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Critical Role’s Laura Baily joins the Godkiller videogame adaptation

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Laura Bailey with art by Nen Chang & Liz Tecca
Laura Bailey with art by Nen Chang & Liz Tecca

Laura Bailey (Critical Role, Legend of Vox Machina, The Last of Us Part II) will take on the voice role of the massively popular, fan-favorite character Halfpipe in the narrative-videogame adaptation of beloved, bestselling comic series Godkiller by writer Matteo Pizzolo and artist Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk.

Bailey joins previously announced castmember Aya Cash (The Boys, You’re The Worst) in the dark-fantasy videogame about a team of anti-heroes who’ve survived their world’s descent into dystopia and undertake a vendetta against the cruel men and strange deities responsible for the end of the world.

Bailey will be taking on the iconic role of Halfpipe, introduced in 2008’s self-distributed ‘Godkiller #1’ as a street kid buying herself out of slavery through organ stealing before joining a campaign through the savage land of Outer City to find a new heart for a dying girl. In the nearly fifteen years since her debut, Halfpipe has developed into a time-traveling sorceress appearing in crossover comics with other universes, adorning numerous tattoos and even vinyl record picture discs, and has been illustrated by guest artists including Ben Templesmith, Maria Llovet, Leila del Duca, Tim Seeley, The Wolf Maria, Natasha Alterici, Riley Rossmo, Alexis Ziritt, Jasmin Darnell, Amancay Nahuelpan, and more, most recently in a stunning set of paintings by Nen Chang and Liz Tecca.

Produced by Emmy-winner Brian Giberson (Power On: The Story Of Xbox), the project leads a new gaming initiative at Black Mask Entertainment, the busy production arm with more than two dozen features and series in development at studios and networks.

Matteo Pizzolo and Anna Wieszczyk’s Godkiller is being developed as a video game

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Aya Cash will take on the voice role of a god-hunting dark witch in the narrative-videogame adaptation of beloved, bestselling comic series Godkiller by writer Matteo Pizzolo and artist Anna Wieszczyk. Pizzolo, who penned the screenplay adaptation of his Calexit comic that sold in a 5-studio bidding war and is currently producing the feature adaptation of Black at Warner Bros., will write the adaptation.

Following her role as the villain Stormfront on The Boys, Cash will perform the Godkiller role of Bones, an anti-hero sorcerer who survives her world’s descent into dystopia and leads a vendetta against the cruel men and strange deities responsible for the end of the world.

Produced by Emmy-winner Brian Giberson, the project leads a new gaming initiative at Black Mask Entertainment, the busy production arm with more than two dozen features and series in development at studios and networks.

Pizzolo and Wieszczyk self-distributed the Godkiller’ comic at comic cons starting in 2008, where it grew in notoriety leading to a Warner Bros.-distributed animated feature written and directed by Pizzolo in 2011. The comic book returned through publisher Black Mask Studios with 2021’s ‘Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes’ to overwhelming success, selling out of a 40,000 book print run on the day of its release and going on to sell through numerous additional printings. It quickly became one of the top-selling indie comic books of the year, and Black Mask’s all-time bestselling series.

Godkiller will next return to comic shops in September with the brand new series Godkiller: For Those I Love I Will Sacrifice.

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Godkiller Returns for a Fifth Volume

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After last week’s launch of Godkiller: Spiderland #1 sold out at the distributor level in 24 hours, Black Mask has renewed the series for a fifth volume Godkiller: For Those I Love I Will Sacrifice scheduled for Spring 2022, continuing its streak as Black Mask’s all-time longest running and bestselling series.

Fan-favorite painters Nen Chang and Liz Tecca return with an evocative handpainted cover featuring the sardonic bounty hunter Soledad. Series artist Anna Muckcracker channels Tommy’s psychotic descent into madness in cover-B. And Maria LLovet scorches the series with a sizzling NSFW wraparound to finish off her triptych of Godkiller covers.

In Godkiller: For Those I Love I Will Sacrifice, Halfpipe begins to master her newfound sorcery just as her relationship with Soledad becomes even more complicated. Meanwhile, Tommy struggles to break free of the vivisection table as the spider eggs in his blood are ready to hatch… for better or worse, we’ll finally reach the end of The Metarachnoid Larvae story arc.

