Revealed at the 2000 AD panel at New York Comic Con 2023, take a look at the brand new cover for the next graphic novel from the 2000 AD Regened Series, Lowborn High! This magical graphic novel for teens, brought to you from the mind of David Barnett and the artistic talents of Anna Morozova and Mike Walters hits shelves in April 2024 ready to enthral a generation of readers looking for their next teen reading saga or mystic fix.
So you’ve seen the cover, but what is Lowborn High all about? For as long as anyone can remember, Wychdusk Manor has been the school to which all the top magical novices are sent, where they are trained to become the world’s greatest wizards. Androgeus Frost, part of one of the wizarding worlds’ most esteemed families, always thought it was a sure thing he’d get in, but a bad attitude and even worse grades soon land him instead at Lowborn High.
A struggling inner-city comprehensive school for those with mediocre magical talent, Androgeus finds himself with all the other duds, drop-outs, and those who don’t have the upper-class wizarding family background. Making friends with Maisy, Ali and Dril, soon the group of friends find there are mysteries to solve and the pupils of Lowborn High can still be capable of some truly amazing feats!
After starring in the All Ages Takeover issues of the 2000 AD Megazine, this magical new addition to the 2000 AD Regened series bring something different to the table of wizardly universes. Inspired by Grange Hill and the idea of what happens to those that don’t make it into the grand wizarding schools, Lowborn High is ready for a generation of teen readers wanting something beyond Harry Potter.
Lowborn Highwill be released on April 23rd in the US and April 25th in the UK, and is available to pre-order now on Amazon, the 2000 AD webstore, and wherever books are sold.
During the Marvel: Next Big Thing Panel, mastermind writer Jonathan Hickman and visionary artist Valerio Schiti teased the future of their revolutionary new series, G.O.D.S.! Launched last month, G.O.D.S. represents a bold transformation of the Marvel cosmology with the introduction of The-Powers-That-Be and The-Natural-Order-Things. These two opposing groups of mystics and scientists serve Marvel’s classic pantheon of cosmic entities, and their eons-old conflict has finally come to light!
In G.O.D.S. #1, fans witnessed Wyn, chosen avatar of The-Powers-That-Be, gathered with the 100 brilliant minds of the The-Natural-Order-Of-Things, including his ex-wife Aiko Maki, to prevent a reality-shattering Babylon Event caused by the mysterious Cubisk Core! Fans can see how this threat deepens in upcoming issues in the all-new G.O.D.S.: Coming Soon Trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork!
You’ve met the heroes… Now, fear the villains! Science and Magic must stand together as game-changing shifts in the pantheon erupt and oblivion approaches! The trailer opens with Mia the Magic Girl, a young mage with startling potential, taking her first steps towards an uncertain destiny as she’s recruited by Aiko for the Natural-Order-Of-Things. And things take a dramatic turn when Wyn, his apprentice Dimitri, and Doctor Strange confront Cubisk. As they dive deeper into their new enemy’s plans and learn the power that’s behind him, they’ll discover the stakes at hand are greater than anyone could’ve imagined!
Check out upcoming covers and don’t miss a single issue of this once-in-a-generation Marvel saga each month!
At the Marvel: Next Big Thing Panel at New York Comic Con, writer Chip Zdarsky and Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski shared story details, art, and debuted an epic new trailer for Avengers: Twilight, a bold and thought-provoking new limited series launching in January!
Superstar creative team Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña welcome readers to the world of tomorrow where the age of heroes is over but the future still needs to be avenged! Fans can their first glimpse at this new age in the Avengers: Twilight trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork, as well as a special promotional image by Acuña.
In a gleaming new world of prosperity, Captain America is no more. But Steve Rogers still exists, floating through an America where freedom is an illusion, where the Avengers are strangers and his friends are long dead. But is the Dream? How do you assemble Avengers in a world that doesn’t want them?
Check out a promotional piece by Daniel Acuña below and stay tuned for more Avengers: Twilight news in the coming weeks, including the reveal of the main covers!
Announced during Marvel’s Next Big Thing panel at New York Comic Con, Marvel Unlimited is launching a new animal-centric Infinity Comic series, Infinity Paws, in spring 2024.
The upcoming event series is written by seasoned Infinity Comic creator Jason Loo and superstar artist and colorist Nao Fuji. The series features fan-favorite animals from across the Marvel Universe: Jeff the Land Shark, Carol Danvers’ feline companion Chewie, Alligator Loki, and Lucky the Pizza Dog – all stars of their very own Infinity Comics!
