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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...
Ennis and Braun Return With “Jimmy’s Little Bastards”
via Multiversity Comics: AfterShock Comics have announced “Jimmy’s Little Bastards,” a sequel to Garth Ennis and Russ Braun’s 2017-18 James Bond parody “Jimmy’s Bastards.” The follow-up, which will be published as an oversized, three-part prestige miniseries, will see British superspy Jimmy Regent on extended leave, and settling down into middle aged life, while his illegitimate daughter Nancy takes on the role of battling his old foes. “But a mysterious message starts Jimmy looking into his family’s murky past… where he finds a clue to a strange and deadly new danger.” The comic will be colored by John Kalisz, and lettered...
AfterShock First Look: Samurai Doggy #1
via AIPT: ‘Samurai Doggy’ #1 is a story of loss, revenge and the journey to defeat the greatest empire of machines and robots that has ever existed. During the Fourth War of the Sun, a small dog named DOGGY experienced an irreparable trauma: his mother was brutally murdered, and his eight brothers, still puppies, were kidnapped by a mysterious man. To save them, Doggy fought bravely against the terrible killer, but all his efforts were in vain, and he was left for dead. What nobody imagined was that a technological vulture scavenging the region for corpses would be the one...
Hawkins & Kivelä invite readers to THE VINEYARD
via The Beat: AfterShock Comics has announced The Vineyard, a new series set to debut in August. The mythological horror series comes from writer Brian Hawkins, artist Sami Kivelä, colorist Jason Wordie, and letterer Taylor Esposito. Kivelä & Wordie provide the main cover for the first issue, which also features an incentive variant cover by Francesco Francavilla. Here’s how the publisher describes The Vineyard: THE VINEYARD is a family-owned winery that sows and reaps by the blessing of the great god of wine and revelry, Dionysus. However, the Vines family’s patron god requires complete devotion in the form of four sacrificial killings a year before each harvest. This has...
Thompson & Marron introduce you to THE BROTHER OF ALL MEN
via The Beat: AfterShock Comics has announced The Brother of All Men, a new historical horror series debuting this summer. The series, which follows a World War I veteran and P.I. as he tries to rescue his brother from a cult, comes from the creative team of writer Zac Thompson, artist Eoin Marron, colorist Mark Englert, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Marron & Englert provide the main cover for the series’ first issue, with Hayden Sherman providing an incentive variant cover. Here’s how AfterShock describes The Brother of All Men: It is 1928. Veteran of the Great War and part-time private eye Guy Horn travels to a remote community in Western...