IDW Publishing used their Free Comic Book Day to focus on the upcoming “Day of Blood” Star Trek event with a prelude comic that delivers some shockers. It also features an excerpt from Lower Decks #1.
Story: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Christopher Cantwell, Ryan North Art: Mike Feehan, Chris Fenoglio Color: Lee Loughridge, Chris Fenoglio Letterer: Clayton Cowles, Johanna Nattalie
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(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A/CA) Mike Feehan In Shops: Apr 26, 2023 SRP: $4.99
Continuing Benjamin Sisko’s quest to stop celestial genocide in “The Red Path,” the second arc of the critically acclaimed Star Trek flagship comic series continues! Sisko returns to Deep Space 9, and it’s the family reunion we’ve all been waiting for-or is it? Meanwhile, the crew of the U.S.S. Theseus meet a familiar face from Paramount+ hit show Lower Decks.
Since October, IDWPublishing has proudly embarked on new missions to the final frontier with a riveting, interwoven storyline across two ongoing monthly comic books, a flagship Star Trek series and its spin-off, Star Trek: Defiant. These two series are on a maximum warp collision course toward the first-ever Star Trek comic crossover event: Day of Blood!
Attentive fans already know to get their first taste of the chaos to come with a special prelude story in the upcoming Star Trek Free Comic Book Day 2023 one-shot, available in comic shops everywhere on Saturday, May 6th, with a story written by Collin Kelly,Jackson Lanzing, and Christopher Cantwell, and illustrated by Mike Feehan.
For the first time, IDW has shared more details about the five-part Day of Blood storyline itself, as well as never-before-seen cover artwork!
JULY 2023
Part One: Star Trek: Day of Blood #1 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Christopher Cantwell, and Ramon Rosanas
AUGUST 2023
Part Two: Star Trek: Defiant #6 by Christopher Cantwell and Ángel Unzueta
Part Three: Star Trek #11 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ángel Unzueta
SEPTEMBER 2023
Part Four: Star Trek: Defiant #7 by Christopher Cantwell and Ángel Unzueta
Part Five: Star Trek #12 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ángel Unzueta
Beginning in July with the Star Trek: Day of Blood #1 one-shot special, the emperor of the Klingon Empire, Kahless II, will declare war on all those who do not follow the cult of the Red Path! Having raided ancient tombs, claimed near-limitless power for himself, and slaughtered cosmic entities across the stars, Kahless sees the genocide of gods as simply his first step to total domination. The iconic crew of the U.S.S. Theseus, led by Benjamin Sisko, and the renegades who follow a desperate, violent Worf aboard the U.S.S. Defiant must unite for a common cause. Only together can they hope to stop the Day of Blood!
Accompanying this announcement, IDW is proud to reveal the Cover A options for Star Trek: Day of Blood #1, Star Trek: Defiant #6, and Star Trek #11, all illustrated by Malachi Ward
Additional variant covers of all five chapters will be available for fans and retailers to enjoy, featuring artwork from a wide spectrum of phenomenal artists including David Aja, Elizabeth Beals, Taurin Clarke, Chris Fenoglio, Bryan Hitch, Daniel Johnson, Liana Kangas, Megan Levens, Joe Quinones, Rahzahh, Rod Reis,Ramon Rosanas, Marcus To, Ángel Unzueta, Suspiria Vilchez,Christian Ward, JK Woodward, and more!
In the first major expansion of IDW Publishing’s new Star Trek comic book initiative, which began with the publication of Star Trek #400 in September 2022 and the launch of an ambitious new flagship series, Star Trek #1, in October, IDW has announced the upcoming crossover event Star Trek: Day of Blood. This new arc will debut on May 6, 2023 with the short introductory interludePrelude to Day of Blood, to be included in IDW’s Star Trek: Day of Blood Free Comic Book Day special.
Prelude prefigures the formal kickoff of a sweeping new Trek crossover in July that will continue throughout other Star Trek comic book series, including IDW’s ongoing flagship Trek series and the recently announced Star Trek: Defiant series, launching in March. Prelude to Day of Blood will be co-written by veteran Trek comic creators Jackson Lanzing,Collin Kelly, and Christopher Cantwell with art by Mike Feehan.
In Prelude to Day of Blood, the U.S.S. Santa Cruz travels to the Korvat colony for Kot’baval. But what was supposed to be a simple observation of the sacred Klingon festival quickly turns into a bloodbath when the cult of the godkiller reveals themselves to the universe.
Star Trek: Prelude to Day of Blood will be available as a Free Comic Book Day exclusive on May 6, 2023 and will feature cover art by Malachi Ward.
Following the May FCBD one-shot, the full Star Trek: Day of Blood arc will include the following issues:
Z2 Comics celebrates the most crucial indie album of the new millennium with Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People, The Graphic Novel. Paralleling the confluence that led a community of Toronto musicians to craft a winding audio epiphany, this project unites one writer and 13 artists to create a series of intertwining vignettes inspired by the landmark 2002 record, You Forgot It in People, on its 20th anniversary. Overseen by Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff and Brendan Canning, writer Lonnie Nadler joins Eric Orchard, Scott Chantler, Ray Fawkes, Mike Feehan, Diana Nguyen, and more artists to be announced for a fully Canadian sequential art jam session.
