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And it will see a graphic novel published by Z2 Comics, with contributions by rock stars Andy Biersack, Carla Harvey, Cristina Scabbia, and Burton C Bell, with comic book writers Charlie Benante, Andy Biersack, Ryan J Downey, Carla Harvey, and Alan Robert, and artists Steve Kurth, Alan Robert, and Marco Finnegan, with covers by Alan[...]

And now they are the latest musical act to sign up for a graphic novel, named after one of their songs, Limitless, to be published through Z2 Comics, available in English or Korean and published this summer. "Presented in the manhwa format, Limitless follows NCT 127 in the midst of their world tour, as the group[...]

Dan Watters and Ario Murti are creating a new graphic novel and boardgame with the Swedish heavy metal band, The Great Heathen Army from Z2 Comics Amon Amarth: The Great Heathen Army is a new graphic novel and board game collaboration based on the band's last album of the same name. Channeling the thunderous epic poem[...]

In 2020, Poppy signed to Sumerian Records, but it hasn't been Sumerian's comic book imprint that has been releasing her graphic novel, instead it is Z2 Comics, and they have another one Poppy Presents: Tit Tat, described as "blood-soaked" and a "new original subverted superhero epic of teen angst and vengeance with writer Ryan Cady[...]

Z2 Comics is to publish In Flames: The Jester's Curse, a graphic novel based on the work of Swedish metal band In Flames The book expands the post-apocalyptic fantasy behind the quintet's world, following the band's mascot, Jesterhead, as he emerges from the Wasteland He soon finds himself trapped in Dead Eternity—a distorted reality where[...]

PLEASE NOTE: this is a panel promoting a specific company, and is not part of the Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining series of events and programs that I've produced at cons, festivals, and colleges around the country for the past decade." This was a renaming of an existing Friday panel for Z2 Comics, a graphic novel[...]

Partnering with Z2 Comics, Snider's war to preserve the first amendment will be immortalized in He's Not Gonna Take It, a graphic novel charting the rocker's passionate battle against censorship alongside writer Frank Marraffino (Marvel Zombies) and artist Steve Kurth (Avengers, X-Force). The new graphic novel charts that one-man war throughout Dee's life From a childhood[...]

Z2 Comics continue their comics-to-music speciality in their September 2022 solicits and solicitations with Graham Coxon's Superstate, RZA's Bobby Digital, and Alter Bridge's Tour Of Horrors, with comic creators from White Noise and elsewhere… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ GRAHAM[...]

Following The Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club and Weird Times at Quarry Bank University, Yungblud and Z2 Comics return with the third volume about super-powered outcasts rebelling against sinister boarding schools and beyond Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral is co-written by Ryan O'Sullivan drawn by Annapaola Martello and[...]

But she is also writing he own comic for the first time, as part of the Tori Amos graphic anthology from Z2 Comics, with her story The Pool, based on the Tori Amos song of the same name. She posted to Facebook, "My comics writing debut is in the new Tori Amos comic anthology coming from[...]

Z2 Comics has announced a collaboration with "Weird Al" Yankovic to publish The Illustrated Al: The Songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic, with over twenty songs  interpreted by such artists as Bill Plympton (Your Face, Guard Dog), Aaron Augenblick (Superjail!, Ugly Americans), Peter Bagge (Hate), Steve Chanks (Revolver Magazine), Felipe Sobreiro (Luther Strode, Death's Head), Gideon[...]

This Halloween, Z2 Comics and Grammy-winning rock band Halestorm will be adapting the band's songs into comic books for the Hyde Manor graphic novel, described as "a harrowing descent into one woman's fight with the darkest parts of herself" as Halestorm seek refuge in the Hyde Manor—a sprawling gothic estate perched on the remote end of the Oregon Coast[...]

On Tuesday, Bleeding Cool is invited to the five-star St James Sofitel Hotel in London's West End for the launch of the Balmain Dreams 10:OR graphic novel from David Mack, Balmain and Z2 Comics, with a fashion-inspired afternoon tea – with similar events happening worldwide. Sofitel London St James hotel Christmas 2016, photo by Pajor Pawel /[...]

