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NYCC 2021: Andy Serkis’ Eternus Comes to Scout Comics

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Scout Comics and Thunder Comics have announced the new comic series Eternus by actor/director/producer Andy Serkis.

The seven-issue Eternus, co-created with director Andrew Levitas, is inspired by myth and takes place in 360 AD, 30 years after the murder of Zeus in his own temples. Zeus’ son, Heracles, is now a depressed drunk, while the old gods struggle to stay alive after decades of Christian disruption. When Athena’s Temple is sacked by a mysterious Centurion in search of a relic once belonging to Zeus, the old gods are convinced this is Zeus’ killer. Now Heracles must sober up and protect the only witness to identify the killer.

The Source/Unikorn scribe Don Handfield is writing with Anastajza K Davis. Art hails from penciler Karl Moline, inker Andy Owens and letter Dave Lanphear. Rob Prior will paint the main covers. 

A limited-edition ashcan NOW AVAILABLE for pre-order on Scout’s website and at New York Comic Con starting this Thursday, where cover artist Rob Prior will be doing a signing. There’s two versions, a regular edition and a limited edition METAL cover edition.

Eternus

Scout Announces Title Box Tuesday Kicking off with The Mall

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Scout Comics has announced a new weekly imitative called Title Box Tuesdays! Every Tuesday for the foreseeable future, Scout will release a limited edition box set of one of the many amazing titles in their catalog. Up first is The Mall!

This coming-of-age crime story takes place in a small Florida town at the height of the popularity of indoor malls. When the head of the Cardini Mob Family mysteriously dies, his three illegitimate children each inherit a store in the mall. While the stores front as legal businesses, the real money is in the illegal businesses. The kids are thrust into a world of crime, all the while just trying to survive normal high school life.

The Mall is written by Don Handfield and James Haick III with art by Rafael Loureiro.

Each deluxe box contains a complete set of comics with a mystery element within each such as rare variants and out of print covers. There’s also rare holofoil editions that can only be found within!

Along with the set of single issues you will also get a digital download/collectible card of each series in Scout’s new Comic Tag format! These limited edition collectibles look just like a mini comic book with a collectible card attached!

The Mall box contains The Mall: Season One Issues #1- #6 and the Comic Tag containing the entire digital graphic novel

You can get yours now!

Red 5 Comics in July 2021

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DARK AGE #7

(W) Don Handfield (A) Pop Mahn (CA) Nicholas Ely
FC · 32 page · $3.95
Available July 21, 2021
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Riker, the United States of Canada and the Empire of Man learn the truth behind the alien watchers and the creation of the new world in the conclusion of The Dark Age.

DARK AGE #7

ANGELA DELLA MORTE PREQUEL

(W) Salvador Sanz (A) Salvador Sanz (CA) Salvador Sanz
FC · 48 page · $6.99
Available July 28, 2021
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Discover the true history Angela, how she learned to switch bodies and came to work for Dr. Sibelius.

In an oversized premium edition with a stock cover.

ANGELA DELLA MORTE PREQUEL

Red 5 Comics in June 2021

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DARK AGE #6

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(W) Don Handfield (A) Leonardo Rodrigues (CA) Nicholas Ely
Riker and his band learn why metal disappeared and uncover an even darker, more incredible secret, one that can either save or damn humankind forever.
FC · 32 page · $3.95
Available June 23, 2021

DARK AGE #6

WHITE LILY #5

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(W) Preston Poulter (A) Jake Bilbao (CA) Jake Bilbao
Riker and his band learn why metal disappeared and uncover an even darker, more incredible secret, one that can either save or damn humankind forever.
FC · 32 page · $3.95
Available June 30, 2021

WHITE LILY #5

The Dark Age Returns from Red 5 Comics

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 Fan favorite series The Dark Age reaches its long-awaited conclusion this summer.

The surprise smash hit of 2020, The Dark Age introduced audiences to the world of Ethen and his children Jonnie and Jonah.  A world where all metal on earth suddenly turned to worthless piles of rust and dust. With no technology, no guns, no computers, humanity reverted to a violent feudal system, each pocket of civilization ruled by knights of wood and glass and concrete. The new Dark Age.

Writer Don Handfield teams with superstar artist Pop Mahn to return us to the world of The Dark Age as the Empire of America and The United States of Canada confront the strangers from the sky who were behind the fall of human civilization in the startling conclusion of The Dark Age.

Red 5 will also be releasing The Dark Age #6 in June and The Dark Age #7 in July, 2021, to be followed by a collection of all seven issues later in the year.

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Scout Comics To Launch All Ages Imprint SCOOT! in January 2021!

