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Action Lab Entertainment launches two titles in their July 2021 solicits and solicitations, Crash & Troy by Jarred Lujan and Kyler Clodfelter and

Writer Ed Brisson, artist Damian Couceiro, colourist Patricio Delpeche, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou launch new sci-fi series, Beyond The Breach, to be published by AfterShock Comics, in July 2021. Ed Brisson & Damian Couceiro's Beyond The Breach Life sucks for Vanessa Her mother just died and her boyfriend is cheating on her (with her own sister!)[...]

Written with Mike Carey and David James Kelly, drawn by Liam Sharp and published by AfterShock Comics from July 2021. Liam Sharp Draws New Comic Lycan, Written by Thomas Jane & Mike Carey According to THR, Lycan takes place in 1777 and centers on a hardened band of international big game hunters returning from Africa when they[...]

AfterShock Comics is launching three comic book series in June 2021, Out Of Body #1 by Peter Milligan and Inaki Miranda, Bunny Mask #1 by Paul Tobin and Andrea Mutti, and Seven Swords #1 by Evan Daugherty and Riccardo Mattina, And we also get the return of the delayed BabyTeeth by Donny Cates and Garry[...]

AfterShock Comics gets the back cover of next week's Previews with the return of Babyteeth #17, solicited before the pandemic and now being resolicited with Donny Cates and Gerry Brown But also launching a new comic book series, Silver City, by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs and Luca Merli. Silver City Launches, Babyteeth Returns, Aftershock May 2021 Solicits SILVER CITY[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews covers feature the new Invincible Red Sonja #1 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Moritat from Dynamite Entertainment, as well as the return of Donny Cates and Garry Brown's Babyteeth from AfterShock Comics With Babyteeth promising there are four more issues until the series finally concludes. While the covers also tease Mike[...]

PrintWatch: Maniac Of New York #1 by Elliott Kalan and Andrea Mutti published by AfterShock Comics is getting a second printing after being a bit of a suprise hit for comic book stores in recent weeks It is also being joined by a second printing for Invincible #1 by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker decades[...]

Bret Blevins and Graham Nolan have a new comic book launching from AfterShock Comics in April, Girls Of Dimension 13 But they are not alone, Steve Orlando and Patrick Piazzalunga are launching Project Patron, and Cullen Bunn and Mark Torres are launching Phantom On The Scan. Here are the full AfterShock solicitations for April 2021. GIRLS OF DIMENSION[...]

Credit: Aftershock Comics Two hundred and eighty-six years after a nuclear armageddon, a group of young people called Ranger Scouts follow a code laid down in a tattered old book they all treat as gospel The ideas in it have their own challenges, of course, but that book has held together something resembling a decent society[...]

I Breathed A Body #1 by Zac Thompson and Andy MacDonald from AfterShock Comics topped the advance reorders list this week. A science fiction horror series about social media, big tech, and influencer culture, they describe it as "The Social Network meets Hellraiser When the world's biggest influencer posts something irredeemably horrific online, the world changes[...]

Tim Seeley and Freddie Williams II, who have worked together on Turtles comic books, have their own series coming out from AfterShock comics in March 2021, with a Middle Earth fantasy world impinging on the reality of Chicago Tim Seeley and Freddie Williams II's Bequest BEQUEST #1 CVR A TIM SEELEY AFTERSHOCK COMICS JAN211042 (W) Tim Seeley (A) Freddie Williams[...]

Following the release of each issue of Aftershock's Lonely Receiver by writer Zac Thompson and artist Jen Hickman, Bleeding Cool will host conversations with Thompson about this sci-fi breakup story turned psychological horror This time, Zac Thompson talks about heartbreak, drugs, and murder. Lonely Receiver #3 cover close-up Credit: Aftershock Comics Theo Dwyer: In this issue, I[...]

was published last week from AfterShock Comics, and this combination of Quentin Tarantino and monster movies, is going to a second printing. Kaiju Score #1 From James Patrick and Rem Broo Gets A Second Printing KAIJU SCORE #1 2ND PTG AFTERSHOCK COMICS SEP209378 (W) James Patrick (A) Rem Broo Second Printing ! It's the most dangerous heist ever attempted[...]

Credit: Aftershock As Catrin begins to become unhinged, Jen Hickman's art truly shines Their depiction of this grief-induced and drug-enhanced stupor through which Catrin stumbles is structured like a song The verses are the dull greens and consistent pinks The instruments kick in for the recurring chorus with the vibrant, neon-painted club scenes, drenched in bright[...]

Aftershock Comics are laumching two new books in January, I Breathed A Body by Zac Thompson and Andy MacDonald, and Scout's Honor #1 by David Pepose and Luca Casalanguida We have AfterShock Comics' January 2021 solicitations as well as previews of both debut issues, below. I BREATHED A BODY #1 ANDY MACDONALD CVR Aftershock Comics I Breathed A[...]