Within these pages, a collection of seemingly disparate strangers’ lives weave in and out of each others’ orbits, touched equally by the mundane and unexplainable. The meta of music and people and ideas harmonizing together shifts to a new medium for this touching and ambitious graphic novel.
To commemorate the anniversary, the band is also releasing a 10-inch vinyl of “Lover’s Spit”—featuring both versions from, respectively, You Forgot It in People and b-sides collection Bee Hives. Broken Social Scene will also release an original tape cassette, a collection of unreleased instrumental compositions that will take the listener on a sonic journey.
Z2 and Broken Social Scene present You Forgot It in People, The Graphic Novel in both softcover and hardcover formats, as well as oversized hardcover deluxe, and an oversized hardcover deluxe edition hand-signed by members of the band. Renee Nault provides cover art. Deluxe editions include gallery-ready prints capturing various incarnations of the band, courtesy Eric Orchard (2018), Ray Fawkes (2003), Diana Nguyen (2004), and Adrienne Tollas (2001), as well as the Lover’s Spit 10-Inch Vinyl and cassette tape. Pre-order yours today.
A Wave Blue World has announced the launch of its latest anthology, Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope which is now raising funds on Kickstarter. The graphic novel anthology is a sequel to All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World which received a Ringo Award nomination for “best anthology.”
Maybe Someday is a new full-color anthology presenting over twenty-five aspirational stories to lift the spirits of readers and instill the hope that a brighter future is possible. Maybe Someday also reunites the publisher with the editorial team of Matt Miner and Eric Palicki.
The Maybe Someday Kickstarter campaign, running through the entire month of June, offers a Kickstarter exclusive cover, which is only available to backers. The cover art is by Max Dunbar with colors by Espen Grundetjern. Logo and cover design are by Tim Daniel. A different cover by this same team will be featured on the direct market edition when the book comes out later this year.
Other rewards include a digital sketchbook, signed bookplates, and combo packs of previously published anthologies.
Check out the full list of creators taking part, it’s a who’s who of comic talent:
Natasha Alterici, Alejandro Aragon, Darren Auck, Max Bemis, Anthony Breznican, Ryan Cady, Mario Candelaria, Joe Caramagna, Tyler Chin-Tanner, Gab Contreras, Shawn Daley, Jono Diener, Jeff Edwards, Greg Anderson Elysee, Mike Feehan, Ryan Ferrier, Joe Glass, Isaac Goodhart, Adam Gorham, Hagai, Ray-Anthony Height, Josh Hood, Daniel Kibblesmith, Konner Knudsen, Michael Kupperman, Alisa Kwitney, Valentine De Landro, Robert Lee, Yasmin Liang, Mauricet, John McFarlane, Matt Miner, Christopher Mitten, Michael Moreci, Steve Niles, Eric Palicki, Emily Pearson, Stephanie Phillips, Curt Pires, Sebastian Piriz, Andy Poole, Nick Pyle, Rod Reis, Renfamous, Marco Rudy, Ethan Sacks, Phillip Sevy, Erica Shultz, Martin Simmonds, Aubrey Sitterson, Stelladia, Sally Jane Thompson, Zoe Thorogood, Bobby Timony, and Rockwell White.
The five finalists for this year’s Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics have been announced. The selection committee consisted of nine comics and animation professionals who personally knew and worked with Mr. McDuffie and/or have demonstrated a serious commitment to his vision of excellence and inclusiveness on the page and behind the scenes, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Jennier de Guzman, Joan Hilty, Jamal Igle, Mikki Kendall, Heidi MacDonald, Kevin Rubio, Geoffrey Thorne, and Will J. Watkins.
The winner will be announced live at an awards ceremony at the Long Beach Convention Center on Friday, February 15 at 7:30pm PT and serving as the closing ceremony of the 2019 C3: Comic Creator Conference. Phil LaMarr will return as the Master of Ceremonies.
Below are this year’s nominees. Congrats to all:
Papa Cherry— written by Saxton Moore and illustrated by Phillip Johnson
It’s Wednesday which means it’s new comic book day with new releases hitting shelves, both physical and digital, all across the world. This week we’ve got the complete Snagglepuss Chronicles!
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles collects issues #1-6 and the Snagglepuss story from Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Special #1 by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, Mark Morales, Jose Marzan Jr., Paul Mounts, Dave Sharpe, Howard Porter, Steve Buccellato, and Ben Caldwell.
Get your copy in comic shops today and in book stores on August 28th. 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.
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(W) Mark Russell, Brandee Stillwell (A) Mike Feehan, Sean Parsons, Gus Vasquez (CA) Ben Caldwell
In Shops: Jun 06, 2018
SRP: $3.99
His life and career are in ashes, but Snagglepuss still has one card to play. Don’t miss the unforgettable conclusion to EXIT STAGE LEFT! Plus, in the explosive finale to “Sasquatch Detective,” Tonya’s disguise is blown while investigating a crime ring inside a day spa!
(W) Mark Russell (A) Mike Feehan, Sean Parsons (CA) Ben Caldwell
In Shops: May 02, 2018
SRP: $3.99
Snagglepuss is faced with the ultimate dilemma: save his friend or follow his conscience, as his final showdown with the House Committee on Un-American ActivitIes looms.
