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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.

Leviathan Freedom

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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No Man's Land #4

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.

Crownsville #1

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.

Crownsville #1

No Man’s Land #2 feels like a Cold War set episode of The X-Files

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No Man's Land #2

FBI Agent Collins touches down on Little Diomede to investigate a chilling murder—facing savage weather, crushing isolation, and the ghosts of a failing marriage. But when he’s forced to team up with KGB Agent Sonia Fiodrow, the uneasy alliance leads to disturbing revelations: a religiously motivated killer and a community gripped by fear. No Man’s Land #2 is a slow, tense, burn that fans of whodunnit stories will appreciate.

Written by and with art by Szymon Kudrański, No Man’s Land #2 at its heart is a murder mystery. A body has been found right in the middle of the ice bridge that connects Russian and the United States during the early years of the Cold War. An American FBI agent and KGB agent must team up to solve the murder but it’s all with the backdrop that is the Cold War.

Kudrański does a hell of a job here setting up two agents who need to work together but also are trained to not trust each other. Mix in the fact that by working together, they could inflame political tensions and also hurt their own careers. The comic seeps in tension and paranoia as the two attempt to figure out what’s going on.

Where Kudrański takes it is far more interesting. Signs early on point that the killing is a religiously driven one with teases of Biblical scripture and the talk of a demonic being. What goes from a straight politically tinged thriller, morphs slightly into an intriguing episode of The X-Files. Replace these two agents with Mulder and Scully and the comic wouldn’t miss a beat.

The art nails the aesthetic of it all with a slightly dark, very white, slightly nightmarish style that reflects the story and its setting. Kudrański is a talent all around when it comes to art, that’s a known, and the comic shows off writing talent as well. DC Hopkins‘ lettering too stands out tackling multiple languages and impressively lettering readers get a sense of intent of words even when the readers don’t know the language.

No Man’s Land #2 is an impressive issue. It mixes mystery, tension, and strange scares all with some fantastic art. For those who are interested in the genre, this is a series and issue that can’t be missed.

Story: Szymon Kudrański Art: Szymon Kudrański
Translation Assistance: Atom Morwill Letterer: DC Hopkins
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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