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Rocketship Entertainment reveals its Spring and Summer 2026 Slate

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Rocketship Entertainment has announced its spring and summer release slate today. 2026 marks the publisher’s biggest release year to date. Following the announcements at ComicsPRO that Rocketship will be launching its first ongoing monthly comic series, Empiria by David K. Wilson and Jacque Solomon, and that they’ve inked a new partnership with Panick Entertainment, the publisher will roll out nine titles over the next six months. Plus, Rocketship will also be expanding Bottlerocket, its young readers’ imprint, with two new titles.

CinnamonRoll

Written and Illustrated by: RE ME
250 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-18-6
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-17-9

Prepare to be captivated by the enchanting tale of Satu, a guy who reigns supreme as the most sought-after heartthrob in his school. It seems that every girl is smitten by his charm, yet he remains blissfully oblivious to their adoration. Deep within Satu’s heart lies a love that transcends all others, a love reserved solely for the captivating Rin. However, there is a formidable obstacle standing in his way… Rin’s icy demeanor.

Will Satu be able to thaw the frosty walls that protect Rin’s heart? The answer, my friends, is a resounding “perhaps.” For Satu is not merely a handsome and intelligent young man, but he is also a self-appointed cupid, tirelessly extending his assistance to his friends as they navigate the treacherous waters of love and romance. Will his advice be met with success and jubilation? Ah, that remains to be seen.

Embark on this captivating journey alongside Satu and his friends as they unravel the complexities of love, friendship, and the human heart. Brace yourselves for a rollercoaster of emotions, as laughter intertwines with tender moments, and unexpected twists and turns keep your heart racing with anticipation.

Join us now as we delve into the vivid tapestry of CinnamonRoll, an enthralling adventure that will leave you yearning for more with every page turned.

Artist and writer RE ME is the creator of CinnamonRoll, and he is also known for creating webcomics Ski and Sleeping Napoleon.

The deluxe hardcover features a leather-bound, heart-shaped, die-cut center with an embossed and foil-stamped design.

Gunpunch

Written and Illustrated by: Fernando Pinto
140 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-34-6
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-33-9

An original graphic novel from writer and artist Fernando Pinto (Eat Fighter, Savage Dragon). Evan had an alright life, a job he didn’t mind and a long-distance girlfriend he liked well enough. Then, he lost both on the same day, met a mysterious girl, and wound up transformed into GUNPUNCH… who is supposedly Earth’s last hope against an invasion of shape-shifting Draxans.

Armed with a high-tech symbiotic armor grafted onto his body, Evan lurches through citywide chaos, corporate secrets, alien recruiters, and a supporting cast of eccentrics while trying to decide whether any of this heroic destiny is actually worth the trouble.

Writer and artist Fernando Pinto has worked on projects for Image Comics, WEBTOON, Mirage Comics, Boom! Studios and many more. He’s best known for Savage Dragon, Eat Fighter, and Long Ago & Far Away.

Two Suns

Written by: Carlos Giffoni
Illustrated by: Juan Doe
120 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-37-7

From writer Carlos Giffoni (Strayed, Space Riders) and artist Juan Doe (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Fantastic Four), Two Suns centers on a scientist suffering from amnesia who wakes up on a wild alien world and struggles to survive its perilous environment as returning memories reveal the wicked actions that led him there.

As Giovanni explores a surreal island filled with mind-bending wildlife, he slowly recaptures memories of his dying home planet, his relationships, and the catastrophic mistake he hopes to erase.

Two Suns delivers a visually ambitious, emotionally charged sci-fi graphic novel that blends isolation, survival, and redemption into a premium-format hardcover package.

Carlos Gifoni is a writer and musician whose comic work has included Strayed, Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness, and stories for anthologies on Image Comics and IDW.

Juan Doe is a veteran comics writer and artist with over fifteen years of experience whose credits include Strayed with Carlos Giffoni, Guardians of the Galaxy, Bad Reception, Dark Ark, and The Fantastic Four.

This over-sized deluxe hardcover has 4C edge printing with a neon ink and an iridescent foil cover.

Apocalyptic Horseplay

Written and Illustrated by: Boredman
204 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-51-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-90-2

The terrible Horsemen of the Apocalypse have reformed and sworn off their ancient ways. Now retired and leading peaceful lives in a small town in England, these ancient calamities eventually find their anonymity, as well as their very existence, threatened by the arrival of one nosy student journalist… And a child who could bring about the End of the World.

This first volume of Apocalyptic Horseplay contains the entire first half of the series (Chapters 1-4), including additional art and Footnotes on the lore and characters.