The beginning of the end of the X-Men’s revolutionary Krakoan Age was just revealed at the Marvel: Next Big Thing Panel at New York Comic Con! Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski, X-Men writer Gerry Duggan, and X-Men Red writer Al Ewing shared shocking details about the pair of intertwined series that will close out mutantkind’s current era this January,Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X, as well as one of the tie-in series spinning out of these events, Resurrection of Magneto.
Also debuting at the panel was the startling X-Men: Fall & Rise trailer which gives fans a peek at never-before-seen artwork from these upcoming series. And it wouldn’t be a new chapter for mutantkind without a gorgeous promotional image from superstar artist Mark Brooks. In the spirit of his unforgettable art pieces drawn for Krakoan milestones like House of X and Powers of X, X of Swords, and Destiny of X, Brooks once again spotlights the current stars of the X-Men franchise as they brace themselves for what’s on the horizon!
In 2019, fans witnessed the dawn of the Krakoa age in Jonathan Hickman’s groundbreaking House of X and Powers of X, two interconnected five-issue limited series that spanned mutant history and future. Now, the Krakoa age ends in the same dramatic fashion in Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X. Each delivering half of the story that will bring the Krakoa Age to its conclusion, the pair of series will feature the X-Men of today and the X-Men of tomorrow as the wage the final war against extinction across their entire existence! Evolution is inevitable. Extinction is optional!
The two series are fittingly crafted by some of the Krakoa’s defining architects, writer Gerry Duggan and artist Lucas Werneck delivering Fall of the House of X and writer Kieron Gillen and artist R.B. Silva delivering Rise of the Powers of X, plus covers by House of X superstar artist Pepe Larraz.
And mutantkind’s survival hinges on the return of their greatest leader and the X-Men’s former archenemy—Magneto! Following Magneto’s tragic death in last year’s A.X.E.: Judgment Day, Storm embarks on an epic quest to restore him to life in Resurrection of Magneto. Spinning out of his masterful work on both characters in X-Men Red, Al Ewing brings fans this heart-wrenching four-issue saga alongside artist Luciano Vecchio with a cover by Stefano Caselli.
Krakoa has just begun to fight in Fall of the House of X #1! Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. From the highs of Krakoa – their own glorious nation, a place where they were safe and happy – to the lowest of lows. Outlawed, hunted, killed, most of their kind missing or dead, and now, one their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is on trial facing a death penalty. Ready or not, the time has come for the X-Men to make their final stand against the forces that have struck them low. The day is now. The place is here. The tale of the house Xavier built will long be told…and few will forget this darkest chapter.
And the fight for Krakoa has been lost in Rise of the Powers of X #1! Ten years ago, the mutants returned from their exile to try and reclaim the Earth from the forces of Orchis. They failed. Now, within the victorious Orchis with their gauntlet choking the world, Nimrod and Omega Sentinel put their plan within a plan into action. They are to summon their binary god to consume everything in their accession. All that stands between them is the X-Men. What can they do? They’re the X-Men. They’ll find a way. That’s their power. So begins a story beyond time and space, with the rise of powers beyond our petty human intelligence.
It’s a tale of Lifedeath in Resurrection of Magneto #1! On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit – but Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now it falls to Storm – as the epic conclusion to the Krakoan age looms – to bring their oldest enemy home to fight against the FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X…but after all he did, and all that was done to him, can Magneto bear to return?
Grab all your goblins, ghouls, and ghosts, and get ready for a horrifically eventful Halloween! This year, Dark Horse Comics is celebrating with a limited-edition variant of The Headless Horseman Halloween Annual 2023 one-shot with brand new cover art by Phillip Sevy. This special variant is limited to just 500 copies, which will be available at select events.
This special variant is available at New York Comic Con at Phillip Sevy’s table in Artists Alley #B10. Each venue will have the comic for sale for $20. Limit two copies per person, per day.
There will be later events and opportunities to snag this special variant, including online sales through Dark Horse Direct, but with quantities this limited, fans won’t want to sleep on this special spooky variant cover!
The Headless Horseman Halloween Annual 2023 is a new 56-page Halloween anthology from Dark Horse Comics with stories by a terrifyingly terrific slate of creators: Angela Slatter (Castle Full of Blackbirds), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter), Olivia Stephens (Darlin’ and Her Other Names), Phillip Sevy (Tomb Raider, The House), Christie Porter, Leah Kilpatrick, David Dastmalchian (Count Crowley), Valeria Burzo (Castle Full of Blackbirds), Tyler Crook (Harrow County), and Frank Cvetkovic (The House). This new anthology comic can be ordered or purchased from your local comic shop with three covers that are widely available: main cover A by Ketner, variant B by Mike Mignola, and variant C by Mark Spears. The anthology issue with these covers will be out October 18, 2023 wherever comics are sold, and the standard cover versions will retail for $7.99.
