“less about, China versus America.. what he really believes is the power of community”. Award winning co-creator of The Good Asian, sak Pichetshote returns to talk about his visonary new project for Image Comics: a series of five one-shot comic books titled The Horizon Experiment. Each has a unique creative team inventing an original protagonist from a marginalized background set in genres such as horror or espionage, or inspired by icons like Indiana Jones or John Constantine.
Pichetshote’s entry in the series, The Manchurian, is more than a James Bond who “just so happens to be Chinese”- he is a spy whose identity is core to the narrative. There’s also Finders/Keepers from Vita Ayala and Skyler Partridge in which a Boricua archaeologist returns an artifact from a museum to the people from whom it was stolen.
The Manchurian, with artists Terry and Rachel Dodson is out now as is The Sacred Damned and more on the way from creative teams that bridge comics, literature, film and television.
In their acclaimed run of Ultimate Spider-Man, Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto have given Peter Parker the future he’s always dreamt of as he juggles being a web-slinging super hero with his duties as a husband and father. It’s a fresh take on Spidey that’s delighted readers and made Ultimate Spider-Man a smash hit!
This November, fans can celebrate Marvel’s BEST family with an Ultimate Spider-Man #11 variant cover by superstar artists Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson. With his secret double life out in the open, Spidey joins his wife and kids for a picturesque Thanksgiving feast. But don’t be fooled! The life of this Peter Parker is far from perfect, and with upcoming threats like Black Cat, Kraven the Hunter, and the Sinister Six—not to mention the impending return of the Maker, the deranged alternate universe Reed Richards behind the creation of this corrupt world—Peter will need the support of Mary Jane, May, and Richard Parker more than ever!
Check out the cover and preorder it at your local comic shop today!
Get a sneak peek at The Horizon Experiment’s connecting variant covers reveals stunning artwork by Eisner Award-winning artist Tula Lotay, highlighting the original protagonists from the series of five one-shots. Led by award-winning creator Pornsak Pichetshote and editor Will Dennis, The Horizon Experiment features all-star talent from across entertainment re-envisioning popular genre fare and iconic characters through a diverse lens for the comic book series. The debut issue, The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian, written by Pichetshote and illustrated by superstar artists Terry and Rachel Dodson, hits shelves in September.
Lotay is known for not only her gorgeous cover art, but also for her groundbreaking work in comics, film and editorial illustration, including being the artist on Image Comics’ Supreme: Blue Rose, written by Warren Ellis. She won an Eisner Award in 2023 for her work on comic book series Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder for Best Digital Comic alongside writer Scott Snyder, and in 2024 for SOMNA: A Bedtime Story for Best New Series alongside co-creator Becky Cloonan, which were also edited by Dennis, a frequent co-collaborator.
The Horizon Experiment series kicks off on September 25 with The Manchurian, a scintillating thriller full of secrets and scandal, featuring a Chinese super spy inspired by James Bond. Future issues include a horror tale led by a female Muslim exorcist The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned (by Sabir Pirzada and Michael Walsh), East African werewolf horror The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs (by Tananarive Due and Kelsey Ramsey), “Evil Dead for blerds” horror-comedy The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin’ Monsters (by J. Holtham and Michael Lee Harris), and “reverse Indiana Jones” action-adventure The Horizon Experiment: Finders / Keepers (by Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge). The five issues will be released on a monthly basis, starting in September.
The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 25:
Cover A by Terry and Rachel Dodson – Lunar code 0724IM267
Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting) – Lunar code 0724IM268)
Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting) – Lunar code 0724IM269
The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 23 (FOC September 30):
Cover A by Michael Walsh – Lunar Code 0824IM324
Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting) – Lunar Code 0824IM325
Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting) – Lunar Code 0824IM326
The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 20 (FOC October 28):
Cover A by Kelsey Ramsay and José Villarrubia – Lunar code 0924IM284
Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting) – Lunar code 0924IM285
Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting) – Lunar code 0924IM286
In the X-Men’s new From the Ashes era, mutantkind’s very own pop princess has a song that will unite the masses—and paint a big target on her back—in an all-new Dazzler comic book limited series! From rising Marvel star Jason Loo and extraordinary Marvel newcomer artist Rafael Loureiro, Dazzler kicks off this September and today, fans can check out three all-new variant covers for the debut issue!