Death and gore await some of our characters, rebirth awaits others… as the wildest comic on shelves thunders on in 2022. Godkiller is written by Matteo Pizzolo.

Godkiller will become Black Mask’s Longest Running Series when Spiderland debuts in September

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Hot off its bestselling launch of “Tomorrow’s Ashes,” Black Mask has announced Godkiller will return in September with its next volume “Spiderland,” becoming the publisher’s longest-running series.

The new volume will launch with a breathtaking, handpainted wraparound cover by Nen Chang, whose cover for vol 3 “Tomorrow’s Ashes” #1 was Black Mask’s all-time bestseller and sold out on its first day of release.

Red hot artist Maria Llovet will join Nen Chang and series artist/co-creator Anna Muckcracker on covers, bringing her stylish, sexy, NSFW vision to the series. Llovet made her US market debut at Black Mask with 2017’s There’s Nothing There before Faithless at BOOM! Studios and then writing and illustrating the graphic novella LOUD! at Black Mask.

In Godkiller: Spiderland, the relationship between anti-heroine Halfpipe and mysterious bounty hunter Soledad smolders as they discover a strange new sorcery they hope will help them rescue Tommy before he’s vivisected by The Republic.

Brash, bold, brutal, sexy, and over the top in all the best and most exciting ways, Godkiller will return with a vengeance in September.

Godkiller Returns with Tomorrow’s Ashes

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Back in 2008, Matteo Pizzolo and artist Anna Wieszczyk envisioned a dark future: after a pandemic and insurrection topple civilization as we know it, a Fascist government known as The Republic rises, and a misfit crew of orphans, sex workers, and pariahs come together to bring it down.  

Thirteen years after its debut with Godkiller: Walk Among Us, this tale of caring for one another as the world falls apart around us is as urgent and relevant as ever. And it’s back.

April 2021’s Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes picks up after the events of Walk Among Us, which was originally released as an underground comic in 2008, adapted into an animated film in 2011, and re-released in comics format by Black Mask Studios in 2014.  

In Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes, orphan Tommy continues his quest to find a new heart for his dying sister, but he’s been captured by The Republic. Anti-heroine Halfpipe wants to rescue Tommy, but she’ll need help from mysterious bounty hunter Soledad, who’s not exactly in the helping-people business. From Matteo Pizzolo (CALEXIT) and Anna Wieszczyk (INTERESTING DRUG), the comic that Zac Thompson said “pushed me further than I’ve ever been pushed” returns to ratchet up the chaos and roar through the comic market, spitting punk rock fury, thundering into your eyeballs and running roughshod across your brains with its often mindbending, sometimes horrifying, always clever & devious tale of sci-fi magic, apocalyptic sex, and subversive mindbombs.  

Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes #1 hits stores on April 21, 2021 with a stunning painted cover by Nen Chang and beautiful variant covers by Anna Wiesczyk and Leila Del Duca.

Review: Godkiller Deluxe Edition Book 1

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Fallen gods, sex magic, and quantum physics technowizards collide in Pizzolo and Wieszczyk’s beloved modern classic about a boy wandering the wasteland in search of a new heart for his dying sister.

Writer Matt Pizzolo has managed to create this brilliant, strange, and perverse story that gives us a world that’s extremely grim. Godkiller brings aspects of both fantasy, horror, and sci-fi to the story, excellently mixing all of the genres into one working world. While the plot seems almost classical in nature, the chosen setting and complex story aspects make it stand apart I’m curious to see how the story continues in Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes.

The art in this book by Ben Templesmith and Anna Wieszczyk is a mixture of action, sexual perversion, and violence. The combination creates an atmosphere that keeps things dark at all times. Yet, despite the darkness, it manages to show the sorrow, and desperation of the main character, Tommy has as he searches for a replacement heart for his dying sister.

Story: Matt Pizzolo Art: Ben Templesmith, Anna Wieszczyk
Story: 9.5 Art:9.5 Overall: 9.5 Recommendation: Buy

Black Mask Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Sell-Outs and New Printing Roundup

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Check out some of the announced sell-outs and new printings announced this week.

