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Seismic Press First Look: Side Effects OGN

Seismic Press First Look: Side Effects OGN

via AIPT: ‘Side Effects’ is a personal story about mental health and what it takes to find yourself again. Hannah doesn’t want to be a hero. She just wants to be well. Hannah’s dealing with a lot in her first year of college and to make matters worse, she’s also battling her own brain, in the form of anxiety and depression. Fortunately, her therapist has put her on some meds to help, but those meds cause some unintended side effects, like sleepless nights, pounding headaches… …or, in Hannah’s case, superpowers. Now, on top of juggling tests and dates, Hannah has...

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Get ready for “Wrestling Noir” in HELL IS A SQUARED CIRCLE

Get ready for “Wrestling Noir” in HELL IS A SQUARED CIRCLE

via The Beat The upcoming ONE SHOCK from Aftershock will be written by Chris Condon and illustrated by Francesco Biagini. Are you a fan of hard case crime on the streets? Then get ready for hard case crime in the ring! In the upcoming Aftershock “One Shock,” Hell is a Squared Circle by writer Chris Condon, artist Francesco Biagini, colorist Mark Englert, letterer Dave Sharpe, and with a main cover by Jacob Phillips and an incentive cover by Francesco Francavilla, Ted “The Irish Mooska” Walsh is a wrestling heel who is trying to escape his past… but with blood on his boxing gloves, can he really hope to escape...

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AfterShock First Look: The 06 Protocol #1

AfterShock First Look: The 06 Protocol #1

via AIPT: ‘The 06 Protocol’ is a story of family secrets, betrayal and bonds built in blood. The seemingly perfect life of the Mirino family is shattered when family patriarch, Faust, is brutally murdered on a quiet summer night. His wife, Cat, and 16-year-old daughter, Missy, are forced to confront a shocking truth about Faust’s involvement in a secret government program known as THE 06 PROTOCOL. Now, Cat and Missy have to protect each other as they are hunted, and haunted, by the people and secrets of Faust’s double life. Written by Lee Turner and illustrated by Cliff Richards (10...

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There’s Aliens in the Underground in Dinnick & Holder’s LAST LINE

There’s Aliens in the Underground in Dinnick & Holder’s LAST LINE

via The Beat AfterShock Comics has announced Last Line, a new sci-fi adventure series due out in September. The series comes from the creative team of writer Richard Dinnick, artist Jose Holder, colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, and letterer Dave Sharpe. The first issue of the series features a main cover by Andy Clarke & Jose Villarrubia, and an incentive variant cover by Das Pastoras. Here’s how AfterShock describes Last Line: Sally Hazzard just had the worst day of her life: While on a usual shift as a driver for the tube, the unthinkable happened when a man is pushed in front of her train and killed.  But…there’s something strange here. Sally...

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Hulu Lands Comic Series ‘A Calculated Man’

Hulu Lands Comic Series ‘A Calculated Man’

Via Deadline: EXCLUSIVE: A Calculated Man is the latest comic series that could make its way to the small screen. Hulu has acquired the rights to AfterShock Media’s book and is in the very early stages of developing a series based on the crime story, which is set to be published in June. Peter Calloway, a co-exec producer on series including Freeform’s Marvel series Cloak & Dagger and FX’s Legion, has signed to write and serve as showrunner on the project. He has previously worked with the comic company on the book Shadow Doctor, which was set in Prohibition-era Chicago and drawn from the real world experiences of Calloway’s...

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