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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—The Covers Hardcover Announced for June

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Relive the gritty realism and explosive action of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—one of the greatest TMNT stories of all time—through the iconic covers that helped make it an instant classic! IDW Publishing has announced the June 2023 release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—The Covers, a 200-page, full-color hardcover serving as a comprehensive showcase of each and every cover variant over the span of the series.

Featuring an all-new cover by Last Ronin series co-artist Ben Bishop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—The Covers features artwork from an all-star lineup of top-tier talent, including TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, Last Ronin co-artists Esau & Isaac Escorza and the aforementioned Ben Bishop, and comic industry superstars including Mateus Santolouco, Sophie Campbell, Freddie E. Williams II, Rick and Morty’s Justin Roiland, Peach Momoko, Tyler Kirkham, John Giang, Amanda Conner, Rob Liefeld, Simon Bisley, Stan Sakai, and many more!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—The Covers
by Kevin Eastman, Ben Bishop, Esau & Isaac Escorza, and more
ISBN: 978-1-68405-997-3
$34.99 US / $45.99 CAN
200-Page, Full-Color Hardcover, 7″ x 10.875
On Sale: June 13, 2023

Springing from a lost 1987 storyline by TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, The Last Ronin tells the story of a sole, shrouded Turtle in a dark possible future, undertaking a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his fallen family and friends. The kinetic layouts from Eastman, atmospheric illustrations from Esau & Isaac Escorza and Ben Bishop, thrilling script from longtime TMNT scribe Tom Waltz, and bold hues from colorist Luis Antonio Delgado instantly resonated with fans and critics alike.

Debuting in October 2020 as a quarterly periodical in a prestigious oversize format, The Last Ronin took the comic world by storm, eventually leading to over 840,000 units of the individual comic books in print, coveted New York Times best seller status with over 125,000 collections sold, and adaptations to action figures and statues. The story of The Last Ronin expands in 2023 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—Lost Years, a miniseries straddling Michelangelo’s past as a lone wanderer and the future where four new turtles will grow up in his shadow.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—The Covers

Preview: Orcs in Space #7

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Orcs in Space #7

(W) Rashad Gheith, Abed Gheith, Justin Roiland, Michael Tanner (A) Francois Vigneault, DJ Chavis, Dave Pender

Battling a giant mech piloted by a space biker gang obsessed with politeness is no joke! After narrowly escaping the wrath of Fuzzitron Supreme, D.O.N.A. leads the orcs to their final destination: the junk-filled lair of her eccentric creator, Doctor Smedley. What was his original sinister purpose for her? And, hey–did that pet cat just talk?!

Orcs in Space #7

Preview: Orcs in Space #6

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Orcs in Space #6

(W) Rashad Gheith, Abed Gheith, Michael Tanner, Justin Roiland (A) François Vigneault, DJ Chavis, Dave Pender
On sale date: 12/15/2021

When the orcs eat literally everything on the Aarken, D.O.N.A. stops at the three-star dining and tourist-trap experience Starstop Zitti for provisions. Kravis goes Wally Waffles-wild until he unwittingly ticks off the cutest scariest biker gang in the galactigon. Will the orcs rumble with the Fuzzballs?!

Orcs in Space #6

Find Out Who Meets Their End at the End of Trover Save the Universe

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Image Comics and Skybound have revealed a first look at Trover Saves The Universe #5, wrapping up the hit limited series from acclaimed author Tess Stone, based upon the eponymous hit video game by Justin Roiland, Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and CEO of Squanch Games. 

As Trover’s narration becomes more and more hazy…the story reaches its big conclusion! Some characters live…other characters die, and uh…all of the various subplots converge in, like, a super cool payoff! Plus: Where do Power Babies come from? We answer the BIG questions RIGHT HERE, yessiree! 

Trover Saves the Universe #5 (Diamond Code OCT210185) will be available at  comic book shops  and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, December 8.

Trover Saves the Universe #5

Get Ready for the Stunning Reveal of Dr. Kill’s Employer in Trover Saves the Universe #4

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Image Comics and Skybound has revealed a first look at Trover Saves The Universe #4, continuing the hit limited series from acclaimed author Tess Stone, based upon the eponymous hit video game by Justin Roiland, Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and CEO of Squanch Games. 

When the shocking identity of his employer is revealed, Dr. Kill sets his sights on the ICJ! Can Klover and Bo escape the planet Sadsack to warn Trover, Pink Trover, and the rest of the eyehole monsters in time? And how can they ever match up against Dr. Kill’s ultimate power baby?  

Trover Saves the Universe #4 (SEP210208) will be available at  comic book shops  and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, November 10.  

