(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Howard Chaykin ENIUS: ISSUES 1-5, WEEKLY THROUGHOUT AUGUST The Winner of Top Cow's Pilot Season makes its triumphant return to print! What if the greatest military mind of our generation was born to a people who are already supremely conditioned to wage war, who know nothing but violence since birth, and must continually adapt to new predators in order to survive? What if the second coming of Alexander the Great, of Genghis Khan, of Napoleon, of Patton...what if it was a teenaged girl from South Central, L.A. named Destiny? And what if she decides to secede three blocks Of the 'Hood from the Union? Who is going to take it back from her and her army of gangbangers? Who CAN? From writers MARC BERNARDIN and ADAM FREEMAN (Alphas, X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler, The Authority, The Highwaymen) and rising-star artist AFUA RICHARDSON comes a harrowing, action-packed tale of a city that declares war on a brilliant young woman pushed to the edge.The second volume of SATELLITE SAM plunges further into the world of sex, addiction, and obsession, all behind the scenes of Ame
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Chip Zdarsky
The second storyline from the Eisner-award winning SEX CRIMINALS finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you go? Come along and laff and love with Matt and Chip as they brimp back ceaselessly against the past.
IT'S THE SECOND ROUND OF SEX IN BOOK FORM, BABY! Now that the full-blown ten-year superhero orgy is over, life in Saturn City is getting even more complicated. And not only for the newly-'normalized' Simon Cooke; everyone seems to have their own kink to deal with. Just remember: morality may be subjective, but SEX is still great! Collects SEX #9-14
(W) Joe Casey (A) Piotr Kowalski & Various (CA) Sonia Harris
READY FOR A THIRD HELPING OF SEX IN BOOK FORM? Don't kid yourself, the deeper it gets...the better it gets. With a bevy of hot artists in tow, prepare yourselves to re-enter Saturn City and the sordid lives you'll find crawling around inside of it. Will they or won't they? Buy this book and find out! Collects SEX #15-20
(W) Joe Casey (A) Piotr Kowalski (CA) Sonia Harris
THE FIFTH VOLUME OF SEX IN BOOK FORM! The saga of Saturn City continues to unfold. Who will live? Who will die? Who will get it on? And who will figure out exactly what it means to be a fully functioning adult? Collects SEX #27-34.
(W) Justin Jordan (A) Kyle Strahm & Various (CA) Kyle Strahm, Felipe Sobreiro
Ten years ago, we dug too deep and unleashed something we couldn't control. Something that twisted and warped every living thing in its path. Something that remade the world in its own image. The Spread. One man has found a child who could save the world, but he has to fight monsters, raiders, cannibals, religious fanatics, and one cranky baby to do it. Collects SPREAD #1-6
(W) Mark Millar (A) Goran Parlov (CA) John Cassaday
Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was the space hero who saved the universe. But then he came back home, got married, had kids, and grew old. Now his children have left and his wife has passed away, leaving him alone with nothing except his memories...until a call comes from a distant world asking him back for his final and greatest adventure.
(W) Brian Wood (A/CA) Danijel Zezelj
'FROM THE SOUNDSTAGE TO THE STREETS' Once the world's most famous chef, Gavin Cruikshank's been in a self-imposed exile for years. In his absence his foodie television program has evolved into STARVE, a morally bankrupt competition that thrills the wealthy with rare and often illegal cuisine. Gavin's crusade to end this outrage has stalled out as he finds himself seduced by the toxic mix of success, money, and adoration. Collects STARVE #6-10
(W/A/CA) Jackie Morrow
Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors at Seaside High. Their differing schedules and mounting extracurriculars inspire the girls to form a secret club where they can hang without sacrificing their future aspirations. Enter Supper Club, the delicious solution to their problems. When life starts to crumble like a cookie under the girls' feet, they rely on comfort food to hold it together. Can Supper Club endure life's most challenging recipes without burning to a crisp?
