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Exclusive: The Lab Press’ Portables Editions launches with Creatures & Corridors, Essentials, and Super Science

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As The Lab Press approaches the end of their second year of publishing following a string of award wins for their debut titles, the indie graphic novel publisher launches a range of new compact editions featuring some of their key titles. Designed to appeal to readers who prefer to enjoy their books on the go, these new versions–dubbed Portable Editions–build on The Lab’s ongoing commitment to getting books into people’s hands without compromising on quality or design.  

The first three books to receive the Portable Editions treatment are all from The Lab’s first year of publishing–starting with Creatures & Corridors by Brandon Auman and Andrea Mutti; Essentials Volume 1 by Luke Arnold, Chris ‘Doc’ Wyatt, and a vast array of talented artists; and Super Science Volume 1 by N. Alessandro K. and M.K. Perker. Each of these titles has been critically-acclaimed and honored with various accolades for story, art and design, including wins at the prestigious IPPY Awards, Storytrade Awards, Foreword INDIES Awards, and the Independent Book Publishers Association Awards. 

In the pages of Creatures & Corridors, a group of friends must face the consequences of the game they started in a world where reality blurs with fantasy. In the summer of 1992, a forbidden role-playing game takes a dark turn for five high school friends, warping reality into a nightmarish fantasy. With bloodthirsty orcs, tentacled horrors, and deadly traps, their home becomes a battleground. Now, they must navigate the game’s perilous challenges, playing for their lives under the sinister scrutiny of a devilish Gamemaster. Blending fantasy, horror, and tabletop RPG storytelling, Creatures & Corridors explores what happens when the game becomes survival. 

The first wave of Portable Editions from The Lab Press are available in book and comic shops now, allowing readers to discover (or rediscover) the magic of Creatures & Corridors, Essentials Volume 1, and Super Science Volume 1. Further waves of titles will follow next year with a view to allowing everyone to discover the audacious storytelling The Lab Press have become known for in a format that suits them.

Check out a preview of Creatures & Corridors below and watch our review of the hardback edition of the series.

Creatures & Corridors Portable Edition

Super Science Vol. 1 is wacky, weird, and a hell of a lot of fun

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Super Science is a sci-fi/comedy about a world where the limits of human imagination have become real. For five days the entire sky over twelve spots across the globe turn amethyst purple. The inexplicable result was in each location, professional engineers and scientists, as well as tinkers, amateur inventors, and high school science teachers were able to create scientific and engineering breakthroughs in ways far surpassing the world’s top scientific institutions. Our story starts three years later in Los Angeles, where a breed of actual superheroes and super villains are emerging.

Dealing with this new phenomenon is LAPD’s new “Mad Scientist Division.” Our two main characters are the no-nonsense Sergeant Esmerelda Villanueva and her idealistic young partner, Officer Jack Mantle. Other main characters are manipulative industrialist Burt Montague, and his bold lab assistant Felicia Bari; perpetually unlucky Karen Katz, a former biology teacher who has turned herself into a human-cat hybrid; Esmerelda’s son Gabe, who might be the smartest teenager on the planet; and finally, nefarious super villain Dr. Cornelius Otherland, and his nemesis, bumbling superhero Gas Giant.

Story: N. Alessandro K.
Art: M.K. Perker
Color: Adam Guzowski
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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Super Science #0 teases out some great ideas and shows potential

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This promotionally priced $0.99 comic presents an exclusive 22-page story that leads into The Lab‘s upcoming original graphic novel Super Science, available only here! Super Science: Chapter Zero introduces a world turned on its head by the Amethyst Incident-a mysterious catalyst that empowered tinkerers, inventors, and disruptors to create mind-bending scientific marvels overnight. In this chaotic new reality, readers meet a human-cat hybrid named Karen as she infiltrates a high-society sex party in Los Angeles. Her mission? To steal top-secret tech from eccentric billionaire Burt Montague. Blending high-concept sci-fi with razor-sharp comedy, this prelude sets the stage for the upcoming original graphic novel, taking a satirical look at the absurd, often disastrous consequences of unchecked innovation.

Story: N. Alessandro K.
Art: M.K. Perker
Color: Adam Guzowski
Letterer: John J. Hill

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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