Boredman, the writer and artist of Apocalyptic Horseplay, is a Belgian-based French cartoonist and the creator of the hit webcomic UndeadEd. He has been making cartoons and webcomics for more than fifteen years, publishing almost exclusively on WEBTOON since UndeadEd’s official release.

The deluxe hardcover features spot UV, embossed designs, and neon green ink.

1000

Created and Illustrated by: Sanford Greene
Written by: Chuck Brown
168 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-952126-29-1
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-952126-66-6

From multiple Eisner Award-winning creator Sanford Greene comes 1000, winner of the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Webcomic.

Set in a modern world of aliens, warlocks, zombies, and ancient beasts, 1000 follows Dragon Son, a supreme entity who has abandoned all creation as he struggles to return to his true dragon form by completing one thousand acts of repentance.

Joined by five other agents secretly policing a collapsing civilization, Dragon Son must confront supernatural threats, ancient powers, and the consequences of his own failures in a kinetic fantasy epic built for readers who love mythic scale and contemporary style.

Creator and artist Sanford Greene is a multiple Eisner Award-winning comics artist and creator who has worked professionally for over fifteen years across Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics. His credits include Power Man and Iron Fist, Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Doom for Marvel. He is the co-creator and artist of Bitter Root (Image Comics), the Eisner Award–winning dark fantasy series set during the Harlem Renaissance. In 2020, Sanford won the Ringo Award for Best Artist for his work on Bitter Root.

Writer Chuck Brown is an Eisner and Ringo Award-winning writer who has worked on comics such as The Punisher and Black Panther for Marvel, Rotten Apple for Dark Horse Comics, and Bitter Root for Image Comics.

The 1000 hardcover is presented in a deluxe, soft touch cover, with rounded edges and Sanford Greene’s original line art debossed with spot UV, and foil stamping of the logo and Sanford Greene’s signature.

The Chum Brothers

Written and Illustrated by: Jessica Warrick
150 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-75-9
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-53-7

From creator Jessica Warrick comes Gil and Fin Chum, fish-human hybrid psychic twins who stumble into their own private-eye business in Loreland, a modern city inhabited by mythical creatures, humans, and everything in between.

Their first major case drops them into a seedy gnome slavery trafficking ring and a world of clubs, conspiracies, and magical lowlifes.

Know Your Gnomes launches The Chum Brothers with a mature, irreverent mix of detective fiction, fantasy satire, and chaotic sibling energy.

Jessica Warrick is the writer and illustrator of The Chum Brothers. Based in Portland, Oregon, she spent years working as a freelance illustrator with a focus on children’s publishing before launching this adult-skewing comics project.

Average Adventures of an Average Girl

Written and Illustrated by: Laura Romagnoli
176 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-57-5
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-56-8

If something can go wrong, it surely will… But at least it will make a memorable story. Average Adventures of an Average Girl follows a young would-be artist through bad luck, daydreams, embarrassment, and the tiny catastrophes of everyday life.

This print collection gathers some of the most beloved strips from Laura Romagnoli’s webcomic along with additional material, balancing cringe-comedy and self-awareness with a warm arc of personal growth. The result is a charming volume about learning to laugh at yourself, survive the weirdness of daily life, and embrace the mess.

Laura Romagnoli is also the creator of Of Men and Magic, along with being an editor for Tacotoon, the first Italian platform for WEBTOON.

#Blessed Volume 2

Written and Illustrated by: M. Victoria Robado
240 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-78-0
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-77-3

Joanna is a twentysomething office worker who accidentally swiped right on an entire pantheon of gods and goddesses. Now, her love life is tangled up with destiny itself.

Volume 2 of M. Victoria Robado’s hit WEBTOON series continues the romantic, comedic, and supernatural fallout as divine suitors compete, tensions rise, and Joanna’s ordinary life keeps colliding with ancient prophecy.

M. Victoria Robado is an Argentinian pop artist and comic creator based in Maryland. Having worked professionally as a comic artist and illustrator for nearly ten years, her credits include work for WEBTOON, Mattel, Legendary, Warner Music, Archie Comics, Oni Press, Comics Kingdom, and Hot Topic merchandise licensing.

Eat Fighter

Written by: Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente
Illustrated by: Fernando Pinto
296 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-52-0
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-45-2

Eat Fighter follows Miss, a thirty-something fitness fanatic who abandons her kale-and-step-count lifestyle to become a superstar on the competitive eating circuit.

