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Leviathan Freedom #1 is an Intriguing Start to a Sci-Fi Revolution

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Leviathan Freedom is a sci-fi reimagining of the legacy of Robert Smalls, a man born into slavery who seized his own freedom by commandeering a Confederate warship, sailing himself, his family, and others to liberation. In Leviathan Freedom, the galaxy is divided by civil war. And the profound human cost of conflict is felt not in the war rooms but by the Doldrums, the laborer caste essential for the war machine–until one man decides to stand against it. Leviathan Freedom #1 is a pretty solid start setting up the revolution to come.

When it comes to genres, I’m much more of a sci-fi person than fantasy. And, when it comes to sci-fi, large space battles and revolutions are something I find intriguing. The story of a small group rising up against their overlords is something I can get behind as they tend to bring big sweeping emotions and lots of action. Leviathan Freedom #1 begins to deliver that as we’re introduced to the world and the characters within.

Written by Tom Morello and Marc Guggenheim, the story is a reimagining of real history with the main character Smalls part of a sub-class that’s a clear analogy for the slaves of the Confederacy. They outnumber their masters, ruled over by a group that knows they’re outnumbered and if there was ever a revolution, they’d be overwhelmed. All that ruling class really has to their advantage are weapons that might help even the odds.

Leviathan Freedom #1 keeps things focused taking us on a tour of the ship that Smalls calls home and painting a broad picture of the situation. It doesn’t go into small details, just keeps things broad that makes it easy to understand the revolution to come. It also introduces a reluctant leader in Smalls, a man trusted by the ship’s Captain because it’s perceived those around him will listen. the broader war itself isn’t really dived into, just that there’s a war and giant ships float around to battle it out.

The art by Szymon Kudrański is solid with lettering by DC Hopkins. The art delivers large, sweeping visuals, that help make it clear the size of the ship everyone is on and the key sequence of that ship entering an atmosphere is inspiring and looks great. While the issue does feature that, it’s mainly tight and focused on the characters as we see the struggle they all have, either in their role in life or the nervousness of being outnumbered. There’s a slight tense feeling to it all that helps emphasize this is a pressure cooker of a situation and it’s going to explode soon.

Leviathan Freedom #1 is a solid start to the series that introduces the key characters and the world but doesn’t dwell on small details readers don’t need to know and would distract. It keeps things focused on what’s important and drives the story but at the same time gives us enough sweeping situations that make it all feel rather epic.

Story: Tom Morello, Marc Guggenheim Art: Szymon Kudrański Letterer: DC Hopkins
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.1 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: Leviathan Freedom #1

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Leviathan Freedom #1

Written by Tom Morello and Marc Guggenheim
Art by Szymon Kudrański
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The Grammy-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter, and activist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage is returning to comics for Leviathan Freedom, an all-new sci-fi epic inspired by the true story of American icon Robert Smalls. Morello first made his comics debut with the acclaimed series Orchid in 2011. Now, the lifelong comics fan is uniting with Emmy award-winning writer/producer Marc Guggenheim (Star Wars: Jar Jar, The Whisper War, The Arrowverse), artist Szymon Kudrański (Spawn; Punisher) and letterer DC Hopkins for a five-issue mini-series event from Amazon’s Comixology Originals exclusive digital content line. Leviathan Freedom #1 arrives June 16.

Leviathan Freedom is a sci-fi reimagining of the legacy of Robert Smalls, a man born into slavery who seized his own freedom by commandeering a Confederate warship, sailing himself, his family, and others to liberation.

In Leviathan Freedom, the galaxy is divided by civil war. And the profound human cost of conflict is felt not in the war rooms but by the Doldrums, the laborer caste essential for the war machine–until one man decides to stand against it.

Leviathan Freedom #1

Leviathan Freedom arrives this Summer from Tom Morello, Marc Guggenheim, Szymon Kudrański, and DC Hopkins

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The Grammy-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter, and activist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage is returning to comics for Leviathan Freedom, an all-new sci-fi epic inspired by the true story of American icon Robert Smalls. Morello first made his comics debut with the acclaimed series Orchid in 2011. Morello is uniting with Emmy award-winning writer/producer Marc Guggenheim, artist Szymon Kudrański, and letterer DC Hopkins for a five-issue mini-series event from Amazon’s Comixology Originals exclusive digital content line. Leviathan Freedom will debut this summer.

Leviathan Freedom is a sci-fi reimagining of the legacy of Robert Smalls, a man born into slavery who seized his own freedom by commandeering a Confederate warship, sailing himself, his family, and others to liberation.

In Leviathan Freedom, the galaxy is divided by civil war. And the profound human cost of conflict is felt not in the war rooms but by the Doldrums, the laborer caste essential for the war machine–until one man decides to stand against it.

The futuristic adventure series Leviathan Freedom arrives this summer from Comixology Originals.The first issue features a cover by Sedat Oezgen with subsequent covers by Szymon Kudrański.

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Szymon Kudranski Kicks off a New Story Arc of Something Epic this July

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From Szymon Kudrański, creator of No Man’s Land—currently in development as a feature film with A/vantage Pictures—comes the next chapter of the wondrously imaginative saga, Something Epic. Something Epic #13 will kick off an all-new story arc from Image Comics this July.

Kudrański will team up with the legendary Todd McFarlane for a highly collective cover and a variant version of it showcasing the raw art.

In Something Epic #13, a mysterious tragedy shakes the Land of Horror—realm of the most legendary monsters ever imagined—and Noa and D-Ductive are called to investigate. But in a world ruled by darkness… every monster is a suspect.

Something Epic #13 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 15.

