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From The Writer Of Our Love Is Real Comes A New Limited Run Comic – Sacrifice!

I gave you fair warning last time. I'm giving you even fairer warning this time. And Bleeding Cool is the first place you'll be hearing about it.

Our Love Is Real, Sam Humphries' last self published comic, became a $100 comic in seconds, and went to five printings – and then the Image Comics edition.

So be warned.

Sacrifice is a new six issue comic book series by Sam Humphries and Dalton Rose. Colour, 24 pages of story, $3.99, and it goes on sale on December the 14th, self published, self distributed and severely limited in numbers.

It's the ectasy generation plunged into Aztec society, one young man taking a psycedelic trip to the past. A very messy, ugly and brutal past. And yes, that is a Joy Division reference on the covers.

It can be bought in certain stores (list at the end of this article), through online mail order from Things From Another World (including being able to order all six issues at once) and day-and-date digital with Comixology and Graphicly.

The comic will be available for a limited number of comic stores in the USA and Canada. Humphries will continue to take orders from additional retailers until December the 6th – though be warned, the New England Comics Retail Alliance have an exclusive on the comic in that region.

The first printing of Sacrifice #1 will be 1,100 (Dalton Rose cover, above, left).The Jade edition, (above, right) will add a further 100 copies. Indeed, variant limited edition covers will bring the total copies in circulation up to 1,730. In comparison Our Love Is Real had a first print run of 300. Of course, there's a lot more interest now. Subsequent issues will be similarly limited. And frankly, the standard first printing is going to be hard enough to get, as it is.

Things From Another World will have an exclusive version, The Obsidian Edition, limited to 250 copies, of each issue (below left). As will Collector's Paradise of San Fernando Valley and Pasadena, The Shadow Edition variant, limited to 200 copies (below, middle). Collector's Paradise will also host the Sacrifice! launch party on December 14th, with Humphries signing at both stores (flyer below right)

There are two more signed limited covers by Dylan Todd available, the Warrior edition (left, 50 copies) and the Emperor edition (right, 30 copies)

Humphries made this work with one comic. Can he make it work with six? Let's find out.

There's more at the Sacrifice! website, here – http://www.aztecsforever.com. Here's the Diamond Comic Distributors-style solicitation, even though Diamond won't be getting a whiff of this.

Issue 2 will go on sale on January 12th with a special guest artist Jade Edition cover variant

Here's the Diamond Comic Distributors-style solicitation info, even though Diamond won't be getting a whiff of this. Oh look, it's been edited be Alejandro Arbona…

SACRIFICE #1 (of 6)

Writer: Sam Humphries
Artist: Dalton Rose
Colored by: Pete Toms
Letterer: Troy Peteri
Production: Phil Smith
Art Director: Dylan Todd
Editor: Alejandro Arbona
Genre: Fantasy/Action/Adventure
On-sale date: December 14, 2011
Format: Standard size, full color, 24 pages
Publisher: Self-published, self-distributed
Cover price: $3.99

"Aztecs vs. Joy Division fans…You haven't even thought of such a thing. Humphries & Rose have. Listen." — KIERON GILLEN, writer of PHONOGRAM, UNCANNY X-MEN, and THOR

What happens when you're ripped from the 21st century and thrown into the middle of one of the greatest — and most bloodthirsty — civilizations in human history? How do you survive a strange world of war, blood, sacrifice, and death?

Join Hector, a dude on a one-way trip through the past, the present, and the psychedelic into the the glory of the Aztec Empire in SACRIFICE — a new comic book by SAM HUMPHRIES (writer of OUR LOVE IS REAL and one of Wizard's "Five Writers to Watch in 2011") and rising star DALTON ROSE. December 2011…BLOOD WILL TEAR US APART!

Here's a list of the retailers who, so far will be stocking the comic. My advice is to arrive early. Possibly with a sleeping bag. A Taunton for preference.

