We have the exclusive announcement that Benjamin #1 by Ben H. Winters, Leomacs, and Oni Press has sold out at the distributor level and returns with a second printing on July 9th.

In the tradition of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly and Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice comes a uniquely fascinating and hilariously deranged excursion into the metatextual nexus where existence and oblivion, past and future, genius and madness, and glitter and grim reality all meet just beyond Hollywood Boulevard in the first of three prestige-format, ad-free issues unlike anything you’ve ever experienced . . . in this timeline anyway . . .

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?

Benjamin #1 returns with a cover by Christian Ward just in time for Benjamin #2 which is on sale July 16th. Presented in a prestige, ad-free format with 30 pages of story content and premium cardstock covers on every issue, Benjamin #2 features gorgeous covers by multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward and visionary artist Malachi Ward.

Check out our review of the first issue and don’t miss your chance to get it when the second printing hits shelves in July.