  • Cover A by Kudrański and McFarlane
  • Cover B 1:25 copy incentive Raw Art by Kudrański and McFarlane
  • Cover C Friday the 13th homage by Kudrański
  • Cover D EC Horror homage by Kudrański
  • Cover E Scream homage by Kudrański

The Legendary Saga returns in Highlander: The Original Screenplay Graphic Novel!

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Titan Comics has announced Highlander: The Original Screenplay, a striking new graphic novel adaptation based on the original script by writer Gregory Widen, arriving in bookstores and comic shops on November 17, 2026.

This lavishly illustrated volume, art by Szymon Kudranski, presents the immortal saga of Connor MacLeod as it was first imagined – long before it became a cult-defining cinematic classic. Spanning centuries of history, epic duels, and shadowed rivalries, Highlander: The Original Screenplay follows Connor’s journey across eras as he faces other immortals in a deadly contest for a mysterious and ultimate prize.

Returning to the story’s roots, the graphic novel offers fans a rare chance to experience Widen’s original narrative vision in full, capturing the mythic scale, tragic romance, and operatic violence that made Highlander a cultural touchstone.

With dynamic artwork and a cinematic sense of scope, Highlander: The Original Screenplay stands as both a celebration of the franchise’s origins and a thrilling new entry point for readers discovering the immortal legend for the first time.

Highlander: The Original Screenplay is on sale November 17, 2026! Pre-order it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, local comic shops and bookstores, and more.

Szymon Kudrański’s No Man’s Land being developed for film and gets collected this April

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Szymon Kudrański‘s popular No Man’s Land miniseries published by Image Comics is currently in development for a film with producer Jason Berman‘s A/Vantage Pictures, as well as Kudrański and Jon Levin‘s Sustainable Imagination.

No Man’s Land is a high-stakes murder mystery perfect for fans of True Detective, Whiteout, and Insomnia. For three months each year, anyone can walk from the USA to Russia across an ice bridge: a frozen path known as the Ice Curtain. In 1963, when the body of a young woman is discovered on this icy no-man’s land, the already fragile relationship between the superpowers threatens to collapse. With nuclear tensions rising, an FBI agent and a KGB operative must solve the murder before the ice melts… and war ignites.

No Man’s Land is created, written, and illustrated by the much-celebrated Kudrański, edited by Tom Williams, lettered by DC Hopkins, and is under Kudrański’s One Man Art line, his fully independent creative banner where he creates and produces his own original works. No Man’s Land is the third solo series in a growing slate of Kudrański’s creator-owned titles that includes Something Epic and Blood Commandment.

No Man’s Land trade paperback (ISBN: 978-1534333604, Lunar Code 0226IM0506) collects issues #1-4 and will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, April 22 and independent bookstores, Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, May 19.

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No Man’s Land #4 wraps up the mystery with mixed results

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A long and exhausting murder investigation comes to a shocking end with No Man’s Land #4.

This is it, the answers are there, the motives, the murderer revealed. No Man’s Land #4 wraps up the miniseries with a final issue that does deliver and ending but it being satisfying, is a little up in the air.

Written by Szymon Kudrański, No Man’s Land has been an intriguing series, a little X-Files set in the early days of the cold war. An American FBI agent and Soviet KGB agent work together to crack the case of a murder that has occurred on an ice bridge between the two countries.

For four issues, the series ha done a solid job of building tension and creating a mystery that left readers guessing as to what was really going on. And, in the end, the motivation and reasons are explained but they don’t feel satisfying enough.

The issue has mainly an interrogation where motives are guessed and explanations are given. They’re reasons but they also feel like something deeper is missing. The killer has used lots of mythology in the killing, some makes sense but the rest just feels rather extraneous. Overall, the whole thing feels a little extraneous without a clear solid driver of the events. There’s discussion of the natural state of humans being war and peace is unnatural, but it never quite feels like it’s really laid out the clear reason. Readers are left guessing by what’s said, and all of that feels more cryptic than clear.

The issue does deliver a solid ending with a final scene that’s somewhat predictable but has that nice finality to it like Se7en. It all feels a little unsatisfying though like the motions are gone through without resolution and maybe that’s part of the point.

Kudrański also provides the art and No Man’s Land #4 delivers the usual style that fits the somber mood of the overall comic. He keeps the killer in the shadows playing off some thematic themes and concepts as far as motivation. Overall the comic looks nice as expected. The lettering by DC Hopkins is solid giving the killer a very distinct style that creates an almost otherworldly aspect about him.

No Man’s Land #4 isn’t a bad finale but it also doesn’t quite make things clear enough as far as motivation and why certain things were done. It feels like the answer is “they were crazy,” a sort of copout. Though there’s discussion as to the big picture, it still doesn’t feel satisfying… which might be part of the point.

Story: Szymon Kudrański Art: Szymon Kudrański
Translation Assistance/Editor: Atom Morwill Letterer: DC Hopkins
Story: 7.25 Art: 7.5 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Read

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Preview: Crownsville #1

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Crownsville #1

(W) Rodney Barnes (A) Elia Bonetti! 

Founded at the turn of the 20th century outside of Annapolis, MD, the Crownsville Hospital was a notoriously segregated, all-Black psychiatric institute. After decades of overcrowding and neglect— alongside darker, more-persistent rumors of patient abuse and illegal medical experiments—it was finally closed. Today, it stands condemned—a crumbling testament to a legacy of all-too-real terror inflicted on a marginalized and vulnerable community. But even as a ruin of its former self, Crownsville still casts a long shadow. . . . When an unexplained death inside the abandoned hospital is ruled a suicide, Annapolis police detective Mike Simms and journalist Paul Blairare are compelled to dig deeper, only to discover the reality of the horrors that once took place there . . . and the powerful connection they share to the anguished spirits of the dead that are still locked within its walls.

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