INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
(Company names beginning with H)
HARPER ALLEY
CAT & CAT ADV GN VOL 05 MAGIC AT THE MANSION
(W/A) Susie Yi
Follow the antics of Squash and Ginny in the fifth installment of Cat & Cat Adventures from popular webcomic creator Susie Yi! The search is afoot! Squash and Ginny must locate the second orb of the Staff of Knowledge before the Spirit World leaks further into the Human World. Not only that, but their best friends Fern and Lotus are still missing! Thankfully, their wand tracks Fern, Lotus, and the orb to a mysterious mansion, where they're shocked to discover all three are about to be auctioned off. Can Squash and Ginny save their friends and the orb—or will they lose them to the highest bidder... forever? (STL372593) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $8.99
TALL WATER GN
(W) SJ Sindu (A) Dion Mbd
Ever since she turned sixteen, Nimmi has wanted to see her mother. Though she has a loving but overprotective father and a budding relationship, she yearns to travel to Sri Lanka to confront the mother who refused to leave the island during a war, not even for Nimmi's sake. Her father is going back for the first time as a reporter on assignment, but he refuses to take her, deeming Sri Lanka too dangerous. But then Nimmi's mother appears to her in a dream, asking her to come find her, and Nimmi knows she must go. Her father is livid when he sees her at baggage claim, but by then it's too late, and he reluctantly agrees to help Nimmi make contact with her mother. However, the day after Christmas, disaster strikes and a tsunami ravages the island. Stranded amid the devastation and destruction, can Nimmi reunite with her mother? Through her journey, Nimmi might just learn that the person she most needed to find was herself. (STL372589) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 6x9, 256pgs, FC SRP: $18.99
HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE
HEAVY METAL PRESENTS ARENA MODE SC
(W) Blake Northcott
Superhumans live among us, but none of them want to save the world. Instead, they're competing in 2041's deadliest sport: "Arena Mode." In 2041 superhumans live among us, but none of them want to save the world. Not that there's much left to save: sea levels are rising, the income gap is widening, and the rich live above it all in Manhattan's shimmering megatowers. Below in the Fringe, Matthew Moxon has done virtually nothing with his record-shattering IQ except catalog comic books and cheat at blackjack… until he discovers a tumor is pressing against his brain. Unable to afford life-saving surgery, Mox enters a deadly sporting event where superhumans fight for a multi-billion dollar prize. An expert at tilting the odds in his favor, Mox has a strategy, an inside track, and his friends to help. But in a competition with demigods, he's the only one without a super power… and he's armed with nothing more than his rapidly-diminishing brain cells. (STL375731) (C: 0-1-0)
Fiction, SC, 6x9, 380pgs, FC SRP: $24.95
IRON MAIDEN LEGACY OF THE BEAST TP VOL 02 NIGHT CITY (MR)
(W) Llexi Leon, Ian Edington (A) Kevin West (CA) Akirant
In the aftermath of the Beast's defeat, meteor shards rain down on London town - warping the East End into a twisted hellscape known only as Night City! Eddie must ally with the mysterious Alchemist and fearless Madame Charlotte to save the city, the world… and even the fabric of the universe itself! (STL156076) (C: 0-1-0)
MATURE THEMES
RES. from Previews Vol. XXX #4 (APR201888)
SC, 140pgs, FC SRP: $19.99
TAARNA TP VOL 02 LAST TAARAKIAN (MR)
(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Patrick Zircher & Various (CA) Christian Rosado
From the death of the last Taarakian and a collapsed universe, Taarna was born. Heavy Metal's flagship character from the animated film returns in a new tale of cosmic mystery and battles throughout the multiverse in her war against Kako, the embodiment of chaos. This is the story of a millenia-old battle between godlike beings, with all sentient life caught in their path. A new life begins for Taarna. (STL375728) (C: 0-1-1)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, 176pgs, FC SRP: $24.99
TAARNA TP VOL 01 CVR A ROSS (O/A)
(W) Alex De Campi (A) Esau Escorzi (CA) Alex Ross
Heavy Metal's legendary character finally gets her own ongoing series courtesy of writer Alex de Campi (No Mercy, Semiauto Magic) and artist Stephane Roux (Power Girl) delivering another tale of the immortal warrior's quest to avenge injustice. Collects issues #1-4. (STL099136)
SC, 122pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
WHATZIT GN VOL 01
(W) Gideon Kendall, Oliver Irving (A) Gideon Kendall
Pimples, the scourge of adolescents everywhere, are actually portals through which creatures from another dimension derive voyeuristic pleasure by spying on the lives of human teenagers. This is the story of an unnamed refugee from this alien world and Scott, a horny and morose teenage boy languishing in 1970's America. It is an inter-dimensional epic of pimples and porn, action, adolescence, and acne. You'll never look in the mirror the same way again after reading WHATZIT. (STL375732) (C: 0-1-0)
Fiction, SC, 7x10, 120pgs, FC SRP: $17.99
HORRORHOUND LTD
ART OF HORRORHOUND #3
HorrorHound's The Art of Horror returns for its third issue! This special installment puts music center stage, exploring the connection between rock, punk, heavy metal, and the world of horror. Dive into retrospectives that examine how these genres shaped - and shaped by - horror cinema. Discover the musicians who transitioned into acting and directing, the iconic mascots that became horror legends, unforgettable soundtracks, and more. Plus: an artist spotlight on designer Jonny Bush, best known for his work with Ghost. (STL375975) (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine, 32pgs, FC SRP: $5.00
HUMANOIDS
METAL HURLANT TP OLD DREAMS YOUNG VISIONS (MR)
(W) Philippe Druillet & Various
The Original Graphic Anthology that rocked the world of science fiction and comics is reborn-probing deep into the past, examining the present, and blazing into the future!
50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre-defining publication is finally coming to the English language, and in bigger and bolder form than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids.
Each volume of Metal Hurlant will feature 272+ pages of a one-of-a-kind, otherworldly, literary experience, expertly curated from archival material from the original '70s and '80s run, along with top A-list and up-and-coming creators from around the globe.
"AS A KID IT REALLY WAS AN ELECTROSHOCK. I DON'T KNOW IF MY BRAIN MELTED OR EXPLODED... BUT I'M STILL HAUNTED BY THE POWER OF CREATIVITY THAT WAS IN THOSE BOXES." -DENIS VILLENEUVE, speaking with NPR about his intro to sci-fi via boxes of Metal Hurlant
First Issue features works from:
ALIAS o MATTHEW ALLISON o DERF BACKDERF o YANN BÉCU o FRED BLANCHARD o PIM BOSS o YURI CAMPOS o LENO CARVALHO o CAZA o NICOLE CLAVELOUX o JEAN-PIERRE DIONNET o PHILIPPE DRUILLET oMATT FRACTION o JEAN-CLAUDE GAL o ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY o AFIF KHALED KILLOFFER o SIMON LECLERC o MASHA MORAN o MŒBIUS o JEAN-MICHEL NICOLLET o KARLA PACHECO o FREDERIK PEETERS o PHILIPPE PICARET o NIKOLA PISAREV o HOMERO RIOS o SAGAR FRANÇOIS SCHUITEN o LUC SCHUITEN o PETER SNEJBERG o JAMES STOKOE o KEVIN SULLIVAN o JAKE THOMAS o ELÈNE USDIN o JORG DE VOS o YANG WEILIN o EDITH ZHA (STL375469) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
First Time in Previews, SC, 8x10.5, 272pgs, FC SRP: $29.99