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Summit Comics Announces its First Talent Search Winners. Artist Talent Search Opens.

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Right in time for the holidays, Summit Comics has crowned the winners for the first part of its first-ever talent search. Writers Scott Alan Gregory and Jimmy Gaspero won their respective categories, coming up with origin stories to introduce characters designed by Summit partner Peter Collins.

As a part of the contest, each writer was to type a brief origin synopsis for their character of choice and then introduce them with a two-page comic script. In total, 145 writers took part in the search, with six Summit partners serving as the committee reading through each entry and voting for their favorites.

The first-ever Summit Talent Search continues with Part Two, focusing on artists looking for their next gig. There are two separate pathways for Part Two–one for pencilers/inkers and another for colorists. Summit is now accepting submissions from artists through December 24th, with the winners being announced on New Year’s Eve.

The first full-length Summit Comics story—Summit: Pinacle #1—is set for launch on Kickstarter in January. As we prepare to put the final touches on the book for the masses, we’ve unlocked our prelaunch so that readers can follow and be the first to know latest news and updates, plus access exclusive rewards! Follow the prelaunch page here.

If you’d like a sneak “peak” at Pinnacle #1, the Summit Comics Sneak Peek 2025 is available now for purchase exclusively at: readsumm.it/store.

Summit’s launch roster of creatives includes Travis Gibb (Upheaval, Cthulhu Invades), CJ Hudson (Granite, Interstellar Dust), Devin Arscott (Noir, Magni the Mighty), Adam Barnhardt (SH*TSHOW, Moonspawn), Marcus Jimenez (Techoknights, Knight From Hell), Eric Palicki (Guardians of Infinity, Black’s Myth), Brayden Viloria (Haven), J. Michael Miller (Kid Cretaceous, The Healer’s Blade), Nate Schachter (The CloakRoom), Cam Kerkau (Gilgamesh), Daniel Kalban (American Dreams, Knightwrath), Brian Wolf (Upheaval), Benjamin Morse (We Are Scarlet Twilight), and letterer extraordinaire Jerome Gagnon.

Summit Comics Launches a Small Press Superhero Universe

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Summit Comics is a new comics collective set to launch a new shared comics universe after the first of the year. It features characters new and old and over a dozen creatives who’ve collectively raised nearly half a million dollars on Kickstarter. Summit will tell tales in a single shared world, allowing characters and storylines to jump over from one creator-owned title to the next.

At the root of it all will be Summit: Pinnacle, an annual anthology featuring short stories from all corners of the Summit Universe. Those shorts will then continue on in Summit Jump, a bi-monthly release inspired by weekly shōnen manga titles. Select characters will then receive their own limited series.

The Summit Universe will then carry over into standalone titles such as Travis Gibb’s Upheaval, and CJ Hudson’s Granite.

Summit’s launch roster of creatives includes Travis Gibb (Upheaval, Cthulhu Invades), CJ Hudson (Granite, Interstellar Dust), Devin Arscott (Noir, Magni the Mighty), Adam Barnhardt (SH*TSHOW, Moonspawn), Marcus Jimenez (Techoknights, Knight From Hell), Eric Palicki (Guardians of Infinity, Black’s Myth), Brayden Viloria (Haven), J. Michael Miller (Kid Cretaceous, The Healer’s Blade), Nate Schachter (The CloakRoom), Cam Kerkau (Gilgamesh), Daniel Kalban (American Dreams, Knightwrath), Brian Wolf (Upheaval), Benjamin Morse (We Are Scarlet Twilight), Ignacio di Meglio, Pete Collins, Sebastian Piccione, and letterer extraordinaire Jerome Gagnon.

Summit’s character rosters and publishing schedule will be available in the coming weeks. The best way to find out the latest news and updates regarding this exciting new publisher is to sign-up for the Summit Comics newsletter at https://readsumm.it, and by following the social media accounts listed at https://readsumm.it/follow.

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See Red 5 Comics’ releases in November 2022

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

THE ATONEMENT BELL #1

(W) Jim Ousley (A) Tyler Ruff
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 9, 2022
SEP221943

Months after a brutal tragedy, young Jake and his mother travel to St. Louis to visit their estranged family during the holidays. Soon, Jake, his cousin Baby Al, and their Bosnian friend Sara must fight for their very lives when they discover the truth about the city’s devastating secret past.

DEAD KINGDOM #3

(W/A) Etienne Derepentigny
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 23, 2022
SEP221946

As we explore who made this man a soldier, Kain’s origin is told. A lonely baby is left in the woods next to his dead mother. Kain is found by the legendary commander Arthur who saw not only a child, but a future solder waiting to be molded into the perfect image of himself. But is Kain more than a ruthless killer? Will he stand in front of injustice and become the man he is destined to be?

