Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, Jeff Stokely, Tamra Bonvillain, and Clayton Cowles take readers on a wild, whimsical ride in The Ludocrats

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New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen, popular game designer Jim Rossignol, artist Jeff Stokely, colorist Tamra Bonvillain, and letterer Clayton Cowles take readers on a wildly unhinged ride through an epically whimsical kingdom where everything is topsy-turvy and the characters are completely insane in, The Ludocrats, Vol. 1. This completely absurdist satire of overly-elaborate high fantasy is available now in trade paperback from Image Comics.

Main nut job Baron Otto Von Subertan embodies an excess and impulsiveness that would make the Queen of Hearts look tame by comparison. His close companion, Professor Hades Zero-K provides a deadpan counter to his flamboyant assertions. Together they defend their wacky and bizarre civilization against banality and boredom. To be “ludicrous” is not only just a requirement in this gonzo world—it’s a virtue!

Monty Python and I Hate Fairyland humor are tossed in a blender with such exhaustively intricate sagas as Dune and The Silmarillion for a surprising cocktail of aristocratic customs, impossible architecture, sexual jokes, and visual gags to delight any reader willing to ride shotgun for the journey.

The Ludocrats, Vol. 1 trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534317031) collects The Ludocrats #1-5 and is available at local comic book shops, independent bookstores, Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.

Cover of 'The Ludocrats' comic book featuring colorful characters: a large, muscular figure with a smug expression holding a fist up, labeled 'SPITE,' and a seated character wearing glasses and a suit, surrounded by abstract shapes and vibrant colors.
A vibrant, colorful comic-style illustration of a bustling hall filled with diverse characters and whimsical creatures. The interior features tall windows with stained glass, balloons, and a variety of fantastical decor. In the foreground, a character in a blue dress interacts with a figure kneeling before them, surrounded by other eccentric beings and curious items.
A colorful comic panel featuring characters in a humorous and chaotic situation, with a mix of exaggerated expressions and dialogues regarding absurdity and satire.
A colorful comic panel featuring a humorous scene with exaggerated characters. One character, an imposing figure in a suit, is using a large sword, while another character's head is depicted as a floating skull with a shocked expression. Surrounding characters display various emotions as they react to the ongoing situation.

“I’m a Cop” 2 examines the police using their own words mixed with comics and shows their corruption

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Damm delves deeper into the horror of U.S. policing, making “real-life horror comics” from the public statements of police union leaders.

“I’m a Cop” 2 focuses on police unions in New York City, San Jose, and Boston and public statements made while union leaders were embezzling from their union (NYC), smuggling fentanyl (SJ), and molesting children (BOS).

by: Johnny Damm

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Zoe Thorogood and Joe Whiteford team for Vampire on Aisle 6 this December

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This December, Zoe Thorogood teams with Joe Whiteford for the upcoming Vampire on Aisle 6. This all-new, three-issue paranormal miniseries is being published by Image Comics.

Thorogood hit the scene with the critically acclaimed release of her semi-autobiographical novel The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott in the UK. Next she worked with New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill (Locke & Key) to illustrate and adapt one of his popular prose short stories into a standalone graphic novel, Joe Hill’s Rain. From there Thorogood’s profile skyrocketed when Image Comics published her graphic-nonfiction memoir, It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth. It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth sold out and went back-to-print multiple times within its first year of publication and went on to sell an astounding 100K copies across formats. Thorogood’s instant breakout success caught the attention of the Eisner Awards committee and she was nominated for five Eisner Awards in 2023, making her the most-nominated creator that year. She went on to win the prestigious Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award and solidified her status as “one-to-watch” in the industry.

In Vampire on Aisle 6, Luka claims to be a vampire. He’s trapped in a mascot-themed superstore, the sun won’t set for another ten hours, and he’s just made his first kill.

After being bitten by a mysterious man at the end of an unfortunate week, Luka begins experiencing vampiric symptoms including a newfound bloodlust, a shattered reflection, and an unwillingness to go outside. His life begins unravelling.

Vampire on Aisle 6 #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 23.

