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NYCC 2023: Mad Cave Studios Unveils its Exciting Schedule of Events and Exclusives

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Fans of comics, pop culture, and entertainment are in for a treat. Mad Cave Studios is heading to the highly-anticipated New York Comic Con (Oct. 12 – 16) at the Javits Center in New York City at booth #3441!

With a jam-packed schedule of panels, signings, exclusives and more, there’s a little something for everyone to enjoy including imprints, Papercutz and Maverick. Readers of all ages can discover imaginative new worlds with Papercutz, and young adults are invited to find themselves within the pages of Maverick.

Here’s a rundown of the exciting events happening at the convention:

Mad Cave Studios Signings

Thursday, October 12, 2023:

  • 3:00 PM  Eliot Rahal – UNDER THE INFLUENCE
  • 4:00 PM  Zac Thompson – PROJECT RIESE, NATURE’S LABYRINTH

Friday, October 13, 2023:

  • 12:00 PM  David Pepose + Alex Cormack – THE DEVIL THAT WEARS MY FACE 
  • 1:00 PM  David Hazan, Anna Everts, Federico Bertoni, Justin Birch – NOTTINGHAM
  • 2:00 PM  Andrea Mutti – A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE, CHARRED REMAINS
  • 3:00 PM  Amit Tishler – EDENFROST
  • 4:00 PM Matthew Emmons – CRUSADER
  • 5:00 PM  Kelly Williams – SKEETERS, BOUNTIFUL GARDEN

Saturday, October 14, 2023:

  • 10:30 AM The Winx Club’s Sparkling 20th Anniversary Celebration!” (Room 406.3)
  • 12:00 PM WINX Post Panel Signing
  • 1:00 PM  Joe Corallo – KING ARTHUR, DAHLIA IN THE DARK, BECSTAR
  • 2:00 PM  Jasmine Walls – THE LAST SESSION
  • Mark London – HUNT. KILL. REPEAT., BATTLECATS

Sunday, October 15, 2023:

  • 10:00 AM  Chas Pangburn and Kim – DOUBLE BOOKING
  • 11:00 AM Gabriel Valentin – DIGITAL LIZARDS OF DOOM
  • 11:30 AM  Art Baltazar Live Drawing @ Family HQ (YAHGZ)
  • 12:30 PM Art Baltazar Signing @ Family HQ (YAHGZ)
  • 1:15 PM  Mad Cave Buzz: Upcoming Creator-Owned, Licensed, & Originals – Room 406.3
  • 2:30 PM  Mad Cave Buzz ‘Post Panel Signing’
  • 3:00 PM  John Gurney – FUZZY BASEBALL

Mad Cave Studios Panels

The Winx Club’s Sparkling 20th Anniversary Celebration!
Saturday, Oct. 14
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Room 406.3

The Winx Club has charmed loyal fans for 20 years through the cartoons, live action series, and comics, and they’re coming to NYCC to celebrate all the magic with you! Join Rainbow Spa Founder and President Iginio Straffi for a special pre-recorded interview on all things Winx past and present, as well as a special video celebrating the fans who have made the past 20 years a magical experience! Then, join Papercutz Marketing Manager Spenser Nellis and Papercutz Editor Stephanie Brooks in a discussion on the history of everyone’s favorite fabulous fairies, and also tease what’s on the horizon for them in Papercutz’s upcoming graphic novel series! We might have a magical gift or two in store for attendees of this birthday celebration!

Mad Cave Buzz: Upcoming Creator-Owned, Licensed, & Originals
Sunday, Oct.15, 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM –
Room 406.3

Join the creators for Mad Cave Studios’ upcoming creator-owned, licensed, & original projects, including Flash Gordon, Gatchaman, Dick Tracy, Edenfrost, Crusader, and The Devil That Wears My Face. Get a peek at the process and a preview of what’s to come in 2024 as Cormack, Pepose, Emmons, Tishler, and Special Guests discuss their upcoming projects, answer various questions, and share the ins and outs of writing for licensed properties, developing an original, and more; moderated by Mad Cave Studios’ Editor in Chief, Mike Marts, and Senior Editor Chas Pangburn.

