wes Craig’s BLACKHAND COMICS will be published in print, in a hardcover edition in October from Image Comics. This trio of tales exploring the fringes of society, the weird, and the macabre, previously published as webcomics, are written and drawn by Craig, artist and co-creator of DEADLY CLASS.
“The Gravediggers’ Union” tells the secrets of the men who work a job no one else wants. Sure, they dig graves, but there’s a lot more to their duties than backhoes and shovels…. Most importantly: to make sure the dead stay buried!
It’s ultimate freedom on the midway in “Circus Day,” as a brother and sister sneak off to take in the sights. The young boy is desperate to get into the freakshow, but what he could find there may make him change his mind!
“The Seed” is a tale of terror, of dark forces that pursue a man who once embraced the power they gave him.
“Blackhand Comics is my baby. My weird, sinister, freakshow baby…” said Craig. “I’d like to think the stories inside make you feel like you’re reading an old EC comic in a jazz club, and you’ve just been slipped some psychotropic drugs.”
BLACKHAND COMICS will be in comic book stores on October 1 and bookstores onOctober 14, perfect for setting a creepy tone for Halloween. It is available for pre-order now.
Birthright Hits Stands in October
From Image:
Creator/writer Joshua Williamson (NAILBITER, GHOSTED), artist Andrei Bressan, and colorist Adriano Lucas team up for the highly anticipated new fantasy series BIRTHRIGHT, from Skybound/Image Comics and reveal an awe-inspiring variant cover by Image Comics partner and Top Cow CEO Marc Silvestri and colored by Sunny Gho.
BIRTHRIGHT begins with an innocent game of catch in the park and ends with a couple still in search of their missing son years later—never knowing what became of him when he disappeared into the woods that day. But of all their imagined scenarios, nothing could prepare them for what happened when he returned. So begins the new epic series, BIRTHRIGHT, where fantasy becomes reality.
BIRTHRIGHT #1 (Diamond Code AUG140536) arrives in stores on 10/8, as an oversized 40 page issue, available for only $2.99. The variant cover by Marc Silvestri can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code JUL148295.
Volume 1 of Nailbiter Available in October
From Image:
From the outside, Buckaroo, Oregon seems like a typical small town, but there’s something that makes it extraordinary. The setting of NAILBITER by Joshua Williamson (GHOSTED) and Mike Henderson (MASKS AND MOBSTERS), a new graphic novel coming in October from Image Comics is the hometown of sixteen of the world’s most heinous serial killers. Random chance? FBI profiler Eliot Carroll didn’t think so, and his investigations led him deep into Buckaroo’s secrets… where he disappeared without a trace.
Now, Carroll’s best friend, army intelligence officer Nicholas Finch, has come to Buckaroo in search of him. The most obvious suspect is Edward “The Nailbiter” Warren — a psychopath acquitted of forty-five counts of first degree murder. Warren may be the key to finding Carroll — as well as the latest killer who has begun to menace Buckaroo.
“I’ve always wondered ‘why, and how?’ What happens in a person’s life that turns them into that kind of monster?” said writer Williamson of his interest in serial killers in an interview at Multiversity Comics. “Is it an event or are they born that way? It’s part of what we explore in the overall Nailbiter story.”
“[Nailbiter] really wended its way in directions we hadn’t predicted once sketches and designs started being kicked back and forth,” said artist Henderson of the creative process. “We both saw a twisting mystery though, rooted under the town of Buckaroo and affecting everyone in it in different (often horrible) ways.”
A mystery with the psychological horror of Hannibal and the surreal small-town claustrophobia of Twin Peaks, NAILBITER VOLUME 1: THERE WILL BE BLOOD will be in comic book stores on October 1 and in bookstores on October 14. It is specially priced at only $9.99 and available for pre-order now.
Praise for NAILBITER:
“If Josh died I wish he’d leave Nailbiter to me in his will so I could say it was my idea.” –Scott Snyder (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire)
“NAILBITER has a great concept that is executed extremely well thanks to a dedicated creative team in Williamson, Henderson and Guzowski. With a sense of dread that never lets up, Nailbiter is a sure-fire hit that hits hard with a captivating mystery that continues to keep us coming back for more. The deeper we get into this frightening town, the more I want to know, even if it means we might end up like Carroll–which is part of the thrill.” –Matt LeMaire, The MacGuffin
“Nailbiter stands on a premise so instantly enticing that you can almost see the movie trailer.” –Robert Tutton, PASTE Magazine
Wayward #1 Goes Into Second Print
From Image:
The first issue of Jim Zub (SKULLKICKERS, Samurai Jack) and Steve Cummings’ (Legends of the Dark Knight, Deadshot) all-new ongoing supernatural adventure series WAYWARD has hit home with readers in search of myth, monster-fighting, and magic. The first issue has sold out completely and is being rushed to a second printing to meet demand. Critics and comics readers have been raving about the first issue’s detailed artwork and intriguing plot with Comic Book Resources praising WAYWARD as “Bright, vibrant, and alive. Rori Lane’s world will enchant readers with its relatable protagonist, intense action and fascinating mythological allusions.”
WAYWARD #1 introduces Rori Lane, an outsider by nature, who is transplanted to Tokyo to live with her single Mom. She’s feeling out of sorts, worried about fitting in and, as if that wasn’t enough, strange things are beginning to happen. Glowing symbols and patterns are starting to appear before her eyes… and she’s the only one who seems to notice.
“I’m overjoyed readers are discovering Wayward and telling their friends about it. We’ve got exciting plans for the series and having this kind of tremendous launch gives us the momentum we need to take our story even further,” said Zub.
WAYWARD #1 has completely sold out at the distributor level, but may still be available in comic stores. It is currently available digitally on the Image Comics website (imagecomics.com) and the official Image Comics iOS app, and on Comixology on the web (comixology.com), iOS, Android, and Google Play.
The second printing of WAYWARD #1 (Diamond Code JUL148487) will release on 10/1.
WAYWARD #2 (Diamond Code JUL140588) will hit stores on 9/24. A variant cover by Riley Rossmo is also available with Diamond Code JUL140589.