Comic book cover for 'Vampire on Aisle 6' featuring a vampire couple embracing inside a coffin, with a colorful checkered background and illustrations of various characters and items surrounding them.
Comic book cover for 'Vampire on Aisle 6' featuring a character kneeling in a kitchen, holding a bloody object. The kitchen has a retro design with black-and-white checkered flooring and a refrigerator adorned with various magnets.
Comic book cover featuring a cartoon possum wearing a crown, holding a spoon and stirring a bowl of meat with bones, labeled 'Meme's Mornin' Meats' with vibrant colors.
Cover of the comic book 'Vampire on Aisle 6' by Zoe Thorogood and Joe Whiteford, featuring bold text design.
A comic book cover titled 'Vampire on Aisle 6' featuring a young man with a distressed expression, covered in blood, pushing a shopping cart with a grotesque body inside, set in a grocery store aisle with a dark and eerie atmosphere.
A comic book panel depicting a chaotic scene with multiple characters. One character appears distressed and bloodied in the foreground, while another character, dressed in blue, looks shocked. The setting is a messy room with several doors open, revealing more chaos. Dialogue bubbles express confusion and panic.
An illustrated scene featuring a bloodied young man in a bathroom, staring into a distorted mirror. The mirror reflects a chaotic version of himself with colorful, fragmented elements. The tile floor is checkered in yellow and blue, and there are bathroom fixtures in the background.
A colorful comic page featuring a series of illustrated panels with text and characters expressing a range of emotions and thoughts, including themes of confusion, despair, and existential questioning.
  • Cover A by Thorogood – UPC: 70985304968500111
  • Cover B by Thorogood – UPC: 70985304968500121
  • Cover C by Joe Whiteford – UPC: 70985304968500131
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The Dogsitter #3 continues the cute romance but is frustrating at times

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Pitbull or Pomeranian? Peel back the layers on the disarmingly charming Neal Mandell!

Gemma now knows Neal hid his identity during their magnetic makeout session, and that he’s splitting his time and affection between her and Portia. But was he really being deceptive or just dishing out the energy Gemma was already serving?

With a scholarship on the line and tensions escalating with her top client, now’s the perfect chance for Gemma to make a clean break and set clear boundaries between work and love. But the heart wants what it wants…

Story: Jamie S. Rich
Art: Megan Levens
Color: Nick Filardi
Letterer: Crank!

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Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco are going on tour for Requiem for Gaza

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In the spring of 2025, the cartoonist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, and Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, traveled to Cairo where they interviewed 29 Palestinian families who had recently left Gaza.

In Requiem for Gaza, they use the experience and stories of these families to detail the crucible of the genocide, the loss of homes and communities, the appalling death toll among friends and loved ones, the constant displacement, the terror of indiscriminate killing, the hunger and deprivation, the obliteration of all that was known and familiar, and the struggle to cope with the callous indifference of a world that continues to supply Israel with weapons despite its wholesale destruction of Gaza and mass slaughter. Hedges’ vivid prose and Sacco’s visceral images complement each other and together paint a portrait of dignity and suffering under genocide.

They are going on tour to discuss this profound and elegiac work of investigative journalism—here are their stops in October:

Promotional graphic for the 'Requiem for Gaza' book tour featuring authors Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco, listing event dates and locations.

Avengers Endgame: Encore leads the Weekend Box Office with 4 Out of the Top 5 Being Debuts

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Avengers: Endgame Encore

It’s been a bit since we’ve had three films all gross $20 million or more the same weekend. There was also an impressive four debuting films in the top five. Avengers Endgame: Encore led that pack with an estimated $26 million it also grossed $60 million internationally for an impressive worldwide gross of $86 million. For a re-release that’s very solid teasing that Avengers: Doomsday might be a massive release later this year. The original film grossed $2.799 billion. Will this run put that over the $3 billion mark? Will it take the top spot of worldwide gross of all time?

Resident Evil slipped to second place with $23.3 million domestically to lift its domestic gross to $103.5 million. Internationally, the movie grossed $44.7 million to bring that total to $93 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $196.5 million.

Heart of the Beast debuted in third place with $20 million domestic gross and $30.1 million international for a worldwide debut of $50.1 million.

