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Just Another Summer is a Queer YA Romcom About First Love, Identity, and the Summer That Changed Everything

One summer, far from the Hollywood spotlight, two teen celebrities confront love, labor, and new possibilities they never expected… Mad Cave Studios’ YA imprint Maverick has announced Just Another Summer, a queer and trans-friendly romantic comedy from writers Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges, featuring artwork by AoiG. and Giulia Rinaldo, with colors by Valentina Briski and lettering by Chas! Pangburn.

When scandal sidelines two LA teen celebrities, a punishment summer on a Montana farm forces them to trade red carpets for rubber boots—and to choose between the futures they were raised for and the loves they never saw coming.

Eager for a break from their brutal schedules as A-list actors, teen sisters Hayley and Becky Huxley sneak out to experience LA on their own terms. After a big mistake gets them fired from their gig on a hit TV show, they’re sent to a dairy farm in Montana to learn a little humility!

Sparks fly when they meet farm hand Jake, who can’t believe he has to babysit some pampered rich girls all summer! But Becky’s very into the cute girl at the local diner, and Hayley and Jake start to realize that they have more in common than they think. Even though she’s a cis city girl and he’s a trans country boy — they might just be falling for each other. But they’re from entirely different worlds, it could never work! …or could it?

Just Another Summer arrives in bookstores and comic shops on August 4, 2026.

Just Another Summer

Kill More #1 ups the body count as cops take on depraved killers in a rotting city

Kill More #1

The city of Colonia is suffering from total economic collapse, but worse than the unemployment and urban decay is the skyrocketing homicide rate. Most of the few cops left on the force think it’s just another symptom of the city’s decline, but one detective has a darker theory… that the most depraved killers in the country have all moved here to take advantage of the chaos. As he and his new partner dig deeper into their rapidly growing list of open cases, they’ll find themselves in the crosshairs of a growing group of maniacs who realize that the best way to stay ahead of the cops in a city full of killers… is to kill more. Kill More #1 takes the detective genre and throws in a dose of Running Man into the mix.

Written by Scott Bryan Wilson, Kill More #1 is an interesting start to the series, slowly teasing out what’s going on. We learn that the city of Colonia is falling apart with people abandoning it for better opportunities. Everything is in need of support, especially the police department who has to deal with an increasing amount of crime… and bodies. But why is it happening?

As we learn more about the city, we get flashes of some of the individuals behind the killing. With names like Lady Facesmasher, The Sufferer, and The Obituary Machine, the killers deliver personalities like the gladiators of the film Running Man. They all have their own thing, whether it’s the personality, how they kill, or more. Like the recent Where Monsters Lie, part of the “fun” of the comic is in the quirky murderers within.

The art by Max Alan Fuchs fits the comics’ story so well. There’s a broken down look to not just the city but the people within. They feel like they’re rundown and running out of options. You can feel the exhaustion all around. That’s helped by the color from Valentina Briŝki and the lettering by Scott Bryan Wilson. Everything feels abandoned. The buildings are falling apart and grimy and the characters too have a feeling of it as well. The comic visually exudes exacerbation.

Kill More #1 is a solid start to the series. It builds its world well in both the story and the visuals. It delivers a world that feels rundown but not hopeless. And despite the bodies, it also delivers a little humor. Add in some interesting aspects about the city’s situation itself, and you have the making of a series to pick up.

Story: Scott Bryan Wilson  Art: Max Alan Fuchs 
Color: Valentina Briŝki Letterer: Scott Bryan Wilson
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Kill More #1 ups the body count as cops take on depraved killers in a rotting city

Kill More #1

The city of Colonia is suffering from total economic collapse, but worse than the unemployment and urban decay is the skyrocketing homicide rate. Most of the few cops left on the force think it’s just another symptom of the city’s decline, but one detective has a darker theory… that the most depraved killers in the country have all moved here to take advantage of the chaos. As he and his new partner dig deeper into their rapidly growing list of open cases, they’ll find themselves in the crosshairs of a growing group of maniacs who realize that the best way to stay ahead of the cops in a city full of killers… is to kill more. Kill More #1 takes the detective genre and throws in a dose of Running Man into the mix.

Written by Scott Bryan Wilson, Kill More #1 is an interesting start to the series, slowly teasing out what’s going on. We learn that the city of Colonia is falling apart with people abandoning it for better opportunities. Everything is in need of support, especially the police department who has to deal with an increasing amount of crime… and bodies. But why is it happening?

