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Preview: Endless Night #1

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Endless Night #1

(W) Mark London (A) Thomas Derenick (C) Juancho Velez (L) Simon Bowland (CA) Chris Weston (CB) Declan Shalvey

When Axel Black, an obsessive tech billionaire and head of the sinister Order of Nine, sends his operatives to Exit City in search of a dangerous mystical artifact, only a team of unlikely allies from different corners of the underworld can prevent an apocalyptic catastrophe: VELVETEEN, the elite rogue assassin hellbent on revenge; McCORMICK & MILLER, two detectives keeping peace in a lawless city; and OWEN BLACKWOOD, a monster hunter duty-bound to stop evil. But tensions are mounting, and time is running out!

ENDLESS NIGHT is Mad Cave’s miniseries event of Summer 2025, a genre-smashing collision of archetypal heroes by celebrated writer MARK LONDON (Battlecats, Hunt.Kill.Repeat.) and acclaimed artist TOM DERENICK (Justice League), set in the universe of dark conspiracies, hard-boiled mystery, and unnatural menace known as UNDERWORLD!

Endless Night #1

The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special Returns This July!

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Whatever the weather, the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2025 is filled with stories to supercharge your Summer! Featuring 48 pages of high-octane action and adventure from across the Galaxy, this year’s edition of the bestseller features the return of classic characters, alongside some of the most exciting new Thrillers this side of Nu-Earth!

Judge Dredd heads off on his hols thanks to writer Al Ewing, making his long-awaited return to Mega-City One after thrilling readers around the world on series like Immortal Hulk and Absolute Green Lantern! We’re sure it’ll be a nice and peaceful trip for him, and certainly nothing horrific will happen which will require the full force of the Law to be upheld!

Dredd’s followed through spaceport security by the return of Strontium Dog Johnny Alpha and his team of intergalactic bounty hunters! Best pack a few extra time grenades and make sure you’ve brought a spare charger for the Electro-Nux, because trouble always follows Johnny, Wulf, and the Search/Destroy Agency!

This packed issue also checks in Cyd Finlea for a one-off The Out story by creators Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison – if anyone knows about getting away from it all, it’s galactic photojournalist Cyd: nobody has gone further “Out” of the known universe than she has! 

We’ve a brand new Future Shock from the team of Andi Ewington and Nick Dyer to get you panicking ahead of your own holiday this year… and this special is rounded out by the return of all-round gentleman and occult detective Ampney Crucis to the Galaxy’s Greatest for the first time in… what, a decade? Where the deuce has he been? Only Ian Edginton and D’Israeli know!

With five electric stories to get you crackling with Thrill-Power this summer, The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special is an adventure into the unknown which you can’t afford to miss! All this and a truly zarjaz cover from Chris Weston? Seatbelts on, universal passports in hand, Earthlets – let’s go!

At only £4.99 for 48 pages of interstellar action, the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2025 will be out on July 16.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2025

Get a first look at Mechanical Cake’s Modville, Nick, and Hyde at Thought Bubble

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Mechanical Cake at Thought Bubble

Dave Elliot, Editor in Chief/Publisher of Mechanical Cake will be attending Thought Bubble this upcoming weekend and those attending can get a first look at the upcoming comics Modville, Nick, and Hyde.

Those attending can receive:

  • A free Modville Foldable Poster/ Magazine Preview by artist Bill Sienkiewicz.
  • A free Hyde poster by artist Chris Weston
  • A free Nick poster by artist Dan Panosian
  • A free Mechanical Cake Mechanical Cake icon sticker
  • Look for our BANNER with the Mechanical Cake and Scott Free logos

Modville is a Sci-Fi/Southern Gothic crime drama involving AI humans (“mods”) in future New Orleans.

Hyde imagines a world where Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Mr. Hyde” did not die, and instead lives beneath the streets of London where he conducts experiments on others.

Nick is a foundational Yule war story, steeped within the arcane Norse legends.

Modville will be released in March 2025.

Thought Bubble takes place at the Harrogate Convention Centre, North Yorkshire on November 16 and 17.

Preview: Paranoid Gardens #4

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Paranoid Gardens #4

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A/CA) Chris Weston
In Shops: Oct 23, 2024
SRP: $4.99

Loo breaks protocols during her probation at the Gardens as many of the residents begin to fall ill including the building itself. While her healing powers seem to help patch up things for now it may not be enough to stop the forces outside the Gardens looking to destroy.

Paranoid Gardens #4

Ridley Scott and Scott Free team with Mechanical Cake for Three Graphic Novels

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Scott Free and Mechanical Cake

Scott Free and Mechanical Cake have partnered together for the launch of three original graphic novel series: Modville, Hyde, and Nick. Ridley Scott will lend his meticulous eye and unmatched world-building skills to the projects.