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Scout Comics & Entertainment, Inc. proudly announces the launch of Scoot!, an imprint devoted to young readers ages four to twelve in January 2021. Richard Rivera, writer/creator of Stabbity Bunny, Shadow Play, and Storm Pirates, has come aboard as Associate Publisher with Wayne Hall serving as Editorial Director.  Scoot! will present an international collection of titles aimed at entertaining young readers by celebrating the fun, excitement, and pure joy that can thrive in comics.  With a focus on diversity and educational value, the imprint will appeal to parents as well as kids. 

Scoot!’s initial launch titles will include: Unikorn by Don Handfield and Joshua Malkin; Sengi and Tembo by Guiseppe Falco; Soulstream by sixteen-year-old Saida Woolf; and Mapmaker by Ben Slabak and Francesca Carita.  Richard Rivera‘s and Dwayne Biddix‘s Wild Bull and Chipper will also be joining the lineup. Several other titles are currently being negotiated, and the imprint is aiming to grow quickly.

These titles are already getting attention as Scout Comics has shared that Armory Films is gearing up to produce Unikorn. Creators Don Handfield and Joshua Malkin are adapting their graphic novel to the big screen, and the film will mark celebrated, in-demand editor Debbie Berman’s first effort behind the camera.

Debbie Berman Steps Behind the Camera for Scout Comics’ Unikorn

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Rising independent production company Armory Films is gearing up to produce Unikorn, a feature adaptation of Don Handfield and Joshua Malkin’s original graphic novel which Armory developed and financed with Handfield and that Scout Comics is publishing in early 2021. 

The film will mark celebrated, in-demand editor Debbie Berman’s (Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Captain Marvel) first effort behind the camera.

In Unikorn, Maeve “Mae” Everhart inherits Percy, an old horse with a strange nub in the center of his forehead that makes her believe it’s a unikorn – a unicorn with a broken horn. Mae soon discovers the horn was removed for a reason – to keep Percy safe from those would exploit or harm him. Mae must find the unicorn’s broken horn and prove to her skeptical father that her horse really is magical before everything she cares about is lost forever

Unikorn is based on the graphic novel by Handfield and Joshua Malkin, which they have adapted for the screen, and will be produced by Armory’s Lemole and Zajaros, and Handfield.

Debbie Berman is most well known for her work as an Editor on Black Panther, which is the first superhero film ever to be nominated for several Academy Awards® (including Best Picture), and winner of 3.

Debbie is one of the very few women working on big-budget features and has had a meteoric career rise over the last couple of years.  This began with her first foray into Marvel Studios editing Spider-Man: Homecoming.  This film was critically and commercially acclaimed and reinvigorated the franchise to become 2017’s top-grossing superhero film.

She then worked on Black Panther, which is nothing less than a cultural and film phenomenon.  It received a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes (Marvel Studio’s highest-scoring film), made $1.2 billion worldwide, and is one of the top-grossing films of all time. Using her unique life experience of being born and raised in Africa, Debbie was able to help ensure the authenticity of Marvel’s first film set on the continent.  One of her major contributions was to guide the narrative and the performances in a way that accentuated a multitude of powerful, interesting and inspiring female characters.

Debbie’s third film in a row at Marvel Studios was Captain Marvel.  It is the first female led film in their cinematic universe.  It grossed over a billion dollars within its first month of release, had the biggest worldwide opening weekend for a female led film, set the worldwide opening weekend record for a solo superhero film, and is the highest grossing female superhero film of all time.  

Debbie was selected as one of Variety’s ‘Artisans Elite’ in 2018, and is now in high demand as one of the most exciting new talents in Hollywood. 

Don Handfield is the co-creator of the History Channel drama series Knightfall. This is the fourth comic series he has sold or optioned to television. His first comic series THE RIFT was picked up by Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment, and lensed as the season finale of the recent Amazing Stories anthology reboot on Apple +, for which he also co-wrote the teleplay. Handfield has several other properties in active development at various companies including the upcoming YA graphic novel Loot, The Mall also from Scout Comics and The Dark Age published by Red 5 comics.

Handfield developed and produced The Founder starring Michael Keaton and Kill the Messenger starring two-time Academy Award® nominated actor Jeremy Renner, with whom Handfield co-founded their production company The Combine.

Joshua Malkin (Cabin Fever 2) has written feature projects for Sony, Fox, Cross Creek, Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures and is repped by Echo Lake Entertainment.  Together, Malkin & Handfield co-wrote the top-selling comic series The Source, also for Scout Comics.

