Whenever writer Doug Wagner and artist Daniel Hillyard team up, fans can look forward to macabre, madcap, fiercely independent comics where serial killers, cultists, and fashion designers run amok. They’re re-uniting to kick off Clover Press’ The Fourth Leaf, a new line of creator-owned comics and graphic novels with their brand-new graphic novel, I Love Apocalyptic Zombie Misfits! The hilarious and horrifying supernatural thriller will be available as a deluxe hardcover. Fans can support the project on Kickstarter now.
I Love Apocalyptic Zombie Misfits begins when a nerdy pacifist finds himself resurrected in a vat of holy motor oil and trapped inside the hulking body of a supernatural slasher and forced to protect a psychic kid from the forces of Heaven, Hell, and everything in between. It’s a lot to process, but at least he’s got a Halloween mask and a squad of homicidal chickens!
What’s that about a card game? We have the exclusive reveal of the card game launching as part of the crowdfunding project.
The game is simple, your goal is the get rid of all of your cards, but the murder chickens have other plans. You’ll attack your opponents, steal their cards, reverse the game play, skip turns, and more chaos, all the while the chaos meter grows!
MURDER CHICKENS: THE CARD GAME
The chickens have gone completely insane.
In Murder Chickens, your goal is simple: be the first player to get rid of all your cards.
Unfortunately, the chickens have other plans.
Attack your opponents. Steal their cards. Reverse the direction of play. Skip turns. Swap entire hands. And whatever you do, DON’T LET THE CHAOS METER REACH 10.
Because that’s when things get really bad.
At Chaos Level 3, attacks get stronger. At 6, you can start playing two cards at once. At 9, every attack targets EVERYONE. And at 10?
GOD HAS ABANDONED THE COOP.
Everyone throws away their hand and draws five new cards.
But that’s not all. You’ve got Chainsaw Chickens, Rabid Hens, Egg Bursts, Feather Storms, Apocalypse Hens, The Rooster King, and the ultimate act of chicken-based destruction: TOTAL COOP FAILURE.
Easy to learn. Fast to play. Completely unpredictable.
And if you’re brave enough to play Apocalypse Mode, you’re racing toward 666 points. Land on EXACTLY 666 and you don’t just win…
Exposures: A Story About Life with OCD and the Power of Facing Your Fears
(W) Lily Williams (A) Lily Williams Purchase: Bookshop – Amazon
Eisner nominated creator Lily Williams’s latest graphic novel is an honest and heartwarming account of what it’s like living with OCD, and the courage it takes to confront your deepest fears.
Let me tell you about the winter I had to face all my fears.
I used to like a lot of things when I was younger, like dancing, baking, and most of all skiing. But as I got older, things started to change…I started to feel afraid of things like certain colors, numbers, and cracks in the sidewalk.
But there was a way to manage these scary thoughts, and start enjoying the things I used to – it started with something called exposure therapy.
Even though it was hard at first, I learned how brave I truly am.
This is the story of my OCD and how, despite the challenges, I learned to face my fears.
(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Tokitokoro (C) Jim Campbell (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Gurihiru (VCA) David Baldeón and Jesus Aburtov, Paco Medina and Federico Blee, Peach Momoko, Simone Di Meo, Tokitokoro, Matteo Lolli and Rain Beredo
MEET THE JEFF COAST AVENGERS! Jeff the Land Shark’s NEW FAMILY takes center stage as Mojo tries to create a HIT SHOW starring Jeff, DazzleStorm , MagikHot and… an attack by a group of angry man-sharks?! How will Jeff get out of this one?! And will his friends back home be able to rescue him?!
