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SDCC 2024: BOOM! Studios announces BRZRKR Convention Exclusives

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BOOM! Studios has announced the exclusive BRZRKR items available for purchase at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2024 (Booth #2229) from July 24-28th at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.

Available each day of the convention, BOOM! Studios will be selling BRZRKR: A Faceful of Bullets #1 with an exclusive convention cover illustrated by InHyuk Lee, along with a Red Blank Sketch Variant of BRZRKR #1. Both are available for $20 each.

Available only on Thursday will be BRZRKR: Fallen Empire Pen & Ink #1 with a Spot UV treated cover illustrated by Andrew K. Currey for $30. On Friday and Saturday of the convention, BOOM! Studios will have an ashcan of the upcoming BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B, a brand new one-shot written and illustrated by the original creative team of Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney. This exclusive ashcan features a unique convention variant cover by Ron Garney and colored by Matt Kindt and will be available for purchase for $30.

Additionally, there will be a BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness Pen & Ink #1 Gold Leaf Gild exclusive cover by Andrew K. Currey available for purchase Wednesday and Sunday for $150. Fans will want to make sure they get their hands on this as there are only 30 total for the whole convention.

Finally, available only Thursday, is the BRZRKR Pen & Ink Pack. Available for purchase for $30, this Thursday- only pack includes the main BRZRKR Pen & Ink #1 cover illustrated by Ron Garney, along with a Red Spot UV variant of BRZRKR Pen & Ink #1, and a Blank Sketch Cover of BRZRKR Pen & Ink #1 #1.

Around the Tubes

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It’s new comic book day! What are you excited for? What are you getting? Sound off in the comments below. While you wait for shops to open, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

The Beat – COMIXOLOGY, RIP – Pour one out.

Kotaku – Batman: Arkham Trilogy On Switch Sounds Like A Disaster – Might be good we didn’t buy this one.

Review

CBR – BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1
The Beat – Leftstar

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 sells out and returns with a second printing

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BOOM! Studios has announced that BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 has sold out at the distributor level the week of release! Created by the iconic Keanu Reeves, BRZRKR and The Batman Part II screenwriter and Eisner-nominated writer Mattson Tomlin is joined by hit artist Rebekah Isaacs, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer Becca Carey, to bring to light a new chapter in the BRZRKR mythos.

The lone survivor of Olos, a long-dead–once thriving–empire, tells a tale of B.’s distant past and the death and cataclysm he brought forth. But what did B. find that could have driven him to such violent ends? The desires of the heart are as much a weapon as any in B.’s arsenal…

BOOM! has announced BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 Second Printing (OCT238367), featuring cover art by series artist Rebekah Isaacs, available in stores December 27, 2023.

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 Second Printing

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 delivers a fantastic one-shot

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BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1

The lone survivor of Olos, a long-dead empire that once thrived, tells a tale of B.’s distant past, and the death and cataclysm he brought forth. But what else did B. find that could have driven him to such violence? The heart is as much a weapon as any in B.’s arsenal… BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 delivers a new entry in the myth of B, a solid comic anyone can enjoy.

When it comes to BRZRKR overall, I’ve been impressed. It’s a series that felt like a stalled movie pitch from Keanu Reeves when it started but it delivered far more than action and adventure and turned out to be a solid comic series. The world of B has expanded since then with BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 being the latest entry and again, it stands out in so many ways.

Written by Mattson Tomlin, BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 is a comic any reader can pick up and enjoy. While knowing some of B’s history could help, it’s not needed for what is a symphony of violence. Action, betrayal, death, and destruction wait within the pages as we are told the tale of a fallen empire, one destroyed by B.

Tomlin does a fantastic job of delivering not just destruction and a build up to it but a series of twists and turns that add so much with each reveal. It’s a story that pays off at every moment even to the last panel. Like the main series this spun out of, the comic is far more than just one action sequence after another and by the end you feel for B and the manipulation he was put through. To make the bringer of death so sympathetic is impressive.

The art by Rebekah Isaacs is great. Joined by Dee Cunniffe on color and Becca Carey on lettering, the comic’s visual is packed with blood and destruction but doesn’t focus on it. There’s some shocking moments that hit home the strength and animalistic nature of B but it never distracts. The bodies, the blood, the death is there to emphasize what a force of nature he is. The colors stand out as well with some great us of red, yellow, and orange with fire often raging around the destruction of B. It could easily have been a comic drenched in blood red but it avoids that.