(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Steve Epting, Bettie Breitweiser
The white-hot spy series from the creators of Captain America: The Winter Soldier is back! Everything Velvet Templeton ever believed about the worst night of her life has turned out to be a lie, and now she's coming back to London, taking the hunt back to the hunters, to find the truth or die trying. Don't miss the second volume in the adventures of comics' favorite new super-spy. Collects VELVET #6-10
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Steve Epting, Elizabeth Breitweiser
The strands of the mystery finally bring Velvet back home to the US, and to Washington, D.C. no less, for an explosive finale. Collects VELVET #11-15
(W) Sumeyye Kesgin (A) Sumeyye Kesgin, Ellie Wright (CA) Sumeyye Kesgin
In her comics writing debut, ELSEWHERE artist SUMEYYE KESGIN asks: What if one of the VOYAGER probes reached an uninhabitable planet laid to waste by a wandering black hole? With her people's resources dwindling under the thumb of a relentless tyrant, Sen, a resident of the ailing planet Modia, will find adventure, friendship-and possibly salvation-in an unexpected relic from an alien planet called Earth. Collects VOYAGIS #1-5
(W) Jordan Thomas (A/CA) Shaky Kane
After months of gang shootings, Detective Ovra Sawce and his new partner Donut Trustah?are given a high-profile triple homicide case. But what were a billionaire?s assistant, a hood-turned-cult leader, and Sawce?s former partner doing in that warehouse?The hard-boiled noir of?LA Confidential?mixes with?Futurama's?bright, alien-filled worlds in?WEIRD WORK, a?crime epic not to be missed.Collects WEIRD WORK #1-4
(W) Rory McConville (A) Joe Palmer, Chris O'Halloran (CA) Declan Shalvey
On the eve of their retirement, two hitmen - Cosmo and Arthur Pryce - drive through the Texas countryside with the infamous Little Harkness in the trunk of their car. The brothers are meant to deliver Harkness to their boss, but matters become complicated when Arthur's recklessness jeopardises Cosmo's retirement plans and puts a target on their backs. A tragicomic crime tale of family loyalty and broken dreams from RORY McCONVILLE (Judge Dredd) and JOE PALMER (2000 AD).
(W/A/CA) Meredith McClaren
New to the city of Cobble, Orio must depend on help wherever she can find it, but her assigned familiar Bauble has other interests. And as the two explore the walls of their city, they find that they are not the only new arrivals.
(W/A/CA) Meredith McClaren
Adrift without Bauble, Orio returns to the only comfort she has left in the city of Cobble. But dark days have visited the city in her absence. And the mechanizations of single-minded men will threaten them further unless Orio can find it within herself to stop it. HINGES, BOOK 3: MECHANICAL MEN will conclude this fantasy webcomic series.
(W) Steve Niles (A/CA) Szymon Kudranski
Terror is a town of monsters, its boundaries hidden from the world. You can only find Terror if you've been welcomed, but it may not let you leave. Henry West escaped Terror, rebuilding his life and finding true happiness in the human world. But when Henry's mother disappears, his father forces him back home, and old rivalries resurface as he begins to unravel the mystery. A TOWN CALLED TERROR is a family drama of monstrous proportions from cutting-edge horror creators STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night) and SZYMON KUDRANSKI (SPAWN, The Punisher). Collects A TOWN CALLED TERROR #1-6
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips (CA) Sean Phillips
JUST IN TIME FOR CONVENTION SEASON-the ultimate comic con crime tale! Comics won't just break your heart. Comics will kill you. Hal Crane should know, he's been around since practically the beginning. Stuck at an out-of-town convention, waiting to receive a lifetime achievement award, Hal's weekend takes us on a dark ride through the secret history of a medium that's always been haunted by crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers. BAD WEEKEND-the story some are already calling the comic of the year from its serialization in CRIMINAL #2 and 3-has been expanded, with several new scenes added and remastered into a hardcover graphic novel, in the same format as BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS' (KILL OR BE KILLED, FATALE, CRIMINAL) bestselling MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES. This gorgeous package is a must-have, an evergreen graphic novel every true comics fan will want to own. Collects CRIMINAL #2-3 with new expanded content
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) Carlos Ezquerra
IN 1999, WE ALL WENT BACK TO WAR. In a world only slightly worse than our own, a third great European conflict has dragged the major powers into a lethal war of attrition. Now, Mary Malone, the most dangerous assassin in a land of killers, must face both a man who cannot die and a crazed cult leader whose flock are all too ready to die for him. Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, War Story) and Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade) present an action-packed tale of future warfare and a heroine whose faith lies firmly in firepower.
