It Girl & The Atomics #4
Story by: Jamie S. Rich Art By: Mike Norton Cover By: Michael Allred & Laura Allred
Price: $2.99
“DARK STREETS, SNAP CITY” Part Four
LaLa Wah Wah has It Girl right where she wants her: under her boot! The truth about who this mysterious inter-dimensional villain really is comes to light, and the Atomics will have to rally everything they have to stop her. Featuring art from the Eisner-winning team behind Battlepug!
It Girl & The Atomics #3
Story by: Jamie S. Rich Art By: Mike Norton Cover By: Michael Allred & Laura Allred
Price: $2.99
“DARK STREETS, SNAP CITY,” Part Three
The Skunk’s old gang is up to trouble, and It Girl has a few choice words for the man who killed her sister. But who’s the shadowy presence that follows her wherever she goes, and can she and the rest of the Atomics stop a crime spree before it starts?
Wonder Woman is heading to the cover of Ms. magazine’s cover for a fourth time in honor of it’s 40th anniversary. Wonder Woman first appeared on a cover in 1972 with the words “Wonder Woman for President” in what’s now an iconic cover. It’s been four decades, but she’s back, in time for another Presidential election. The cover is my Michael Allred and Laura Allred.
And the three previous covers.
It Girl & The Atomics #2
Story by: Jamie S. Rich Art By: Mike Norton Cover By: Michael Allred & Laura Allred Variant Cover by:Darwyn Cooke
Price: $2.99
“DARK STREETS, SNAP CITY,” Part Two
It Girl comes crashing down to Earth. Can she figure out where she’s landed before the shadowy figure following behind catches up with her? Also, see what the Skunk’s old gang gets up to when left to their own devices! Joins us for world-bending new adventures starring Michael Allred’s Atomics!
Of the many mysteries in Happy!, the new series by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson being launched by Image Comics in September, the little blue horse for whom the comic is named is one of the most closely-guarded. The wait will be over on September 26, when Happy! lands in stores, and many readers will get their first glimpse of Happy courtesy of a special, secret variant cover by Madman creator Michael Allred, colored by Eisner Award winner Laura Allred.
But not before then.
A Christmas story featuring a fallen cop, soulless sex, casual murder, agonizing skin conditions… and a tiny feathered horse, Happy! is Morrison and Robertson’s first Image Comics series. The Allred variant cover of Happy! (JUL128081) is available for pre-order now.
It Girl and the Atomics #1, the first issue of a new spin-off of Michael Allred’s classic Madman series, has sold out and will receive a second printing. Written by Jamie S. Rich with art by Mike Norton and a cover by the Michael and Laura Allred, the debut issue has garnered positive reviews for its fun, all-ages take on superheroics.
In a holding pattern after Madman and the Atomics are off touring space, Luna Romy — better known as It Girl — shakes off her apathy and hits the street in search of criminals to thwart. Instead, she finds a lesson in giving people the benefit of the doubt and her way to mad scientist Dr. Flem’s lab.
The second printing of It Girl and the Atomics #1 (JUL128006) can be pre-ordered now and will be in stores on September 12, the same day as It Girl and the Atomics #2.
It Girl & The Atomics #1
Story by: Jamie S. Rich, Michael Allred, Mike Norton Art By: Mike Norton Cover By: Michael Allred & Laura Allred
Price: $2.99
Fresh from the pages of Mike Allred’s MADMAN: Snap City’s favorite heroine is ready for her own crimefighting adventures! With the Atomics boys in outer space, it’s up to It Girl to keep the streets safe. Easier said than done: The Skunk, the man who murdered her sister, is out of jail and back to old tricks. Meanwhile, Dr. Flem has a brand new space-time experiment and wants It Girl to be his guinea pig!
Marvel has presented us with a first look at Daredevil #17. Featuring three Eisner winners, Mark Waid, special guest artist Michael Allred and colorist Laura Allred, this pulse-pounding adventure pits the Man Without Fear against an old foe…Stilt-Man! Can Daredevil make it out of this grudge match in one piece? Find out in Daredevil #17, hitting comic shops everywhere, the Marvel Comics app, and Marvel Digital Comic Shop this August.
“It’s the issue Mike Allred was born to draw” – Marvel Senior Editor, Stephen Wacker
DAREDEVIL #17 (JUN120656)
Written by MARK WAID
Pencils and Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
Colors by LAURA ALLRED
On Sale – 8/15/2012
IT GIRL ON HER OWN
New MADMAN spin-off from Image in August
Mike Allred’s MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS wrapped up in 2009 with issue #17, with Madman and Adam Balm on a universe-wide tour with their band, leaving the rest of the Atomics back on Earth. This is when writer Jamie S. Rich (Spell Checkers, You Have Killed Me) started dreaming up a plan for It Girl, Luna Romy, who can take on the properties of anything she touches.
That dream becomes reality in August, when the first issue of IT GIRL AND THE ATOMICS will be published by Image Comics. Written by Rich, drawn by Mike Norton (REVIVAL, Battlepug), with covers by MADMAN’s creator Mike Allred and colors by Laura Allred, IT GIRL AND THE ATOMICS follows It Girl as she tries her hand as a solo crimefighter and adventurer.
But while It Girl is taking her new job seriously, learning the ropes — and pitfalls — of fighting crime on the street, her creative team gets to have all the fun.
“I got a small taste of what it was like to channel the Allred spirit when I wrote a couple of short pieces featuring Madman and Mr. Gum, and it was quite delicious,” said Rich. “That’s how I came to propose doing a spin-off as a way to keep the Snap City crew in the public eye.”
A meeting of the principles at K!ckstarter in 2011 solidified the plan. IT GIRL gained an artist in Norton, and a collaboration was born.
The first issue of IT GIRL AND THE ATOMICS catches up readers on just enough of back story to throw them straight into a new adventure. Readers who have never read MADMAN and long-time fans will be equally able to enjoy the story of It Girl confronting the man who murdered her sister (don’t worry — she’s fine now) and becoming the test subject in one of Dr. Flem’s space-time experiments.
“The Atomics really captured a vintage spirit that we don’t see in superhero books often enough anymore,” said Rich. “I want readers to have such a good time, they’ll finish every issue wanting more of the same.”
Allred describes himself as “a proud papa” of Rich’s and Norton’s effort. “I’m just excited and flattered that anyone would want to take my characters and devote this kind of attention to them,” he said. “Mike Norton is rocking it on this book. He’s a dynamo. Seeing him and Jamie take It Girl and the gang on their own adventures is like I’ve raised these kids, put them through college, and now I am watching them establish their own place in the world.”
IT GIRL AND THE ATOMICS is a full-color series, debuting on August 8 in comic book stores and digital platforms. It is available for pre-order now from the June issue of Previews. (JUN120428)
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