Deer Editor
(W) Ryan K Lindsay (A) Sami Kivelä (C) Lauren Affe
(L) Jim Campbell
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “The Truth,” it’s all in a day’s work… but he also happens to be a deer.
Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series? Deer Editor is perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown.
Deer Editor #3
(W) Ryan K Lindsay (A) Sami Kivelä (C) Lauren Affe (L) Jim Campbell
Bucky chases a new headline while attempting to settle a score with an old nemesis. With backyard fisticuffs, a rescue mission road trip, and a little voyeuristic murder of the things that go bump in the night, it’s just the story he was looking for.
BUCK-le up for the exciting conclusion of our favorite anthropomorphic editor’s story! Deer Editor is perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown.
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “”The Truth,”” it’s all in a day’s work …but he also happens to be a deer. Deer Editor #1 plays it straight with a story that feels like a solid journalist on the case story.
Story: Ryan K. Lindsay
Art: Sami Kivelä
Color: Lauren Affe
Letterer: Jim Campbell
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A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “”The Truth,”” it’s all in a day’s work …but he also happens to be a deer. Deer Editor #1 plays it straight with a story that feels like a solid journalist on the case story.
Written by Ryan K. Lindsay, Deer Editor #1 might seem like a silly concept. It’s a reporter investigating a death and getting dragged into political corruption but the reporter also happens to be a deer. It feels like an SNL skit that goes a bit too long. But, the comic works because Lindsay plays it straight. Bucky is a reporter who just happens to be a deer. The jokes are kept to a minimum. “Deer abilities” are also kept to a minimum. Make Bucky human and so far there’d be little difference in the story.
And there’s something in that playing it straight. Lindsay’s pacing of the comic, the rather serious tone of things, Deer Editor #1 feels like it has a lot to thank in Fletch, the film that saw Chevy Chase playing a reporter dragged into a story about corruption. That too you’d think was a comedy but the original also was serious and kept things pretty dialed back as far as the comedy. It was present but it was mainly a story about a reporter who gets tied into a story that spirals, just like Deer Editor #1.
The art by Sami Kivelä helps with it all. With blues, blacks, and whites by colorist Lauren Affe, and lettering by Jim Campbell, the visuals feel like a detective story more than anything else. It just so happens Bucky is a deer, the visuals really don’t emphasize that a whole lot. And that, plus the dialogue, makes what seems like a bizarre concept totally normal.
Deer Editor #1 might seem like a silly concept, but it focuses on its core genre, hitting the beats you’d expect for good and bad. It’s a crime comic that just so happens to have a deer as the main character. It’s also well worth checking for those fans of the crime genre.
Story: Ryan K. Lindsay Art: Sami Kivelä
Color: Lauren Affe Letterer: Jim Campbell
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy
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Announcing Deer Editor, the forthcoming Mad Cave Studios series from Aurealis and Ledger Award winning writer Ryan K. Lindsay with art by Sami Kivelä, colors by Lauren Affe, and lettered by Jim Campbell. Much like an antler slowly twists and grows into something with many paths and points, this anthropomorphic noir is enough to make mystery lovers go buck wild.
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “The Truth,” it’s all in a day’s work… but he also happens to be a deer.
Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series?
Perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown—don’t be left on the side of the road. Deer Editor #1 hits shelves Jan. 10, 2024,
A Fistful of Pain is a large-format, one-shot graphic novella about VENGEANCE, DRAGONS and SIBLING RIVALRY from award-winning Ryan K Lindsay and Louie Joyce.
Xin and Sloane spent their childhood fighting over the family pet — Gilgamesh, a four-ton, fire-breathing dragon. The family is torn apart when Sloane betrays her family for a life of crime, leaves her sister for dead, and steals Gilgamesh, forever corrupting the creature’s heart. Now in their stark future, the estranged sisters reunite for a final knock-down-drag-out kung fu battle to settle accounts.
Critically acclaimed creator-owned comics publisher ComixTribe is offering this stunning piece of innovative sequential storytelling is available now on Kickstarter in a European-style, large-format die-cut foil-enhanced hardcover edition, with softcover and digital versions also available. A Fistful of Pain is a breathtaking tale perfect for fans of stylish kung-fu fight comics. The Kickstarter campaign runs from August 16 to September 10, 2022.
Heavy Metal Entertainment has announced that legendary Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, famous for his Sexy Robot paintings and statues, will be contributing artwork for three new covers for Heavy Metal Magazine #312. There is also a gallery within the magazine featuring the full, uncensored artwork by Sorayama, alongside a profile written by Heavy Metal Entertainment’s Publisher and Chief Creative Overlord David Erwin. The three different covers showcase sci-fi inspired robots in different sensual poses; all three editions of the magazine are available to purchase starting December 8th, 2021, when the issue became available in stores and online.
