Adventure Time: The Flip Side #2
Writer(s): Colleen Coover, Paul Tobin
Artist(s): Wook Jin Clark
All Finn and Jake need to do is convince the Monkey Wizard to kidnap Painting Princess, shouldn’t be too hard…right? With insight from the master of princess-napping it’s up to the duo to get help from an unlikely source…the Ice King! This might end up being one of the hardest and craziest adventures these two friends have ever been on!
Adventure Time: The Flip Side #1
Writer(s): Colleen Coover, Paul Tobin
Artist(s): Wook Jin Clark
Diamond Code: NOV130903
Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, the team behind the Eisner Award-winning Bandette, writing Adventure Time?! It’s a match made in comic book heaven!
The “Freaky Friday” trope is turned on its head with an Ooo-sized twist! Tobin and Coover, together with newcomer Wook Jin Clark bring you a dream Adventure Time mini-series like you’ve never seen it!
Finn and Jake find themselves without a quest and a little too much free time — what better place to look for a new adventure than the “Adventurer’s Posting Board”?! Only the adventure they grab might be more complicated than they first imagined…this might be the most complicated adventure they’ve ever been on!
This January, KaBOOM! Studios, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, launches Adventure Time: the Flip Side, an all-new, six issue, all-ages limited series. The highly anticipated series will be written by Eisner Award winners Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover and illustrated by Wook Jin Clark.
The “Freaky Friday” trope is turned on its head with an Ooo-sized twist! Tobin and Coover, together with newcomer Wook Jin Clark, bring you a dream Adventure Time mini-series like you’ve never seen!
Finn and Jake find themselves without a quest and a little too much free time—what better place to look for a new adventure than the “Adventurer’s Posting Board”?! Only, the adventure they grab might be more complicated than they first imagined…this might be the most complicated adventure they’ve ever been on!
Adventure Time: the Flip Side #1 will arrive in comic book stores on January 8 and carries a retail price of $3.99 under Diamond order code NOV130903.
Th
is Independence Day, New York Times bestselling comic book creator Chris Roberson is celebrating “Independents Day.” That’s because his new venture with Allison Baker, MonkeyBrain Comics, launches. MonkeyBrain Comics will also debut digitally first on comiXology through a exclusive distribution agreement between the two companies.
Joining Chris under the Monkeybrain Comics umbrella with their own independent titles will be a who’s who line up of creators, including; Grace Allison, Nick Brokenshire, J. Bone, Chad Bowers, Wook-Jin Clark, Colleen Coover, Kevin Church, Dennis Culver, Matt Digges, Ming Doyle, Curt O. Franklin, Ken Garing, Chris Haley, David Hahn, Phil Hester, Joe Keatinge, D.J. Kirkbride, Adam Knave, Axel Medellin, Jennifer L. Meyer, Michael Montenat, Ananth Panagariya, Thomas Perkins, Adam Rosenlund, Chris Schweitzer, Brandon Seifert, Chris Sims, Matthew Dow Smith, Paul Tobin, J. Torres, Josh Williamson and Bill Willingham, among others.
More creative teams with new titles will be announced next week at Comic-Con International during the Monkeybrain Comics panel on Friday, July 13th at 7PM.
“MonkeyBrain Comics was born out of a desire to directly explore what opportunities there were in the newly expanding digital marketplace for creator owned material,” said Chris Roberson, co-publisher of Monkeybrain Comics. “We knew from the get go that we’d want to work exclusively with comiXology, who have become the undisputed leader in the digital comics field with their platforms’ unparalleled reading and shopping experience. And we’re pleased to have so many of our close creator friends along for the ride. I can’t wait to see what fans around the world think about our first batch of releases!”
Available exclusively worldwide via comiXology’s digital platform across starting July 4th, the initial Monkey Brain Launch titles are:
MonkeyBrain Comics is a new comics imprint of Roberson and Baker’s long-running publishing company MonkeyBrain Books. Over the past decade, MonkeyBrain Books has published a line of prose novels by authors such as Phillip Jose Farmer, Michael Moorcock, Rudy Rucker, Paul Cornell and genre collections edited by such notables as Joe R. Lansdale, Lou Anders and others.
Launching their first titles on July 4th with the slogan “Independents Day” exclusively on the comiXology digital platform, Monkeybrain Comics are currently exploring following up their digital releases with trade paperback collections.
Official Press Release
That’s right, Oni Press is giving away the first issue of the highly anticipated new series from Joe Harris and Brett Weldele for free!
Driven to discover the truth regarding his father’s mysterious death many years prior, Melvin Reyes seeks to prove the existence of Spontaneous Human Combustion after fresh outbreaks of the phenomenon reveal a pattern only he can see, a predictability model only he can read, and the terrifying realization that whatever phenomenon consumed his father is also boiling inside of him, just waiting for release.
Joe and Brett will be talking with fans and signing copies of the FREE SPONTANEOUS at Dragon’s Lair in Austin, TX this Saturday. Be sure to stop by and say hello.
Coming your way this Free Comic Book Day: the Oni Press Rated Free for Everyone! This all-ages anthology packs in two exclusive previews from upcoming books POWER LUNCH by J. Torres & Dean Trippe and SKETCH MONSTERS by Josh Williamson & Vinny Navarette.
J. Torres will be signing copies at Comic Book Addiction in Whitby, Ontario from 10 – noon and then at the Toronto Comics Art Festival from 1 – 5.
Dean Trippe will be signing at A World of Heroes.
Josh Williamson will be signing at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach from 11-3 then Pulp Fiction in Long Beach from 3-5.
Vinny Navarette will be at Bridge City Comics in Portland OR from 11-1
You also have a chance to meet some of your other favorite Oni creators on Free Comic Book Day. Just take a look at this list of talent:
Matthew Southworth will be at Comic Stop U-District (formerly Zanadu) from 10 – 1
Greg Rucka will be at Olympic Cards and Comics from noon – 4.
Jen Van Meter will be at Olympic Cards and Comics from noon – 4.
Steve Lieber will be at Things From Another World, Hollywood from 2 – 5.
Ray Fawkes will be at the Toronto Comics Art Festival.
Kelly Sue DeConnick will be at Things From Another World, Beaverton from noon – 3.
Steve Rolston will be at Metropolis Comics & Toys from noon – 5.
Ross Campbell will be at the Toronto Comics Art Festival.
Remington Veteto will be at Criminal Records from 1 – 6.
Cara McGee will be at Criminal Records from 1 – 6.
Wook-Jin Clark will be at Criminal Records from 11 – 1 and at Oxford Comics from 1 – 4.
Jeremy Haun will be at Hurley’s Heroes from noon – 8.
Christopher Mitten will be at Challengers Comics + Conversation from noon – 3.
Matt Loux will be at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
Robbi Rodriguez will be at The Comic Bug from noon – 7
Tyler Crook will be at The Comic Bug from noon – 3.
Brian Wood will be at Brooklyn Comics & More from noon – 1:30 and at Manhattan Comics from 3 – 4:30.
Cullen Bunn will be at Elite Comics from 10 – 4.
Brian Hurtt will be at Elite Comics from 10 – 4.
Meredith MccLaren will be at Samurai Comics.
Monica Gallagher will be at Collector’s Corner from 9 – 3.
Chris Schweizer will be at Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find from noon – 6