AUGUST: PURGATORY UNDERGROUND #4

(W/A) Benjamin Morse
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 16, 2022
SEP221945

The final hours of Captain August! Shaken and crippled after his confrontation with his arch-enemy, August launches a desperate plan to save as many of his new allies as he can from the villainous rebel fleet and their cyborg commander. He’s been hounded, hurt and humbled- but he’s not going down without a fight! The astonishing conclusion!

DRAGON WHISPERER SEARCH FOR OBSIDIAN #6

(W) Alex Deluca (A / CA) Mauricio Caballero
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 6, 2022
SEP221947

Held fast in shackles, The Dragon Whisperer and The Dragon ruminate on the awful things they’ve done; tragedies that have upturned their own lives, the lives of the ones they love, and even time itself. But, along with this reflection, comes growth, and so too the opportunity to make up for these failures. In this thrilling conclusion they deliver miracles that will change the destiny of everything, with the promise of a mighty future to come.

MACHINE GIRL HOLIDAY SPECIAL

(W) Matts, Damian Connelly, Tomas Wortley (A) Nahuel Grego, Emiliano Correa, Daniel Romero
FC · 56 pages · $5.99
Available November 30, 2022
SEP221950

Special ONE-SHOT! 48 pages of story content + cardboard cover! Three short stories from three creative teams explore the world of Machine Girl in an all-new format! Machine Girl takes human holidays to space! From an early age, Megan has been obsessed with an old planet called Earth. From the horrific Halloween to the cheerful Christmas, its holidays will make their way into her days at the farm, and even into her life on an intergalactic pirate ship!

MEGA VOL. 2 #2

(W) Salvador Sanz (A / CA) Salvador Sanz
FC · 48 pages · $7.99
Available November 2, 2022
SEP221948

The Jackals, ancient beings trapped deep in the planet’s depths, are being freed by a rebellious teenage boy. But the Jackals are not interested in us or our world. They have come to devour something more important than mere flesh. They have come to devour time itself. Salvador Sanz delivers a new chapter in the successful Mega saga!

78 MPH VOL. 1

(W) Mauro Mantella (A) Tomas Aira
FC · 96 pages · $12.95
Available November 16, 2022
SEP221949

Earth is no longer what it used to be. An environmental catastrophe has transformed the atmosphere into a large magnifying glass that enhances solar radiation, and a nuclear disaster has slowed down the rotation speed of the planet. Anyone that moves slower than 78 miles per hour will not be able to escape the scorching sun. Only a small group of people was able to survive in this new world, constantly moving in a huge rolling city that can never stop.

Red 5 Comics reveals what’s coming in August 2022

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

AUGUST: PURGATORY UNDERGROUND #1

(W/A) Benjamin Morse
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available August 24, 2022
JUN221858

As a long civil war ends, the once celebrated hero Captain August finds himself in the center of an intergalactic controversy. Running out of time and options, he accepts a dangerous mission to a decaying planet- and finds that the war isn’t nearly over! An action-packed sci-fi thriller that remixes the nostalgia of 80’s cartoons in a contemporary style!

MYSTERY BROTHERS #2

(W) Quentin Lee (A) Elis Zill
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available August 17, 2022
JUN221862

After escaping from the research facility where their father died in an explosion, Jin and his mysterious half brother Adam are rescued by a fishing boat. When they return to Manhattan, his father’s boss Abel Profitt sends the lethal Maria robots to hunt Adam down and kidnap Jin’s mother as a hostage. Can the teenage boys outsmart Profitt Corp?

DRAGON WHISPERER SEARCH FOR OBSIDIAN #3

(W) Alex Deluca (A / CA) Glen Fernandez
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available August 10, 2022
JUN221861

Rosalinda, The Dragon Whisperer, and her brave friends embark on a deadly stage of their rescue of Obsidian, the last dragon; The Flats! Full of danger and traps! Rosalinda learns that it is not only dragons she can “whisper” to. In the distant past, a growing Obsidian begins to lead his legion of creatures, utilizing his flourishing magical abilities to horrific failure! Meanwhile, an old adversary shows up to tempt the savage goblin Ack and to start the realm of malice that will torment the good people of Galda for centuries to come!

BEORN THE LITTLEST VIKING #4

(W/A) Ben Bender
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available August 3, 2022
JUN221859

Beorn and Goob are on the run! What could be so bad to have a Viking and a troll teaming up for survival? And will the little fellas be big enough to put their differences aside long enough to get out of this mess?