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SDCC 2025: Bad Idea announces its Star Studded Panel, Special Guests, Giveaways, and More!

Planet Death #0

Bad Idea makes its triumphant return to San Diego Comic Con, ready to reveal the next phase of its massive 2025 slate. They’re kicking things off with their biggest panel ever on Friday July 25th at 5:00 PM in Room 32AB. 

The next Bad Idea blockbuster, Cul-De-Sac, swoops into stores on August 6th. Get a blood-drenched, behind-the-scenes look at New York Times best-selling writer Mike Carey and fine art illustrator Jonathan Wayshak’s upcoming horror masterpiece directly from the series artist himself! Jonathan is ready to answer your Cul-De-Sac questions, show off all-new pages, and even unveil his jaw-dropping original art live and in person!

Joining Jonathan on stage is the masterminds behind the massive comic book event of the year, blockbuster screenwriter Derek Kolstad, New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti, and visionary artist Tomás Giorello as they dive deep into all things Planet Death!

Plus, a battalion of Bad Idea impresarios including Bad Idea CEO Dinesh Shamdasani, Chief Operating Officer Peter Stern, SVP of Film & Television Benjamin Simpson, VP of Sales & Marketing Siena Fallon, and Creative Director Brockton McKinney ready to unveil never-before-seen art, show off brand-new covers, answer your questions, and just maybe tease several new, yet-to-be-announced comic book series. And of course reward attendees with a special, panel-exclusive reward!

All panel attendees will receive a special edition of the book that started it all, Planet Death #0triple-signed by its superstar creative team, Derek Kolstad, Robert Venditti, and Tomás Giorello. Each copy will come with a limited edition SDCC Certificate of Authenticity, hand-numbered and exclusive to this panel giveaway.

Then join them for the Bad Idea San Diego Comic-Con Tiki Party! To attend the ultra-exclusive, invite-only, comic-con party of the year, first RSVP at RSVP@BADIDEACORP.COM, then show your Bad Idea First Customer Pin at the door. Celebrate with a little food, a lot of drinks, some great conversation with the staff and creators at Bad Idea.

WHEN:
Friday, July 25, 2025
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE: 
Bali Hai
2230 Shelter Island Dr
San Diego, CA 92106

Rideshare is recommended.

Portal into a New Demon-sion in Rick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special #1!

This fall, Oni Press presents GHOSTS, GHOULS, AND THE SCARIEST THING YET: GRANDPA RICK! From bone-chilling writer Brockton McKinney and macabre artist Marc Ellerby comes Rick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special #1 – frighteningly funny, brand-new 64-page spooktacular hitting shelves just in time for the spooky season on September 25th!

Rick is hard at work in the garage, but Morty just won’t stop yapping, so he opens up a portal and brings in a weird, gothy-looking girl named Lil Wigsley. Rick explains that Lil Wigsley will tell Morty stories if he’ll shut up and listen—but these aren’t just any old stories. They’re horrifically banal, but it soon becomes clear that Rick and Sister Lil Wigsley’s intent to distract Morty is more terrifying than the tepid tales they’ve been spinning! 

Featuring sweeter-than-candy-covers from supernatural talents Marc EllerbyJarrett Williams, and Aaron Conley, join everyone’s favorite Grandpa-Grandson duo in their latest 64-page nightmare- uh, adventure, as the Rick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special #1 rises from the grave on September 25th!

Dark Horse presents Savage Squad 6

From the minds of Brockton McKinney and Robert Venditti comes a comic miniseries inspired by classic 80’s horror-action flicks, now collected in one volume! The Savage Squad 6  paperback collects issues #1-4 of the series and contains additional bonus content including all the covers from the series and a sketchbook section. Written by McKinney and Venditti, the book features interior and cover art by Dalts Dalton, colors by Geraldo Fiho, and letters by Micah Myers.

The year is 2037.

In the aftermath of a destructive world war, humanity clings to survival in the central colonies, hunted and eliminated by the murderous Scourge. Life is short and brutal.

Deep within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, an elite special ops squad, Savage Squad 6, searches for a weapon to bring hope back to hundreds of colonists. 

