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The Devil in the Herd: A Western Horror Comic is pretty solid though a little pricey

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In the unforgiving deserts of the American Southwest, a faceless man with burning red eyes trails a cattle drive—silent, patient, and unseen by all but one.

Jedidiah is no stranger to hardship, but he knows something is wrong long before the others do. The figure following them isn’t a drifter. It isn’t a man.

It’s something far older.

As the journey pushes deeper into isolation, paranoia takes hold and the line between sin and survival begins to blur. Because the thing stalking them isn’t here for the herd.

It’s here for a soul.

And it won’t leave without it.

Story: Katelyn Windels
Art: Katelyn Windels

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Invader Comics’ First Wave Anthology Introduces What the Publisher has to Offer

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Invader Comics‘ First Wave anthology is the publisher’s new quarterly anthology, offering a first look at its best books. The issue features 100 pages of black and white versions of first issues, teasers, covers, and more, in a smaller manga-inspired format. All for just $6.99.

The final-order-cutoff is January 12 with the first issue coming to comic shelves February 11.

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Do Not Disturb #1 is the start of an interesting murder/mystery that’s a bit Sixth Sense

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Do Not Disturb #1

Do Not Disturb is a mystery/thriller with a great supernatural twist, set within an infamous hotel called The Argyle. The story follows private investigator Randall Halsey who has been hired to find a missing young woman, only to realize she (and him) have been murdered. Not letting death stand in the way of solving the mystery, Randall has to maneuver through both the human and supernatural worlds that lay within the walls of The Argyle, traveling through time itself to set things right.

Do Not Disturb #1 is a stand out comic that dives right into its concept, not dancing around and building up a mystery. With a story by David R. Flores and Jarod Hunter, the debut issue doesn’t drag things out, instead making it clear what’s going on and using that quick reveal to explore the world and its rules. But, it also keeps its focus, it’s a murder/mystery all about solving whodunnit.

In this debut issue, Flores and Hunter also set up its main character, Randall Halsey, well. They stick to a lot of tropes but we get a good sense of what type of person he is and more importantly, what type of detective he is. This isn’t one where the backstory is dragged out and we find out later his troubles, it’s right there, he was a crap cop turned detective. But, in the revelation, you also feel a little bad for him too. Yeah, he might not be great, but as he sits there looking at his body and the cops and medics attending to him, he has to hear the commentary and thoughts. We’ve all had negative stuff said about us and when you hear it directly, when not intended, it cuts a little deeper. We can relate to Halsey.

The art by Flores is solid. With color by Lorenzo Scaramella and lettering by Letter Squids, the comic has a cool style that’s a bit Michael Avon Oeming mixed with a dayglow coloring that fits well for the afterlife. This isn’t a comic with flashy art going for memorable splash pages and moments, it’s a detective story with a supernatural twist and the comic delivers that perfectly visually.

Do Not Disturb #1 is a solid debut with interesting premise, it doesn’t drag things out, and it delivers a look that’s rather cool engaging. It knows what it is and delivers what you’d expect and stands out due to that.

Story: David R. Flores, Jarod Hunter Roe Art: David R. Flores
Color: Lorenzo Scaramella Letterer: Letter Squids
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy

Invader Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Exclusive Preview: ARTillery #1

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As announced this summer at San Diego Comic Con, Invader Comics are bringing their beloved stable of titles to Lunar Distribution via the Massive Indies program starting in October. To celebrate this renewed commitment to comic shops and retailers, Invader is launching with Jimmie Robinson’s ARTillery #1, which will be the first title to arrive in stores on October 8. It will soon be followed by the collected edition of their hit horror series, Animals, and the over-sized one-shot, Death’s Immortal Hunter, which is described as Hellblazer meets Highlander by way of Something Is Killing The Children.

All human art and creativity comes from an ancient power source, amplified by magical gateways all over the world, but now a sentient AI is closing the gateways in order to control all of the world’s creative arts. As humanity loses the ability to create art, the last gateway brings the Mona Lisa to life so she can form a team of artists to steal the gateway of creativity back from the AI. Three artists are given magical abilities that transform their art into weapons: a graffiti artist, a film FX artist, and a comic book artist. Together they plan an elaborate heist to save the last gateway of creativity. Imagine Now You See Me by way of The Matrix and you’re on the right track.

Veteran writer/artist Jimmie Robinson is no stranger to comic book fans with the runaway success of titles like Bomb Queen, The Empty and Five Weapons for Image Comics. He comes to Invader Comics with a renewed passion for the medium as he enters the next phase in his career, tackling one of the most important issues facing comic creators today. Seemingly a fun, high-stakes heist story on the surface, ARTillery questions the role of art and creativity when it becomes a commodity rather than a calling.

Jimmie Robinson’s ARTillery #1 arrives in stores on Wednesday, October 8, while the Animals TPB and Death’s Immortal Hunter #1 are coming up for FOC (Final Order Cut-off) on Monday, September 29. If you’re looking to check out any of these titles then you need to let your local comic shop retailer know today!

Check out our exclusive preview below of ARTillery #1! Join the Invasion and hop on board with these incredible offerings which are finally making their debut at retail through Lunar Distribution.

ARTillery #1

Independent Publishers Group Goes Direct to Store for Local Comic Shops

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Independent Publishers Group (IPG), driven by swift growth in high impact manga, graphic novel, RPG, and comic publishers on its distribution roster, is launching direct-to-store terms for the local comic shop market. This rollout includes competitive terms and marketing vehicles for advance notification and sell-in. 

More than 20 must-have frontlist titles will be featured in IPG’s new seasonal “IPG Impact” catalog, which will be circulated to all stores to drive awareness for our publishers, including NBM Publishing, Kodama, One Peace Books, SHP Comics, Dead Sky Publishing, IPI Comics, Outland Entertainment, Ponent Mon, Black Panel Press, Korero Press, ZeroZero Entertainment, and Invader Comics. This new frontlist augments IPGs large backlist in the category. 

IPG is offering flexible terms and incentives for stores ordering direct:

Retail Trade Returnable: 45% Discount, Free Freight, Net 30, and first order gets an extra 3% discount (48% total).

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Retail Trade Nonreturnable: 50% Discount, Free Freight, Net 30, and first order gets an extra 3% discount (53% total).

Order Minimums:  $100.00 net value

Preview: Darla

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Darla

(W) Josh Ruben (A) Briana Tippetts
In Shops: Jun 21, 2023
SRP: $24.99

The debut comic from director Josh Ruben follows the groundbreaking path he’s forged through the horror genre with his films Werewolves Within and Scare Me. Darla is a demented mash up of Dead Zone and Requiem for a Dream that explores the disturbing underbelly of Americana through politics, health, psychosis and murder.

Darla