Trover Saves The Universe #4

It’s the Secret Origin of Dr. Kill in Trover Saves the Universe #3

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Image Comics and Skybound have revealed a first look at Trover Saves The Universe #3, continuing the hit limited series from acclaimed author Tess Stone, based upon the eponymous hit video game by Justin Roiland, Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and CEO of Squanch Games.

In exchange for key information about Gaff’s murderer, Klover and Bo take a new job from Voy Arr Peeking, a strange alien with a very…specific kink (but hey, who are we to judge!). Featuring the twisted origin of the murderous Dr. Kill!

Trover Saves the Universe #3 (AUG210271) will be available at  comic book shops  and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, October 13.

Trover Saves The Universe #3

It’s Murder, Someone Wrote in Trover Saves the Universe #2

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Image Comics and Skybound have revealed a first look at Trover Saves The Universe #2, continuing the hit limited series from acclaimed author Tess Stone, based upon the eponymous hit video game by Justin Roiland, Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and CEO of Squanch Games.  

Falsely accused of murdering their co-worker, ICJ employees Klover and Bo flee to Chairorpia, home to the laziest beings in the universe. But when a new Cosmic Job pits Klover and Bo against each other, their rivalry threatens to derail their hunt for the real killer!  

Trover Saves the Universe #2 (JUL210276) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, September 8. 

Trover Saves The Universe #2

Get a New Look at Trover Saves The Universe #1 from Justin Roiland and Tess Stone

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Image Comics and Skybound have revealed a new look at Trover Saves The Universe #1 from acclaimed author Tess Stone, based upon the eponymous hit video game by Justin Roiland, Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and CEO of Squanch Games.  

This is the first comic book tie-in ever to the Trover video game series, with the debut issue arriving in comic shops this August. Readers will be introduced to new characters Klover and Bo, as they follow them along on a whole new adventure in the ICJ!

If you aren’t familiar with it, ICJ (Important Cosmic Jobs)—is a place where employees are ranked by their boss, and at the end of each month, the worst employee literally gets the ax. It’s…not a great gig. But when ICJ’s top eyehole monster winds up dead, the company’s most inept (and rival) employees, Klover and Bo, are falsely accused of his murder and hunted by the Space Cops!  

Now Klover and Bo must clear their names and unravel a conspiracy that reaches the very top… that is, if they don’t kill each other first!  

Trover Saves the Universe #1 features a main cover by Stone and a variant cover by Roiland It will be available at  comic book shops  and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, August 4: 

  • Trover Saves the Universe #1, Cover A by  Stone (Diamond Code JUN210081) 
  • Trover Saves the Universe #1, Cover B by  Roiland (Diamond Code JUN210082) 
Trover Saves the Universe #1

Trover Saves the Universe this August

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Image Comics and Skybound will kick off the first-ever comic book miniseries—Trover Saves the Universe—based upon the eponymous hit video game by Justin Roiland (of Rick & Morty fame). The debut issue will be written by fan-favorite author Tess Stone and launch this August.  

Welcome to the ICJ—Important Cosmic Jobs—where employees are ranked by their boss, and at the end of each month, the worst employee literally gets the ax. It’s…not a great gig. But when ICJ’s top eyehole monster winds up dead, the company’s most inept (and rival) employees, Klover and Bo, are falsely accused of his murder and hunted by the Space Cops!  

Now they must clear their names and unravel a conspiracy that reaches the very top… that is, if they don’t kill each other first!  

Trover Saves the Universe #1 features a main cover by Stone and a variant cover by Roiland. It will be available at  comic book shops  and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, August 4: 

  • Trover Saves the Universe #1, Cover A by  Stone (Diamond Code JUN210081) 
  • Trover Saves the Universe #1, Cover B by  Roiland & Stone (Diamond Code JUN210082) 

It’s Orcs… In… Space!

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From the co-creator of the cult-favorite television series Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland is teaming up with writers Michael Tanner, Rashad Gheith, and Abed Gheith, writer-illustrator François Vigneault, and colorists DJ Chavis and Dave Pender with the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group to launch a new series, Orcs in Space, in July 2021. 

With humorous nods to some of pop culture’s most recognizable fandoms, the series follows three inept orcs as they steal the universe’s most technologically advanced spaceship and take it for a ride.

Gor, Kravis, and Mongtar are three orcs trying to survive while on the run from everything and everyone on their homeworld. When the naïve bureaucrats from StarBleep land on their planet, the orcs unwittingly steal the most advanced ship in the fleet and blast into the dankest reaches of the outer galactigon. Now the universe’s most wanted, the orcs befriend the ship’s AI, D.O.N.A., in a bid to get free… but will that be enough to escape StarBleep?

The 44-page super first issue of Orcs in Space launches with variant covers by Nicole Goux, François Vigneault, and Justin Roiland on July 7, 2021.

Orcs in Space
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