But they’re not alone.

Something stirs within the irradiated wilderness. Something big. Something hungry. And if the Savages are going to survive the night, they’ll need to live up to their name…or die trying!

The Savage Squad 6 paperback will be available in bookstores September 17, 2024 and in comic shops September 18, 2024. The graphic novel contains 120 pages and measures 6.25 x 10.1875”. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, TFAW, and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $19.99.

Savage Squad 6

A new deadly mission awaits in Savage Squad 6 #1

Dark Horse Comics presents a new action-adventure-horror comic in Savage Squad 6. This miniseries tells the tale of an elite team of post-apocalyptic soldiers undergoing the deadliest mission of their lives, and is written by Robert Venditti and Brockton McKinney, with interior art and cover art by Dalts Dalton, color by Geraldo Filho and lettering by Micah Myers.

The year is 2037. A brutal world war has left humanity in shambles. The remnants of civilization are tracked down and systematically eliminated by The Scourge. For the people of the central colonies, only one hope remains, an elite team of warrior women deployed into the deadliest location on the planet: Savage Squad 6!

Savage Squad 6 #1 (of 4) will be in comic shops June 28, 2023. It is available for pre-order now at your local comic shop for $3.99. 

Savage Squad 6 #1

Lamentation debuts and more from Oni Press in May 2023

Lamentation #1 (of 3)

Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by ARJUNA SUSINI
Colors by HILARY JENKINS
Cover A by MAAN HOUSE
Cover B by YANICK PAQUETTE
Cover C by KYLE HOTZ
Full Art Variant (1:10) by MAAN HOUSE
B&W Variant (1:15) by YANICK PAQUETTE
B&W Variant (1:20) by KYLE HOTZ
ON-SALE MAY 3, 2023 | $6.99 | 48 pgs. | FULL COLOR

From the mind’s eye of master storyteller Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Basilisk) and rising star Arjuna Susini (Made Men) comes a darkly glamorous tale of bone-splintering terror at the intersection of shadow and light… dream and nightmare… life and the grim specter of Death himself.

After weeks of grueling rehearsals, a new production is set to begin at the famed Requiem theatre: Razide’s Lament, three acts of gothic horror set inside a haunted castle with a story that some say is more than mere fantasy. Under the stern rule of a dedicated but temperamental director, the script seems to be ever-changing, and, more mysterious still, our lead actress has found herself cast in the role of a lifetime without so much as an audition.

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 4/3/2023

  • Lamentation #1 (of 3)
  • Lamentation #1 (of 3)
  • Lamentation #1 (of 3)
  • Lamentation #1 (of 3)
  • Lamentation #1 (of 3)
  • Lamentation #1 (of 3)

Rick and Morty #5

Written by ALEX FIRER
Art/Cover A by MARC ELLERBY
Cover B by FRED C. STRESING
ON-SALE MAY 24, 2023 | $3.99 | 32 pgs. | FULL COLOR

After Rick denied his friend request, hyper tech-bro Glug Vronksy took it personally and imprisoned our hero in fancy space jail. Meanwhile, Rick-less, slightly losing his mind, and somehow working for Vronsky, Morty continues the search for his lost girlfriend, Noelle, but is a bit preoccupied with cleaning a giant dog. Who will attempt to save Rick from space jail? Who?! S-Summer…it’s Summer.

The all-new ongoing series continues!

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 4/24/2023

  • Rick and Morty #5
  • Rick and Morty #5

Rick and Morty Presents: Maximum Overture #1

Written by BROCKTON MCKINNEY
Art/Cover A by JARRETT WILLIAMS
Cover B by PRISCILLA TRAMONTANO
ON-SALE MAY 17, 2023 | $5.99 | 40 pgs. | FULL COLOR

Rick and Morty find themselves in the mad composer’s clutches and must weather Concerto’s orchestral onslaught while trying to figure out what any of this have to do with Rick. Can they survive this macabre musical death race, or will Concerto compose the Rick and Morty Requiem?