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 is another great entry in the series and adds to the story of B. While I initially rolled my eyes at what felt like a movie/tv pitch, I’m actively excited to see it move to that and hopefully expand the world further. Even if you don’t know the story of B, BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 is a comic to check out and it very well might get you excited to learn more and see what you missed.

Created by: Keanu Reeves Story: Mattson Tomlin Art: Rebekah Isaacs
Color: Dee Cunniffe Letterer: Becca Carey
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy

BOOM! Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – Kindle

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Howard the Duck #1

Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #2 (DC Comics) – The second issue is solid building off some real world history and creating an even more tragic story for Alan Scott.

Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War – First Strike #1/Luke Cage: Gang War #1/Spider-Woman #1 (Marvel) – Gang War kicks off!

Barbaric: Wrong Kind of Righteous (Vault Comics) – The tale of Sir Borys the Righteous Paladin and his trusty, talking Flail, as he enlists the help of Owen, Axe, and Soren on his noble path.

Basic Instinct #1 (Massive Publishing) – A sequel to the film?

Batman ’89: Echoes #1 (DC Comics) – Building off the classic film, the Caped Crusader has disappeared. Where is Batman?

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 (BOOM! Studios) – The lone survivor of Olos, a long-dead empire that once thrived, tells a tale of B.’s distant past, and the death and cataclysm he brought forth.

Conan the Barbarian #5 (Titan Comics) – A new arc kicks off as Conan is haunted by memories of Belit.

Count Dante #6 (Scout Comics) – The series that blends fact and fiction wraps up. If you’re a fan of martial arts, check out this series!

Darkwing Duck #10 (Dynamite Entertainment) – Darkwing and The Justice Ducks must race to free Launchpad from an underwater Ducklantian prison.

Howard the Duck #1 (Marvel) – Celebrating 50 years with this all-new one-shot!

Jennifer Blood: Battle Diary #1 (Dynamite Entertainment) – Jennifer is back and hopefully with more over the top violence.

Local Man #7 (Image Comics) – A new mission as Local Man searches for a murderer.

The Penguin #4 (DC Comics) – The series has been amazing so far making the Penguin a character to have sympathy for but also fear.

Titans: Beast World #1 (DC Comics) – The event starts here!

X-Men: Blue Origins #1 (Marvel) – Mother and son reunite in a mold-shattering tale that exposes secrets held for decades and redefines both characters forever.

Experience Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR with an all-new collection

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Created by Keanu Reeves, BRZRKR gets a brand new collection featuring a pair of stories set within the 80,000 year history of BRZRKR in BRZRKR: Bloodlines Vol. 1, a softcover trade paperback hitting shelves Spring 2024. BRZRKR: Bloodlines Vol. 1 collects BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness #1 and BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1.

The renowned and record-shattering Keanu Reeves is joined by writer/artist Steve Skroce, writer/director Mattson Tomlin, fan-favorite artist Rebekah Isaacs, and colorists Dave Stewart and Dee Cunniffe in two unforgettable, violent tales:

In Poetry of Madness, B. safeguards the ancient realm of Atlantis as its unstoppable protector. But a sickly monarch symbolizes the rot within the city and the cracks created by a secret cult might spell the end of the legendary kingdom, one beyond even B.’s ability to save.

In Fallen Empire, a former kingdom decimated by the BRZRKR has a single survivor…one who must have her story heard and recorded else the same fate befall another damned kingdom.

BRZRKR: Bloodlines Vol. 1 will be available in comic shops March 27, 2024 and in bookstores April 2, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

BRZRKR: Bloodlines Vol. 1

Get a new Look into the Bloody World of BRZRKR with Fallen Empire

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Created by the iconic Keanu Reeves, BRZRKR and The Batman Part II screenwriter and Eisner-nominated writer Mattson Tomlin is joined by hit artist Rebekah Isaacs and colorist Jordie Bellaire to bring to light a new chapter in the BRZRKR mythos with BRZRKR: Fallen Empire.

The lone survivor of Olos, a long-dead–once thriving–empire, tells a tale of B.’s distant past and the death and cataclysm he brought forth.

But what did B. find that could have driven him to such violent ends? The desires of the heart are as much a weapon as any in B.’s arsenal…

BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 features a main cover by Rebekah Isaacs with colors by Jordie Bellaire, with variants by Joëlle Jones, Jenny Frison, and Yanick Paquette. BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 will be available on November 29, 2023.