On Friday during New York Comic Con, the Harvey Awards announced its 2023 winners. Categories included: Book of the Year, Digital Book of the Year, Best Children’s or Young Adult Book, Best Manga, Best International Book, and Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel.
The Harvey Awards honors books and creators working in sequential art across a variety of categories and represents one of the industry’s longest-running annual events. The awards are named after Harvey Kurtzman, the legendary creator who is best remembered for creating MAD.
The nominees for the 2023 Harvey Awards are completely in bold below with “Winner” next to them:
Book of the Year
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso (Drawn and Quarterly)
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (Drawn and Quarterly) – WINNER
Follow Me Down: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips (Image Comics)
Girl Juice by Benji Nate (Drawn and Quarterly)
It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood (Image Comics)
Little Monsters Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen (Image Comics)
The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang (Drawn and Quarterly)
Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni (Abrams ComicArts/Surely)
Public Domain Vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)
Who Will Make The Pancakes by Megan Kelso (Fantagraphics)
Digital Book of the Year
Barnstormers by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)
Deeply Dave by Grover
Everything is Fine by Mike Birchall
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe – WINNER
Ripple Effectsby Jordan Hart, Bruno Chiroleu, Justin Harder, and Shane Kadlecik
Best Children’s or Young Adult Book
Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure by Leigh Luna (Graphix/Scholastic)
Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma (HarperAlley)
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second)
Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying (First Second) – WINNER
In Limbo: A Graphic Memoir by Deb JJ Lee (First Second)
Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo (HarperAlley)
Best Manga
Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse Manga)
Chainsaw Manby Tatsuki Fujimoto, translated by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media) – WINNER
Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto, translated by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media)
Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki, translated by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second)
Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo, translated by Casey Loe (VIZ Media)
Best International Book
Alice on the Run: One Child’s Journey Through the Rwandan Civil War by Gaspard Talmasse, translated by Nanette McGuinness (Life Drawn)
Always Neverby Jordi Lafebre and Clemence Sapin, translated by Montana Kane (Dark Horse Books)
Ashesby Álvaro Ortiz, translated by Eva Ibarzabal (Top Shelf Productions)
Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1 by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse Books)– WINNER
The Extraordinary Part: Book One: Orsay’s Hands by Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot, translated by M.B. Valente (Fantagraphics)
Tiki: A Very Ruff Yearby David Azencot, Fred Leclerc and Lucie Firou, translated by Nanette McGuinness (Life Drawn)
Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel
American Born Chinese (Disney+), based on American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Drops of God (Apple TV+), based on Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto (Vertical)
Moon Knight (Disney+), based on Moon Knight (Marvel Comics)
Nimona (Netflix), directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, based on Nimona by ND Stevenson (Quill Tree Books)
The Sandman (Netflix), based on The Sandman (DC Comics)
She-Hulk (Disney+) based on She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, based on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) – WINNER
The Stuff of Legend – The Board Game, based on The Stuff of Legend by Mike Raicht Brian Smith and Charles Paul Wilson III (Th3rd World Studios)
Sweet Tooth Season 2 (Netflix) based on Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire (DC Comics)
Wednesday(Netflix), based on The Addams Family by Charles Addams
Nominees for this year’s awards were selected by a curated committee of diverse industry voices including creators, publishing professionals, retailers, educators, and librarians. Creator and industry professionals who have been previously approved for a Professional or Artist Alley badge at any ReedPop comic convention between 2016 and 2023 are automatically eligible to cast their ballot. The Harvey Awards Steering Committee is co-chaired by Nellie Kurtzman, John Lind, and Chip Mosher.
GlobalComix has launched its flagship app, now available on iOS and Android phones and tablets. GlobalComix is designed for publishers and creators to digitally distribute their comics much faster than traditional methods, while allowing readers to discover exciting new content as part of their affordable monthly cost. The app will bring more comics to even more readers worldwide. With this, the team is paving the way for a vibrant and thriving ecosystem in which comics creators and publishers can make a sustainable living, doing exactly what they love.
Founded by Christopher Carter, Alessio Deiana, Eric Tapper, and Robert Hoffer, the subscription service not only brings digital comics on demand to readers, but also has become the top digital hub for leading comic book publishers such as Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, Valiant Entertainment, Top Cow, Humanoids, Mad Cave Studios, and more; which includes PDF downloads as well as exclusive content partnerships to highlight new titles and content packages.
