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Indigo Children #1 heads back to print

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New series Indigo Children by the critically-acclaimed creative team behind the smash-hit series Youth—Curt Pires, Alex Diotto, and Dee Cunniffe—and up-and-comer Rockwell White, has hit big with readers and has sold out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics is fast-tracking the debut issue back to print this week in order to keep up with overwhelming customer demand.

Readers won’t want to miss checking out this all-new, action-packed, mystery/science-fiction series which has already been optioned for a feature film, currently in development from Alan Wake producer, Jeff Ludwig.

Radiant Black meets The Department of Truth in this epic story that follows journalist Donovan Price as he hunts down the extraordinarily gifted Indigo Children after their mysterious disappearances fifteen years prior.

Indigo Children also features a lineup of exciting variant covers showcasing artwork by Tyler Boss, Martin Simmonds, Tula Lotay, Jenny Frisson, and more.

Indigo Children #1, second printing and Indigo Children #2 will both be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 26.

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Indigo Children #1 is an interesting start that shows potential

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Indigo Children #1 kicks off an intriguing mystery, Journalist Donovan Price hunts down the extraordinarily gifted Indigo Children after their mysterious disappearance fifteen years prior. For those that are unfamiliar with the term, indigo children is pseudoscientific New Age concept that began in the 1960s and 70s. It posits the idea that some children have supernatural and special traits and abilities, some believing that it’s the next step in human evolution. Yes, it sounds like mutants with concepts ranging from telepathy to greater empathy. There’s no credibility to any of it and criticims points to the concept and term being used in denial of real issues children face such as learning disabilities, mental illness, and other medical issues and a true diagnosis replaced by narcissistic parenting.

With a story by Curt Pires and Rockwell White and a script by Pires, Indigo Children #1 sticks to the concept of a child with extraordinary abilities. At some point in the past, a child shows off extraordinary abilities in Russia. Now, that child, and any evidence of the follow up has disappeared. A journalist is on a mission to uncover the truth which gets wilder as more information is provided.

Indigo Children #1 is an interesting start that teases a lot and leaves things open for interpretation. Could the powers be real but the rest of what’s talked about not? Is it all real? We’ll find out as the series progresses but the comic is presented in a solid way slowly teasing what’s to come. We discover things as the reporter does as well. It’s a mystery more than spandex and powers.

The art by Alex Diotto is solid. With Dee Cunniffe on color and Hassan Otsmaen-Elhaou, the comic overall has a look that feels more noir/detective than superpowers. There’s a gritty and dirty aspect to it all that works so well with the subject matter. There’s moments that feel extraordinary due to how grounded so much of it is while also delivering some brutal aspects to things when needed.

Indigo Children #1 is an intriguing start. It uses a rather controversial term for its title but overall the comic steers clear of the controversy. Instead, it’s a placeholder for mutant or meta that other publishers use. How it all plays out should be rather interesting as the setup is intriguing and the comic itself paces things out nicely.

Story: Curt Pires, Rockwell White Script: Curt Pires Art: Alex Diotto
Color: Dee Cunniffe Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: Youth Season 3 #1 (of 4)

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Youth Season 3 #1 (of 4)

Written by Curt Pires
Art by Alex Diotto
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Following the events of season two, the kids have moved into the superstructure on mars. New tribulations and challenges await them as they uncover the history behind their powers, and new threats to their existence. Plus some super powers and teen drama stuff that people like, also.

Youth Season 3 #1 (of 4)

Indigo Children launches a plot-twisting mystery in March 2023

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From the critically-acclaimed creative team behind the smash-hit series Youth—Curt Pires, Alex Diotto, and Dee Cunniffe—and up-and-comer Rockwell White comes an all-new, action-packed mystery/science-fiction series in the upcoming, Indigo Children. This ongoing series will launch in March from Image Comics.