Inspired by the legacy of her late brother, she heads to Seoul to chase the title of World Champion Eat Fighter, but her impossible appetite and zombie-slaying circumstances suggest something much stranger is going on.

The result is a chaotic, high-concept collected edition that blends sports parody, body horror, action, and deadpan humor.

Fred Van Lente is a six-time New York Times bestselling comics writer, novelist, and playwright.

Crystal Skillman is an international award-winning playwright, fictional podcast writer, and comic book author.

Writer and artist Fernando Pinto has worked on projects for Image Comics, WEBTOON, Mirage Comics, Boom! Studios and many more. He’s best known for Savage Dragon, Gunpunch, and Long Ago & Far Away.

Spirits: The Soul Collector Part 1

Written by: Colin Lor & Joseph Grabowski
Illustrated by: Colin Lor
188 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-952126-70-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-952126-69-7

Spirits are the living essence of the natural world. Most people cannot see them. But twelve-year-old Will Thompson suddenly can, and that gift becomes essential when his younger brother’s soul is stolen.

Will is pulled into a hidden world of supernatural beings, looming danger, and spiritual rules he barely understands, all while racing to save his family.

Writer and artist Colin Lor has worked in comic books, animation, and role-playing games throughout his career. He pitched the idea of creating comics to writer Joseph Grabowki, and the result was Spirits: the Soul Collector.

The deluxe edition features an anti-scratch matte finish with spot UV dust jacket over a clothbound hardcover with debossed foil stamping.

Commander Tomorrow

Written by: Kevin Conn
Illustrated by: Nate Lovett
130 Pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-962298-55-1
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-962298-54-4

From writer Kevin Conn and artist Nate Lovett comes COMMANDER TOMORROW!

Have you ever wanted to be something more than you are? Commander Tomorrow follows Kyle Landon, a dreamer struggling to figure out who he is and where he is heading while battling depression and bouts of anxiety.

When Kyle is pulled into the universe of his favorite childhood cartoon and toy line, he becomes Commander Tomorrow: The Space Adventurer, joining Vega and Ascendor to battle the villainous Zygore and his army of Slymeborgz.

Blending cosmic adventure, self-discovery, and all-ages action, the book offers a hopeful story about heroism, imagination, and facing your inner world while saving an outer one.

Commander Tomorrow is writer Kevin Conn’s first graphic novel. He is a comedian, public speaker and a trained Peer Specialist who has worked with NAMI, In Our Own Voice and The Chris Atwood Foundation.

Artist Nate Lovett has been drawing comics and illustrations professionally since 2007 with projects such as Marvel Comics Presents, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Paw Patrol, and GI: Joe.

​LINE Webtoon Announces Slate of Upcoming Releases

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LINE Webtoon has announced the upcoming release of nine new titles and a new season for popular Katie Cook series Nothing Special. The rollout includes new series from creators Thom Zahler, Marvel Zombies scribe Fred Van Lente, Monica Gallagher, three-time Eisner-winner Paul Tobin, and others, ranging in a variety of genres from comedy and action to romance and horror.

These new titles will release alongside the previously announced line-up of Outrage, by Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza and artist Reilly Brown; Finality, by Warren Ellis and four-time Eisner-winner Colleen Doran; Backchannel, by Stan Lee, Tom Akel, and Andie Tong; and Caster, by Austin Harrison, Mike Raitch, Zah Howard, and Jason Masters, with original music by Common; as well as the highly anticipated return of Sanford Greene’s 1000 and 2018 Eisner-nominee Brothers Bond by Ryan Benjamin and Kevin Grevioux.

The new releases include:

Eat Fighter by Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies, Big Trouble in Little China), Crystal Skillman, and Fernando Pinto – launching this summer.

Eat Fighter is a competitive eating, zombie murder epic that follows Miss, a thirty-something fitness nut who throws away her kale and step-counting ways to become a superstar on the competitive eating circuit. Following the lifestyle of her late brother, who was a champion competitive eater himself, she embarks on a quest to Seoul to become the World Champion Eat Fighter. But eating barrels of barbecue and acres of apple pie doesn’t come without a price—so what’s Miss’s secret as to why she can eat as much as she wants and never gain a pound? 

 

BOO! It’s Sex by Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots) and Monica Gallagher (Assassin Roommate) – launching this summer.

High school classmates Denise, Christine, Lindsey, and Kim, move into a former sorority house for their first year of college, and immediately discover the ghost of a dead sorority girl stuck in a discarded bottle of tequila. While the freshwomen are settling into college life, Tara settles herself into the center of their personal lives, acting as a seasoned mentor for their transition from girls to ladies. Being dead for a while (she never has the same answer for when or how) has given Tara a perplexingly thorough knowledge of sex, relationships, body stuff, and even friendship.