GlobalComix App Features
Over 45,000 releases of comics, manga, and webcomics across all genres, and growing
Simple search engine that helps readers find old and new favorite titles by filtering across genres, themes, art styles, formats, audiences, and more
Whether on tablet or phone, there’s powerful and customizable reading experience offered in vertical scroll, single or double page layouts
Readers can also easily comment, follow, and add comics to their list to be picked up later; or option opt-in and receive notification when there’s a new release
GlobalComix is a creator-friendly platform where creators and publishers can publish for free — and the majority (65-70%) of their subscription fee is distributed among owners of the content read
Today, on Marvel’s stage at New York Comic Con, Kabam announced a wave of brand new playable content, LIVE activities and upcoming plans for their award-winning mobile fighter MARVEL Contest of Champions!
Kabam unveiled their first-ever original First Nations Hero Chee’ilth. Created and inspired by First Nations people, Chee’ilth has been endowed with fighting strength from Brother Grizzly and the skill to heal from Sister Eagle, Spirits tied to her heritage. You can view a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Chee’ilth below. Chee’ilth will be launching in-game this November. Also, Kabam and MARVEL have come together to create an original comic illustrating Chee’ilth’s origin.
The TOP 8 have been chosen! Next week, Kabam prepares to host their first-ever LIVE fan celebration event and tournament – Battlerealm Brawl – taking place in the Vancouver area at The Gaming Stadium (Richmond, BC) on October 20 and 21. Players from around the world have competed to earn a chance to win the title of the ultimate Battlerealm Brawl Champion. Fans can acquire tickets for free to attend in person or tune into Kabam’s Twitch as they Livestream the tournament that weekend. Check out a sizzle trailer of what’s to come.
Act 8 introduces custom villains unique to Marvel Contest of Champions. Do you have what it takes to come out on top? Players have the opportunity to face Scytalis, the dark version of Natasha Romanov; Bahamet, the dark version of Bruce Banner; and now Cerastes, the dark version of Tony Stark this October! You can check out the new Act 8.3 boss, Cerastes in action HERE. Act 8.3 will be live in-game on October 18th.
One of the most admired artists in comics history, Steve Dillon is rightfully considered to be one of the definitive 2000 AD artists, with his extensive work for The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic including pencils on A.B.C. Warriors, Bad Company, Judge Dredd, Harlem Heroes, Ro-Busters, Rogue Trooper and Tyranny Rex.
At New York Comic Con 2023, Rebellion and 2000 AD announced that the next volume of their Apex Editions will feature the stunning original artwork of Dillon.
The 2000 AD Art of Steve Dillon: Apex Edition contains pages from throughout his 30+ year career working at 2000 AD, including his art on Rogue Trooper and Harlem Heroes. His prolific and defining work on Judge Dredd is showcased with a range of stories including his incredible artwork for the classic Block Mania alongside the Emerald Isle storyline, one of his first collaborations with Garth Ennis.
Also included in this book is the complete art for Alan Moore’s sole A.B.C. Warriors story, Red Planet Blues, with painted colour by Watchmen artist John Higgins.
The 2000 AD Art of Steve Dillon: Apex Edition will be released on June 19, 2024 both as a Standard Edition available from comic book stores via Diamond Distribution and the 2000 AD webshop; and as a webshop-exclusive edition with special slipcase. You can pre-order it now directly from Rebellion.
The Apex Edition series is a deluxe, over-sized facsimile edition reproducing his original art pages at their actual size. Each page of this book has been scanned directly from Steve Dillon’s art and presents each page as if you were looking at it in person.
Steve Dillon is one of the best-loved artists to have ever put pencil to paper. Reaching international superstardom as a result of his work on DC/Vertigo’s Preacher, which he co-created with frequent collaborator Garth Ennis, he remained one of the most in-demand artists in comics throughout his career, redefining characters including The Punisher. Having previously made his name as a hugely popular writer and artist for 2000 AD, he was the creator of both Hap Hazzard and the Irish Judge Joyce: he also wrote several stories for the Prog over the years, including Future Shocks and Rogue Trooper.
Measuring a huge 19 x 14 inches, this is a landmark collection of some of Dillon’s most admired artwork from a storied career in comics, running across 128 incredible pages. With this posthumous release of his artwork, he rightfully takes his place amongst other masters of the form, including Kevin O’Neill, Brian Bolland and Mick McMahon.