As we learn more about the city, we get flashes of some of the individuals behind the killing. With names like Lady Facesmasher, The Sufferer, and The Obituary Machine, the killers deliver personalities like the gladiators of the film Running Man. They all have their own thing, whether it’s the personality, how they kill, or more. Like the recent Where Monsters Lie, part of the “fun” of the comic is in the quirky murderers within.

The art by Max Alan Fuchs fits the comics’ story so well. There’s a broken down look to not just the city but the people within. They feel like they’re rundown and running out of options. You can feel the exhaustion all around. That’s helped by the color from Valentina Briŝki and the lettering by Scott Bryan Wilson. Everything feels abandoned. The buildings are falling apart and grimy and the characters too have a feeling of it as well. The comic visually exudes exacerbation.

Kill More #1 is a solid start to the series. It builds its world well in both the story and the visuals. It delivers a world that feels rundown but not hopeless. And despite the bodies, it also delivers a little humor. Add in some interesting aspects about the city’s situation itself, and you have the making of a series to pick up.

Kill More #1 is on sale September 13, 2023.

Story: Scott Bryan Wilson  Art: Max Alan Fuchs 
Color: Valentina Briŝki Letterer: Scott Bryan Wilson
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review


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Astronaut Down #5 mixes sci-fi with some commentary for its finale

The world is dying and humanity is facing extinction. A group of astronauts are being sent through the multiverse in an attempt to save it.

Astronaut Down #5 wraps things up well focusing on some of the themes of the series.

Story: James Patrick
Art: Rubine
Color: Valentina Briški
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Zeus Comics


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Review: Astronaut Down #4

The world is dying and humanity is facing extinction. A group of astronauts are being sent through the multiverse in an attempt to save it.

Astronaut Down #4 throws out some more philosophical debate for readers to chew on.

Story: James Patrick
Art: Rubine
Color: Valentina Briški
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

TFAW
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Astronaut Down #4

Writer: James Patrick
Artist: Rubine
Colorist: Valentina Briški
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual
Cover: Rubine
$3.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 09.28.22

Douglas has crash-landed in a new reality. He’s stranded there, his ability to send a transmission is gone and the worst thing possible has happened: In this reality, he’s a hero and everything he’s ever wanted exists…including his wife. But it all comes at the expense of his own reality. Every thank you, every gift and every dream come true is now torture since he can’t save the dying world he once called home…or can he?

Astronaut Down #4

Review: Astronaut Down #3

The world is dying and humanity is facing extinction. A group of astronauts are being sent through the multiverse in an attempt to save it.

Astronaut Down #3 asks a really great question, what hasn’t Douglas sent back the answer to his world’s troubles?

Story: James Patrick
Art: Rubine
Color: Valentina Briški
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

TFAW
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Review: Astronaut Down #2

The world is dying and humanity is facing extinction. A group of astronauts are being sent through the multiverse in an attempt to save it.

Astronaut Down #2 continues to do what sci-fi does best, entertain while also examining our world.

Story: James Patrick
Art: Rubine
Color: Valentina Briški
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Zeus Comics


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Review: Astronaut Down #1

The world is dying and humanity is facing extinction. A group of astronauts are being sent through the multiverse in an attempt to save it.

Story: James Patrick
Art: Rubine
Color: Valentina Briški
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

comiXology/Kindle
Zeus Comics
TFAW


AfterShock provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Exclusive Preview: Astronaut Down #1

Astronaut Down #1

Writer: James Patrick 
Artist: Rubine 
Colorist: Valentina Briški 
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual 
Cover: Rubine 
Incentive Cover: Any Clarke w/ Jose Villarrubia
$4.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 06.01.22

Douglas Spitzer wants to be one of the “astronauts” selected for the crucial Mission Politzer. And just like astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and Sally Ride, Douglas is brave, adaptable, and self-sacrificing. He’s one of the program’s best candidates.  

But if he qualifies, Douglas won’t be traveling through space; he’ll be launched into alternate realities on a desperate mission to save Earth from a horrific crisis that has our world on the brink of extinction. Unfortunately, it’s a mission where everything will go wrong, where Douglas’s training and very humanity will be put to the test, and where a deep-seeded secret could sabotage everything.  

Writer James Patrick (KAIJU SCORE, CAMPISI: THE DRAGON INCIDENT) and artist Rubine (SEARCH FOR HU) lead us on a perilous undertaking to save the planet from total destruction!

Astronaut Down #1
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