(W) Steve Orlando (A) Tinto Davide (CA) Davide Tinto
The last survivors of the Multiverse live among us under new, superheroic identities, five survivors of doomed worlds...taking a second chance to ensure our world lives on. A new twist on strange superhero comics, with a bleeding-edge eye on the modern moment, COMMANDERS IN CRISIS follows in the footsteps of Doom Patrol and Thunderbolts as five unexpected heroes come together to solve a murder unlike any other. The victim? Compassion itself?This is ideacide! A new series by acclaimed writer STEVE ORLANDO (Wonder Woman, Doom Patrol: Milk Wars, Martian Manhunter) and artist DAVIDE TINTO (Marvel Action: Spider-Man), an intense, weird action thriller reminding us about the importance of compassion and hope in the present moment, and putting fists to faces along the way! Collects COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #1-6.
(W) Steve Orlando (A/CA) Davide Tinto
Our world sits in the final reality. Empathy, unity, decency?every day, we lose something we thought we couldn't live without. To save us all, the Crisis Command must give up everything they know-from their egos to their idealism-and go on a journey of rediscovery as the clock ticks towards annihilation. Standing in their way is the Extinction Society, an organization convinced that the only reasonable act for civilization is self-destruction. To survive, the Crisis Command has to be something more than superheroes, they have to be something better-and they have to inspire the last earth to do the same, so they can all meet tomorrow, together. The emotional conclusion to a prescient series from acclaimed writer STEVE ORLANDO (Wonder Woman, Doom Patrol: Milk Wars, Martian Manhunter) and artist DAVIDE TINTO (Marvel Action: Spider-Man). Collects COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #7-12
(W) Jay Faerber (A) Drew Moss, Ron Riley (CA) Scott Godlewski, Ron Riley
A man from Sheriff Clara Bronson's past shows up in Copperhead, complicating her efforts to solve the bizarre murder of Copperhead's mayor. Meanwhile, Deputy Boo is made an offer he can't refuse. Collects COPPERHEAD #11-14
(W) Sean Lewis (A/CA) Caitlin Yarsky
The second chapter of this critically lauded allegorical series is a fascinating look at misogyny, war, and forgiveness. Red is tasked with ridding her home of men who have donned animal pelts that turn them into woman-hunting wolves. Returning from her first war with these wolves, she works to bring more women to safety-and to slaughter more wayward men. But when she meets a group of women who challenge her ideas and her core self, she questions the person she's become. Collects COYOTES #5-8.
(W) Erica Schultz (A) Carola Borelli & Various (CA) Adriana Melo, Cris Peter
In 1998, three estranged sisters trained by their Nazi-hunting mother come together to solve their mother's murder?and try not to kill each other in the process. Follow the Hawthorn sisters in THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET as they explore what 'family' truly means and discover the lengths they would go to keep a secret. Collects THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET #1-5
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Bengal
Meet Glory, raised off the grid in a convoy of truckers, the last men and women fighting for true freedom on the American open road. Now, in order to pay for her beloved, dying Father's surgery, Glory has three days to pull off four dangerous cross-country heists with mob killers, crooked cops, and a psycho ex-husband all out to bring her in or die trying. New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender teams up with legendary French superstar Bengal to bring you a high-speed chase across the American West that examines our dwindling freedoms and the price paid by those who fight for an untethered life. Collects DEATH OR GLORY #1-5.