Primetime debuted in fourth place with a domestic gross of $19.2 million. There’s no international gross reported.

Rounding out the top five was Forgotten Island which opened with $12.8 million domestic and $7.8 million international for a worldwide debut of $20.6 million.

In comic related movies…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day slipped to seventh place, it’s first weekend out of the top five, with $4.1 million to bring its domestic gross to $950.7 million. Internationally, it added $11 million over the week and has grossed $1.545 billion for a worldwide gross of $2.496 billion.

Coyote vs. Acme rounded out the top ten. It grossed an estimated $1.3 million to bring its domestic total to $57.8 million. Over the week, it grossed $4.7 million internationally to bring that to $29.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $88 million. The movie would need to gross around $120 million for Ketchup to make a profit and it’d have had to have grossed $140 million if Warner Bros. released it.

The Transformers: The Movie wrapped up its run with $4.2 million domestically and $579,850 internationally for a little over $5 million worldwide. That’s close to the original’s release back in 1986.

Numbers have 36 movies grossing $121,894,258 from 32,014 theaters for an average of $3,807.53. That is compared to last week’s 66 movies grossing $111,744,444 from 38,249 theaters for an average of $2,921.50.

Get the Top Content from the D&D Community with this Dungeon Masters Guild Humble Bundle

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Eager to kick off your next tabletop campaign but not sure where to start? How about a library of fan-favorite Dungeon Master’s Guild manuals, guides, adventures, and more, chosen by the community? Take on the elder gods of the astral plane in Forgotten Realms’ Call from the Deep! Rewrite classic myths and monster lore with the first volume of Uncaged! Populate your land with beasts and bosses with the Monster Manual Expanded for 5E, and Villains and Lairs! There’s plenty more to explore in this bundle of valuable resources, so grab them now at the price of your choosing, and support Extra Life charity with your purchase!

The ebooks in this bundles are redeemable through the DriveThruRPG website. Keys expire on October 3, 2027. Please redeem before this date.

The Dungeon Masters Guild Humble Bundle has a retail value of $326 and you can get all 19 items for $25.

A promotional image for a Dungeon Masters Guild book bundle featuring three Dungeons & Dragons publications: 'Uncaged Volume 1', 'Savage Encounters: Villains & Lairs', and 'The Adventurer's Domestic Handbook'. The background includes 'Top Content from the D&D Community' text and mentions supporting 'extra life' and 'fulfilled by DriveThruRPG'.

Hot Toys reveals a Black Widow Artisan Edition Figure

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A master spy, a deadly martial artist, and a core member of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Natasha Romanoff, known as Black Widow, faced one of her greatest global threats during the Ultron offensive – and Hot Toys‘ newest ultra-deluxe, limited-edition Artisan figure pays homage to the character’s exciting arc in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The exclusive Black Widow 1/6 Scale Collectible Figure (Artisan Edition) features a meticulously crafted and hyper-realistic headsculpt with a breathtaking likeness of Scarlett Johansson in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The portrait is equipped with Hot Toys’ separate rolling eyeball feature enabling collectors to adjust the figure’s gaze to create nuanced and more expressive poses. Furthermore, as part of this deluxe Artisan release, Natasha’s signature hairstyle is intricately implanted using premium wool material, and captures every strand and wave with stunning realism.

Black Widow’s tactical suit has been painstakingly recreated to reflect the upgraded battle gear worn in Age of Ultron, featuring USB-powered LED light-up stripes that emit a vibrant blue glow. The costume is completed with a pair of Black Widow’s Bite gauntlets, a tactical belt with Black Widow’s emblem on the buckle, a thigh strap with pistol holster, a pair of knee pads, and soft vinyl material  boots.

Black Widow comes fully equipped for high-stakes combat, including her signature electroshock batons in both extended and retracted states, a compact tactical dagger that slots into her utility belt, a pistol, a rifle, and transparent blue electroshock effects attachable to her gauntlets. A specially designed magnetic figure display base with the Avengers logo and character nameplate completes the display.