Among the new covers is a piece by Yasmine Putri and a special Windowshades Variant Cover by Marguerite Sauvage, both depicting Alison getting ready to hit the road for her world tour! And, like many of Marvel’s major launches, Dazzler #1 will literally dazzle at comic shops with a Foil Variant Cover. The incredible piece by superstar artist Kaare Andrews spotlights Dazzler in her beloved ‘80s costume.
Dazzler, Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress, has been in and out of the limelight over the years – but now the time has finally come for her to take center stage! Dazzler embarks on a new world tour, the culmination and celebration of her entire musical career. But while Dazzler may be ready to focus on her music, her celebrity-mutant status and a violent attack may sideline the entire endeavor before it’s even begun…
Don’t miss the concert – and comic – event of the year! Check out the new covers and preorder Dazzler #1 at your local comic shop today!
Eisner and Harvey Award-winning The Good Asian and Infidel creator Pornsak Pichetshote is collaborating with an all-star creative team from across entertainment—including comics, literature, film and television—for The Horizon Experiment, a series of five one-shot comic books, all featuring original protagonists from marginalized backgrounds set in a popular genre and inspired by pop culture icons, where each character’s unique background allows the stories to go into new directions.
Co-edited by Pichetshote and acclaimed editor Will Dennis, the series kicks off with The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian, written by Pichetshote and featuring illustrations by superstar artists Terry and Rachel Dodson, a thriller featuring a Chinese super spy inspired by James Bond. A first look at a selection of pages from the one-shot showcase the first scintillating sneak peek at the scandal and secrets within the story. The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian #1 hits shelves on September 25 from Image Comics; the other four one-shots will be released one-by-one on a monthly basis. Starting with The Manchurian, the series will feature connecting variant covers by Eisner Award-winning artist Tula Lotay.
Along with The Manchurian, The Horizon Experiment series will also feature a one-shot by Pakistani-American writer Sabir Pirzada, known for writing on beloved franchises like Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel, and who will be debuting his first Image Comics graphic novel Dandelion on June 19. Pirzada is teaming up with Eisner-winning horror artist Michael Walsh for the one-shot, The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned, introducing the world to Inayah Jibril, Professor of Ethnography and the Occult. A love letter to classic horror from Dracula to John Constantine, the book follows a Muslim exorcist, in a new interpretation of horror tropes.
These two upcoming one-shots will be joined by Tananarive Due’s The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs, which follows a family of Black Lycanthropes of East African descent who find themselves caught in a burgeoning war when the truth starts to come out that werewolves aren’t just a myth. Co-author of the graphic novel The Keeper, and an acclaimed fiction writer who has won an NAACP Image Award, World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, and much more, Moon Dogs marks Due’s first solo full-length writing endeavor in comics. She’s joined by breakout artist Kelsey Ramsey on Moon Dogs in her first Image Comics series.
J. Holtham, an African-American playwright, TV writer, and producer on the Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s Tale, will be joining the creative team by debuting his first creator-owned comic The Horizon Experiment: Motherf#cking Monsters, joined by African-American cartoonist Michael Lee Harris, creator, writer, and artist of Black Hitler and Choco Leche. Motherf#cking Monsters is Evil Dead for blerds. A nerdy Black kid from Brooklyn and his friends stumble upon demon-worshipping frat assholes trying to take over the world in this love letter to Sam Raimi and Edgar Wright, set to a Wu-Tang soundtrack.
The final one-shot, The Horizon Experiment: Finders / Keepers, marks beloved creator Vita Ayala’s return to creator-owned work. Known for their work on iconic franchises such as X-Men, Wonder Woman, Star Wars, and more, their Image Comics one-shot will be a reverse Indiana Jones adventure that follows archeology grad student Ines Guarua, who steals artifacts from museums to return them to their native cultures. Vita is teaming up with fan-favorite comic artist and creator Skylar Patridge for this original action-adventure.