In addition to the Pop Insider: Mad Cave Studios Mystery Variant Giveaway at booth #1829, there will be Winx Club’s 20th Anniversary Special Gold Foil Edition of WELCOME TO THE MAGIX at Winx Booth #3154 and Mad Cave Booth #3441, Mad Cave Studios is excited to offer the following limited NYCC 2023 variants and prints:

  • HUNT. KILL. REPEAT.  variant by Mike Deodato + Jao Canola
  • EXORCISTS NEVER DIE variant by Nico Leon
  • MONOMYTH variant by Reilly Brown
  • YOU’VE BEEN CANCELLED variant by Dustin Nguyen
  • UNDER THE INFLUENCE variant by Gabriel Walta
  • PROJECT RIESE variant by Jeff McComsey
  • CRUSADER variant by Simon Roy
  • THE DEVIL THAT WEARS MY FACE variant by Alex Cormack
  • EDENFROST variant by Mike Rooth
  • GATCHAMAN exclusive print by Inaki Miranda
  • DICK TRACY exclusive print by Brent Schoonover
  • FLASH GORDON exclusive print by Dan Panosian

Preview: Project Riese #2 (of 6)

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Project Riese #2 (of 6)

(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jeff McComsey
In Shops: Sep 13, 2023
SRP: $4.99

With enemy soldiers at their backs, Sam Safdie and his ragtag group of treasure hunters are forced deeper into the massive war complex known as Project Riese. Tensions rise as questions and bodies pile up: What really caused the downfall of this facility? What happened to the thousands of people who were once stationed here? Project Riese is an action-packed adventure/sci-fi tale perfect for fans of Uncharted, Overlord, and The Keep.

Project Riese #2 (of 6)

Preview: Project Riese #1 (of 6)

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Project Riese #1 (of 6)

(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jeff McComsey
In Shops: Aug 02, 2023
SRP: $4.99

It’s 1952. The wound WWII inflicted on the world is still fresh. Sam Safdie and his ragtag group of treasure hunters have been searching for the fabled map of the Owl Mountains for years…and they finally found it. Their journey leads them to a massive war complex that hides both unknown horrors and a fortune in gold. However, the deeper they travel, the more they realize the complex has developed a life of its own and that some secrets are better left buried in the past.

Project Riese is an action-packed adventure/sci-fi tale perfect for fans of Uncharted, Overlord, and The Keep.

Project Riese #1 (of 6)

Preview: Project Riese #1 (of 6)

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Project Riese #1 (of 6)

(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jeff McComsey
In Shops: Aug 02, 2023
SRP: $4.99

It’s 1952. The wound WWII inflicted on the world is still fresh. Sam Safdie and his ragtag group of treasure hunters have been searching for the fabled map of the Owl Mountains for years…and they finally found it. Their journey leads them to a massive war complex that hides both unknown horrors and a fortune in gold. However, the deeper they travel, the more they realize the complex has developed a life of its own and that some secrets are better left buried in the past.

Project Riese is an action-packed adventure/sci-fi tale perfect for fans of Uncharted, Overlord, and The Keep.

Project Riese #1 (of 6)

Gargoyle by Moonlight, Mother Russia, and Seven Years in Darkness highlight CEX Publishing in September

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GARGOYLE BY MOONLIGHT

Written by TIMOTHY BACH
Illustrated by BRIAN ATKINS
Cover B BRIAN ATKINS
Cover C BRIAN ATKINS
Retailer Price: $5.99
On Sale 09/27

Cursed to turn into a gargoyle every night, Gary Doyle fights creepy-crawly demons, all the while determined not to let these battles turn him into a monster. Monster-punching urban fantasy with heart—a comic that’s like Hellboy on Yancy Street! For fans of Do a Powerbomb, Firepower, Werewolf By Night!

