classof2016 Archives

When they all meet for the first time in a totally unfair detention, these punk rock witch delinquents cut class and discover the fates Matsdotter has in store for them are even more sinister than they suspected. JSPS channels Black Mask's edgy, subversive sensibility into a whipsmart all-ages adventure for delinquents young and old. Details of the[...]

When they come upon a strange relic, they will uncover a secret history of America's destruction. This grimy apocalyptic fantasy manages to be simultaneously fun and horrifying, both brutal and intellectual, a unique descent into the American nightmare. See the rest of Black Mask's #classof2016 right here. Tomorrow's Ashes by Matt Pizzolo (Young Terrorists) and Anna Wieszczyk, sees the[...]

Where is the meat coming from? No one knows for sure, but a drug addled homeless man named Arnold Timm notices his friends disappearing and is determined to find out if they're being fed to the rich. A modern spin on Sweeney Todd in our world of excess where a touch of celebrity can make even[...]

One of them has decided to kill the rest and harness the remaining power. As they search for the killer, each of The Forevers will be confronted by the macabre reality of the lengths people will go to be adored, to make sure the spotlight never fades. See the rest of Black Mask's #classof2016 right here. [...]

Dania will be Morgan's ticket out of their small town and into a bigger world… whether she wants to be or not. See the rest of Black Mask's #classof2016 right here. Black Mask's Class Of 2016 seems to have a couple who are resitting the year… Space Riders vol 2 by Alexis Ziritt and Fabian Rangel Jr[...]

None of this ever meant anything to Iraq War veteran Hannah Gregory, until she found herself in the crosshairs of a dangerous cult convinced that she's a descendant of these dangerous bloodlines… bloodlines they're determined to eradicate. No Angel is a cosmological and conspiratorial modern western in the style of Preacher meets Justified by way of[...]

Skeptical is a pre-punk period piece, a sort of honest, unfuzzy, non-nostalgic look at the Cold War 1960s in DC. Featuring female doctors, black female college students, and other genius "undesirables." Like a cross between Kill Your Boyfriend and Hard Day's Night, but about politics and ethics and how punk rock it is to be the[...]

DeMatteis, co-written by Matt Pizzolo fresh off his smash hit Young Terrorists and illustrated by Josh Hood still on fire from We Can Never Go Home. See the rest of Black Mask's #classof2016 right here. 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[...]

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[...]

Now he must decide whether it's safer to keep it a secret or if the truth will set him free. X-Men meets The Wire, BLACK's Kickstarter blazed through Black History Month 2016 earning $91,973, more than three time its funding goal. See the rest of Black Mask's #classof2016 right here. It was the Kickstarter that could And[...]