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Floating World Comics reveals 3 New Preorders, Hanna and the Hells vs. Quentin Tarantino, Liquid Persona, and Vengeance is for the Living

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HANNA AND THE HELLS VS QUENTIN TARANTINO

(W) Sam Ashurst (A) Tony M Clarke
32 pages, B&W, $6
ISBN 978-1963314335
Lunar code 0726FW0952
In stores October 2026

“I’d rather cut off my own ear than hear our song in his movie…”

When celebrity b-movie director Quentin Tarantino sets out to make his 10th and final film, there’s only one tune good enough to end his epic: Hanna and the Hells’ ‘New York Ripper’. Only trouble is, Hanna and her pals don’t want to hand over the rights. This sets in motion a widescreen conflict that sees the band travelling across the planet to call action on their very own rip-roaring rampage of revenge…

Will QT survive, or is he going to be pretty f****** far from okay? Find out by ordering Hanna and the Hells VS Quentin Tarantino today!

Writer Sam Ashurst is a cartoonist, screenwriter and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. Artist Tony M Clarke is a ‘70s punk rocker turned ‘80s psychotronic store owner, based in London, England.

HANNA AND THE HELLS VS QUENTIN TARANTINO

Liquid Persona

(W/A) Momo Gordon
120 pages, two tone, $30
ISBN 978-1963314328
Lunar code 0726FW0953
In stores November 2026

A life in three parts. Momo Gordon’s taste for memories finds them excavating the past. Using their family history as a dig site, they draw upon artifacts to map out their story. In haunting panels, this collection of journal comics bleeds through to the present. Slowly, the liquid persona reveals itself.

Limited to 1000 copies, each book is a unique handmade object, with half-size text pages cut by hand.

Momo Gordon is a self-taught artist focused on the emotional landscape. Based in Portland, Oregon, working primarily with graphite and handmade paper, their work explores sentient spaces, hostile architecture, and anthropomorphized objects. In sequential works or standalone pieces, characters often have four walls. You may have seen their work at Fisk Gallery, Dale Zine, or VROOM. And published by Kuš!, Can Can Press, Colorama, and Nieves Books.

Liquid Persona

VENGEANCE IS FOR THE LIVING TP

(W) Keenan Marshall Keller, (A) Alex Delaney
240 pages, full color, $29.99
ISBN 978-1963314236
Lunar code 0726FW0955
In stores October 2026

Her children savagely murdered. Her husband missing and assumed dead. Hand mangled. Throat slit. Voice gone. Left for dead… Her life, over. Consumed by the loss of all she’s ever loved, Sheila Knox has nothing left to live for but the simmering rage within her heart. So, when the men responsible for hurting her and her family, come after Sheila to “finish the job”, they unwittingly let loose an Angel of Death, hell-bent on hunting down those responsible and making them all pay. With the help of her ex-Marine sister, Maureen, Sheila sets out to lay waste to the scum that took her family from her… AT ALL COSTS.

Vengeance Is For The Living from the powerhouse duo of Keenan Marshall Keller (The HUMANS / The JUNGLE) and Alex Delaney (The Derelict) collects the huge 4-issue series, into one massive 240 page edition with several added pages of pinups and back material as well as the new painted cover by Alex Delaney.

VENGEANCE IS FOR THE LIVING TP

Laser Quest takes a very normal experience and just spins it into absolute horror

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Did you ever attend a Laser Quest birthday party as a kid? Were you scared by the darkness of the seemingly endless laser maze? Did you get lost in the twisting hallways and think you’d never be found? Did you run into the tribe of lost children that have been stuck in the maze for years? When little Johnny attends a Laser Quest birthday party in the year 2000 these are the questions that cross his mind.

Laser Quest combines liminal space horror, 2000s nostalgia, and the dark chiaroscuro artwork of Harry Nordlinger, to create a haunting tale of childhood memories, nightmares and trauma.

Story: Harry Nordlinger
Art: Harry Nordlinger

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Laser Quest combines Liminal Space Horror and 2000s Nostalgia

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Did you ever attend a Laser Quest birthday party as a kid? Were you scared by the darkness of the seemingly endless laser maze? Did you get lost in the twisting hallways and think you’d never be found? Did you run into the tribe of lost children that have been stuck in the maze for years? When little Johnny attends a Laser Quest birthday party in the year 2000 these are the questions that cross his mind.

