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Classic Wrestling Grapples with Ancient Horror in Mad Dog Morgan

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This summer, The Lab Press hits you with the ultimate suplex! After a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier in the year to bring this wild passion project to life, the award-winning new graphic novel publisher is delivering indie wrestling hit, Mad Dog Morgan, to the masses in a gorgeous new hardcover edition available in book and comic stores from August 4.

Created by Adam Lawson and co-written with Brian Christgau, the book features art by Maxi Dall’O, colors by Patricio Delpeche, and letters by Dave Lentz. Equal parts The Wrestler and The Shining by way of House On Haunted Hill, Mad Dog Morgan is best described as “all-out indie wrestling meets a blood-soaked haunted house in an all-new original graphic novel.”

”Mitchell “Mad Dog” Morgan always dreamed of making it to the big arenas in wrestling, but never managed to crawl his way out of the indies. They were right about him when they said he was “just another jabroni.” Determined to drink his troubles away, he wanders into a crumbling house that’s more than it appears to be—leading to a supernatural world of horror that feeds on the hopeless. As the house tries to break him, Morgan realizes all of his failures had prepared him for this pivotal moment. He was not born to wrestle in the ring, but to fight an ancient evil that preys on the lost. Bloodied, brutalized, and on the brink, this washed-up jabroni will rise up to become the main event–or die trying.

Mad Dog Morgan first arrived in comic shops on July 29, before it debuts in book store sand online on August 4. The book features a main cover by interior artist Maxi Dall’o, and followed by a special Limited Edition cover featuring art by J.D. Knight. You can order it now from Amazon or your local book/comic shop.

Kicked Out of Monster School. Dropped Into the Human World. Undercover Monster arrives in August!

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Getting expelled from monster school is bad, but getting sent undercover into a human school might be worse! Papercutz has announced Undercover Monster, a new middle-grade graphic novel from Hellicious writers A.C. Medina and Mina Elwell, illustrated by Kit Wallis, with lettering by Dave Lentz. Blending mystery, humor, and a monster-sized identity crisis, this 176-page story unfolds in a school where nothing—and no one—can be trusted.

Mia has been kicked out of monster schools at every level, from Madame Cryptorius’s School for the Brilliant and Bewitched to Bugwump Swamp Middle, and now she’s about to face her toughest challenge yet: Human school. Her goal: Find the monster who has infiltrated this school and started picking the human kids off as prey, and she might just get let back into a monster school. All she has to do is narrow down her list of suspects. How many monsters can there be hiding in a school? (A lot, it turns out.)

A fast-moving mystery with a monster twist, Undercover Monster taps into the tension of not fitting in, the paranoia of hidden identities, and the chaos of school life, where the biggest threat might not be who you expect!

Undercover Monster goes on sale August 11, 2026, in paperback (ISBN: 9781545827475 | $14.99) and hardcover (ISBN: 9781545827482 | $19.99) formats.

Undercover Monster

Papercutz Announces Jane American

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Papercutz brings readers Jane American, a heartfelt middle-grade graphic novel blending coming-of-age storytelling, wartime history, and superhero-inspired emotion.

Written by 26-year public school teacher Jason Douglas, with art by Annie Wright and letters by Dave Lentz, Jane American is the Ringo Award-winning graphic novel exploring grief, identity, resilience, and discovering your own strength in a world determined to define you. Deeply researched and emotionally resonant, the book features historical endnotes and extensive educational back matter for readers and educators in grades 4 through 12, with Wright also recognized with the Ringo Award for Best New Talent.

During the 1940’s, Jane was living a life of family, stability, and hope…until she wasn’t! Until the war brought tragedy to her doorstep and changed her in unbelievable ways that are better left hidden. Yet the realities of the end of the war, dad is not coming home, and society has determined that mom can no longer be a Rosie The Riveter, have left Jane with a choice: stay safe, stay hidden, or… embrace who she truly is and what she can really do, for the sake of everyone that she loves!

Jane American balances emotional storytelling, historical authenticity, and adventure while exploring universal themes of identity, self-worth, gender, grief, and belonging through the lens of wartime America.

Blending educational value, classic comic-book appeal, and deeply human storytelling, Jane American delivers action-packed heroism alongside an emotionally rich story about family, loss, resilience, and embracing who you are against impossible odds. Jane American will make you cheer, teach while it entertains, and leave you with hope for the future.

Jane American goes on sale September 1, 2026, in paperback (ISBN: 9781545836224 | $14.99) and hardcover (ISBN: 9781545836217 | $19.99) formats.

Jane American 

Crowdfunding Corner: Copycat from Cullen Bunn, Heath Amodio,Todd Garner, and Elmer Cantada. Final 48 hours!

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Disclosure: Graphic Policy’s founder Brett is a member of the Zoop team.