Diamond ID JUN231724 / JUN231725 / JUN231726
Lunar Product Codes 0623CX316 /  0623CX317 /  0623CX318

UPC
Cover A: 79394597462700111
Cover B: 79394597462700121
Cover C: 79394597462700131

MOTHER RUSSIA

Written & Illustrated by JEFF MCCOMSEY
Cover B GANNON BECK
Cover C GILES CRAWFORD
Retailer Price: $4.99
On Sale 09/27

It’s a Ballroom Blitzkrieg in the streets of Stalingrad as Mother Russia fights her way through a sea of undead while a toddler is strapped to her back. The odds are a million to one and that’s the good news. Special 1-in-10 cover by Giles Crawford!

Diamond ID JUN231727 / JUN231728 / JUN231729
Lunar Product Codes 0623CX319 /  0623CX320 /  0623CX321

UPC

Cover A: 79394597460300311
Cover B: 79394597460300321
Cover C: 79394597460300331

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS

Written & Illustrated by JOSEPH SCHMALKE
Cover C S. RED AMPARO
Retailer Price: $4.99
On Sale 09/27

Year One conclusion! The body count rises as the first school year winds to a close at the Academy of Black Magic, Matthew and Zero form an alliance in the House of Disks. While the children settle into their new houses, Mother Night has them participate in a dangerous ritual to commune with spirits from beyond. Tryouts begin for the coveted position of Weathermaker… with deadly results.

Featuring a 1:10 variant cover by Super-Star S. Red Amparo!

Diamond ID JUN231730 / JUN231731 / JUN231732
Lunar Product Codes 0623CX322 /  0623CX323 /  0623CX324

UPC

Cover A: 79394597454200411
Cover B: 79394597454200421
Cover C: 79394597454200431

Zac Thompson, Jeff McComsey, Paul Little, and Justin Birch deliver sci-fi adventure in Project Riese

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Mad Cave Studios has announced the six-issue Sci-fi/ Pulp Adventure series Project Riese, written by critically-acclaimed writer Zac Thompson, art and cover by Jeff McComsey, with colors by Paul Little and letters by Justin Birch.

It’s 1952. The wound WWII inflicted on the world is still fresh. Sam Safdie and his ragtag group of treasure hunters have been searching for the fabled map of the Owl Mountains for years…and they finally found it. Their journey leads them to a massive war complex that hides both unknown horrors and a fortune in gold. However, the deeper they travel, the more they realize the complex has developed a life of its own and that some secrets are better left buried in the past.

Project Riese #1 is definitely for fans of Uncharted, Overlord, and The Keep, and hits comic shops Aug. 2nd.

Project Riese #1

It’s Opus & Ashes and more for CEX Publishing this August

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OPUS & ASHES

Written by BRETT SETH SIMON
Illustrated by SERGI DOMèNECH
Cover B SERGI DOMèNECH, JOSH JENSEN
Retailer Price: $3.99
On Sale 08/30

Two best friends. One overbearing mother. Trapped with no heat in a cabin during a brutal blizzard. Helena Santos’s struggle for her life and her life’s work has just begun. Read the gripping thriller by Brett Simon and Sergi Domenech!

Cover A: 79394597461000111
Cover B: 79394597461000121

MOTHER RUSSIA #2

Written & illustrated by JEFF MCCOMSEY
Cover B VICTOR ALPI
Cover C CHRISTINE LARSEN
Retailer Price: $4.99
On Sale 08/30

Stalingrad, 1943. Caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse during World War II, Soviet Sniper Svetlana Gorshkov must make an uneasy alliance with a Nazi soldier if she and the newfound child hope to see the sunrise.

Cover A: 79394597460300211
Cover B: 79394597460300221
Cover C: 79394597460300231

OUTLAND ENTERTAINMENT

HOPELESS, MAIN VOL. 2: INHERITANCE

Written by NIMUE BROWN, TOM BROWN
Illustrated by NIMUE BROWN, TOM BROWN
Retailer Price: $19.99
On Sale 08/30

Growing up with magic doesn’t mean you have all of the answers. On the strange haunted island of Hopeless, Maine, young Salamandra explores the limits of her powers and the strength of her convictions. Both she and her newly discovered friend, Owen Davies, face life-changing events at the Pallid Rock Orphanage and begin to take control of their own lives. Just as magic has limits, so does the ability of adults to shield children from harm and consequences in this often dire place. This is not a story about growing up. It is a story about thinking you had grown up already—and finding it wasn’t so simple after all.