Renai the Witch by Keron Grant (Superman, Iron Man) and Ytasha Womack – launching in late 2018.

Renai is convinced that madness follows her every step.  After her boyfriend Tory betrays her by falling in love with her best friend Angela, Renai becomes convinced that Angela cast a spell on him.  A meeting with her Aunt Kita confirms her suspicions of an underworld of sorcery.  In order to save her beloved Tory, she must connect with her inner witch and the light within herself to stand up to the grim forces in her way. 

Messenger by three-time Eisner-winner Paul Tobin (Bandette, Plants Vs. Zombies) and Ray Nadine – launching May 2018.

Messenger follows Dare Crilley, a bike messenger who is utterly unsurpassed. She scoffs at bad weather, traffic is barely an obstacle, and she’s never missed a delivery. That’s good, because Dare is about to discover her mysterious new client is literally divine, and that a dispute between the gods means the fate of the universe rests on a series of increasingly more difficult bicycle deliveries. Will Dare fail on any of these fateful missions? Can she assemble all the parts for the Legendary Divine Bicycle? One thing’s for sure, Dare never backs down when it’s time to deliver.

Shadow Pirates by Sean Galloway (Hellboy Animated, The Spectacular Spider-Man) and Ian Hopps – launching in late 2018.

In Shadow Pirates, Mao, leader of The Yakooza Group, is stuck behind bars in Old San Diego following an unfortunate run in with The Shadow Pirates.  After convincing a group of teenagers to aid in his escape by promising them a greater power than they can imagine the ultimate burst they are transported to New San Diego where they begin their adventure to unlock the burst in the form of The Four Horseman: war, pestilence, famine, and death.

Divination by Eisner-nominee Val Staples (Criminal, X-Men), Gina Iorio, and Melinda Timpone – launching this fall.

In the gothic thriller Divination, readers will explore the world of death, demons, spirits, and angels, after Ana’s teenage life is thrown into chaos when she begins to see manifestations of the undead. As the mysterious Reapers continue to appear with more intensity, Ana soon finds herself on a path towards an uncertain destiny that will have drastic consequences for both her and the entire world.

Cupid’s Arrows by Thom Zahler (Warning Label, My Little Pony) – launching in late 2018.

Cupid’s Arrows follows Rick and Lora, a team of Arrows who work for Cupid, the god of love, and attempt to execute the wishes of The Book of Love, which gives the details on which couples will get together for a legendary love story. They’ve received their newest mission and must work together to bring about the perfect and memorable moment, assuring a lasting start to their couple’s relationship.  However, even after working together for hundreds of years, they banter and bicker like brother and sister to cover the feelings they have for each other–will these Arrows finally realize they are more than just friends? 

Nothing Special Season 2 by Katie Cook

In Nothing Special, spirits, gods, and demons wander both their realm and ours. The series follows Callie, a lonely teen who grew up splitting her time between the human and spirit worlds due to her father’s job as an antiques collector in the spirit world. When her father mysteriously vanishes in the spirit realm, Callie is forced to journey further into the world than ever before in an attempt to rescue him. In Season 2, readers can continue to explore Callie’s world filled with adventure, family secrets, and romance.

Heart Wired by Leanne Hannah (Masters of the Universe) and Rod Hannah – launching this summer.

Heart Wired follows 16-year-old Cal Mills, one of the first of seven children born on Mars.
Cal has always dreamed of traveling to Earth and experiencing the birthplace of humanity firsthand. However, he is held back by his fragile body, genetically-engineered to tolerate the microgravity environment of Mars. His parents have religious and philosophical issues with the trans-humanist movement, which pushes for total replacement of the organic biological systems of the human body with the synthetic machine. Things change when communication with Earth gets cut off suddenly and it becomes clear that a war of annihilation has taken place. The final act of the automated space-based military forces will be to eliminate all rival extraterrestrial assets.

Metaphorical Her by James Maddox, David Stoll, and Justin Birch – launching this summer.

Humiliated and exiled, a young poet and her friends build an underground following while fighting against the white-collar criminals who threaten their careers. In Metaphorical Her, Eleanor “Laney” Petra makes a social misstep and offends the man who holds the keys to success in her chosen field of work, poetry. Discovering an unlikely audience in the local rock scene, Laney shows that she can build a sizable following of outsiders that will force the poetic scene to recognize her and her work. All the while, Laney must fend off the people who want to cage her, her friends, and hinder their ambition.