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The new Dstlry August 2024 solicits and solicitations has the early September listing for Missionary #1 by Ryan Stegman and Jason Howard, a new horror comic about Bryce Hunter A devoutly religious man who finds his wife cheating on him with an elder from his church, which sends Bryce into the hands of a demonic entity[...]

Jason Lei Howden, writer and director of Guns Akimbo and Deathgasm, is to create a new comic book series from Opus Comics, to fill the gap between the

On his most recent Substack, Jonathan Hickman announced that Jason Howard would be drawing for the upcoming Duels series, part of the Three Worlds Three Moons 3W3M universe that Hickman is creating on Substack with Mike Del Mundo and Mike Huddlestone, as well as guest-writers Al Ewing and Ram V. Jason Howard To Draw Jonathan Hickman's[...]

Walking Dead and Invincible co-creator Robert Kirkman is teaming up with Jason Howard of Super Dinosaur and Trees for their new comic book project, C.O.D.E being published by Skybound/Image Comics in August, as part of Skybound X #5, making their debut Bleeding Cool has been repeatedly saying retailers have not been ordering enough copies of Skybound[...]

Jason Howard can apparently aptly call himself "writer," "artist," and "genius" after this superb performance. Big Girls #6 Cover Credit: Image Comics The original status quo was that some pre-adolescent boys would get infected by an atmospheric contaminant and grow big Skyscraper big. Pacific Rim big The resulting gigantic, monstrously deformed boys would be called Jacks and considered[...]

Jason Howard writes, draws, inks, and colors every moment of this wonderfully developed story, with only Fonografiks on hand to deliver effective lettering All of the underpinning philosophical questions boil down to this intense action scene and its tension-filled aftermath It unfolds elegantly, allowing seeds planted in earlier issues to bloom brilliantly Likewise, the fight[...]

For three issues so far, Big Girls, written and drawn by Jason Howard with artwork by Fonografiks, has told a compelling story about a version of our world where things have gone horribly wrong Certain baby boys mutate into creatures called Jacks, horrific monsters that tower as high and skyscrapers and destroy everything in sight[...]

Credit: Image Comics Writer/artist Jason Howard really gives this issue a Shakespearean turn, exposing character motivations and rationales for hard decisions As well, the toe-to-toe battle between the arguable protagonist Ember and the more experienced Apex has a surprising conclusion The facial expressions, body language and actions that develop this plot are superbly engaging. It's hard to[...]

Big Girls by Jason Howard has delivered two great issues, back-to-back The debut chapter introduced the premise with deep intrigue and pitch-black horror, while the second issue delved into the moral implications of what it really means to just slaughter these "jacks" in order to keep up a safe zone Now, as Big Girls #3 begins with[...]

Likewise, the tension between Ember and Apex finds a kind of outlet, and the grieving father Martin gets completely radicalized. Writer/artist Jason Howard does it all here, dipping readers deep into his own custom mythos With only the letters of Fonografiks as a collaborator, this story continues as an engaging, inventive new path Two of the[...]

Big Girls by Jason Howard kicked off with a killer first issue that followed through on a high concept with a thrilling story Can this second issue sustain the intrigue that made the debut issue so compelling? Big Girls #2 cover by Jason Howard Credit: Image Comics Big Girls #2 continues from the cliffhanger at the end of the[...]

The boys are becoming seemingly mindless, mutated monsters that barely resemble humanoids called "Jacks." The women, who grow tall but look (proportionately) normal, protect the remains of human society from the monstrous boys in a dystopian science fiction vision that comes fully formed from the mind of Jason Howard. The cover of Big Girls #2 Credit:[...]

Some of the best speculative fiction takes a big What If question, and, in effort of answering that question, builds characters and entire mythologies. Stephen King, for example, is known to work that way, where he begins with a core curiosity ("What if a vampire came to a small town?") and unravels it all from there. Big Girls by[...]

Image Credits: Image Comics The work here done by Jason Howard is really impressive in that every line, every nuance of color and every word of dialogue came from his singular imagination The characters he presents here (the lawman High Marshall James Tannik, the giantess Ember, the vexed Martin Martinez, the focused Dr Slates) are well[...]

