Hack/Slash #16
Story by: Justin Jordan Art By: Dan Leister Cover By: Ryan Browne Variant Cover by: Edwin Huang & Jim Zubkavich
Price: $3.50
“THE GOOD SON,” Part One
Guest writer, JUSTIN JORDAN (THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE) brings his strange talent for gore and horror to Hack/Slash! Vlad and Cassie must travel back to Chicago in search of Vlad’s elusive mutant family to find a cure. If Vlad’s disease doesn’t kill him, his aunt, cousin and grandpa just might!
Skullkickers #14
Story by: Jim Zubkavich Art By: Edwin Huang & Misty Coats Cover By: Saejin Oh
Price: $3.50
“SIX SHOOTER ON THE SEVEN SEAS,” Part Two
Trust us, readers. This is the one you’ve been waiting for. Secrets revealed. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun…
Skullkickers #11
Story by: Jim Zubkavich Art By: Edwin Huang and Misty Coats
‘FIVE FUNERALS AND A BUCKET OF BLOOD,’ Conclusion -oblem with solicitations, right? You have to make people believe in the book, your dependability and tap into their excitement for comics in 50 words or less. It’s tough, especially when so much gets hyped to a ludicrous ‘Nothing will ever be the same’ level, leaving them nowhere else.
Official Press Release
JIM HANLEY’S UNIVERSE TO HOLD JHU CREATOR MEGA EVENT
Official Press Release
HIGH FANTASY AT A LOW PRICE
First volume of SKULLKICKERS will sell for only $9.99!
Berkeley, CA – 16 December 2010 – What would you pay a couple of mercenaries to crack some skulls?! In March 2011, you can take a couple of the baddest monster-mashing mercenaries home for the low price of $9.99!
SKULLKICKERS, the new skull-smashing hit series from Image Comics, is getting its first collection. Written by Jim Zubkavich with art by Edwin Huang, Chris Stevens and Misty Coats, the SKULLKICKERS, VOL. 1: 1000 OPAS AND A DEAD BODY TP will collect the first five issues of the ongoing series along with the short stories from POPGUN, VOLS. 2 and 3.
“We’re having so much fun making this book,” says Zubkavich. “We wanted to make it easy for new readers to join the adventure and to be ready to dig in to the next story arc that begins with issue #7. At the same time this is also a special ‘thank you’ to the fans who have supported us so far.”
Image Publisher Eric Stephenson adds, “People are always lamenting the lack of ‘fun’ comics in today’s market, but Jim & co. have come up with a great formula for SKULLKICKERS that combines high adventure with humor for a violent romp through a well-worn genre they clearly love, but never take too seriously. Every issue is a blast!”
SKULLKICKERS is an action-packed series that turns fantasy tropes on their ears. Two nameless monster-killing mercenaries are caught up in an assassination plot and won’t let anything get in their way. Each issue released so far has gone through multiple printings and the series has accumulated rave reviews from readers and critics alike. At $9.99, this collection is a great way to discover the excitement or find an issue you missed the first time around!
SKULLKICKERS, VOL. 1: 1000 OPAS AND A DEAD BODY, a 144-page full-color trade collecting the first five issues of the action-packed series along with the POPGUN anthology tales, will be in stores March 9, 2011, for the amazing introductory price of $9.99. Keep up with the exploits of our heroes at www.skullkickers.com.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
Official Press Release
COMPOUND SKULL FRACTURE
Like first two issues, SKULLKICKERS #3 sells out at distribution level
Berkeley, CA – 22 November 2010 – The main characters of SKULLKICKERS can’t be put down, and readers can’t put the book down either — the third issue of the riotous action-comedy series has already sold out at the distribution level!
Image Comics has ordered a second printing of Skullkickers’ side-splitting third issue. It will be in stores alongside the fourth issue on December 22, 2010.
Written by Jim Zubkavich (POPGUN, Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki) and illustrated by the talented team of Edwin Huang on interiors and Misty Coats on colors, SKULLKICKERS plays fantasy tropes to the hilt with all the black-hearted comedy and bombastic action any comics fan could want.
“Everyone on the Skullkickers creative team is working hard,” says Zubkavich, “so getting this kind of back-to-press boost three times in a row is incredibly gratifying. Please keep reading and enjoying because we intend to keep delivering frantic fantasy fun throughout the holidays!”
In SKULLKICKERS, two mercenaries are entangled in a high-class assassination plot, and nothing will stop them from getting paid. The third issue sees our heroes tripping the light fantastic with pilfered poison stew and undead antagonists aplenty. This one has something for everyone — including a special recipe for Skullkickers Stew for comic culinary enthusiasts!
SKULLKICKERS #3 Second Printing (SEP108188D), a 32-page full-color comic book for $2.99, will be in December 22, 2010, the same day as SKULLKICKERS #4 (AUG108190).
Follow the Skullkickers blog at www.skullkickers.com for sneak peeks and more. You can download a free preview of SKULLKICKERS using the Image Comics app from comiXology.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
