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New New York writer AWA or Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc introduced plenty of new titles for 2023 on the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore, some acquainted from earlier AWA Studios initiatives, some not, together with reunited the Crossed group of Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows on The Ribbon Queen in April 2023, Dan Panosian and Dalibor Talajić on Black Tape, Cullen Bunn and Mike Deodato on Red Zone, and in January (with solicits beneath), Trojan, a brand new comedian by Daniel Kraus, Laci and Marco Lesko.
- The Ribbon Queen by Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows & Dan Brown (Issue #1 in shops April 5, 2023; 8-issue sequence)
A power of vengeance older than the human race itself has awoken, invoked by the tormented homicide sufferer within the weeks earlier than she died, and out for the blood of the responsible—who quickly discover themselves struggling a destiny extra ugly than something they may have dreamed of. The Ribbon Queen has come to New York City…and when she learns the reality, Amy is in no way sure that it must be stopped. - Black Tape by Dan Panosian, Dalibor Talajić & Lee Loughridge (Issue #1 in shops February 1, 2023; 4-issue sequence)
Jack King was a rock’n’roll god who projected a stage persona on par with the satan. After Jack dies on stage, his widow, Cindy, grapples with grief and struggles to guard his legacy, unaware that she is being surrounded by darkish forces that covet the grasp tapes to Jack’s closing, unreleased album – a heavy metallic masterpiece that simply would possibly open a doorway to hell. - Red Zone by Cullen Bunn, Mike Deodato Jr. & Lee Loughridge (Issue #1 in shops March 1, 2023; 4-issue sequence)
Randall Crane, an unassuming American professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at NYU, is known as in by the US authorities for a secret worldwide mission again to Russia, the place his long-buried secrets and techniques come to gentle. When his help group of commandos is ambushed and killed, it is as much as Randall to battle his manner out of Russia utilizing his “particular set of skills.” - The Resistance Universe: The Origins (Trade paperback in shops December 7, 2022) – In March 2020, amid Covid-19 lockdowns, AWA launched a daring new universe for the twenty first Century with J. Michael Straczynski & Mike Deodato Jr.’s The Resistance, wherein “Reborns” achieve unimaginable powers within the wake of a worldwide pandemic. Other creators adopted with sequence resembling E-Ratic, Knighted, and The Joneses. Now, for the primary time, we’re gathering every of the preliminary chapters on this 368 web page super-sized assortment.
Includes: The Resistance Vol. 1, The Resistance: Reborns, The Resistance: Uprising Vol. 2 #1, E-Ratic #1, Knighted #1, Moths #1, The Joneses #1, E-Ratic: Recharged Vol. 2 #1 - Trojan by Daniel Kraus, Laci & Marco Lesko (Issue #1 in shops January 4, 2023; 4-issue sequence)
Once upon a time, we lived alongside Legends. Creatures of fable. Centaurs, fauns, gorgons, kelpies, gnomes, and extra. They had been spectacular. Majestic. Powerful. Peaceful. Pure. In comparability, we had been ugly. Weak. Warmongering. Rotten. Is it any marvel we couldn’t reside alongside them any longer? After driving these Legends to the fringes of society, an uglier type of mythos takes form within the type of rumors of reside snuff reveals for darkish internet excessive rollers. When a mysterious younger lady, Nessa, enlists the assistance of a hacker to take a tour of the grisliest corners of the Dark Web, she units in movement a struggle between those that peddle to mankind’s darkest fantasies and a world that transcends creativeness. Trojan is a fantasy thriller filled with marvel and horror in equal measure. - Gatsby by Jeremy Holt, Felipe Cunha & Dearbhla Kelly (Original graphic novel in shops Spring 2023)
When middle-class Singaporean pupil Lu Zhao is invited to spend a summer season on Long Island along with his wealthy cousin, Tommy, earlier than attending Columbia University within the fall, his assimilation into the opulent American life-style straps him right into a collision course fueled by designer medication, intercourse, deceit, and homicide. Set in present-day Long Island, Gatsby reimagines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s basic novel as an LGBTQ-tinged, multicultural thriller for the Internet age.
TROJAN #1 (OF 4) CVR A (MR)
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NOV221314 – TROJAN #1 (OF 4) CVR B DEODATO JR (MR) – 3.99
(W) Daniel Kraus (A) Marco Lesko, Laci Lesko (CA) Jeff Dekal
Once upon a time, we lived alongside Legends. Creatures of fable. Centaurs, fauns, gorgons, kelpies, gnomes, and extra. They had been spectacular. Majestic. Powerful. Peaceful. Pure. In comparability, we had been ugly. Weak. Warmongering. Rotten. Is it any marvel we couldn’t reside alongside them any longer? After driving these Legends to the fringes of society, an uglier type of mythos takes form within the type of rumors of reside snuff reveals for darkish internet excessive rollers. When a mysterious younger lady, Nessa, enlists the assistance of a hacker to take a tour of the grisliest corners of the Dark Web, she units in movement a struggle between those that peddle to mankind’s darkest fantasies and a world that transcends creativeness. Trojan is fantasy thriller filled with marvel and horror in equal measure.
In Shops: Jan 04, 2023
SRP: 3.99
ABSOLUTION TP (MR)
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(W) Peter Milligan (A / CA) Mike Deodato, Lee Loughridge
Nina Ryan was a employed killer who introduced nothing however ache and struggling to the world. Now, she has a month to show that she will be able to change. A month to make up for her crimes and discover absolution, or the bombs which were implanted in her head will explode, killing her immediately. As her journey of atonement is live-streamed to a fickle public, Nina is about to find that the street to redemption is likely to be splattered with blood.
In Shops: Jan 18, 2023
SRP: 9.99
YEAR ZERO VOL 0 #4 (OF 5) (MR)
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(W) Ben Percy (A) Goran Sudzuka (CA) Kaare Andrews
In this action-packed prelude to the hit sequence, acclaimed horror author Daniel Kraus (George Romero’s The Living Dead, The Autumnal) unveils 4 globe-spanning tales from the earliest days of the zombie apocalypse when even the wildest rumors could not measure as much as the horror to return. A streetwise Russian cop patrols the again alleys of the opportunistic black market that emerges in response to the disaster…a North Korean soldier observes unusual happenings on the DMZ…An E.R. nurse within the rural South fights to guard her hospital from threats with out and inside…A transgender flight attendant who has noticed disturbing clues as she crisscrosses the globe retains a cautious eye on the passenger in seat 23C.
In Shops: Jan 25, 2023
SRP: 3.99
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