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A Serial Killer Is Stalking Witches Who Secretly Among Us in Charm City

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

The Baltimore police are baffled when a Ravens cheerleader is found floating in the Inner Harbor with an arcane symbol carved onto her corpse. And only Alyssia Singer, music blogger at the Baltimore Sun, knows what it means: that a serial killer is targeting Baltimore’s underground witching community. Alyssia–an excommunicated witch who no longer uses magic–must decide: take the case and confront her estranged family and long buried demons… or risk more bodies piling up…

From writer Josh Eiserike, art by Scott Van Domelen, color by Lorenzo Palombo, and edited by Joshua Malkin, Charm City arrives in July from Scout Comics.

Smoketown is in Development as a Feature Film With Director/Writer Vaughn Stein

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Graphic Policy Team

Scout Comics and Entertainment has announced that its critically-acclaimed crime/thriller series Smoketown by writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Scott Van Domelen is now in development with writer/director Vaughn Stein. Vaughn’s most recent film, Terminal, starring Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, and Mike Myers, is currently in post-production.

Smoketown is a Tarantino-esque story that revolves around an American soldier in the days leading up to his murder. Jumping around in time, each chapter reveals a new facet of the soldier’s life (and death), and the many people he affected, before his time in the Middle East, during, and after.

In the release Stein said:

Smoketown totally gripped me from the moment I first read it. It’s an incredible story; dark, twisted and utterly brilliant. I am extremely proud and excited to be bringing Smoketown to the screen with Scout Comics. It’s going to be a stunning movie.

Johnson added:

After seeing and reading Vaughn’s other work, I couldn’t be happier to have him on board. Smoketown is a story with intensely flawed characters, people who fell between the cracks, and Vaughn gets that. He’s the perfect choice to tell a story like this. I can’t wait for people to see his vision of our story.

Smoketown #1 now available from Scout Comics!

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Smoketown #1 hit comic book stores this past Wednesday and Scout Comics are already hearing reports of sell outs and mass re-orders!

From acclaimed writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson, and introducing artist Scott Van Domelen, comes the first in an interconnecting series of chapters in the tradition of David Lapham’s Stray Bullets, Brubaker/Phillips’ Criminal, and Pulp Fiction. Each chapter explores the final days of a murdered soldier from a new perspective, each one exposing the criminal side of a small industrial Pennsylvania town. In Chapter One, “Killing Marcus,” after a life-or-death situation, a battered wife and mother has until sunrise to cover up a horrifying crime, not knowing that her actions have set her up for a confrontation with some even more dangerous people.

Scout Comics Announces Seven New Comics for 2017

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Scout Comics has announced seven incredible comic book series for 2017! They run the gamut as far as genres and styles. Check out some of what you’ll find on shelves this year.

ELLA by Alex Giles and Ammar Al-Chalabi

When Ella’s Great Grandma passes away and she is left a gift, her world turns upside down. This twelve-year-old is now the legacy holder of the ‘Amulet of Sharzim,’ which grants her the ability of anthropomorphism and sends her on an adventure with talking animals, both good and bad, culminating in an epic battle!

HEAVENLY BLUES by Ben Kahn and Bruno Hidalgo

What happens when the souls of the greatest thieves in Hell team up to pull the ultimate heist in Heaven? The answer (and so much more) can be found in HEAVENLY BLUES by Ben Kahn and Bruno Hidalgo, the creators of the critically-acclaimed book SHAMAN.

LONG LOST by Matthew Erman and Lisa Sterle

Two estranged sisters must reunite and return to their Appalachian hometown after their mother goes missing. In the vein of Stranger Things, LONG LOST, created by a husband and wife team, is a horror mystery about the pains of estrangement and the overwhelming nature of being lost. And monsters.

SMOKETOWN by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Van Domelen

From acclaimed writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Warlords of Appalachia, Last Sons of America), and introducing artist Scott Van Domelen, comes the first in an interconnecting series of chapters in the tradition of David Lapham’s Stray Bullets, Brubaker/Phillips’ Criminal, and Pulp Fiction. Each chapter explores the final days of a murdered soldier from a new perspective, each one exposing the criminal side of a small industrial Pennsylvania town.

SNOW WHITE ZOMBIE APOCALPYSE by Brenton Lengel and Hyeondo Park

Snow White awakens to Prince Charming’s kiss 28 days after the zombie apocalypse, only to find herself locked in a vicious love triangle and hunted by the reanimated corpse of the Big Bad Wolf. Based on the hit 2012 play by the same name, written by critically-acclaimed playwright Brenton Lengel and illustrated by Dark Horse-alum Hyeondo Park.

SOLAR FLARE by James Haick and Branko Jovanovic

After a massive x-class solar flare hits Earth, wiping out all electronics and electricity, Jake Clifford desperately travels from Florida to Tennessee in this new electronic-less world in the hopes of reuniting with his daughter. During his journey, Jake is recruited by a scientist to reach a secret military base. The base will act as ground zero in re-establishing the country’s electrical infrastructure. However, as society starts to quickly unravel right before their eyes, their journey becomes more and more dangerous with every day that passes.

TINKERS OF THE WASTELAND by Raul Trevino

“Tinkers of the Wasteland is like Mad Max and The Goonies jumping around inside your brain and causing nothing but trouble. I love it!” – Skottie Young, two-time Eisner Award winner. Nuff said!

Scout Comics Announces Smoketown by Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Scout Comics has landed writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson‘s next comic series Smoketown. Kennedy has previously released Last Sons of America and Warlords of Appalachia with BOOM! Studios as well as the webcomic series U-Boat Bremen.

Smoketown revolves around an American soldier in the days leading up to his murder. Every issue reveals a new facet of that soldier’s life as he unravels, exposing another criminal or desperate element of his supposedly quiet Pennsylvania town. Each chapter stands alone, but ties into the others to tell a more complete picture of the soldier and his community.

Scott Van Domelen will be providing pencils and inks and Dustin Mollick is the colorist and letterer.

Smoketown comes to shelves bi-monthly beginning February 2017.