CALIFORNIA

Brave New World
22722 Lyons Avenue #6
Newhall, CA 91321
(661) 259-4745
portlyn@bravenewworldcomics.com
http://bravenewworldcomics.com
http://twitter.com/bnw_comics

Collector's Paradise (Pasadena)
319 S. Arroyo Parkway #4
Pasadena, CA 91105
626-577-6694
pasadena@comicsandcards.net
http://comicsandcards.net/
http://twitter.com/cparadize

Collector's Paradise (San Fernando Valley)
7131 Winnetka Ave
Winnetka, CA 91306
818-999-9455
cparadise@socal.rr.com
http://comicsandcards.net/
http://twitter.com/cparadize

The Isotope
326 Fell St
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 621-6543
james@isotopecomics.com
http://isotopecomics.com/
http://twitter.com/isotopecomics

Meltdown Comics
7522 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 851-7223
staff@meltcomics.com
http://meltcomics.com
http://twitter.com/MeltdownComics

Secret Headquarters
3817 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 666-2228
shq@thesecretheadquarters.com
http://thesecretheadquarters.com
http://twitter.com/theSHQ

CANADA – ALBERTA

Wizard's Comics (University of Alberta)
8619 109th St.
Edmonton, AB T6G 1E7
CANADA
(780) 436-6611
uofa@wizards-comics.com
http://wizards-comics.com/
http://twitter.com/wizardscomics

CONNECTICUT

Burried Under Comics
188 W. Middle Turnpike
Manchester, CT, 06040
(860) 643-7295
BUComics@aol.com
http://www.myspace.com/buriedunder

ILLINOIS

Evil Squirel Comics
6928 N Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 338-0899
shawn@evilsquirrelcomics.com
http://www.evilsquirrelcomics.com

MAINE

Coast City Comics
656 Congress St.
Portland, ME, 04101
(207) 899-1505
info@coastcitycomics.net
http://www.coastcitycomics.net

MARYLAND

Third Eye Comics (Annapolis)
45 Old Solomon's Island Rd
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 897-0322
info@thirdeyecomics.com
http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/
http://www.twitter.com/thirdeyecomics

Third Eye Comics (Prince Frederick)
78 Solomons Island Rd
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(443) 968-2385
info@thirdeyecomics.com
http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/
http://www.twitter.com/thirdeyecomics

MASSACHUSETS

Larry's Comics, Inc.
66 Lakeview Ave.
Lowell, MA 01850
larryscomicsinc@aol.com
http://www.larryscomics.net
#comicmarket on Twitter
http://twitter.com/larryscomics

MINNESOTA

The College of Comic Book Knowledge
3149 Hennepin Ave, South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-822-2309
comiccollege@hotmail.com
http://comicbookcollege.com/

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Jetpack Comics, LLC
37 N. Main St.,
Rochester NH, 03867
Ph: (603) 330-9636
http://www.jetpackcomics.com
http://twitter.com/JETPACKCOMICS

NEW YORK

Desert Island
540 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 388-5087
desertislandbrooklyn@gmail.com
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com

Jim Hanley's Universe (Manhattan)
4 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 268-7088
info@jhuniverse.com
http://www.jhuniverse.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/JHUniverse

Jim Hanley's Universe (Staten Island)
299B New Dorp Lane
Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 351-6299
info@jhuniverse.com
http://www.jhuniverse.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/JHUniverse

NEVADA

MaximuM Comics (Las Vegas)
5130 S Ft Apache St #285
Las Vegas, NV 89148
702-367-0755
micromax74@yahoo.com
http://www.MaximumComics.com
http://twitter.com/MaximumComics

MaximuM Comics 2.0 (Henderson)
520 S Marks St #130
Henderson, NV 89014
702-24-COMIC
momus11@yahoo.com
http://www.MaximumComics.com
http://twitter.com/MaximumComics

OHIO

JC Comics
2609 State Road
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
(330) 929-1929
chrisismartin@gmail.com

OREGON

Bridge City Comics
3725 N. Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97227
(503) 282-5484
info@bridgecitycomics.com
http://www.bridgecitycomics.com
http://twitter.com/bridgecitycomx

Floating World
20 NW 5th Ave #101
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 241-0227
jason@floatingworldcomics.com
http://floatingworldcomics.com
http://twitter.com/floating_world

Things From Another World
4390 SW Lloyd Ave.
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 643-4222
Store page
http://www.twitter.com/BeavertonTFAW

Things From Another World
10977 SE Main Street
Milwaukie, OR 97222
(503) 652-2752
Store page
http://www.twitter.com/MilwaukieTFAW

Things From Another World
4133 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 284-4693
Store page
http://www.twitter.com/HollywoodTFAW

RHODE ISLAND

The Time Capsule
537 Pontiac Ave.
Cranston, RI, 02910
(401) 781-5017
ryeremian@aol.com
http://www.thetimecapsule.com

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