(W) Mirka Andolfo, Davide Goy (A/CA) Andrea Broccardo
ADVANCE SOLICIT! In an underpopulated future Earth, devastated by the dire consequences of the millennium bug, the survival of mankind-and, maybe, of the planet itself-is handled by a small number of people. These are talented scientists who, despite the adverse situation and the stupid feuds that continue to divide the small number of people still alive, try to understand and study what is hidden in the depths of the abyss-something mysterious and dangerous, which could eventually cause an even worse and more destructive catastrophe! The 100 meets LOW, with a hint of Death Stranding in the brand-new sci-fi thriller series from acclaimed creator MIRKA ANDOLFO (UNNATURAL, MERCY, SWEET PAPRIKA), teaming up with writer DAVID GOY, rising-star artist ANDREA BROCCARDO (Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Empyre: X-Men), and colorist BARBARA NOSENZO (The Ballad of Halo Jones). Collects DEEP BEYOND #1-6.
(W) Nate Piekos
Award-winning comic book letterer and founder of Blambot.com NATE PIEKOS provides in-depth tips and techniques for modern digital comic book lettering. From creating your own lettering templates and developing design skills to crafting emotive dialogue and dynamic sound effects, PIEKOS offers a comprehensive look at what it means to build a lettering career in the comics industry today. Featuring a foreword by famed X-Men letterer TOM ORZECHOWSKI.
(W) Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna (A) Jonathan Luna, Jonathan Luna
JONATHAN LUNA (ALEX + ADA, THE SWORD, Spider-Woman: Origin) and SARAH VAUGHN (ALEX + ADA, Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, Ruined) team up again with ETERNAL EMPIRE, a fantasy epic! The Eternal Empress has waged war against the countries of Saia for over 100 years, and now her sights are set on the last country standing. But within the brutal Empire's workforce, a young man and woman discover they share a synergistic power that could change the fate of the entire world.
(W) Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn (A/CA) Jonathan Luna
In the concluding arc of this fantasy epic, Tair and Rion use their fire power to try to take down the Empire, while the Eternal Empress plots to use the duo for her own devices. Can the two avoid her clutches, or will they be the weapon the Empress needs to finally control all of Saia? Collects ETERNAL EMPIRE #6-10
(W/A/CA) Jared Muralt
'Readers who found themselves gripped by the apocalyptic adventure of Robert Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD and who were moved by the emotion in Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD will not want to miss Jared Muralt's THE FALL. After just losing his wife, one father will have to face a world in freefall; shaken to its core by an economic, social, political and health crisis without precedent. Facing seemingly unreal and very unexpected dangers, he will do whatever it takes to protect his loved ones in a country on the brink of collapse. In this internationally acclaimed series, Jared Muralt not only tells the story of one family struggling to survive, but also questions the very reasons that brought mankind to this apocalypse. Collects THE FALL #1-6.
