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Matt Lesniewski’s Visionary Epic Returns in Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens #1 – Coming in July!

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Oni Press has announced Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens #1 (of 4) – the first issue of a brand-new chapter for the artistically ambitious and visually spectacular science-fiction epic, torn from the mind of Eisner Award–nominated cartoonist and visionary storyteller Matt Lesniewski! Picking up with an all-new, self-contained adventure in the aftermath of 2024’s Faceless and the Family, Lesniewski’s next artistic tour de force chronicling the adventures of an alien outcast and his misfit team of fellow cosmonauts arrives in comic shops everywhere on July 1st.

The space-faring rogue known as Faceless and his found family of adventurers are about to encounter a new challenge– stronger, stranger, and more perplexing than any they’ve faced before. Roving the backwaters of the class-segregated alien world called the Hand Planet, Faceless is plunged into his most harrowing ordeal yet– bonded to a living suit of extraterrestrial armor that refuses to let him go. As the armor’s inscrutable will tightens its grip, Faceless finds himself physically under siege. Enter a bizarre, labyrinthine world of impossible logic and nightmarish wonder as Faceless and his unlikely family must embark on a harrowing quest to free him– if freedom is even possible.

On July 1st, enter a strange new realm that could only be born from the singular imagination of creator Matt Lesniewski, delivering page after page of jaw-dropping visuals and unsettling surprises, only in Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens #1 (of 4) – featuring unearthly covers by Lesniewski with multiple Eisner Award winner Dave Stewart, Kelley Jones with José Villarrubiá, and Noah Bailey!

Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens #1

Hunger has some fantastic art but a rather disappointing story

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In 1896 Bombay, under British rule, a concentration camp holds IZNA, a plague-infected and famine-stricken being. Mutated through medical experiments, she, along with others, becomes a mutant. British officers invite famine photographer William Wallace Hooper to document the mutants, unaware he’s controlled by a shape-shifting vampire called Pisach. The Pisach infects prey with insatiable hunger, while Hooper bonds with Izna amidst rulers’ games with famine slaves.

Unbeknownst, Izna descends from women embracing monsters. Discovering Hooper’s role in her mother’s death, she wishes to become a monster herself. Transformed into a half-human, half-mutant, half-beast, she embraces her hunger, consuming oppressors and drenching her land in blood. This infinite hunger mirrors trauma’s generational and cultural impact, forging an inseparable link between oppressed and oppressor. The graphic novel blends True Blood, Kill Bill, and Spiral Into Horror, delving into hunger’s exploration of trauma’s pervasive influence.

Story: Nihaarika Negi
Art: Joe Bocardo
Color: Jose Villarrubia
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

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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Preview: Ghostbox

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Ghostbox

(W) Mike Carey (A/L) Pablo Raimondi (C) Jose Villarrubia

Chloe and Jan come into an unexpected inheritance, and it couldn’t come at a better time for Chloe. Desperate for cash, she advertises her late uncle’s possessions online — in particular a strange little box — and gets a very motivated buyer. But when the deal goes south, Chloe’s arrested for murder and Jan disappears.

Superstars Mike Carey and Pablo Raimondi deliver a bold supernatural thriller with an all new 10 page epilogue made exclusively for this special Mad Cave edition!

Ghostbox

Preview: The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #4

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The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #4

Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artist: Stephen Green
Colorist: José Villarrubia
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Artist: Stephen Green

Geralt and Tila present the killer to the townsfolk, but where monsters roam, so flows deceit. A decades’ long grudge shows its true face. And the Graf’s oath is put to the test as the bounty is but one prize to be claimed.

The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #4

Richard Corben and Jan Strnad’s The Last Voyage of Sinbad arrives in a Special New Edition in Spring 2026

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Dark Horse Books presents the next volume of the Richard Corben Library, the fantasy masterpiece The Last Voyage of Sindbad, (previously titled New Tales of the Arabian Nights). Written by Jan Strnad, The Last Voyage of Sindbad is illustrated by Richard Corben, winner of top honors like the Spectrum Grand Master Award, the Grand Prix of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, and inductee to the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. This new edition will feature restored art by project art director José Villarrubia, bonus materials, new introductions by Jan Strnad and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, and essays by Harlan Ellison, Maurice Horn, and José Villarrubia, making this the definitive version of this timeless classic.

When a drunken mistake puts a world-weary Sindbad in the crosshairs of an evil Djinn, Sindbad must summon all his courage and skill for a voyage into the deepest recesses of the Land of the Djinn. Guided by a sensuous stranger, he confronts monsters, deception, and horrors from beyond the grave in a quest that demands everything he has left to give. This is the grand, ultimate climax to the legend of Sindbad!

The Last Voyage of Sindbad (hardcover, 120 pages, 8”x11”) will be available in bookstores on May 26, 2026 and in comic shops on May 27, 2026. It is now available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop for $34.99.

The Last Voyage of Sindbad

Preview: The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #3

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The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #3

Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artist: Stephen Green
Colorist: José Villarrubia
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Artist: Stephen Green

Nothing is what it seems when Geralt discovers something unnatural in the wake of the attacks. As the truth behind Tila’s first encounter with the vampire is revealed, secrets are exposed and the key to finding the creature may be hiding in plain sight.