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 4/17/2023

  • Rick and Morty Presents: Maximum Overture #1
  • Rick and Morty Presents: Maximum Overture #1

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Vol. 3

Written by CHRIS SAMNEE & LAURA SAMNEE
Artist/Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
ON-SALE MAY 3, 2023 | $12.99 | 120 pgs. | FULL COLOR

In the final arc of our incredible tale, we learn the origins of the strange creatures that have invaded the planet, draining it of resources—as well as that of fellow adventurers Gor and Nomi. All the threads converge inside the mysterious giant egg! With the fate of their family and possibly the whole world at stake, can Jonna and Rainbow rescue their dad, battle countless monsters, and tell each other how they really feel?

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 4/3/2023

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Vol. 3

Memento Mori

Writer/Artist/Cover by TIITU TAKALO
ON-SALE MAY 24, 2023 | $24.99 | 232 pgs. | FULL COLOR

In Memento Mori, celebrated Finnish graphic novelist Tiitu Takalo chronicles her sudden, unexpected cerebral hemorrhage and the long road to recovery she had to travel.

It is a dramatic story about a life turned upside down overnight: a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, the days and nights spent in an intensive care unit, and the long, painful recovery that led the artist to reflect on her life both past and present.

Much more than a story of survival, Memento Mori is a philosophical and psychological journey told with exceptional honesty and compassion. A deeply moving and insightful graphic novel from a master of the medium that is also ultimately a celebration of life.

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 4/24/2023

Memento Mori

Blink

Written by CHRISTOVER SEBELA
Artist/Cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
ON-SALE MAY 17, 2023 | $21.99 | 128 pgs. | FULL COLOR

Wren Booker was three when she was found alone and covered in blood on the streets of New York. Since that day, she’s been haunted by the childhood she can’t remember…until decades later when she finds a cryptic website streaming multiple CCT feeds from strange rooms in a ruined building. Something clicks, setting off hidden memories that lead her back to a place she’s seen in lifelong nightmares. Hunting for answers, Wren breaks in and finds herself lost in the camera-filled dark mazes of a decayed social experiment known only as BLINK…which she quickly discovers is not abandoned at all. But what should be a foreign nightmare-scape feels all too familiar for Wren as she follows her obsession all the way down, piecing together the story of BLINK—as well as her own ties to it.

Eisner-nominated Christopher Sebela (Dirtbag Rapture), Hayden Sherman (Dark Spaces: Wildfire), and Nick Filardi (Rogue Planet) team up for a found-footage horror where uncovering your past will leave you trapped inside it.

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 4/17/2023

Blink

Knee Deep: Book One

Writer/Artist/Cover by JOE FLOOD
ON-SALE MAY 31, 2023 | $21.99 | 224 pgs. | FULL COLOR

Two hundred years in the future, the survivors of an environmental cataclysm took refuge underground. Their descendants now live in a literal sewer, the bowels of a subterranean city–an abandoned future utopia–that was never completed. These sewerfolk, a collection of scavengers, misfits, bandits, renegades, and mutants, eke out a living in this underground maze of tunnels and canals.

Life is hard enough, but an overzealous mining company, PERCH, wants to get their claws on this new underground frontier. And they won’t hesitate to bulldoze any sewerfolk that get in their way.

Caught in the middle is Cricket, a young girl desperately searching for her family that fled underground. Join Cricket as she explores this savage new world to find her parents and unlock the secrets of a past long forgotten in the three-part graphic novel series, KNEE DEEP.

IOD: 3/23/2023
FOC: 5/1/2023

Knee Deep: Book One

Jenny Zero Returns in Homeland Insecurities

Like a big, bad hangover, Jenny Zero is BACK! Writers Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney and powerhouse artist Magenta King return to the hard-hitting series along with electrifying new colorist Arnaldo Robles in Jenny Zero: Homeland Insecurities.     

Following the events of the first series, Jenny returns to Japan with the Action Science Police, and reunites with her BFF, Dana Sheratin! But the two badass besties soon find themselves dealing with a Kaiju Death Cult, a giant burger mascot, and a new monster called… fame?! The massive madness starts HERE!