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Adam Gorham (C) Matthew Wilson (L) Cory Petit (CA) Nic Klein (VCA) Germán Peralta, Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado, Jonas Scharf, Josemaria Casanovas, Mauro Cascioli, Gerardo Sandoval
BANNER VS. THE INFERNAL HULK? The heroes have lost their last chance to stop Infernal Hulk… except for Bruce Banner himself. As Hulk closes in on New York, Banner and Doctor Voodoo risk their lives and souls against a terrifying enemy. Failure will mean eternal enslavement and torment… but success could give them the only weapon that might bring victory against Infernal Hulk. Meanwhile, another secret weapon joins the fray… CHARLIE TIDWELL herself, the skinwalker LYCANA!
In partnership with France’s Label 619, Oni Press and Magnetic Presshave announced the Kickstarter campaign for LOBA LOCA, a new graphic novel set in the MFKZ Universe from internationally acclaimed creators Run and Guillaume Singelin. With Luchadores, lunatics, and long-buried secrets lurking around every corner, LOBA LOCAis a high-octane odyssey of self-discovery. Fans can support the graphic novel on Kickstarter now.
Rebellious seventeen-year-old Guadalupe “Guada” Mayflower is just trying to survive the mundane misery of school bullies and social media scandals. But when an explosive, caught-on-camera outburst lands her under house arrest, she starts digging through her mother’s attic and unearths a diary that shatters everything she thought she knew about her family, including the true identity of her infamous father. Guada soon finds herself on a dangerous road trip through the city’s criminal underbelly. From legendary luchadores to ruthless underworld figures and reality show stars, she must navigate a world of violence to confront her past and define her future.
Spinning out ofGuillaume “Run” Renard’s 2002 short film “Mutafukaz: Operation Blackhead,” MFKZ has grown into the hit Netflix film from Studio 4C directed by Shôjirô Nishimi and Renard and starring English language voice actors Vince Staples, Kenn Michael, Giancarlo Esposito, Danny Trejo, and RZA as well as a groundbreaking graphic novel series. Now Run is teaming up with renowned animator and cartoonist Guillaume Singelin to return to the fan-favorite MFKZ Universe and expand it with a one-of-a-kind road trip in LOBA LOCA.
In addition to the softcover edition of LOBA LOCA, Magnetic Press is also producing a Deluxe Hardcover and a Limited Edition Slipcase Edition, which will feature a foil-stamped textured slipcase, foil-stamped bookplate, and an exclusive set of enamel pins.
(W) Jed MacKay (A) Dev Pramanik (C) Rachelle Rosenberg (L) Cory Petit (CA) Paulo Siqueira and Rachelle Rosenberg (VCA) Marvel Games, Sergio Fernández, Todd Nauck, Michele Bandini
HOUSE HUNTERS! Jed MacKay and Devmalya Praminik continue their senses-shattering and fan-favorite saga, as the MIDNIGHT SONS make their presence known! With MOON KNIGHT’S closest allies, the Midnight Mission, ensnared in the gullet of an interdimensional relative of their living headquarters, Marc calls on CLEA, BLADE, GHOST RIDER and DAREDEVIL to form a new incarnation of Marvel’s occult operators, and they’re about to BLOW THE DOORS OFF!
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Ton Lima, Ben Harvey (C) Romulo Fajardo Jr. (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Valerio Schiti and Romulo Fajardo Jr. (VCA) Domenico Cava, Miguel Mercado, Arc System Works and PlayStation Studios, David Yardin and Rain Beredo
A SOUL FOR A SOUL… Bound together in an unfamiliar war zone, Captain America and Victor Von Doom are after the ANTIDIVINE — a sword powerful enough to destroy MEPHISTO. But someone else also has their eyes on the weapon! Can Steve stop Doom’s first love from destroying Victor as his own soul hangs in the balance?