Mechanical Cake has engaged comic book legend Dave Elliott, co-founder of Radical Comics, as Editor-in-Chief and enlisted top-tier artists Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Weston, Dan Panosian, Brian Rood, Hendry Prasetya, and Eko Puteh.

Modville is a Sci-Fi/Southern Gothic crime drama involving AI humans (“mods”) in future New Orleans. Hyde imagines a world where Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Mr. Hyde” did not die, and instead lives beneath the streets of London where he conducts experiments on others. Nick is a foundational Yule war story, steeped within the arcane Norse legends. 

Modville Book 1 of 8, over 100 pages, drawn by Hendry Prasetya and Eko Puteh, is complete and will be available for pre-order in March 2025, along with first-issue previews of Hyde and Nick. A sneak peek at all three projects is available at Mechanical Cake.

Preview: Paranoid Gardens #3

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Paranoid Gardens #3

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A/CA) Chris Weston
In Shops: Sep 18, 2024
SRP: $4.99

Loo and the care center staff are troubled when they discover the living gardens they reside on is dying. As she desperately hunts for a cure a mysterious spy employed by a bizarre amusement park gets in her way to keep the gardens from healing.

Paranoid Gardens #3

Mini Reviews: Jenny Sparks, Paranoid Gardens, and Ultimate Spider-Man

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Jenny Sparks #1

Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.

These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.

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Jenny Sparks #1 (DC/DC Black Label) – The Spirit of the 20th Century returns with a whimper, not a bang in Tom King and Jeff Spokes‘ Jenny Sparks #1. The comic which focuses on Jenny Sparks’ unexpected return to take out a deranged Dr. Manhattan, er, Captain Atom when the Justice League can’t is just (censored) swearing and edgelord posturing. Sparks did have an origin miniseries in 2000, but she’s really no fun without the Authority to riff on which is lampshaded in some of Captain Atom’s taunting dialogue. King and Spokes go full Pulp Fiction 90s and tell a non-linear story from different viewpoints that ends up colliding at a bar, but they end up feeling like distractions from Sparks’ return and Atom’s rampage. Jeff Spokes’ art has some creativity to it, especially when Captain Atom uses his powers, but you’re better off dusting off your old Ellis/Hitch (Or even Millar/Quitely) trades or watching Justice League Unlimited Season 2, Episode 9 than reading this new take on Jenny Sparks and Nathaniel Adam. Overall: 5.8 Verdict: Pass

Paranoid Gardens #2 (Dark Horse) -Little bit of a second issue slump for Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Chris Weston, and Dave Stewart‘s Paranoid Gardens, but we find out a little bit more about the suspicious monkey mask guys and the nefarious Dr. Zerc. But the best part for me is Lou just trying to maneuver through life working at the weirdest care home in the universe, figuring out her potentially gifts, and her connection to the superhero admitted in the last issue. Weston’s art continues to be a deadpan delight, especially a series of multiple panels where the guy who was shooting heat vision last issue is drooling because he’s so doped up. Paranoid Gardens still revels in its uniqueness, and I’m interested to see the answers to some of these mysteries, including Lou’s past. Overall: 7.6 Verdict: Read

Ultimate Spider-Man #8 (Marvel) – Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, and Matthew Wilson‘s reimagining of Peter Parker’s Spider-Man continues to be one of my favorite comics of 2024. It juggles poignant character moments with long form plotting. For example, J. Jonah Jameson gets moments both silly (Arguing about sandwiches at a bakery that he thinks is a deli.) and sincere (Having a heart to heart with Peter’s son, Richard.) with Hickman giving him depth although he’s the books sixth or seventh lead. There are unbroken moments of Peter with his family and friends that balance out the high tech superheroics and cloak and dagger work as a Tony Stark guest appearance connects Peter and Harry Osborn to the larger world of the Ultimate Universe. And last, but not least, the Sinister Six are actually scary again! Overall: 8.4 Verdict: Buy

Preview: Paranoid Gardens #2

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Paranoid Gardens #2

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A/CA) Chris Weston
In Shops: Aug 21, 2024
SRP: $4.99

Writers Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) and Shaun Simon (The Fabulous Killjoys), join forces with Illustrator Chris Weston (The Filth), colorist Dave Stewart (Hellboy), and letterer Nate Piekos (Black Hammer) to present an all-new surreal comic book experience that’s ER meets Doctor Who on acid. As Loo continues to be plagued by mysterious dark visions, she pushes forward to tend to the care center patients while discovering some of the more murky plans behind other staff members.

Paranoid Gardens #2
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