Copycat

It’s the final 48 hours to get your copy of Copycat by the production company, Hustle and Heart Films. Copycat is a 100 + page trade paperback based on a concept by producer Todd Garner and written by Hustle & Hearts Films’ duo of Heath Amodio and New York Times bestselling writer Cullen Bunn. Elmer Cantada provides the line art, with colors by Gabe Contreras and letters by Dave Lentz. It’s currently crowdfunding on Zoop.

Sarah is an ER nurse with a unique power to diagnose her patients with just one touch. Unfortunately, her power comes at a painful cost, as she suffers the same agony as those she cares for. When a super-powered woman dies in her arms, she leaches the woman’s super-strength, and finds herself hunted by the people that killed her. She’ll have to survive long enough to take them down as she uncovers how they and the dead woman are tied to her mother’s murder.

Time is running out to get your copy. It still needs support to reach its goal.

Crowdfunding Corner: Copycat from Cullen Bunn, Heath AmodioTodd Garner, and Elmer Cantada

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Copycat

Crowdfunding now on Zoop is Copycat by the production company, Hustle and Heart Films. Copycat is a 100 + page trade paperback based on a concept by producer Todd Garner and written by Hustle & Hearts Films’ duo of Heath Amodio and New York Times bestselling writer Cullen Bunn. Elmer Cantada provides the line art, with colors by Gabe Contreras and letters by Dave Lentz.

Sarah is an ER nurse with a unique power to diagnose her patients with just one touch. Unfortunately, her power comes at a painful cost, as she suffers the same agony as those she cares for. When a super-powered woman dies in her arms, she leaches the woman’s super-strength, and finds herself hunted by the people that killed her. She’ll have to survive long enough to take them down as she uncovers how they and the dead woman are tied to her mother’s murder.

Early bird pricing is available for the first 48 hours and you can get rewards like commissions from a wide range of artists.

It’s a Unicorn vs. Vampires in Unicorn: Vampire Hunter!

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A young woman named Jezebel moves to a magical marsh to live with her uncle, Seamus the Wizard and his puppies that never grow old. One day, Jezebel wanders into the dark forest and almost falls victim to a vampire. Luckily, her life is saved by a unicorn, who gores the vampire with his horn, killing it. Jezebel and her uncle welcome the unicorn into their family, but things are about to get dicey… An exciting new heartfelt story about friendship, love, and finding purpose in an unpredictable world.

Unicorn: Vampire Hunter is created and written by Caleb Palmquist, with art, ink, and color by Daryl Toh, lettering by Dave Lentz, story consultant Brian Douglas, and edited by Colleen Douglas. It’s coming soon from Scout Comics!

Jack and The Beanstalk heads to space this December in Grimm Space

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Jack, a young mechanic, lives in a beat up old space ship called The Beanstalk. The captain is a human woman called “Mom,” and two aliens round out the crew: Zeke, who runs security, and Stilts, who handles their business relations. After a robot malfunctions on the ship, Mom orders Jack to sell it at a space station bazaar. Instead of selling it though, Jack gets sidetracked by a smooth talking alien who persuades Jack to give him the robot in exchange for a strange navigation unit. When he gets back, Mom is angry that Jack didn’t sell the robot and tosses the NAV unit aside, which mysteriously activates itself. As they’re sleeping, the ship somehow finds itself in deep space in front of a massive alien ship. Eager to prove that the NAV unit wasn’t a waste, Jack boards the ship and discovers a giant sleeping alien as well as a bunch of large golden eggs. Excited that they could sell one, Jack picks up an egg, which triggers an alarm, waking the alien. Jack races back to his ship, making it to safety just in time. Later, the crew celebrates their score while, unbeknownst to them, the egg begins to crack.

Grimm Space is written by Frank Martin, with art and cover by Dan Scalisi, variant covers by Rully Akbar and Periya Pillai, and a logo by Dave Lentz. It’s out this December from Scout Comics.

Grimm Space

NYCC 2021: Felix the Cat Returns!

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The beloved black and white feline hits the pages and panels for an all-new series from Source Point Press! Felix the Cat, written by President of Studio Stario, Mike Federali and Bob Frantz, with art by Tracy Yardley; colors by Matt Herms and letters by Dave Lentz, has breathed life back into this silent-era classic character in a very exciting way!

In this new series, Felix the Cat and friends face the mysterious Xilef the Extraordinary, an all new foe more powerful than all of Felix’s past enemies combined. Can Felix and friends (classic and new) save the world from this Magical, Melodramatic, Machiavellian Malcontent?

In issue #1, Felix the Cat comes face to face with Xilef the Extraordinary, an otherworldly new enemy that will stop at nothing to get Felix’s Magic Bag.

Felix the Cat #1is scheduled to release January 2022 from Source Point Press, and will be featured on the New York Comic Con’s (NYCC) Sunday badge. Writer Mike Federali and artist Tracy Yardley are scheduled for a signing at the Source Point Press NYCC booth #2137 on Sunday, Oct. 10, from 11am-12pm.