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Matt Pizzolo and Anna Wieszczyk’s brutal hit series Godkiller continues its reign of terror by selling through the 2nd printing of Godkiller #2 and generating demand for a 3rd printing!

The 3rd printing cover is a celebration of cosplay and fandom, featuring a fan-made photo of Samantha Lubrano cosplaying GODKILLER’s Halfpipe (photographed by Justin Brooks).

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Marvel has announced that Ant-Man #1 by Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas has sold out, and will return with a second printing on February 4. It will feature a cover by Mark Brooks.

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Black Mask in March 2015

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MAYDAY #1

Diamond code: JAN151091
Writer: Curt Pires
Artist: Chris Peterson
Cover: Chris Peterson
SRP: $3.99
MR, Color, 32 pages, monthly

A washed-up, drug-addicted screenwriter and a transgender bartender stumble onto a Satanic cult’s plan to sacrifice people all across LA (geomapped in the form of a pentagram, of course) and bring on armageddon. As our intrepid, damaged heroes embark on a suicide mission to stop the crazy cultists, even they wonder if this is all really happening or if they’re just plain batshit crazy. Probably both.

The latest project from the mind of white hot scribe Curt Pires (POP) sees him teaming with art sensation Chris Peterson (Grindhouse) for a story that cuts to the very center of Hollywood mythology and depravity itself.

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SPACE RIDERS #1

Diamond code: JAN151092
Writer: Fabian Rangel Jr.
Artist: Alexis Ziritt
Cover: Alexis Ziritt
SRP: $3.99
MR, Color, 32 pages, monthly

From the galactic core to the outer quadrants, one name strikes terror in the hearts of evil beings everywhere:

THE SPACE RIDERS

Sailing the cosmos in the Skullship Santa Muerte, Capitan Peligro and his fearless crew deal harsh justice to the scum of the galaxy while searching for the forbidden truths of the universe!!

Fabian Rangel Jr (Doc Unknown) and Alexis Ziritt (The Package) bring you a new and exciting space adventure that will DESTROY YOUR BRAIN! (in a good way)

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WE CAN NEVER GO HOME #1

Diamond code: JAN151093
Writers: Matthew Rosenberg & Patrick Kindlon
Artist: Josh Hood
Covers: Michael Walsh
SRP: $3.99
MR, Color, 32 pages, monthly

“A well worn mixtape, a stolen convertible, a duffel bag full of cash, a fully loaded .45, and super-powers. 17 and on the run is the only way to see America right.”

Navigating the halls of high school is never easy. And for teenage outcast Duncan and popular girl Madison things are even harder. They share a secret- they can do things other people can’t. But their abilities and need for secrecy take them down a dangerous path. A love letter to crime/road tales like Badlands, 80’s coming of age films like Pump Up The Volume, and askew superhero comics like Runaways, WE CAN NEVER GO HOME still carves out it’s own path. It is a new chance to fall in love with the lost misfits and doomed dreamers who set off to find something bigger.

The debut creator-owned book from artist Josh Hood (JLA: Scary Monsters, Venom), and writers Patrick Kindlon (Menu) and Matthew Rosenberg (12 Reasons To Die, co-writer of Ghostface Killah’s new LP 36 Seasons).

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GODKILLER #4

Diamond code: JAN151090
Writer: Matt Pizzolo
Artist: Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk
Cover: Ben Templesmith
SRP: $3.99
MR, Color, 32 pages, monthly

Godkiller returns for the second half of the beloved ‘Walk Among Us’ arc beginning with issue 4, where Tommy meets notorious bounty hunter Soledad and commences his training in the mysterious arts of quantum-physics-based magic.

Godkiller has grown in notoriety and fandom since issue 1 debuted in October, this is a perfect jumping on point since issue 4 will street alongside the first trade collecting issues 1-3 (100+ pages since two issues were double-sized) also dropping in March.

Don’t sleep on this unique series that earned sleeper hit status when stores demanded reprints of #s 1 & 2 and #3 topped Diamond’s Advanced Reorder Charts.

