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For Black Mask's Class Of 2016, we have The Skeptics, a new series by Tini Howard and Devaki Neogi of Curb Stomp. A stylish, period, political adventure about a pair of hip, clever teens who fool the world of the 1960s into believing they have superpowers Like X-Men: First Class meets Project Alpha. It is the 1960s[...]

It's not just the newest talent behind Black Mask titles Run Of The Shadows is co-written by the veteran writer JM DeMatteis, being the likes of Moonshadow and the eighties Justice League relaunch. Run For The Shadows is by JM DeMatteis, Matt Pizzolo and Josh Hood with covers from Amancay Nahuelpan. Julie was a good girl from an elite family with[...]

A bright, happy, punk rock sci fi adventure that is queer as shit. See the rest of Black Mask's #classof2016 right here. We were only talking about the work of Magdalene Visaggio the other day She drew the ashcan of her sci-fi LGBTQ comic book Kim + Kim, released in NYCC, as Brian Visaggio. But she will be published through Black[...]

And now, as part of Black MaskPress's Class Of 2016 promotion, they have announced that they will be publishing Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Jamal Igle and Khary Randolph's superhero comic Black. In a world that already hates and fears them – what if only Black people had superpowers? After miraculously surviving being gunned down by police, a young[...]

Coming From Black Mask Press in June… Jade Street Protection Services #1 by Katy Rex and Fabian Lelay. JADE STREET PROTECTION SERVICES #1 (W) Katy Rex (A) Fabian Lelay (CA) Annie Wu, Kiki Jenkins In this new series that mashes The Breakfast Club with Sailor Moon, Kai, Saba, Noemi, Divya, and Emma are (bad) students at Matsdotter Academy, an[...]

Matthew Rosenberg has a new comic book out in April from Black Mask Comics called 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, with artist Tyler Boss. A fun(ish) crime caper about children! Eleven-year-old Paige and her weirdo friends have a problem: a gang of ex-cons need her dad's help on a heist… the problem is those[...]

A selection of variant covers running around the comics industry right now… Retailers can get this previously unannounced limited edition of Star Wars: Vader Down #1 variant cover, limited to 6000 copies, from Diamond Comic Distributors if they order up on Star Wars: The Force Awakens merchandise, one copy for $50 net worth ordered, three for $100 and[...]

Even though DC Comics had a Dark Knight III variant cover available someone decided to make a comic-store-only cover for Sandman Overture an LCSD exclusive (even though it wasn't.) Find this THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE DELUXE EDITION cover exclusively available for Local Comic Shop Day! #LCSD pic.twitter.com/3a5HgKjdeO — DC Vertigo (@vertigo_comics) November 28, 2015 And this is how it's[...]

For Saturday's comic store promotion Local Comic Shop Day, Black Mask are issuing We Can Never Go Home and Space Raiders hardcovers, exclusive to participating stores. But they are also issuing the Secret LCSD Black Mask Box Set. Bleeding Cool was the first to work out that their comic Young Terrorists was the Avengers of the Black Mas universe,[...]

We ran a story how Hot Topic had returned all of Double Take's zombie comics, unracked, due to scenes of drug use and sexuality. But what could replace them? Why, Black Mask Studios's Toe Tag Riot #1 and We Can Never Go Home #1 with brand new Ht Topic exclusive covers Which I have to say, do[...]

Young Terrorists contest WHAT IS CESAR'S REAL NAME? Email answer to ytcontest@blackmaskstudios.com (don't tweet it!) pic.twitter.com/PNOOUHYQDH — pizzolO))) (@pizzolo) September 9, 2015 There's been a lot of chatter about people (especially collectors/speculators) hearing that Young Terrorists is related to other Black Mask books, but nobody seems to have quite connected the dots yet. Hint: it's not stated in Young[...]

These are my personal comps that I get from my publisher, Black Mask Studios I have a few of them and so I decided to sell a big set of them right now ALL OF THE MONEY FROM THE SALE OF THESE BOOKS WILL GO TO THE COALITION TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE CSGV (dot org)[...]

It's been a big year for comic book publisher Black Mask, behind comics such as We Can Never Go Home, Godkiller, Space Riders, Ballistic, The Disciples, Young Terrorists and the upcoming adaptation of the movie that never was Sinatoro by Grant Morrison and Vanesa del Rey. Constant sellouts, big retailer promotions, and their comics becoming true collector items have seen[...]

That's the position Black Mask comics are holding right now And here is what they have planned for November 2015… CLANDESTINO #2 (W/A/CA) Amancay Nahuelpan Things heat up for Clandestino as he attacks the military prison where Leena is held before hurtling on a high-octane, action-packed chase Meanwhile, General Kapala continues laying waste to rebels who threaten his[...]

