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Preview: This Ends Tonight TP

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This Ends Tonight TP

(S) Kelvin Mao, Robert Windom (W) Gerry Duggan (A) Jae Lee

THIS ENDS TONIGHT presents three intertwining tales of revenge that tears through Las Vegas on a single action-packed night.

Sin City has about 250 murder victims sent to the morgue every year — these three tales eclipse that in just a few hours with guns, knives, swords, poison, a spike strip and vehicular mayhem. THIS ENDS TONIGHT!

GERRY DUGGAN (X-Men & Deadpool) and JAE LEE (Eisner-winning artist of Inhumans and Hellshock) team up with co-writers KELVIN MAO and ROBERT WINDOM and colorist JUNE CHUNG.

Collects all 3 issues.

This Ends Tonight TP

Preview: This Ends Tonight #3

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This Ends Tonight #3

(W) Gerry Duggan, Kelvin Mao, Robert Windom (A) Jae Lee

Comic books and Las Vegas will never be the same. The climax of sex, violence, and action rolls off a printer and punches you right in the face. This one has it all, non-stop action, comedy and tragedy that will give you whip lash — and it was all lovingly drawn by JAE LEE. Don’t miss out on the miniseries wrap up. There are infinite ways to die in this comic, and JAE LEE drew them all!

A LOT of them. The most fun ones.

This Ends Tonight #3

This Ends Tonight Paints the Las Vegas Strip Read with Blood

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Under the glowing casino lights of sinful Las Vegas, three interconnected bloody revenge tales take place in This Ends Tonight, a new miniseries by the all-star team of writer Gerry Duggan, co-writers Kelvin Mao and Robert Windom, and artists Jae Lee and June Chung. The action-packed series aims for your jugular and paints The Strip red…with blood and satisfying retribution. The first issue, hitting shelves this July 16, launches the pulse-pounding comic event of the summer. 

The debut comic of the three-issue miniseries This Ends Tonight kicks off with some sweet sister bonding time as the starring pair fight assassins hunting them over a shocking family secret. The Thelma & Louise-like duo battle side-by-side, barrelling through Quentin Tarantino-esque action scenes to survive the bloodbath. The following two interconnected issues take place on the same night in Las Vegas, all centered around gory revenge. The stories were all conceived by Duggan, Mao and Windom, with the co-creators swapping lead writing duties from issue-to-issue. 

This Ends Tonight #1
  • Cover A by Jae Lee – Lunar Code 0525IM306
  • Cover B (1:10 Kill Bill-inspired incentive) by Jae Lee – Lunar Code 0525IM307
  • Cover C (blank sketch) – Lunar Code 0525IM308
  • Cover D (1:25 incentive) by Adam Hughes – Lunar Code 0525IM309
  • Cover E (1:50 incentive) by Adam Hughes – Lunar Code 0525IM310

This Ends Tonight #1 kicks off mayhem in July

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Fan favorites Gerry Duggan and Jae Lee team up with co-writers Kelvin Mao and Robert Windom, alongside colorist June Chung, for an action-packed three-issue limited miniseries titled, This Ends Tonight. This trilogy of three interconnected tales will launch this July from Image Comics.

This Ends Tonight #1 follows two sisters as they fight their way across Vegas in a savage race to save their lives.

Each issue is a story of violence and mayhem set in Las Vegas.

This Ends Tonight #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 26:

  • Cover A by Lee – Diamond Code MAY230082
  • Cover B by Lee – Diamond Code MAY230083

Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer takes flight again in a new one-shot

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Dave Stevens’ two-fisted triumph soars again at IDW Publishing with the May release of The Rocketeer one-shot, an anthology of three tales by an astonishing assemblage of comic-industry heavyweights!

The development of this new Rocketeer comic project began during the making of the documentary Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, when filmmaker Kelvin Mao discovered that Danny Bilson and the late Paul De Meo, the original screenwriters of the 1991 The Rocketeer film, had written an unpublished Rocketeer comic book story guest starring aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart some years earlier. Mao, along with the film’s executive producer Robert Windom, approached superstar Adam Hughes to illustrate the tale, and the project evolved into a celebratory one-shot anthology edited by Scott Dunbier.

The Rocketeer one-shot includes an eight-page story by Bilson, De Meo, and Hughes; a 12-page story of Cliff Secord’s date night with Betty leading to trouble with a vaguely familiar adventurer/archeologist, written by Mao, drawn by Craig Cermak, and colored by award-winning Laura Martin; a four-page story of the Rocketeer fighting a Japanese Zero in the South Pacific, written by Robert Windom, drawn by the fan favorite Jae Lee, and colored by June Chung; pinups by Phil Noto and Maria Laura Sanapo; and more!

The Rocketeer one-shotwill be available in comic book stores in May with several variant covers for fans and retailers to enjoy, including Cover A by Adam Hughes, Cover B by Locke & Key artist extraordinaire Gabriel Rodríguez, and two special retailer incentive “Full Art” variants of the Hughes and Rodríguez art respectively.