The new series will also feature a lineup of exciting variant covers featuring artwork by Tyler Boss, Tula Lotay, and Jenny Frisson and the series has already been optioned for a feature film, currently in development from Alan Wake producer, Jeff Ludwig.

Radiant Black meets The Department of Truth in this epic new story that follows journalist Donovan Price as he hunts down the extraordinarily gifted Indigo Children after their mysterious disappearances fifteen years prior. 

Indigo Children #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, March 29.

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Z2 and Sublime Announce a Long Beach Release Party for $5.00 At the Door in August

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Celebrate the sounds of SoCal’s favorite sons with this official Sublime graphic novel! Xanadu meets Superbad in this heartfelt anthology of Sublime legends brought to life by Ryan Cady (Green Lantern, Poppy’s Inferno), Audrey Mok (Archie), Alex Diotto (Youth), Hayden Sherman (Angel & Spike), Logan Faerber (‘Namwolf), alongside rising stars Bill Masuku, Robert Ahmad, and Julianne Griepp. Featuring a brand new covers by Sublime logo creator Opie Ortiz and DJ Product ©1969! Plus: the one and only Lou-Dog! Released in finer comic shops and bookstores everywhere on August 4!

Official Release Party:
2:00 PM- 3:30 PM Saturday August 14 (@ Free Comic Book Day)
Atomic Basement Comics
400 E. 3rd Street, Long Beach, CA 90802

Preview: Youth Season Two #1

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Youth Season Two #1

Written by Curt Pires
Pencils Alex Diotto
Colored by Dee Cunniffe
Lettered by Micah Myers
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BADLANDS

Sex. Drugs. Liquor. Murder. Superpowers.

The Second Chapter of the Youth Saga by acclaimed collaborators Curt Pires (Wyrd, Olympia) Alex Diotto (Olympia) and Dee Cunniffe (Crossover) begins here.

Now in development for Amazon Prime Video.

Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via comiXology and Kindle.

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Curt Pires and comiXology Announce Lost Falls and Memoria and Youth Continues

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Writer Curt Pires and comiXology have announced two new series Lost Falls and Memoria. This announcement is timed to the highly anticipated print publication of Youth Volume 1 from Dark Horse Books which coincides with the debut of Youth Season Two, the sequel to the acclaimed teen superhero drama that is exclusively available as part of the comiXology Originals line of digital content. 

Both Lost Falls, a social minded mystery box thriller with art by Antonio Fuso, Pierluigi Minotti, and Lee Loughridge and Memoria, a crime thriller with art by Sunando C and Mark Dale, will be written by Curt Pires and available exclusively from comiXology Originals will be available for purchase via comiXology and Kindle and included in Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited and comiXology Unlimited upon release.  More details and release dates will be announced in the coming months.

Written by Curt Pires and with art by Alex Diotto, co-creators of the acclaimed comic Olympia, with colors by Dee Cunniffe and letters by Micah Myers, Youth is an epic superhuman saga unlike any other. Youth is currently in development as an original series with Amazon Studios with executive producer Patrick Moran.

Youth Volume 1, the print edition, collecting issues 1-4 of the digital series, arrives in paperback for the first time from Dark Horse Books in bookstores on April 6, 2021 and in comic shops on April 7, 2021. In YOUTH Volume 1 Franklin and River struggle to navigate family, friends, high school, work, drugs, and all the pressures of growing up. As a queer couple, they yearn to escape their lives in a small, bigoted Midwest town. They steal River’s stepfather’s Mustang and hit the road. Their destination? California. But along the way, the car breaks down. They meet some kids who are travelling the country, partying, and attempting to find themselves. They party some more. . . And soon everything changes.

Also on April 6, 2021, the story continues digitally with Youth Season Two issue #1.  In Youth Season Two, six months have passed since the events of the first story. Some of the kids are missing. Some of the kids are dead. Some of the kids are trying to do better. One thing is for certain: they’re not the only ones with powers anymore. A bold expansion to the smash hit first story, Youth Season Two will continue with the core cast as well as introduce new characters from all across the globe.

Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content, Youth Season Two will be released monthly. Each of the 4-issues will be available upon release, at no additional cost, for members of Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for purchase on the Amazon Kindle Store and comiXology. Prime Reading offers all Amazon Prime members a rotating selection of over a thousand top Kindle books, magazines, short works, comic books, children’s books, and more – all at no additional cost. Kindle Unlimited gives customers access to more than 1 million titles, including thousands of audio books, and current magazines for just $9.99 a month with a 30-day free trial. ComiXology Unlimited offers over 30,000 comics, graphic novels and manga for just $5.99 a month with a 30-day free trial.

Z2 Comics Announces Sublime: $5 At the Door

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Z2 Comics continues to roll out news of some of their most ambitious projects yet, with the announcement of the Ryan Cady-written graphic novel chronicling the misadventures of one of the most defining bands of the last three decades, the Long Beach, reggae-punk institution, Sublime!

The laid-back Long Beach trio spawned an entire genre-fusing reggae grooves, punk grittiness, ska energy, back-porch folk introspection, and hip-hop swagger. 

Those disparate sounds first collided back in 1988, when the gregarious Bradley Nowell paired up with a sturdy, simpatico rhythm section—bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh—and quickly amassed a cult following in the SoCal scene.  Sublime found their niche at house parties: uniting Rastas, surfers, skaters, frat boys, cholos and ink-covered outcasts with a free-flowing melting pot approach that, much like the region itself, was impossible to pigeonhole.  The band goes from playing backyard parties and selling cassettes out of the trunks of their cars to creating an entirely new and revolutionary blend of chart-topping music.

Xanadu meets Superbad in this heartfelt anthology of Sublime legends brought to life by Ryan Cady, Audrey Mok, Alex Diotto, Hayden Sherman, Logan Faerber, rising stars Bill Masuku, Robert Ahmad, and more. Featuring brand-new cover artwork by Sublime family members Opie Ortiz and DJ Product ©1969! Plus: the one and only Lou-Dog!

The Sublime: $5 At the Door graphic novel clocks in at 120 pages and will be released in a standard soft and hardcover editions in comic shops and bookstores alike in June 2021, with a special deluxe edition, and highly limited super deluxe edition available for preorder now exclusively through the Z2 website! Deluxe and super deluxe edition include a special first-time vinyl edition of the Doin’ Time EP, unavailable elsewhere, as well as exclusive prints, Lou-Dog toy, and more!

Dark Horse and ComiXology Cut a Deal to Bring comiXology Originals to Print

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Dark Horse Comics and comiXology have announced that Dark Horse will distribute print editions of comiXology Originals graphic novels and collections. Select titles from the creator-owned line of comiXology Originals will be available in print for the first time for customers in comic shops, bookstores, and libraries. The program will commence in Spring 2021 with the release of paperback editions of the Eisner Award winner AFTERLIFT, Breaklands, YOUTH, and The Black Ghost.

When comiXology Originals was announced, print was a part of some of the releases through Amazon’s print on demand. While the digital program pressed on, the physical release of comics became few and far between to the complete lack of mention for numerous rounds of announcements.

Through this deal, Dark Horse Comics will be responsible for distribution and fulfillment for the titles through Diamond Comic Distributors for comic shops and Penguin Random House for bookstores around the world. ComiXology Originals will remain available to be read digitally for members of Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited and for purchase on Kindle and comiXology.

ComiXology Originals’ exclusive content line debuted in 2017, and in their first year garnered an Eisner Award for Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost. The next year saw an Eisner Award nomination for The Stone King by Kel McDonald and Tyler Crook, and in 2020 an Eisner Award win for AFTERLIFT. In addition to the creator-owned line of exclusive content, comiXology Originals, through a partnership with Kodansha Comics, has re-released and newly translated manga such as BECK, Initial D and The Drops of God.

