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The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together in The Carvers #1

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In writer and filmmaker Breyden Boyd’s debut comic series, The Carvers, an orphaned teenager is taken under the wing of The Ideal Family, complete with a manicured lawn, a prestigious mansion—all the works. But the puzzle pieces aren’t falling in the places that we expect, and there’s a different picture forming. In fact, it’s quite the family portrait, far from pristine and splattered with blood.

A KILLER FAMILY IS HARD TO FIND.

Max has been in the foster system for so long that he’s learned not to expect much when meeting potential new parents.

Then the Carvers come along, exceeding all of his expectations. But no family is perfect – and Max is about to find out what bloody secret lies behind his new home’s charming exterior!

After all, the families that slay together, stay together. This darkly humorous new series from writer Breyden Boyd and artist Nathan Wells is a murderous thrill ride not to be missed!

The Carvers #1 is available for pre-order from your local comic shop until December 28, and it will hit shelves on February 10, 2027.

The Carvers #1 cover

Crowdfunding Corner: Forge/Surge/Omega Triple Feature from Shape Comics

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Shape Comics has launched a new project: the Forge/Surge/Omega Triple Feature — three awesome stories in one big book. And by the looks of it, this will be their biggest hit yet.

Collectively, the stories play around in a mix of genres. We get some medieval fantasy with Forge, the story of a blacksmith-turned-magic-fire-knight who tries to defend her kingdom from an army of skeletons. Surge shifts the genre from fantasy to sci-fi with the story of a young tech genius who develops a visor that can shoot beams of lightning. Omega rounds it out with a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, where an elvish space man fights a giant monster in an arena in an attempt to free his planet from invading lizard barbarians. 

It’s safe to say that this comic is jam-packed with awesomeness.

The project has a large team of talented creators behind it. Shape’s co-founder Breyden Boyd is at the helm as the writer for all three comics, with illustrators Sean Peacock (Forge), Nick Malara (Surge), and Marcus Cripps (Omega) laying down the pencils inks. Shape’s resident colorist Violet Villanueva will be coming through with the group’s signature halftones and paper textures, giving it all a nice retro cohesiveness.

This whole thing got started when Boyd dusted off some old superhero doodles from his childhood and breathed new life into them. The Shape-Man series was the first, and with over 3000 copies sold, the fans demanded more. Boyd turned back to the doodles, and decided it was time for Forge, Surge, and Omega to make their debut.

Check out the Forge/Surge/Omega Triple Feature on Kickstarter until October 25th.