Scout Comics is launching SCOOT!, their new Kids & Teens division with the publication of Unikorn.

David Byrne and Charlie Stickney are Promoted to Co-Publishers of Scout Comics

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Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. has announced that David Byrne and Charlie Stickney have been promoted to Co-Publishers as the company continues to expand its publishing program and multi-media presence.

James Pruett has shifted his focus to concentrate on his role as Chief Creative Officer and will work closely with CEO Brendan Deneen to expand the company’s presence in the bookstore market and to further exploit Scout’s foreign language, multimedia, and merchandising opportunities.

David Byrne began his Scout career as a production designer in 2019, bringing his film and business education and experience as an editor, writer, and retailer to the team. He has spent the better part of two decades in sales, and owned and operated independent publisher W.i.N. Pictures, producing the hit comic Stake and such well-received titles as Color Me Yellow, Daisy Gets a Brother, Shady Place, and The Couch.

As Co-Publisher, Charlie Stickney emphasizes a creator-first approach, designed to empower writers and artists to help bring their vision to the marketplace. Stickney is the writer/co-creator of the comic book series White Ash, The Game, Glarien and The Adept. In addition, Charlie has spent the last twenty-plus years writing and producing animation, film and television.  After interning at Marvel Comics, Stickney moved to Los Angeles where he developed and ran the animated series Horrible Histories for Scholastic Entertainment, and Cosmic Quantum Ray for Mike Young Productions. Charlie has also produced content for Sony Pictures, ITV, Universal Pictures, Revolution Studios, and Hulu.

David and Charlie join Deneen and Pruett, as well as the rest of the Scout executive team, including James Haick (President), Tennessee Edwards (Chief Strategy Officer), and Don Handfield (Chief Media Officer), in expanding the publishing and multimedia company.

Don Handfield Joins Scout Comics as They Expand with Six New Imprints

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Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. has announced that it’s expanding its operations in 2020. Producer and writer Don Handfield has joined Scout as a partner, co-owner, and board member. He will also serve as Chief Media Officer, helping the company further expand into new media, film, and television. Additionally, Scout is launching six new specialty imprints as it seeks to bolster its presence in the direct comic market as well as diving full force into the brick & mortar bookstore and e-retailer markets.

Handfield is the co-creator and Executive Producer of History Channel’s drama series Knightfall, one of the top cable drama launches of 2017. He also produced The Founder starring Michael Keaton. Handfield’s first comic series The Rift, was picked up by Steven Spielberg and Amblin; and his second series The Mall, published by Scout, was picked up by Ivan Reitman. Handfield is also behind The Source from Scout, and The Dark Age at Red 5 Comics, which was optioned by Armory Films (Mudbound, Peanut Butter Falcon). On the film side, Handfield is currently producing along with Marc Platt (LA LA LAND) the adaptation of Switched On, the critically-acclaimed book from John Elder Robison at Focus Features with Emma Frost (The White Queen) adapting. Handfield is also producing the US-remake of top grossing Vietnamese horror film Housemaid alongside CJ Entertainment from a script that was adapted for the US market by Academy-Award winning writer Geoffrey Fletcher.  

The six new Scout imprints include:

OUTSIDER

Outsider Comics began as a physical retail space in Seattle, committed to showing that comics are for everyone. Run by Jill Taplin, the Outsider imprint will focus on celebrating creators and stories that are underrepresented in sequential storytelling today.

We’re excited to play a part in sharing these perspectives and helping to make comics more inclusive

-Jill Taplin
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BLACK CARAVAN

Black Caravan will explore the darker side of creator-owned comics, high end art books, and collectibles. The horror imprint’s co-Publishers, Joseph Schmalke, and Rich Woodall, are both veterans of independent publishing, including their current Scout book THE ELECTRIC BLACK.

BLACK CARAVAN

SCOOT

Scoot will be Scout’s all ages line that is launching in conjunction with Free Comic Book Day via the $1 Scoot Preview book. This preview will feature multiple Scoot launch titles.

Scoot

LIT

Scout will delve into the young adult space with Lit, graphic novels that will appeal to teens of all interests and backgrounds.

LIT

ONE-SHOT

The One-Shot imprint will publish approximately half a dozen self-contained one-shot comics by some of today’s most talented creators each year. At the beginning of each subsequent year, Scout will collect all of these one-shots into a single trade paperback anthology. 

NONSTOP!

Scout’s Nonstop! imprint caters to readers, collectors and retailers alike. First, a Nonstop! world premiere issue #1 is released to give fans a taste of the story, and then a few months later, the full story is released in full as a trade paperback.

NONSTOP!
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