(W) Wes Craig (A) Toby Cypress (CA) Wes Craig
The supernatural world has gone berserk, and it's all tied to a powerful cult called the Black Temple. They want to unleash ancient dark gods on mankind and bring about the apocalypse. The only thing that stands in their way are Cole, Haley, and Ortiz. They're members of the Gravediggers Union, a brotherhood sworn to defend the living from the undead. At the center of the Black Temple's plan is a street kid named Morgan. She's the key to the coming apocalypse. Also, she's Cole's estranged daughter. To find her, the Gravediggers will have to contend with a witch who hates their guts, a former cult member who used to be the world's biggest movie star, yuppie vampires, steroid-zombies, junk golems?and no overtime pay. DEADLY CLASS co-creator WES CRAIG teams up with artist TOBY CYPRESS (Omega Men) to introduce you to the weird horror of THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION. Collects THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION #1-5
(W) Wes Craig (A) Toby Cypress (CA) Wes Craig
Writer WES CRAIG (DEADLY CLASS) and artist TOBY CYPRESS (RETCON) bring their weird horror series to its apocalyptic conclusion! The powerful cult known as the Black Temple wants to unleash ancient dark gods on mankind. The only thing that stands in their way is the Gravediggers Union: Cole, Haley, and Ortiz. At the center of the Black Temple's plan is Cole's estranged daughter Morgan, who's destined to free the dark gods. Now the Gravediggers are in a race against time to rescue a mysterious alien monkey before the Black Temple can destroy it. Before it's over, father and daughter will argue the merits of our species, the secret history of the world will be revealed, and the Gravediggers will make a last stand against the Black Temple's undead horde, for the fate of us all. Collects THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION #6-9
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Zulema Lavina (CA) Mirka Andolfo
Why sell your soul?when you can buy a new one? In a corporate-ruled city where class inequality is greater than ever, a desperate, lonely populace is drawn to neo-spiritualism and hedge magic. When their teenage daughter is murdered, the Marks family is left asking the gods what they did to deserve this. But their android maid, Which-Where, has a different approach. Perhaps if she asked the devil? Now, to pay the price, a machine with the soul of a teenage girl must hunt down souls who have escaped from hell. But on the way, she and her only friend, Ren, discover a vast conspiracy threatening to burn the last civilization to the ground. Can Which-Where keep her soul with her humanity on the line? A futuristic dark fantasy miniseries by acclaimed creator TIM SEELEY (Nightwing, HACK/SLASH, REVIVAL) and rising star ZULEMA SCOTTO LAVINA (The Little Mermaid, Red Sonja)! Collects HEXWARE #1-6
(W/A) Howard Victor Chaykin (CA) Don Cameron
HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket. Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today's biggest entertainment business-or at least the tail that wags the dog. Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty? ?although in the end, everyone was guilty of something. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS! #1-5
(W/A/CA) Howard Chaykin
Digging deeper into the sordid, seedy, and always-entertaining lives of the men and women who built the comic book business, volume two of HOWARD CHAYKIN's acclaimed comic ? clef tells the story of those who pushed the boundaries of the lowest common denominator-at their own peril-and those happy enough to ride the waves others created. Along the way there's exploitation, Blaxploitation, custom toilet paper, death at the dinner table, and plenty more, as fans turn pro and pros turn bitter. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. II: PROPHETS & LOSS #1-6
(W) Howard Chaykin (A) Howard Chaykin (CA) Don Cameron
It all begins with a generation of artists who view their life?s work as dismal failures and a waste of that life?in service to a medium that refuses to die, grinding its way through generation after generation?until it collides with creatives who can?t even begin to imagine why anyone would ever want to do anything else.?This is the history of comic books, alongside the misbegotten midwife whose growth, whose refusal to truly grow, serves as its decades-long and distorted mirror?Fandom.Collects?HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. 3: THE SCHLOCK OF THE NEW?#1-6
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Kagan McLeod
CHIP ZDARSKY (Batman,** PUBLIC DOMAIN**) and KAGAN McLEOD (Infinite Kung Fu, Cobra Kai) are BACK with the conclusion of their ?beloved? ?science? fiction series!Astronaut KEITH KANGA, trapped on the planet of Kaptara, is trying to find his way home, but a planetary war is really messing with that!Collects KAPTARA: UNIVERSAL TRUTHS #1-6
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) John Romita
This month marks 10 YEARS OF KICK-ASS-the greatest superhero comic of all time! That also means it's been 10 years since Hit-Girl, the world's deadliest tween assassin, exploded onto the scene to slaughter super villains and serve hot justice to the scum of New York City. In KICK-ASS: THE DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS, VOL. 2, she trains a novice Kick-Ass in the lethal fighting styles she learned from Big Daddy. In return, Kick-Ass is helping her survive middle school...without any bloodshed. When Kick-Ass gets benched, Hit-Girl has to take on the mafia solo. Collects HIT-GIRL #1-5