Following the release of each issue of Aftershock's Lonely Receiver by writer Zac Thompson and artist Jen Hickman, Bleeding Cool will host conversations with Thompson about this sci-fi breakup story turned psychological horror This time, Zac Thompson talks about his vision of the future and his take on spicy chicken sandwiches. A panel from Lonely Receiver[...]

Credit: Aftershock Comics Lonely Receiver #2 is a feverish trip into the mind of a heartbroken woman, Catrin, who lives in a future that seems far from where we are in some ways and alarmingly close in others The issue takes place in a single week, showing Catrin's struggles that morph and twist into horrible new[...]

Knock 'Em Dead is the new launch title by Eliot Rahal and Mattia Monaco from AfterShock Comics in December, but it is always good to keep an eye on their ongoing series, and they appear to have quite a lot of them right now… KNOCK EM DEAD #1 OCT201046 (W) Eliot Rahal (A) Mattia Monaco (CA) Andy Clarke Sometimes[...]

Following the release of each issue of Aftershock's Lonely Receiver by writer Zac Thompson and artist Jen Hickman, Bleeding Cool will host conversations with Thompson about this sci-fi breakup story turned psychological horror This time, Zac Thompson talks about toxic relationships, the horror of breakups, and putting something personal out into the world. Toxic Relationships in Sci-Fi:[...]

Lonely Receiver #1, Aftershock's latest series from writer Zac Thompson and artist Jen Hickman, is a break-up turned into a sci-fi horror story Both creators have produced engaging and original creator-owned comics in the past, with Thompson's creeping, thoughtful body horror Come into Me from Black Mask Studios, and Hickman's beautifully drawn Moth & Whisper[...]

Breaking up is hard to do. Zac Thompson has joined with artist Jen Hickman to turn the crushing horror of heartbreak into a horror a bit more literal with Lonely Receiver, their new creator-owned series coming from Aftershock Comics Zac has been a writer to watch, with some of the most compelling (and brilliantly strange) independent comics[...]

AfterShock Comics are launching two comic books in September, Lonely Receiver by Zac Thompson and Jen Hickman, and Miles To Go by B Clay Moore and Stephen Molnar. And a whole bunch of other comic books as well… here are the full solicitations for September 2020. LONELY RECEIVER #1 JUL200989 (W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jen Hickman Catrin Vander, a lonely video[...]

#1 published by AfterShock Comics with a creative team of Joe Harris, Sebastian Piriz, and Carlos M Mangual.   Toss in some an entitled shipping heir, his insecure model girlfriend, a would-be ecological agitator, a tagalong, and a surprise wild card, and you're on your way past the exclusion zone and closer to ground zero than anyone[...]

Elliott Kalan, writer of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Hellblazer artist Andrea Mutti will be launching a new comic book, Maniac From New York, from AfterShock Comics in February next year But a few people saw some similarities with another Maniac, This is the cover to Maniac In[...]

AfterShock Comics is launches two new books for May 2020, Lonely Receiver by Zac Thompson and Jen Hickman, and Sympathy For No Devils by Brandon Thomas and Lee Ferguson in their solicitations for the month Here are the solicits and everything else they have out for May… Lonely Receiver #1 / $4.99 / 32 pages / Color[...]

As AfterShock Comics begins its fifth year of publishing in 2020, the comics publisher behind Animosity, A Walk Through Hell, Dark Ark, Babyteeth and Dark Red, announced a new publishing, pricing and retailer incentive program to begin in February to help retailer confidence on newly launched titles. "Without question, our success to date has been due[...]

AfterShock Comics is launching three titles in February 2020, The Man Who Effed Up Time by Chew's John Layman and Karl Mostert, Godkillers by Mark Sable and Maan House, and Undone By Blood by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson and Sami Kivela. MAN WHO EFFED UP TIME #1 DEC191335 (W) John Layman (A/CA) Karl Mostert Sean Bennett is just your[...]

The Man Who F#%&ed Up Time launches in February, from John Layman, Karl Mostert and Dee Cunniffe. Here's the solicitation: THE MAN WHO F#%&ED UP

But we begin with AfterShock Comics. Launched in 2015, AfterShock is described as a "hybrid comic book company combining the creative edge of an independent comic book publisher with the strengths and experience of a traditional powerhouse." AfterShock was co-founded by Joe Pruett, editor of the anthology Negative Burn,  Mike Marts, former X-Men executive editor and[...]

Marguerite Bennett and Leila Leiz' long-promised graphic novel, Horde, about a daughter's very literal battle with her hoarding mother's house, will be published by AfterShock Comics in October Along with launches for a new Dark Ark series, After The Flood by Cullen Bunn and Juan Doe, as well as a new series, Shoplifters Will Be[...]