The comiXology Originals making their print debut in 2021 include:

AFTERLIFT, collecting the Eisner Award-winning issues #1-5 – For the first time in print!

  • Written by Eisner Award winner Chip Zdarsky, best known for his work on Sex Criminals and Marvel Comics, with art by Jason Loo, the acclaimed artist of The Pitiful Human-Lizard, colors by Paris Alleyne, letters by Aditya Bidikar and edited by Allison O’Toole.
  • AFTERLIFT is a 2020 Eisner Award winning series.
  • In AFTERLIFT, Janice Chen is adrift. She quits her day job in finance and signs up to be a driver on a ride-sharing app. But what was at first a mundane but enjoyable way to pass the time takes a terrible turn when a mysterious passenger updates his ride with a very final destination: Hell.
  • 136 pages / color / on sale February 2 in bookstores and everywhere books are sold and February 3 in comic shops / MSRP $19.99/$25.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-5067-2440-9
AFTERLIFT

Breaklands Volume One, collecting issues #1-5 – For the first time in print!

  • Written by Justin Jordan, the co-creator and writer of The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, with art by acclaimed artist Tyasseta, colors by Sarah Stern, and letters by Rachel Deering.
  • Set 150 years after humanity developed psychic powers and ended the world as we know it, a new world has emerged. Everyone has powers. Some powers, like the ability to light a match, are modest. But some powers—like the ability to reshape the world—are both vast and dangerous. Kasa Fain is different. She doesn’t possess powers. Kasa is an outsider, a teenager who has been in hiding, until the day her younger brother is kidnapped and everything changes.
  • 152 pages / color / on sale March 2 in bookstores and everywhere books are sold and March 3 in comic shops / MSRP  $19.99/$25.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-5067-2441-6
Breaklands Volume One

YOUTH Volume One, collecting issues #1-4–For the first time in print!

  • Written by visionary writer Curt Pires with art by Alex Diotto, the co-creators of the acclaimed comic Olympia, and features colors by Dee Cunniffe, and lettering by Micah Myers.
  • In YOUTH, Franklin and River struggle to navigate family, friends, high school, work, drugs, and all the pressures of growing up. As a queer couple, they yearn to escape their lives in a small, bigoted Midwest town. They steal River’s stepfather’s Mustang and hit the road. Their destination? California. But along the way, the car breaks down. They meet some kids who are travelling the country, partying, and attempting to find themselves. They party some more. . . . And soon everything changes.
  • A sequel to YOUTH is underway and the comic series is in development as an original TV show with Amazon Studios.
  • 136 pages / color / on sale on sale April 6 in bookstores and everywhere books are sold and April 7 in comic shops / MSRP $19.99/$25.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-5067-2461-4
YOUTH Volume One

The Black Ghost Volume One, collecting issues #1-5–For the first time in print!

  • Co-written by Anthony Award-Nominated Novelist Alex Segura and acclaimed writer Monica Gallagher, with art by George Kambadais, colors by Ellie Wright, lettering by Taylor Esposito and edited by Greg Lockard.
  • The Black Ghost is a modern take on the urban vigilante story. Lara Dominguez is a journalist chasing that one, big story. After a stint in the Middle East, the alcoholic reporter moves from her hometown of Miami to Creighton – a mid-Atlantic city that’s seen better days. She needs a huge, viral scoop that’ll send her into the journalistic stratosphere. Her target? Uncovering the identity of The Black Ghost – a masked vigilante trying to take down the wealthy oligarchs carving up the fading metropolis. But as she searches for the breakthrough story she desperately needs, Lara will have to navigate the corruption of her adopted city, the uncertainties of virtue, and her own personal demons.
  • 136 pages / color / on sale May 4 in bookstores and everywhere books are sold and May 5 in comic shops / MSRP $19.99/$25.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-50672-446-1
The Black Ghost Volume One

More comiXology Originals print editions will be announced at a later date.

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