Review: Seven Sons #1

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Seven Sons #1

I hate organized religion. I think that’s important to know going into a story that’s about… organized religion. I think it’s a con, a scam, and the cause of so much wrong in the world. I understand some may find it comforting and “need” it but I just can’t with it. So, Seven Sons #1 is an interesting one to me. The country has been enthralled by a religion that promises the second coming. Predicted to happen on a specific date, the comic jumps between past and present to paint the picture of a world sucked in by religion and it seems what happens what that’s challenged.

Written by Robert Windom and Kelvin Mao, Seven Sons #1 takes place in an alternate history where Jimmy Carter is a two time President and Las Vegas has been taken over by religious fervor and dubbed New Canaan. We’re introduced to the “prophet” of this new religion as we learn about the prediction of seven individuals born on the same day to seven virgin mothers, each on a continent. One of those seven will be the second coming.

Windom and Mao present a city and world caught up in it the spectacle of it all. This religion and its revelation are done within a massive stadium in front of a million individuals and across the world through pay-per-view. There’s a lot to chew on with what’s presented, a religion that’s far more entertainment and business than it seems acts of decency. It’s our reality multiplied who knows how much. It’s also a chilling look at a country and world that has been captured and used by religion.

But, the comic has an absolute flaw. This religion seems to have enemies, as one would expect, in this case Muslim extremists. There’s a hint of Islamophobia in the comic due to this, if nothing else it’s a bit lazy as far as villains. There’s numerous groups that would stand in the way of this and going in this direction just feels like it’s set to default. We’ll see where it goes but reading each scene with the individuals made me a bit uneasy.

Jae Lee returns to creator-owned comics with this series and the art is classic Lee. The characters all feature his distinct style and the world has a detail about it that’s absolutely amazing. The thing I really enjoy about Lee’s work here is the page layouts. Rarely is it the classic set of boxes. The pages panels are art themselves with a look that feels like they’re a part of the chaos of the story within. That the panels represent this shattered world. It’s interesting stuff that could be discussed on its own.

Seven Sons #1 is an interesting comic with a lot of potential. It’s easy to see where it’s going to go and hopefully it surprises me with its villains but, as is the comic is a wait and see. I’m close to saying it’s a buy but there’s just enough that made me cringe that I can’t quite bring myself to do it.

Story:  Robert Windom, Kelvin Mao Art: Jae Lee
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Read

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: comiXology/Kindle – Zeus Comics – TFAW

Jae Lee Returns to Creator-Owned Comics with Seven Sons

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Co-writers Robert Windom and Kelvin Mao team up with superstar artist Jae Lee for his first new creator-owned project since 1994 in the upcoming thriller Seven Sons. This seven issue miniseries is set to launch from Image Comics in June.

In Seven Sons, Delph—a young man who may be the Second Coming of Christ—runs for his life as he attempts to learn the truth behind his existence.

Seven Sons is the perfect series for fans of fast-paced plotting like The Fugitive paired with The Da Vinci Code’s Biblically high stakes.

Seven Sons #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, June 15:

  • Cover A by Lee – Diamond Code APR220077
  • Cover B 1:25 copy incentive by Lee – Diamond Code APR220078
  • Cover C 1:50 copy incentive by Lee – Diamond Code APR220079
Seven Sons

IDW Celebrates 40 Years of The Rocketeer in April

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This April, IDW Publishing invites pulp adventure fans on a trans-Atlantic journey in The Rocketeer: The Great Race! A brand-new four-issue comic book miniseries commemorating 40 years of Dave Stevens’ iconic hero, The Great Race soars to stratospheric storytelling heights courtesy of New York Times bestselling writer/artist Stephen Mooney!

In The Great Race, stunt pilot Cliff Secord returns to a West Coast steeped in paranoia over the looming war in Europe. Having finally had enough of his near-death scrapes as the high-flying Rocketeer, the only thing in Cliff’s crosshairs is a prestigious, winner-take-all air race that runs from California to France! Maybe it’s finally time to smarten up and fly straight… by taking his best girl Betty to Paris! But other parties want to win the race for their own nefarious ends, and Cliff will need to decide which prize is truly the most valuable of all.

As an additional bonus, each issue of The Rocketeer: The Great Race will contain an oral history featuring Dave Stevens’s friends, family, and fellow artists, all culled together by Kelvin Mao, the director of the forthcoming documentary on the beloved artist!

The debut issue of The Rocketeer: The Great Race will be available with multiple cover variants for retailers and fans to enjoy, including Cover A by Gabriel Rodríguez, Cover B by Stephen Mooney himself, a Blank Sketch edition for Cover C, and a Retailer Incentive edition featuring virgin artwork by Rodríguez.

April 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of The Rocketeer’s debut as a backup feature in 1982’s Starslayer #2. In addition to The Great Race, IDW will celebrate “Rocketeer Month” with an encore release of Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, a new printing of the inaugural release in IDW’s multiple award-winning Artist’s Edition line. Long out of print, this completely redesigned reissue of the long-out-of-print Artist’s Edition reproduces an integral work of comics history, meticulously scanned from the original art.