The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 25:
Cover A by Terry and Rachel Dodson
Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting)
Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting)
(W) Rainbow Rowell (A) Andres Genolet (C) Dee Cunniffe (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Andres Genolet (VCA) Andres Genolet and Morry Hollowell, Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson Rated T+ In Shops: May 22, 2024 SRP: $3.99
The conclusion of She-Hulk and Jack of Hearts’ space epic! YOUR heart is not ready for this issue. The action will get your heart pumping just in time for us to break it.
(W) Rainbow Rowell (A) Andres Genolet (C) Dee Cunniffe (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Andres Genolet (VCA) Andres Genolet and Morry Hollowell, Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson Rated T+ In Shops: May 22, 2024 SRP: $3.99
The conclusion of She-Hulk and Jack of Hearts’ space epic! YOUR heart is not ready for this issue. The action will get your heart pumping just in time for us to break it.
Let the music play! With the fall of Krakoa, the X-Men’s dream of coexistence has never felt more impossible. Luckily, mutantkind’s very own pop princess has a song that will unite the masses—and paint a big target on her back—in an all-new Dazzler comic book limited series! From writer Jason Loo and art by Rafael Loureiro, Dazzler will launch this September as part of the X-Men’s new From the Ashes era!
No stranger to headlining, Alison Blaire enjoyed a successful solo career outside the X-Men in the 1980s with the fondly remembered and long-running Dazzler series. Now, she’s back to inspire a whole new generation, spreading a message of love and acceptance one sold-out show at a time. Her tour is for everyone, but backstage, Alison is joined by a crew of fellow mutants—head of security Domino, personal guard Strong Guy, one-man roadie Multiple Man, drummer Shark-Girl, and expert publicist Wind Dancer! Anti-mutant fervor has never felt more personal, but anyone who tries to dim Dazzler’s light will just have to face the music!
OUT & PROUD AS A MUTANT AND BACK ON THE ROAD! Dazzler, Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress, has been in and out of the limelight over the years – but now the time has finally come for her to take center stage! Dazzler embarks on a new world tour, the culmination and celebration of her entire musical career. But while Dazzler may be ready to focus on her music, her celebrity-mutant status and a violent attack may sideline the entire endeavor before it’s even begun…
Each issue of Dazzler will also feature all-new song lyrics from Ali’s notebook!
Don’t miss the concert – and comic – event of the year! Check out the main cover from Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson and preorder Dazzler #1 at your local comic shop!
Bestselling creative trio—writer Matt Fraction, artist/colorist Terry Dodson, and inker Rachel Dodson—join forces for an all-new Adventureman chapter in the upcoming, Adventureman: Ghost Lights. This two issue story arc is set to launch this December from Image Comics.
When the Good Guys of the Golden Age come back, all their ghosts follow—now Claire, the new Adventureman, and her maybe-beau Chris, the new Crossdraw Kid, defend peace on earth from a phantom empire of crime!
Adventureman: Ghost Lights #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 20:
BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #5, the final issue in the first story arc, “Love in the Wasteland,” from writer Jason Aaron, artists Alexandre Tefenkgi and Nick Dragotta, colorists Lee Loughridge and Rico Renzi, and letterer AndWorld Design ambitious creator-owned series to date with three unique artistic teams to take on a vision of the end of the world that’s brutal and nostalgic, whimsical and grounded… and ultimately, timeless.
Maceo is determined to prove himself the only way he knows how, and his stubbornness brings Mezzy’s ire. But the Wasteland Rangers prove too dangerous even for Mezzy, and Maceo will have to do more than a symbolic gesture if they want to make it out alive. Will love prevail… at least for a while?
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #5 features main and variant cover art by highly acclaimed illustrator Mike Del Mundo, and variant cover art by famed artists Frany, Mike Allred, and Terry and Rachel Dodson. Coming to shops March 29.
