Aggretsuko: Out of Office #3
(W) Brenda Hickey (A) Brenda Hickey, Crank!
Tsunoda sees the “oni” spirit in the woods and raises the alarm within the resort, causing a confrontation between an exhausted Retsuko and the rest of the resort staff.
Meanwhile, Gori, Haida, and Fenneko are on their way to the resort, expecting to find a super-relaxed Retsuko. Little do they know…
Rick and Morty: Corporate Assets #4
(W) James Asmus (A) Jarrett Williams, Jeremy Lawson, Crank!
Glootie triumphant! Can it be? Have the corporate overlords mined every interesting thing from the Smith family? Find out in this action-packed finale!
Rick and Morty are reunited with the family, but is it too late to stop the evil machinations of Glootie and his Glom-Con cohorts?
Rick and Morty: Rick’s New Hat TPB
(W) Alex Firer (A) Andrew Dalhouse, Fred C. Stresing, Crank!, Puste
It’s THE comics event of 2021: Rick’s New Hat! No really. It’s a thing. See, there’s a hat. And it’s Rick’s. And it’s NEW. Also, time, space, and reality are unravelling, and nobody seems to care. Collecting issues #1-5 of the hit miniseries.
When Rick and Morty buy the greatest hat in all the multiverse, it attracts an evil so banal that even our intrepid adventurers may not be able to stop it. In true comics-event tradition, this one features everyone from Rick and Morty to Mr. Poopybutthole, Pickle Rick, and MORE. A faux-crossover event from the evil geniuses behind Rick and Morty™ Presents: Birdperson.
Rick and Morty Presents: HeRICKtics of Rick
(W) Amy Chu, Alexander Chang (A) Sarah Stern, Crank!
When Rick finds the source of a new, incredibly powerful substance, he lays claim to an entire planet in order to corner the market. But Rick and Morty aren’t the only ones on the recently renamed Arrickis, and the original inhabitants aren’t going to go away quietly.
Rick and Morty become embroiled in the local political and religious struggle and must escape not only with their lives, but with their minds intact!
Rick and Morty: Corporate Assets #3
(W) James Asmus (A) Jarrett Williams, Jeremy Lawson, Crank!
On Earth, Rick and Morty: The Movie debuts, Summer is an influencer, and Glootie is reaping all of the rewards. In the alien pocket dimension, Rick’s about to get real weird with the escape attempt. Morty, he’s just trying to stay alive, you know?
Vault has announce West of Sundown, a sweeping western horror comic book series written by Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell, drawn by Jim Terry, colored by Triona Farrell, lettered by Crank!, and designed by Tim Daniel.
A beautiful ancient vampire must flee monster slayers in New York City, and reclaim the ancestral soil that restores her undead flesh. But things have changed since she was reborn in the New Mexico desert, and now Constance Der Abend and her loyal ex-Confederate assistant Dooley must adapt to life in the rough frontier town of Sangre De Moro. A Western tale of survival starring a cast of literary horrors.
West of Sundown #1 hits store shelves on March 2022, with haunting covers by Aaron Campbell and Jim Terry.
Aggretsuko: Out of Office #2
Brenda Hickey and Crank!
Tired of city life, Tsunoda heads to the spa to relax and surprise Aggretsuko. Unbeknownst to everyone, life at the seemingly idyllic spa is about to turn hair-raising when an oni spirit becomes angry.
Rick and Morty: Corporate Assets #2
(W) James Asmus (A) Jarrett Williams, Jeremy Lawson, Crank!
Lights! Camera! Action! Things are getting weird at the Smith house as Glom-Con ramps up production on all things Rick, Morty, and the whole Smith family. Meanwhile, can Rick and Morty survive each other’s contempt long enough to escape from…wherever the heck they are?
Oni Press is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the original horror graphic novel Silk Hills, written by Ryan Ferrier and Brian Level, illustrated and with colors by Kate Sherron, and lettering by crank!. Silk Hills will be available Summer 2022.
When Beth Wills comes to Silk Hills, a small Appalachian town that’s seen better days since the mines were abandoned, she expected a bit of culture shock…but not like this! Beth is someone who has a talent for finding people who don’t want to be found, and when she’s called to Silk Hills by a local titan of industry, she can tell that something’s not right.
The town was once booming, but now the only reason people tend to come through anymore is to buy Mothman merchandise. Before long, Beth finds out just how wrong things can get in the woods, as her search for a missing troubled youth finds her running afoul of the local drug trade, too-friendly creepers, a very sinister deer, and psychoactive moth dust.
Perfect for fans of Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Sons of the Devil, Silk Hills weaves atmospheric and stylish suspense into an unsettling by quirky tapestry with elements of folklore, body horror, and themes calling back to Italian slasher films. Silk Hills will be available online and in stores on May 25, 2022.
Our group is in the zone of Possibility with a machine that can create anything. Undiscovered Country #17 presents the possibility of the infinite with an interesting proposal and debate about what to do and how to proceed. In an issue revolving around Ace, we get to learn more about his character and the hope of the possible, that feels grounded in reality, that he represents.
Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule, Undiscovered Country #17 begins the issue focused on the possibility of music and ends on something grander. The group is presented with an offer to use the tool in front of them to rebuild the realm they’re in and then use it to create anything they want. And that’s literally anything. They can create a cure for disease, a weapons system to protect themselves, the possibilities are endless. And that sums up a lot of what this arc is about, the possibility of America.
One scene in the issue sticks out and it’s the discussion of what the United States is good at. That’s selling and exporting its own legend. That its message told some sort of truth. In this realm, all of those legends come together and the result is a mess of a situation. But, it’s also clear those legends mean nothing without the people to share them and believe in them, and more importantly to create new ones. There’s a to to chew on in this arc and issue which makes what to ruminate on much more interesting than the specifics of the issue.
Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi continue their fantastic art. Matt Wilson provides the color whole Crank! handles the lettering. The small details of the issue is what stands out as readers will linger on pages to catch the references and hints as to what things represent. Ships in the background are throughout history and concepts and that alone is interesting but it’s the reveal at the end that’ll leave readers excited to guess the references.
Undiscovered Country #17 continues grand ideas. The issue, and series, is one that will challenge readers to think through its themes and debate themselves the concepts within. It’s also a story that can be appreciated for its surface level action and entertainment. In other words, it’s a comic that captures so much about what America is about.
Story: Scott Snyder, Charles Soule Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi
Color: Matt Wilson Letterer: Crank!
Story: 7.5 Art: 8.0 Overall: 7.6 Recommendation: Read
Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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