The Black Widow 1/6 Scale Collectible Figure (Artisan Edition) is available in an ultra-limited quantity of only 3,000 units, and only in selected markets. Pre-orders are coming soon! RSVP now via Sideshow.com, and don’t miss your chance to recruit the Avengers’ premier covert operative to your Marvel collection!

  • A detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, showcasing her in a tactical suit, holding a weapon.
  • A highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, dressed in a sleek black suit with blue accents, holding two weapons, displayed on a themed base.
  • A highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, featuring her in a sleek black outfit with blue accents, holding a weapon.
  • Highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Avengers: Age of Ultron, showcasing her in a sleek, black and blue costume with a serious expression.
  • Highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, featuring her signature black suit with blue accents and realistic facial features.

Preview: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 3: Second Second Contact

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Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 3: Second Second Contact

Written by Tim Sheridan
Art by Vernon Smith
September 29, 2026
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A whole planet’s population is missing—and it’s up to Captain Freeman, Tendi, Boimler, Mariner, Rutherford, and crew to recover them while fending off the alien invaders who wish them deader than dead.

It’s time for a long-overdue second contact with the species with whom the U.S.S. Cerritos made its first first contact: the Laapeerians. But when the crew arrives on Laapeeria bearing gifts, Freeman and company are shocked to discover the entire planet has been abandoned! While all the dwellings and infrastructure remain, there isn’t a soul to be found… Where have all the Laapeerians gone? And do the Laapoonians on the planet next door know anything about it?

Cover of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks - Second Second Contact' featuring animated characters in Starfleet uniforms with a starship backdrop.
A comic panel depicting characters in a sci-fi setting, with two characters talking about a cargo shipment while another character checks a device. The scene features a futuristic background and playful dialogue about a mysterious box.
A comic strip showing a group of animated characters discussing a mix-up with a domestic android kit. One character looks surprised while another gestures, and a third appears skeptical about the situation.
A comic strip depicting a group of animated characters in a spaceship environment discussing tasks, technology, and interactions with an alien species. Characters are shown in various panels engaged in conversation about diagnostics, social interactions, and planning for a mission.
A comic strip featuring characters engaged in a humorous conversation about a malfunctioning device. One character is installing components while another expresses concern over the upgrade. The tone is light-hearted and playful, featuring exaggerated expressions and dialogue.
A comic panel depicting a humorous sci-fi scene with various characters in a spaceship environment. One character, Lieutenant Mariner, is hiding, while others are engaged in comedic dialogue about their situation. The background features futuristic technology and elements typical of a starship.
A colorful comic strip depicting characters in a space-themed setting, engaged in a board game. Several characters express excitement and confusion, with dialogue bubbles illustrating their conversations. One character is shown with a diagnostic tool, experiencing a malfunction, causing chaos among the group.

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hunger #1

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hunger #1

(W) Pallie Paul Allor (A) Gavin Smith

As the dead return in “The City that Never Dies,” an old enemy resurfaces. Hun, Casey Jones’ abusive father, was always quick to anger, and his time in the afterlife has done little to mellow him. Back from the dead, he seeks to reclaim his position as the leader of the Purple Dragons, and the only ones who can stop him are two recent returns from the Battle Nexus: Slash and Ninjara!

Comic book cover for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hunger', featuring a dramatic scene with turtles fighting against zombies in a dark city. The title is prominently displayed in bold colors.
Comic book cover featuring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titled 'The Hunger,' with vibrant colors and stylized characters in a dynamic design.
A small, dilapidated bar in a desolate landscape, illuminated by a glowing 'BAR' sign.
A comic book panel featuring a group of characters observing a swirling green portal in a dimly lit room, with dialogue about someone defying death.
A vibrant comic-style scene depicting anthropomorphic animals in a city street, with a wolf in a vest holding a leash to a small dog, while a strange green energy burst emerges behind them. Various characters, including a cyclist and other humanoids, emerge from the energy portal.
A comic panel featuring a chaotic scene with a rugged man expressing discomfort about something inside him. Another character, who resembles a police officer with animal features, appears alarmed. The background reflects a mix of green and red hues, enhancing the dramatic atmosphere.
A comic book page featuring characters discussing themes of life, death, and power, with one character resembling a humanoid creature and others in a city setting.
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