Diamond ID NOV221372
ISBN 978-1-954255-39-5

HOPELESS, MAIN VOL. 2: INHERITANCE

Mother Russia and more from CEX Publishing in June 2023

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MOTHER RUSSIA #1

Written & Illustrated by JEFF MCCOMSEY
Cover B UGIS BERZINS
Cover C MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Retailer Price: $4.99
On Sale 07/26

One baby. One rifle. Two million zombies! As a zombie apocalypse breaks out in WWII, a Soviet sniper risks her life to protect an innocent baby boy. From Jeff McCommsey, the creator behind the hit MOTHER RUSSIA: WINTER SPECIAL and introducing rising star guest cover artist Ugis Berzins!

Don’t miss the 1-in-10 incentive cover by Michael Avon Oeming!

Lunar Product Codes 0423CX244 /  0423CX245 /  0423CX246

UPC
Cover A: 79394597460300111
Cover B: 79394597460300121
Cover C: 79394597460300131

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS #3

Written & Illustrated by JOSEPH SCHMALKE
Cover C RICHARD PACE
Retailer Price: $4.99
On Sale 07/26

Months have passed since the massacre at the Academy of Black Magic where seven children lost their lives. Now someone is sabotaging other students leading to deadly results. A mysterious and disturbed class member, Zero, is under suspicion as the possible saboteur while Matthew and the other apprentice mages prepare to be tested and placed into one of five houses.

Featuring a 1:10 variant cover by horror-Meister Richard Pace!

Lunar Product Codes 0423CX247 /  0423CX248 /  0423CX249

UPC
Cover A: 79394597454200311
Cover B: 79394597454200321
Cover C: 79394597454200331

OUTLAND ENTERTAINMENT

THE JOTUNN WAR

Written by IAN STUART SHARPE
Illustrated by DEVMALYA PRAMANIK, GER CURTI, PAUL LITTLE
Retailer Price: $22.95
On Sale 07/26

In the Vikingverse, the Norse rule the stars with restless fleets and an iron will. But when the thralls rebel, turning to the artifice of Norns to help them escape their bondage, the natural order is thrown into chaos.

ISBN 978-1-954255-16-6

The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic is a celebration of Weird Al

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Five-time Grammy Award-winner and legendary musical satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic has written ALL of the greatest songs of both the 20th and 21st centuries. Z2 has gathered some of the top cartoonists to express Al’s “Yankovisions” visually within this book’s pages. The great Al-merican songbook features 20+ classic songs interpreted by a group of amazing artists.

Creators:

Hilary Barta, Jim Wiz, Wes Wong, Rick Parker
Mark Fredericksom
Bob Fingerman
Peter Bagge
Jay Jay Jackson
Bill Plympton
Wes Hargis
Craig Rousseau
Aaron Augenblick
Brent Engstrom

Steve Chanks, Claudia Chanks
Tim Leong
Chris Visions, Nathan Kempf
PJ McQuade
Ruben Volling
Gideon Kendall
Ryan Dunlavey, Adam Guzowski
Brian McFadden
Johnny Sampson
Gary Pullin

Kelly Phillips
Fred Harper, Nathan Kempf
Jeff McClelland, Jeff McComsey, Mark Welser
Jan Meininghaus
Sean Pryor
R. Sikoryak
Mike Kupperman
Felipe Sobreiro, Nathan Kempf
Drew Friedman, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jesse Philips, Danny Hellman

Get your copy in comic shops! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Z2 Comics
Bookshop
Amazon

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Preview: Honcho #2 (of 2)

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Honcho #2 (of 2)

(W) Jeff McClelland, Jeff McComsey (A/CA) Jeff McComsey
In Shops: Jul 20, 2022
SRP: $7.99

In this giant-sized finale, Captain Stanley and Matty are forced into a life or death game of Baseball after raising hell all over the countryside. They survived roving gangs of bandits, malevolent teenagers and hunger, but will they survive “The Great American Pastime.” Another tale of post collapse adventure brought to you by Jeff McComsey and Jeff McClelland.

Honcho #2 (of 2)
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