Skybound/Image comic book series Super Dinosaur from Kirkman and Jason Howard will premiere on Amazon Prime Video beginning October 6 with 13, half-hour episodes. Skybound/Amazon Prime Video "Jason Howard and I created Super Dinosaur as something all kids would enjoy as much as our own kids do In doing so we were able to craft a world[...]

Image Comics has released a preview of Trees: Three Fates #1, the first issue of the next volume of the creator-owned series by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, ahead of its release in September Final order cutoff for the comic is Monday, and Image is hoping it will sell out so they can send out[...]

Because he's just put up a solicitation for September for the third chapter of his John Wyndham-ish alien-not-quite-an-invasion series with Jason Howard, Trees Of which there is meant to be a TV series on the way, from Hardy Son & Baker, the production company founded by Tom Hardy for NBCU International Studios. Ellis writes, NEWS: I don't[...]

Image Comics has announced a new line of "Impact Variants" for the upcoming comic Cemetery Beach by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, in which Howard will pay tribute to artists who have "made an impact" on his work each month Kicking things off by kissing up to an Image Founder, Cover C for Cemetery Beach[...]

Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, whose comic trees is currently achieving the comic book dream of being adapted to a television show, are reteaming for a new series at Image in September called Cemetery Beach, with a premise as Warren Ellis-y as a fan could hope for: In CEMETERY BEACH, a professional pathfinder, his only ally[...]

At the MIT Media Lab yesterday, Warren Ellis was been interviewed by Kevin Slavin about his life, work and thoughts about stuff as part of a series entitled Mythophysics Of The New Normal. Along the way, he also made mention that he and Jason Howard are taking a break between the second and third volume of his Image[...]

By Josh Hechinger Welcome to From Strip to Script, where I take a page of finished comic art and try to derive a script from it, to see what I can learn from the exercise. I missed the first 'season' of Warren Ellis and Jason Howard's Trees when it was coming out, but ended up catching up[...]

Trees from Image Comics, written by Warren Ellis, with art by Jason Howard So many titles to choose from, but this one sung to me, steeped as it was in John Wyndham, Edge of Darkness and perfectly timed for modern day concerns of individuals finding a place to be, all at a time when the world[...]

Warren Ellis joins the public domain superhero Project Superpowers party at Dynamite with a new superhero comic, Blackcross, written by Ellis and drawn by Colton Worley. It all looks a little conspiratorial… All small towns have secrets.  All small towns have ghosts.  Blackcross, in the Pacific North West of America, has more secrets than most.  And it is being haunted by[...]

What, did the eight of you reading TREES think there were going to be lots of happy endings? It's not the first time Warren has made reference that the sales on his Image series Trees with Jason Howard are a little on the low side But for the life of me, I can't understand why[...]

In his newsletter, Warren Ellis lets us know, Making notes on what I'm calling TREES: TWO FORESTS because Jason has apparently decided that I have to

I really liked the new Warren Ellis/Jason Howard comic book Trees I'm sure I mentioned that a few times In his Orbital Operations newsletter, Warren Ellis writes, Oh, the continuing stoooory of the TREES #1 overprint: according to Image, we have under 6000 copies of the overprint left That means we sold around 44,000 copies of[...]

Ellis, are you onto something? Of course, Trees would not be complete without the stunning artwork by Jason Howard.  Howard provides a slightly cartoony style to his people, but his landscape shots are nothing short of gorgeous.  People and cities alike have character and expressions and his use of colors is on point.  I love Jason[...]

If man is the enemy, it will destroy him. — Emma Craven The poignant ending of the final episode, that calls back to this statement. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEzB-x_URfc[/youtube] And towards the end of the first issue of Trees, the new comic by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, out this week. I can hear the Eric Clapton music playing…   [...]

Because that's what ants do. Which is what happens to humanity in Trees, the new comic from Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, published from Image Comics tomorrow The sticks are called "trees" from the human's perspective, high, mighty, going who knows where There is no invasion, aside from the after effects of just being there, they[...]

Trees, from Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, who recently worked together on the digital comic Scatterland. And there's a preview inside as well. Thanks to the retailer who sent the above image across… expect Image Comics to officially confirm later today or tomorrow. UPDATE: Warren Ellis has confirmed the news, with the solicitation, Ten years after they landed[...]