It’s hard to overstate Osamu Tezuka’s influence on manga and anime in Japan and comic book and animation storytelling around the world. Before there was Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen, there was Tezuka’s Astro Boy: the loveable, iconic, atomic-powered robot boy. Known in Japan as Tetsuwan Atom, this loveable hero sprang fully formed from the imagination of Tezuka-sensei, AKA the “God of Manga.” Tezuka broke new ground in 1963 when he introduced Astro Boy as Japan’s first weekly animated TV program. Now, Peabody Award-winning director Jason Andrew Cohn and the Bread & Butter Films production team — will spotlight Osamu Tezuka’s life and legacy with TEZUKA! God of Manga, an all-new, feature-length documentary. Support the film on Kickstarter today.
TEZUKA! God of Manga will feature interviews with legendary manga and animecreators including Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), Riyoko Ikeda (Rose of Versaille), Naoki Urasawa (Monster), Go Nagai (Devilman), Yoshiyuki Tomino (Gundam), MADHOUSE co-founder and anime producer Masao Maruyama (Tokyo Godfathers), anime director Rintaro (Metropolis), best-selling fantasy author Ada Palmer (Too Like the Lightning), Samuel Sattin (Unico Awakening), and Jorge R. Gutierrez (The Book of Life), to discuss how Tezuka’s trailblazing influenced their work and changed the mediums of manga, comics, and animation.
The documentary will also include in-depth conversations with scholars Helen McCarthy (The Art of Osamu Tezuka), Natsu Onoda Power (God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post-World War II Manga), and the dean of English-language mangascholarship, Fred Schodt (Manga! Manga!) discussing his long working relationship with Tezuka. Once the film is funded, the producers will schedule additional interviews with artists including Paul Pope (THB) and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats).
Cohn and Tezuka Productions are also teaming up with some of today’s hottest manga and comic artists to create Kickstarter-exclusive collectible art prints featuring beautiful tributes to beloved Tezuka stories and characters. Fans can collect an astonishing Acetylene Lamp print by Shinichi Ishizuka (Blue Giant), striking takes on Astro Boy by Dave Baker (Mary Tyler MooreHawk) and Jorge R. Gutierrez (Book of Life), bold looks at Black Jack by Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth) and Yuko Shimizu (Barbed Wire Baseball), a beautiful Buddha print from Jesse Lonergan (Dome), a fantastic look at Phoenix by Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), a pitch-perfect Princess Knight print by Elsa Charretier (November), unbelievable Unico artwork by Gurihuru (Unico Awakening, and a vibrant take on Vampires by Nicole Goux (Punk’n Heads).
Though he’s often compared to Walt Disney, Tezuka was arguably a greater cultural force. His mind-bending storylines — including Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight, and hundreds of others — ignited a post-war explosion of creativity that positioned Japan as a global leader in comics and animation to this day and influenced generations of creators around the world.
We have an exclusive clip of scholar Frederic Schodt discussing Tezuka’s harrowing experience living through the firebombing of a factory where he worked.
(W) Sam Humphries (A) Geraldo Borges (C) Arthur Hesli (L) Cory Petit (CA) David Mack (VCA) Andrea Sorrentino
A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL! Jessica and Typhoid Mary are closer than ever to capturing the mysterious “Boss” unleashing demons upon Hell’s Kitchen. But as their investigation reaches its boiling point, Mary grows more reckless and the rift between Jessica and Luke widens as the police begin to close in. Can Jessica and Mary unmask the monster before Jessica’s world implodes?
(W) Greg Pak (A) Alan Robinson (C) Espen Grundetjern (CA) Stonehouse (VCA) Ben Oliver, Chris Campana, Skottie Young, Tim Seeley, Carlos Magno, Stonehouse
WORLDS COLLIDE!
When a deadly Yautja crash-lands on the legendary Planet of the Apes, two worlds will collide for the very first time! After a rescue mission gone wrong, astronaut Arch finds herself embedded in a hostile ape society where humans are subservient. But the hunters soon became the hunted when the apes find themselves being stalked by Predators! A three-way war is about to erupt between humans, apes and Yautja — who will reign supreme?!
MURDER CHICKENS: THE CARD GAME
MURDER CHICKENS: THE CARD GAME