Young Terrorists #1, the new book from Black Mask sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors and went to second print yesterday Though there should still be copies available in comic stores. But not for long. The regular issue 1 has sold for $16 on eBay (after 14 bids) while rarer variant covers have sold for up to[...]

It's Young Terrorists too… Published today, the latest series from Black Mask Studios by Matt Pizzolo and Amancay Nahuelpan has sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors.   So it gets a second series with a new cover by Tess Fowler and Tamra Bonvillain, of Rat Queens... Watch for it on September 16th.     Diamond code JUL158309 if you need it…   What if "The[...]

Black Mask publisher Matt Pizzolo told Comics Alliance, regarding the Marvel hip-hop variant cover and his own planned retailer exclusive variant covers for the launch of Young Terrorists #1 this week, which he had kept a secret until Marvel announced theirs for October At which point Black Mask's were already at the printers.. The only albums we[...]

As we ave noted, Black Mask Studios seems to be roaring through the charts, on the back of the success of We Are Not Alone, with much anticipation for Young Terrorists And in October, two new titls to announce… From Tony Patrick and Ayhan Hayrula we get X'ed #1, a sci-fi thriller about a next-gen form of psychiatry: "subliminal hitmen"[...]

Here is the cover to the second print of Disiciples #1 by from Black Mask Comics, after its rapid sellout and rise up the aftermarket. And below, the third print of Rick & Morty #1 from Oni Press… Here is the cover to the second print of Disiciples #1 by from Black Mask Comics, after its[...]

Comic book marketplace speculators are having a field day with Black Mask Comics of late So they were primed for the release of Disciples #1 a couple of weeks ago Written by Steve Niles of 30 Days Of Night fame, it had plenty going for it… And they were not disappointed Retailers went in heavy on[...]

Here is the two-page superhero spread from We Can Never Go Home #3 by Patrick Kindlon, Matthew Rosenberg and Josh Hood, out today, published by Black Mask Now, We Can Never Go Home is already one of our "Hot Comics" in Bleeding Cool Magazine #17, out today, because the first printing of the first issue[...]

Black Mask's Mayday #1 is more of those old school Vertigo feels. And just in time for Saturday May 2nd's Free Comic Book Day we got in Fables volume 21 and The Walking Dead volume 23! Enjoy your FCBD wherever you happen to be! Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom! Batman[...]

The sci-fi horror in space from Niles and artist Christopher Mitten isn't schedule to hit comic shelves until May from Black Mask but Universal Cable Productions is already in the process of picking up the rights to the title. Craven hasn't done a lot of television work, he co-created the 90's anthology series Nightmare Cafe and[...]

Black Mask Studios, the publishing/production company founded by Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), Matt Pizzolo (Occupy Comics) and Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) is unveiling its second wave of new releases. Black Mask is coming off of the recent announcement that the series Five Ghosts, by Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham had been picked up as a TV series[...]

What if the Adam West 1966 Batman and the Christian Bale 2005 Batman were the same character just on opposite ends of a chemical bath? Okay... that's not

Keen supporters of animal rights, they are straight edge, vegan and politically active. Which is why they are crossing over with Black Mask's animal activist comic, Liberator, in a new series launching in March, Liberator/Earth Crisis: Salvation Of The Innocents which ties in with a new album from the band with the same name, out in[...]

The Occupy Comics publisher Black Mask are publishing the Godkiller transmedia series of graphic novels by Matt Pizzolo and Anna Wieszczyk as a weekly comic book series, beginning in March Described as a "twisted sci-horror adventure about a boy's search for a new heart to save his dying sister in a post-nuclear wasteland populated by[...]

Alasdair Stuart writes; Black Mask have had a hell of an opening year, turning out books that have gone to some very risky places It's paid off, again and again, with Occupy Comics and Ballistic proving especially popular For me though, the line stand out is Liberator Equal parts social justice book, exploration of the liberation[...]

Alasdair Stuart writes; Black Mask's entire raft of launch titles have been impressive, but for me, the stand out is Liberator Written by Matt Miner and illustrated by Javier Sanchez Aranda, Joaquin Pereyra, Vito Delsante with excellent extras art by Yasmin Liang and Kathryn Mann  , it's the point where superheroics and Black Mask's interest in[...]

But if a company doesn't defend its trademarks, it is in danger of losing them… Here's the solicitation from Black Mask for November, for Occupy Comics TPB and The Liberator TPB. OCCUPY COMICS TP (W) Alan Moore & Various (A) Ronald Wimberly & Various (CA) David Mack This once-in-a-lifetime collaboration of more than 50 comics pros is a celebration[...]