Laser Quest combines liminal space horror, 2000s nostalgia, and the dark chiaroscuro artwork of Harry Nordlinger, to create a haunting tale of childhood memories, nightmares and trauma. 36 pages, black and white.

Laser Quest by Harry Nordlinger is on sale August 26, 2026.

Laser Quest

Stephen Pellnat’s Upstate #5 gets a Release Party this June at Floating World Comics

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Celebrate the release of the 5th issue on Friday June 5, with book readings by Stephen Pellnat, joined by Quinn Amacher and Emilie Kelly. Great readers and good vibes guaranteed!

Upstate follows Ryan Essen, a 31 year old in 2018, returning to her childhood home in the fictional Hudson Valley town of Heinrichville, New York. Her father is dying, her home is changing, and like so many millennials, she feels like the best years of her life are far behind her.

In the latest issue of Stephen Pellnat’s series, a German veteran of the First World War arrives in the early American twentieth century, distant from even himself. An unexamined life echoes forward in time, through an entire family; its present day iteration afflicted by patterns of behavior that are not quite the same, not quite different. Overlapping shades of the generational and the personal coalesce as the Upstate Winter Cycle draws to a close.

WHO: Stephen Pellnat, Quinn Amacher, Emilie Kelly
WHAT: UPSTATE #5 release party and book reading
WHEN: Friday June 5, 5pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon

Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust! Join writer Sam Ashurst on March 8, to celebrate the release of Hanna and The Hells Vs The Beatles

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When all-woman punk band Hanna and The Hells set out to perform the perfect gig, Satan himself couldn’t stand in their way – even if the Hells ambitions include heisting a gently weeping guitar from… The Beatles! It’s anarchy in the UK as Hanna, Razor, Trash, and Fetish come together to twist and shout the Fab Four into submission – with John, Paul, George and Ringo needing more than love to make it out alive! God save ’em!

Hanna and The Hells Vs The Beatles is from writer Sam Ashurst and art by Tony M Clarke. It comes to comic shelves February 11 from Floating World Comics and this March, you can celebrate its release with a book signing.

WHO: Sam Ashurst
WHAT: Hanna and The Hells Vs. The Beatles release party and book signing
WHEN: Sunday March 8, 4-6pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center Portland, OR

Writer Sam Ashurst is a cartoonist, screenwriter and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon.
Artist Tony M Clarke is a 70s punk rocker turned 80s psychotronic bootlegger based in London, England.

Hanna and The Hells Vs The Beatles Release Party

Floating World Comics announces a Vanishing Point Release Party this January

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Vanishing Point Release Party

Award-winning writer Mark Russell and some of the comics industry’s most talented artists deliver a universe full of shocking sci-fi horror tales in this new anthology series! Join creators Russell and Ryan Alexander-Tanner on Saturday January 24 to celebrate the release of their terrifying new graphic novel, Vanishing Point.

The brainchild of critically-acclaimed writer Mark Russell, Vanishing Point is an anthology of short stories that are part science fiction and part existential horror. These are stories with a twist in which the twist is not the point of the story, but a beginning point from which to ask what it means to be alive. Russell is joined by artists Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Juan Doe and Alberto Ponticelli on six terrifying tales that will leave readers mystified.

WHO: Mark Russell and Ryan Alexander-Tanner
WHAT: Vanishing Point release party and book signing
WHEN: Saturday, January 24, 5-7pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center

Mark Russell is an author, comic book writer, and cartoonist living and toiling in Portland, Oregon. The works he is known for include God Is Disappointed in You, a modern re-telling of the Bible, The Flintstones, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (Winner of the 2019 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic), Not All Robots (Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Humor Comic), and Superman: Space Age, which tells the story of Superman and his loved ones, living against the backdrop of Cold War America. As far as he knows, all his books are still in print.

Ryan Alexander-Tanner is an illustrator/comics artist and educator, raised in Oakland, California, living in Portland, Oregon. He collaborates with individuals and organizations to adapt specialized content into illustrated narratives that are accessible and appealing to a broad audience. Each image is hand drawn and inked with brush on paper—human stories crafted with a human hand. Clients include The New York Times, Columbia University’s Teacher’s College Press, Buzzfeed, UC San Diego, The Nib, The Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Intel, Planned Parenthood, The Portland Mercury, The Willamette Week and many more.

Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust in Hanna and the Hells vs. The Beatles

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When all-woman punk band Hanna and The Hells set out to perform the perfect gig, Satan himself couldn’t stand in their way – even if the Hells’ ambitions include heisting a gently weeping guitar from… The Beatles! It’s anarchy in the UK as Hanna, Razor, Trash, and Fetish come together to twist and shout the Fab Four into submission – with John, Paul, George and Ringo needing more than love to make it out alive! God save ’em!

Writer Sam Ashurst is a cartoonist, screenwriter and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. Artist Tony M Clarke is a ‘70s punk rocker turned ‘80s psychotronic store owner based in London, England, Hanna and the Hells vs. The Beatles arrives February 11, 2026.

Hanna and the Hells vs. The Beatles

Floating World Comics announces a release party for Brad Hock’s How To Bake a Breadling

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Portland! Come join Brad Hock on October 3 to celebrate the release of How To Bake A Breadling from Hollow Press!

He’ll be shaking hands and signing copies. Who knows, maybe even a breadling will stop by to join us.

The first Hollow Press “COOKBOOK”, this tome is a reprint of a standalone document that was discovered in a sidewalk library box in the small town of REDACTED in early May of 1973.

WHO: Brad Hock
WHAT: How To Bake A Breadling release party and book signing
WHEN: Friday October 3, 5-7pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center

How To Bake A Breadling Release Party

Floating World Comics announces a Vanishing Point book signing with Mark Russell

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Vanishing Point Floating World Comics Signing

Mad Cave Studios proudly announces Vanishing Point, a mind-bending six-issue sci-fi miniseries from Eisner, GLAAD, and Ringo Award-winning writer Mark Russell.

Join the author on Saturday, May 10 for a book signing to celebrate the release of the first issue!

The series features an exceptional roster of artists taking turns with each story, including Juan Doe, Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Alberto Ponticelli, and Jok, plus colors by Sidney Davidson and Ellie Wright, and letters by Carlos M. Mangual, and more. Vanishing Point showcases an anthology of darkly satirical, thought-provoking tales of survival, identity, and the moral dilemmas that define us.

Vanishing Point delivers six stand-alone tales exploring the fragile nature of humanity in the face of an uncaring universe. From an asteroid miner facing an unthinkable moral decision to a world where AI puts consciousness itself on trial, each story is a self-contained yet interconnected journey into the unknown, featuring standalone issues: Screams, The Tomorrow Family, Cell Structure, Deathwatch, Proof of Life, and Grave Remedies.

In Vanishing Point #1 “Screams”, the captain of a mining ship goes on a ten-year solo mission to the Jupiter Asteroid Belt where he makes a horrifying discovery!

WHO: Mark Russell
WHAT: Vanishing Point #1 release party
WHEN: Saturday May 10, 5-7pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center

Astounding Aberrations & Mutations at Floating World Comics on March 30

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FREEKS! release party and signing

Floating World Comics will be hosting a release party for J.R. Williams’ new hardcover art collection, FREEKS!

Astounding Aberrations & Mutations by cartoon master J.R. Williams! A mind-blowin’ eyeball-meltin’ collection of the best of Williams’ twisted fiends & freaks from 2020-2023.

Full color throughout, 256 page hardcover published by Jim Blanchard’s Waterhead Books.

WHO: J.R. Williams
WHAT: FREEKS! release party and signing
WHEN: Sunday March 30, 4-6pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center

J. R. Williams (born 1957) is an American cartoonist, animator, and fine artist best known for his late 1980s/early 1990s work in alternative comics. Known for his manic, exaggerated cartooning style, Williams brought an underground comix edge to his work during this period. Williams’ first professional comics work was in the Last Gasp anthology Weirdo in the mid-1980s and he worked as an animator, designer, and storyboard artist for Will Vinton Studios from 1988 to 2001.

“FREEKS! contains 256 mesmerizing, mutant-filled pages that will make your bookshelf a much more exciting place.” – BOING BOING

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