Sorayama previously illustrated the iconic front cover of Heavy Metal Magazine’s November 1980 issue, featuring a stunning female android draped in a red sheet, as well as the back cover for the August 1981 issue. Heavy Metal is happy to reunite once again with Sorayama for this spectacular Sexy Robot artwork. Hajime Sorayama is a celebrated artist on a global scale; his extensive oeuvre centers upon an ongoing pursuit for beauty regarding the human body and the machine, and he has continued to receive high international acclaim.
The “Sexy Robot” series, Sorayama’s signature body of work, started in 1978 and continues into the modern day, serving to establish his world-wide reputation. The Sexy Robot artwork he created for Aerosmith’s 2001 album Just Push Play earned him global renown, and in 2018, Sorayama collaborated with fashion house Dior for its 2019 pre-fall collection in Tokyo, presenting a 39-foot-high gigantic Sexy Robot statue for the show that gained vast attention from all over the world.
Issue #312 of Heavy Metal Magazine not only feature Sorayama’s artwork, but also includes the first two parts of Avenging Demon Princes, a newly translated French space opera, adapted by Jo Morvan from the original novel by Jack Vance, with incredible art by Paolo Traisci. Heavy Metal Magazine #312 also presents the return of The Adventures of Adrienne James, Matthew Medney and Bruce Edwards’ “female Indiana Jones in space” series, with all-star illustrator Santa Fung coming aboard as the artist for the series.
All-new chapters of Ron Marz’s Swamp God series, Steve Orlando’s Starward series, and Ryan K Lindsay and Sebastián Píriz’s Black Beacon series are also featured in the issue.
Mad Cave Studios has announced the Mad Cave Showcase 4.0, which will broadcast live Friday, October 22nd at 12pm ET/9am PT, and will be hosted by Benny Potter.
Join the madness as well as some very special guests—including talented writers, artists, and editors, Anthony Cleveland, Ryan K. Lindsay, Mark London, Dozerdraws and many more—as they discuss exciting upcoming titles, announce the winners of the 2021 Mad Cave Studios Talent Search, preview anticipated D&D series, The Last Session, and get the scoop on what’s in store for 2022 with exclusive trailer premieres.
Throughout the stream there will be several in chat giveaways to participate in. Prizes will include but not be limited to exclusive variants, posters, full collections, D&D dice sets, and more surprises!
This past summer, Mad Cave Studios opened their Talent search to eager and talented authors and artists around the globe for the fourth year in a row. Four artists and writers will be announced as the 2021 talent search winners on next week’s livestream.
Mad Cave Studios has announced their 2022 titles! From the traditional catalog all the way to the latest additions to the YA Maverick line, fans are invited to lurk around the cave once more and see what’s coming in 2022.
Speed Republic
(W) Ryan K Lindsay (A) Emanuele Parascandolo (C) Michele Monte (L) Joamette Gil
February 2022
In the future, Europe has come united under one man, The Autocrat. He rules the apocalyptic landscape from corporate monopolies with a vision of unity that is gospel to some, but hollow to others. To distract the 99% from their poor and empty lives, the Grand Race is created. A marathon street race through Europe where only one driver can make it to the end and win a life of luxury. Sebastian Valencia enters with the hope that winning a future can make up for his wasted past, but along the way he starts to question what kind of future he is actually buying into.
Obsidian Tomb
(W) Anthony Cleveland (A) Daniel Jimeno (C) Allison Hu (L) Justin Birch
April 2022
After a violent incident at a global supermax prison (Obsidian), Daniel Bracken, a governmental “cleaner” in hiding, is forced into becoming an inmate. Once inside, the prison hierarchy learns they made a mistake by bringing Bracken there– He no longer has any connection to the outside world and is now only focused on tearing the prison apart from the inside.
Potions Inc.
(W) Erik Burnham (A) Stelladia (CA) Natasha Alterici (L) Micah Myers
June 2022
In order to save their parents and home world of Primaterra from the dangerous curse of the Fordstone, three siblings travel to Earth…Seattle circa 1992 to be exact. With the help of FBI Special Agent Genevieve Garcia, the young Primaterrans; Ran, Asteria, and Astreus Jones track down the evil Kanavin Goras and attempt to save the world…both of them.
Tiger’s Tongue
(W) Olivia Stephens (A) Diansakhu Banton-Perry (CA) Odera Igbokwe (C) Bex Glendining (L) Joamette Gil
August 2022
HEED THE TIGER’S TONGUE, AND YOU WILL NOT BE LED ASTRAY. Under the militant rule of The Tiger’s People, empowered by their animal familiars, the Claw is on the brink of war. As twin Princesses Kelindi and Aridani come of age, their father King Oleandra reveals a secret prophecy foretold by the first Grand Tiger: should twins ever be born to the royal line, they would battle in a series of three trials to determine the fate of the crown. But as The River’s People, those who were subjugated “to bring order,” grow bolder, Kelindi realizes her dream of uniting the kingdom and her love for Aridani couldn’t be further apart.
