Ignition Press is debuting two new Cold Opens during their Golden Apple signing event on Wednesday, February 18th, kicking off the publisher’s participation in ComicsPRO’s Annual Industry Meeting. Golden Apple Comics will host a cavalcade of Ignition Press creators, meeting fans and signing comics from 11:00am – 1:00pm PST.

Fans attending the event will have the first opportunity to purchase and have their copies of The Other/Half: The Cold Open signed by writer Jim McCann, as well as copies of Everyone Loves a Jewel Thief: The Cold Open signed by co-writer and series artist Aaron Campbell. Each copy features a unique serial number and stock is limited to 100 copies each at the event. Additional copies will be made available concurrently at IgnitionPress.com for fans who cannot attend the event.

Ignition Press’s Cold Open issues act as a standalone entry point for longtime comic fans and new readers alike, featuring an original, self-contained story that introduces the reader to the world, as well as behind-the-scenes material, special sneak peeks, and information on how to get the entire series through traditional retail channels.

In The Other/Half: The Cold Open, get ready to fall in love with odd couple Henry and Ethan’s meet cute. Henry is a rough-around-the-edges private investigator, while Ethan is a socialite who’s been financially cut off from his Upper East Side family, but it’s true when they say that opposites attract!

Plus writer Jim McCann and artist Joe Eisma introduce Victoria and her priceless diamond that will lead to Ethan being a person of interest when it goes missing in the series. If they want to clear Ethan’s name and discover the truth, each will have to learn how their other half lives! The Other/Half #1 is available in comic shops everywhere March 11th, 2026.

Meanwhile, in Everyone Loves a Jewel Thief: The Cold Open, readers will go back to the origins of what inspired struggling novelist C. Scott Frederiksson to plan a masterfully scripted jewel heist to dazzle the masses without doing any real harm.

Readers will meet his high school D&D group that he’ll one day recruit to be a crack team of like-minded crooks. It’s truly beginning of either the greatest story C. Scott Frederiksson has ever told, or someone’s going to end up dead. Maybe both!

Grab a D20 and roll for stealth in this new heist-acular adventure from Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell because “Everyone Loves a Jewel Thief”! Everyone Loves a Jewel Thief #1 is available in comic shops everywhere April 8th, 2026.