Z2 Comics is publishing singer/songwriter/activist Melissa Etheridge's first graphic novel, Melissa Etheridge's Heartstrings, with each chapter of the graphic novel tied to one of the many guitars in her own collection of instruments The untold stories of some of her favourites will be interpreted by Frank Marrafino (Haunted Tank, The Final Symphony: A Beethoven Anthology), veteran music[...]

Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of Gorillaz will be joining over forty other artists for the new Gorillaz Art Book from Z2 Comics next spring for the 20th anniversary (stop it, really??) of Gorillaz with new interpretations of 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs in one volume, case bound at 12.6 x 9.2 inches and 288[...]

Parisian fashion house Balmain is creating a new English language graphic novel with Z2 Comics, called Balmain Dreams: 10 Or Containing more than a dozen illustrated short stories, with each tale focused on one signature Balmain runway design And Z2 Comics have timed the release of this new work to coincide with Balmain's celebrations marking[...]

The John Lee Hooker Estate and Z2 Comics announce the graphic novel John Lee Hooker: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, documenting the life of the legendary blues musician, told by Gabe Soria and Jarrett Williams and drawn by the legendary Kyle Baker, known for The Cowboy Wally Show, Why I Hate Saturn, Birth Of A Nation, Damage Control,[...]

Z2 Comics is following Scout Comics, Ahoy Comics and DC Comics in being distributed by online comics retailer-turned-comocs distributor Lunar Distribution CEO and publisher Josh Frankel says "As we have grown, we have been actively considering all avenues for stores to carry our product; beginning with our move to Simon & Schuster for the book[...]

Motörhead: The Rise of the Loudest Band in the World is a new graphic novel by David Calcano, Mark Irwin and animation studio Fantoons, telling the story of Lemmy's life and the rise of Motörhead, in a new officially authorised volume from Z2 Comics. He had quite a varied career In 1975, he was fired from[...]

Run The Dungeon isn't that comic.) Independent publisher Z2 announced Run The Dungeon, an OGN from writer Kindlon (We Can Never Go Home, There's Nothing There, Patience! Conviction! Revenge!) and artist Goran Gligovic (The Bawdy Tales of Lazlo Cale) On its face, the announcement makes sense Z2 works with a lot of music artists (Babymetal, The[...]

I say, creating, Z2 states that it is written by Karla Pacheco, and drawn by Peter V Nguyen and Andres Labrada. They quote Agnez Mo as saying "I've always enjoyed storytelling, whether through my songs when I write them or through my music videos when I direct But now, I'm extremely excited to jump into this new realm of[...]

Including Charlie Benante and Scott Ian of the band, writing and drawing an adaptation of their own best-known song I Am The Law – which was about Judge Dredd – as an official Judge Dredd story, signed off by 2000AD and Rebellion Publishing, and appearing in the anthology. Narrated by longtime mascot "The Not Man" newly designed by[...]

Z2 is the first publisher announced as participating in this year's Local Comic Shop Day event, an annual affair which sees participating retailers able to order specially limited items, will take place on Wednesday, the 25th of November This year Z2's offering will be a version of Alex de Campi's Kickstarted True War Stories graphic[...]

By Z2 co-publishers Josh Frankel and Sridhar Reddy A is for #ArtistOwned Z2 Comics publishes comics that are created and owned by the writers and the artists who make them. B is for Bunn That's right: acclaimed writer: Cullen Bunn Stayed tuned. C is for CARVER Christopher Hunt's fantastic first storyline of international intrigue wraps this summer with[...]

Josh Frankel is the co-publisher of new comic book publisher, Z2 Comics He writes – alongside process art for the cover of Legend #1…  What's it like being an indie comics publisher? Let me start by setting a scene: it's 6:15 AM in my hotel in downtown LA Thanks to a serious case of jetlag, I[...]

Z2 Comics, the graphic novel publisher of the work of Paul Pope, Harvey Pekar, Dean Haspiel and Miss Lasko-Gross has a new publishing imperative. A line of creator owned periodical comic books launching in the autumn And they are all rather different. In October, we see the start of Welcome To Showside by Bravest Warriors' Ian McGinty The adventures[...]