Nottingham: A King’s Ransom #1
(W) David Hazan (A) Shane Connery Volk (C) Luca Romano (L) Joamette Gil
November 2022
When Richard the Lionheart is kidnapped and ransomed by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, Everard Blackthorne, the Sheriff of Nottingham is strongarmed into delivering the ransom and bringing the King home, on pain of death. The treacherous Prince John and his ally, King Phillip of France will stop at nothing to ensure Richard remains in captivity, so the Sheriff finds the unlikeliest of allies in none other than Robin Hood and the Merry Men. With Robin and the Sheriff away, Marian hatches her own devious plan to take back Nottingham.
Announced last fall, Maverick, Mad Cave Studios’ young adult imprint, offers engaging and authentic stories for those who think differently, are not afraid to be independent, and fight for who they truly are. With titles that range from slice-of-life stories to urban fantasy and horror, each Maverick graphic novel will be an authentic and inspiring universal story of personal struggle where anyone can find themselves within the pages.
World Class
(W) Jay Sandlin (A) Patrick Mulholland (C) Rebecca Nalty (L) Justin Birch
February 2022
Colombian teen, Adrian Molina, steps into the world of international football as he joins the prestigious English preparatory school, Regents United. Along the way he has to deal with bullies, hormones, and his own anxiety.
Good Game, Well Played
(W) Rachael Smith (A) Katherine Lobo (L) Justin Birch
May 2022
A group of misfit high-schoolers must save the failing video game shop they work at from being torn down by a greedy landlord.
In the Shadow of the Throne
(W) Kate Sheridan (A) Gaia Cardinali (L) Micah Myers
July 2022
When his younger siblings and parents become too much to bear while on vacation, Jordan tries to get some space. But instead of wandering around the local museum, Jason finds himself dropped into a fantasy world where he can finally have fun! Except in this Elven Kingdom, there’s a sinister secret kept hidden by the queen that’ll thrust Jordan, the rebellious Prince Astel, and the brave knight Sir Griffith in the middle of a magical battle they never could have anticipated.
Confetti Realms
(W) Nadia Shammas (A) Karnessa (C) Hackto (L) Micah Myers
September 2022
Follow the story of four New Jersey teens who, after breaking into a cemetery on Halloween, get transported to a strange and fantastical world by a mysterious automaton named Tom. When Tom sends them on a quest to gain him entry to a party at the end of the world, our unlikely (and mostly unwilling) heroes will have to navigate murderous frogs, an insect orchestra, and the cracks in their own friendships.
Everfrost is described as “sci fi insanity” and that’s not too far off with a debut issue that’s a bit all over the place. Everfrost #1 is an interesting start that jumps around in its focus never quite explaining things enough to really make sense.
Written by Ryan K. Lindsay, the first issue focuses on Van Louise. She’s attempting to get off her planet which is embroiled in war. Well, we think it is. There’s some discussion from her and we’re dropped into a battle in the comic but things are never quite explained as to what’s going on beyond two groups that hate each other. She’s also a bit alone having to deal with the death of her son which is shown in flashbacks. Again, things are hinted at but never quite explained enough.
Everfrost #1 isn’t a bad debut at all. It just feels like it bounces a bit all over, taking the focus off the more interesting aspects. Van Louise is an interesting character. She’s clearly haunted by her past and she’s focused on her mission of getting off the planet. She’s joined by a talking monkey named Eight. That too is just kind of brushed off in a paragraph where Van Louise explains he just appeared and she didn’t really ask too many questions. It’s a microcosm of the weirdness of the comic. A frozen tundra, sea monkey like humans, decapitated rulers coming back. It all just kind of is, celebrating the craziness that can be science fiction.
That craziness is delivered through the art of Sami Kivelä. With color by Lauren Affe and lettering by Jim Campbell, the art is intriguing telling some of the story of the world. At times it feels like a messed up Earth but when you look at the details it’s just ever so off. Much like the concepts within, the art really prides itself on nailing down the all over look of the series. There’s a frozen tundra but also massive cities and shanty towns. The comic’s world feels lived in and organic in some ways. There’s also some art that feels off. The “human sea monkeys” don’t look quite right in their size when a panel zooms in on them but the concept overall is cool and depiction interesting.
Everfrost #1 is an interesting comic. It’d likely have been stronger focused in on Van Louise and her attempt to escape. But, it decides to show us a bit more of the world taking the focus all over. It’s one that has fantastic concepts. Now, if we could get a bit more of each.
Story: Ryan K. Lindsay Art: Sami Kivelä
Color: Lauren Affe Letterer: Jim Campbell
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read
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