Jenny Zero: Homeland Insecurities #1 (of 4) will be in comic shops May 11, 2022.

Jenny Zero: Homeland Insecurities

Review: Jenny Zero #1

Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinne

Jenny Zero is the story of super-uber-bad-ass-Kaiji-killin’ Jenny Zero. She has a seriously shitty attitude and personality and drinks and drugs like most people breathe. She doesn’t want to live up to the legacy of a father who set her on this path. However, she’s got a job to do and a really weird gun for killing kaiju. As the city is attacked, she mistakes the situation for a killshot and makes it even worse, for her and those around her.

Jenny Zero certainly has a cool premise but the biggest detraction for me was the main character. I felt Jenny was pretty much unlikeable. Jenny just comes off a bit too angry for me. Writers Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney do a lot to set up Jennys’ world and some truly exceptional work in building up the supporting cast. The dialogue felt fresh and Jenny is certainly put through a lot in this first issue. Ultimately, there’s not much redeemable about Jenny in the first issue to help me see past her as something other than someone who is on a downward spiral of drugs and family issues.

I could go back and forth about the art by Magenta King. At times, I did feel it wasn’t consistent and then there are times I would look at a page and just love it. It happens. I do feel that Megan Huang’s color work over King’s pencils really took the art to a level that I did enjoy. There is certainly something appealing about Magenta’s style. And while it isn’t built on high detail, the panels are full of art. The dance club pages, I thought, really showed some good attention to background detail that didn’t take shortcuts.

I’m not big on Jenny Zero #1. I really wanted to like it because what’s not to like about some bad-ass gal and her bad-ass gun just gunning down big critters? Sadly, I think the first issue (possibly) doesn’t do the main character much justice and just traps her as another edgy loose cannon with a chip on her shoulder the size of the world. That said, there’s definitely a character secret that reveals itself at the end that’s got me interested in what’s to come.

Story: Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney Art: Magenta King
Color: Megan Huang Letterer: Dave Dwonch
Story: 5.0 Art: 6.0 Overall: 5.5

Dark Horse Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review


Purchase: comiXology

Jenny Zero’s Going to Safe the World… Right After Last Call

From writers Dave Dwonch, Brockton McKinney, up and coming artist Magenta King, alongside colorist Megan Huang, comes a new kind of hero in the upcoming single issue mini-series Jenny Zero.

Meet Jenny Tetsuo, the hard-drinking, hard-partying daughter of the beloved superhero Mega Commander Zero. After washing out as the military’s top killer, “Jenny Zero” now lives the celebutante life with her hotel heiress and publicist best friend, Dana Sheraton. As the world returns to turmoil, Jenny must decide if she can give up her life and become the hero the world needs. Jenny Zero combines humor, heart, and monsters to create a superhero that’s blended, shaken, stirred — and perfectly imperfect.

Jenny Zero #1 (of four) arrives April 14, 2021.

Jenny Zero #1

Preview: Gingerdead Man Meets Evil Bong Volume 1

GINGERDEAD MAN MEETS EVIL BONG VOLUME 1

Writer(s): Brockton McKinney
Artist Name(s): Sergio Rios
Cover Artist(s): Sergio Rios
96 pgs./ M / FC
$9.99

The soul of a serial killer in the body of a cookie! It’s the Gingerdead Man, and this time he’s facing off against Eebee the Evil Bong, a cursed artifact who wants to cast his crunchy body into the magical realm of BongWorld! Bloodshed and blunts collide for the hardest you’ll ever laugh at being scared! Collects the entire gruesome affair!

Preview: Gingerdead Man Meets Evil Bong #3

GINGERDEAD MAN MEETS EVIL BONG #3

Writer(s): Brockton McKinney
Artist Name(s): Sergio Rios
Cover Artist(s): Sergio Rios
32 pgs./ M / FC
$3.99

Iron Bong is ready to throw down, but little does she know that there’s a MASSSIVE surprise awaiting her– in the form of Gingerdead Kong! These two titans from Bong World must now battle for the fate of the planet. But wait, Eebee has one final trick up her bong…

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