By A Thread #1
by Scott and Jack Snyder
art by Valeria Favoccia
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Growing up on Needle Three, Jo barely remembers a time before the darkness enveloped the world. But when our hero’s community comes under attack by the despotic Charon and his forces, Jo and his friends must decide whether to leave everything behind in search of something better.
Black Sight #1
Written by: Stephanie Phillips
Art/Color by: Conor Boyle
Lettering by: Tom Napolitano
Cover: Dave Johnson
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After a wild night out in Amsterdam, Alex finds herself trapped in a mental institution, accused of a crime she swears she didn’t commit.
Money #3
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Color by Mark Dale
Lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
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The Last Age Of Man.
House Sawri reckons with the end of the world.
Lost Falls Season 2 #2
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Pierluigi Minotti
Colored by Emilio Lecce
Lettered by Micah Myers
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A mystery in the heart of the falls. Pynchon and Sommers visit Isaac and finally learn the history behind Overlook. A killer emerges.
Wag #1
Written by Scott Hoffman
Art by Juan Bobillo
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Wag hears voices in his head. It could be some kind of implant from the days before everything collapsed, or it could be the fact that his pills ran out. After a crisis, he and an unexpected new companion head east to find out more.
Nostalgia
(W) Scott Hoffman
(A) Danijel Žeželj
(C) Lee Loughridge
(L) Steve Wands
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Nostalgia, a reclusive rock star in a dystopian near-future, receives a mysterious package, addressed from a fan, that leads him to face a shadowy character from his past.
Scott Hoffman (aka Babydaddy) of the multi-platinum selling band Scissor Sisters makes his comics writing debut with Nostalgia, a noir adventure about a futuristic rock star that takes cues from Hoffman’s own life as a musician. Nostalgia features mesmerizing art by Danijel Žeželj, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Steve Wands, is designed by Rian Hughes and edited by Greg Lockard and Will Dennis. Nostalgia is a five-issue series that will be released weekly beginning on June 13, 2023 and is available from Amazon’s Comixology Originals exclusive digital content line.
Nostalgia takes place in a dark future that mirrors our current anxieties and divides, from politics, to climate change, and what our future world may look like.
When a mysterious package with an image of a shell on it arrives at the unlisted address of Mr. Craig Mancini his interest is piqued. Mancini, also known as music performer Nostalgia, begins to reminisce about his past, ditches his tech and goes to meet the mysterious stranger behind the parcel. This encounter blows his mind and takes him down a path unraveling all that he knew to be true.
The series explores what it means for artists to share themselves with the world. It’s also about how we look at our past and redefine our own stories, and how art is a way to transfer our lives and memories to other people. Most importantly, it examines the idea of fame, connection to the world, and where connecting to other people will ultimately take us, especially considering the dangers of being so connected and constantly inundated with the inner workings of other peoples’ lives.
Breaklands Season 3 #11
(W) Justin Jordan (A) Tyasseta (C) Sarah Stern (L) Rachel Deering
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Set one hundred and fifty years after humanity developed psychic powers and ended the world as we know it, a new world has emerged. Everyone has powers. Some powers, like the ability to light a match, are modest. But some powers—like the ability to reshape the world—are both vast and dangerous.
This post-Break world has become almost entirely dependent on talents for nearly everything, especially fighting. Kasa Fain, is a young teenager, an outsider, who was in hiding with her younger brother, Adam, until the day he was kidnapped for his ability. With their mother gone, Kasa, armed with her smarts and a bow and arrows, sets out to rescue her brother from the Rumblers. Along the way she befriends an older man named Gargarin, a pyrokinetic named Toy, and nigh-invulnerable Ruth.
Now reunited, Kasa and Adam are on the run and being pursued by Skypirates, land bound criminals, and the God King Rask. But when Kasa learns she just might possess the most powerful talent of all, can they get to safety?
In this final chapter of the Breaklands saga, Kasa and Adam become swept in a war between powers strong enough to crack the world in half. Can they save the world, or will they be the ones who destroy it?
Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream
Written by Alessandro Di Virgilio with art by Manuela Santoni
Translated from Italian by Lucy Lenzi
Lettering and layout by Giulia Gabrielli
Edited by Stefano A. Cresti
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The life of writer Mary Shelley, daughter of the famous philosopher, Mary Wollstonecraft, forerunner of the feminist movement, and William Godwin, novelist and radical politician is a constant escape from 19th century conformity, filled with acquaintances with important artists and writers.
When she was 17, she eloped with her future husband, the romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, to then visit Europe with her step-sister Claire and her lover, the famous Lord Byron.
In 1816, the year without a summer, the four of them stayed in Geneva at Villa Diodati, along with the doctor and writer, John Polidori. In order to combat boredom during rainy days, they created a challenge to write a story which would evoke “true terror.” Mary created one of the most beloved monsters in world literature, Frankenstein, also known as the modern Prometheus, the incarnation of man’s ancient fear towards diversity and the unknown.
Socrates
Written by Francesco Barilli with art and cover by Alessandro Ranghiasci.
Translated from Italian by Lucy Lenzi
Lettering and layout by Giulia Gabrielli
Edited by Stefano A. Cresti
With an introduction by Journalist Stefano Cardini
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Socrates was not only one of the best known and most influential philosophers in the history of humanity–he was also the first martyr for his own ideas. His trial tells the tale of how the greatest democracy of all time could have sentenced one of its best citizens to death.
Athens, 399 BC. In what may be remembered as the first trial for crimes of opinion, Socrates is sentenced to death. Accused of corrupting youth with atheist doctrines, the philosopher’s defensive line is uncompromising and provocative. He is thus condemned to drink hemlock by an even larger majority of the jurors. Once in prison, awaiting execution, he refuses to flee in order not to violate those laws to which he has always been devoted.