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BALLISTIC, Volume 1

Diamond code: JAN151088
Writer: Adam Egypt Mortimer
Artist: Darick Robertson
Cover: Darick Robertson
SRP: $14.99
MR, Color, 132 pages

Darick Robertson (Happy, The Boys, Transmetropolitan) and Adam Egypt Mortimer’s madcap, psychedelic, transreal buddy adventure about Butch and his best friend Gun, a drug-addicted, genetically-modified, foul-mouthed firearm, as they attempt to elevate Butch from air conditioner repairman to master criminal in the twisted, post-eco-apocalyptic Repo City State, a reclaimed trash island built entirely from DNA-based, living technology with bad attitudes.

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GODKILLER, Vol 1: Walk Among Us, Part 1

Diamond code: JAN151089
Writer: Matt Pizzolo
Artist: Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk
Cover: Ben Templesmith
SRP: $9.99
MR, Color, 128 pages

Fallen gods, weaponized orgasms, and quantum physics-wielding technowizards collide in Pizzolo and Wieszczyk’s beloved modern classic about a teenage orphan named Tommy and an escaped slavegirl named Halfpipe who travel through a post-nuke wasteland in search of a new heart for Tommy’s dying sister. “Saga meets Johnny The Homicidal Maniac.” -Aint It Cool News “A horrific yarn of quantum physics, culture jamming, and conspiracy theory.” –Wired

The sleeper hit of 2014, Godkiller’s devoted following has grown larger and more fanatical since its debut in comic shops in October. Collecting issues 1-3 here, this trade streets alongside issue 4 so the two books combined make for a great jumping on point as word spreads of this unique, grimy, beloved tale that is unlike anything else out there and on route to becoming a trilogy of animated feature films

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Godkiller animated film trilogy starts production at Black Mask

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godkiller 1 second printingPublishing and production company Black Mask Studios has announced its first major in-house production: three animated features based on the comic book Godkiller by Black Mask co-founder Matt Pizzolo, Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk, and Ben Templesmith.

Black Mask acquired the film/TV/transmedia rights earlier this year from Pizzolo’s film company Halo-8, who produced an animated series of the property in 2010.

Black Mask will re-release the animated series Godkiller: Walk Among Us in 2015 as a fully re-mastered feature with new voice talent. This will be followed by two brand-new animated features Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes in 2016 and Godkiller: The Trouble You Took From Her Eyes in 2017.

The features will utilize different animation styles for the various dimensions the characters travel through. They will be produced by Black Mask Studios, co-founded last year by Pizzolo, Brett Gurewitz, and Steve Niles.

Godkiller, about a teenage orphan and an escaped slavegirl journeying through a post-apocalyptic wasteland, debuted as a self-published underground comic and was launched in stores as a new ongoing comic book series from Black Mask on October 29. It was recently announced that Godkiller’s debut issue on Black Mask sold through its print run and would be the label’s first comic to receive a second printing based on outsized demand.

Black Mask is co-producing the Syfy series Fiver Ghosts with UCP and BenderSpink, based on the comic by Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham. Evan Daugherty is writing the pilot. Black Mask is also developing a transmedia adaptation of the same comic in-house.

Sell-Outs and New Printing Roundup

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Check out the announced sell-outs and new printings this week.

Black Mask Studios

Matt Pizzolo and Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk‘s Godkiller: Walk Among Us #1 has sold out at the distributor level. A second printing will return the debut issues to shelves December 10.

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Dark Horse

Not really a sell-out in the normal sense, but a year after the first printing sold out, Dark Horse Comics announces sales of over 500,000 copies of Plants vs. Zombies books! Look for the print collection of the second comic series, Plants vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse, on sale in finer comic shops and bookstores everywhere on January 13, 2015.

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Image Comics

Birthright #2 from writer Joshua Williamson, artist Andrei Bressan, and colorist Adriano Lucas has sold out at the distributor level, and will get a second printing. The second printing can be ordered now, and the third issue arrives December 3.

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Rasputin #1 by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo has sold out at the distributor level and will return for a second printing. The first issue can be pre-ordered now, and the second issue will arrive November 26.

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Tooth & Claw #1, the new series from writer Kurt Busiek, artist Benjamin Dewey, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer John Roshell has sold out a the distributor level. The comic might still be found at some retail locations.

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