The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #3

Exclusive: Dark Horse Comics to Publish Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones’s Dracula: Book II – The Brides in November

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In 1897, Bram Stoker’s classic novel introduced the most famous literary character of all time—the terrifying vampire lord, Dracula. Now Dark Horse Comics and legendary comic-book creators Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones have teamed up to fill in the tantalizing gaps in the undying centuries of Dracula’s blood-drenched biography in an epic ongoing series of graphic novels. After the resounding runaway success of their first volume Dracula: Book I – The Impaler, these legendary masters of the comic-book arts are returning to the story of the count with Dracula: Book II – The Brides, which explores the mysterious identities of the beautiful and seductive sirens that make up Dracula’s sinister harem. Dark Horse Comics will publish the second of four planned volumes in bookstores on November 18, 2025 and in comic shops on November 19, 2054.

Matt Wagner in the announcement said:

Readers who enjoyed the first volume of our epic exploration into the secret history of the world’s most famous literary character—DRACULA: BOOK I–THE IMPALER—will find even more sinister and horrifying thrills in our next chapter, BOOK II—THE BRIDES. This ongoing project is a real labor of love for both Kelley and me and we couldn’t be happier with our results.  Whereas BOOK I was a look into Dracula’s hellish origins, THE BRIDES is even bigger, badder and bloodier than ever as we unveil the unique and mysterious backstories for this sinister trio of vampiric vixens whose brief appearance in the book is so utterly unforgettable. But this is still Dracula’s story…we’ll see how the centuries he’s spent in his decaying castle lead him closer and closer to the events of Bran Stoker’s classic novel. And, after all, how few days go to make up a century.

Artist Kelley Jones added:

The blood of Dracula and that of his Brides he so lusts for pumps swiftly through my veins as I draw Matt’s amazing epic of the Impaler’s unlife. I can easily say nothing like this has been told and nothing like this has been seen before. Dracula can now be shown in his total horrific glory. His dangerous and beautiful wives will make the undead lord reveal more of himself. Each page is one more step to his fate and each volume is one more century he comes closer to us on a cursed journey you must read to believe. Man, I am glad Matt and I get to bring this to you all. It’s the book I was born to draw.

The first volume of Wagner and Jones’s Dracula saga was a runaway hit, breaking the Top 20 in Kickstarter’s all-time most successful graphic novel campaigns. Dracula: Book II – The Brides presents 120 pages of sexy and sinister story and art, almost 30 pages longer than Book I. Wagner and Jones are once joined for this creepy foray into the shadows of Castle Dracula by the stellar talents of José Villarrubia on colors and lettering by Rob Leigh.

The Richard Corben Library adds Rowlf and Other Fantasy Stories to the collection

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Dark Horse Books presents Rowlf and Other Fantasy Stories, the next volume in the Richard Corben Library. This masterpiece, written and illustrated by the celebrated artist, Grand Prix at Angoulême award-winner, and Will Eisner Hall of Fame member Richard Corben, collects a trilogy of werewolf stories in a beautiful hardcover edition. This volume includes a new introduction by Hayao Miyazaki, a postface by project art director José Villarrubia, a cover gallery, original lettering scripts, and more.

Rowlf is a postmodern take on Beauty and the Beast that mixes high fantasy with dystopian science fiction. The Beast of Wolfton and its sequel, The Spirit of the Beast, are ironic love stories of a werewolf family saga. The book closes with a poignant free adaptation of one of the Japanese legends by Lafcadio Hearn called The Story of Oteg.

Rowlf and Other Fantasy Stories (128 pages, hardcover, 6.625″ x 10.1875″) will be available in bookstores on August 4, 2025 and in comic shops on August 5, 2025. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Things From Another World, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $39.99.

Rowlf and Other Fantasy Stories

There’s competition for The Witcher’s Reward in The Bear and the Butterfly

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Dark Horse Comics continues their close collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED, bringing The Witcher comics to fans based on the hit video game series. The next installment of these iconic Witcher tales will be The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly. Written by Simon Spurrier, with main cover and interior art by Stephen Green, colors by José Villarrubia, and letters from Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. The first issue also features a set of variant covers with art by Mattia De Iulis, Aaron Campbell, and iconic pencil artist Tim Von Rueden.

Geralt travels to a remote town where a vampire is rumored to be killing the townspeople. The bounty has amassed all manner of monster hunters—and among them is another witcher, from the school of the Bear, a fierce competitor for the reward.

The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #1 (of 4) arrives at your local comics retailer on April 23, 2025. Pre-order from your local comic shop now for $4.99.

Preview: Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs

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Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs

(W) Tananarive Due (A/CA) Jose Villarrubia, Kelsey Ramsay
In Shops: Nov 20, 2024
SRP: $3.99

Literary horror icon and multi-award-winning novelist Tananarive Due (The Reformatory) and hot newcomer Kelsey Ramsay present Moon Dogs-following East African werewolves secretly living in Miami, as this minority within a minority is caught in a burgeoning war that threatens both lycanthrope and human lives.

The Horizon Experiment Moon Dogs
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