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Sarah Cho and Priscilla Petraites launch a brand new collection from AWA Studios of their November 2023 solicits and solicitations, Red Light #1.
Sarah Cho and Priscilla Petraites launch a brand new collection from AWA Studios of their November 2023 solicits and solicitations, Red Light #1, in addition to the most recent Rumpus Room #3 by Mark Russell and Ramon Rosanas, The Madness #4 by J. Michael Straczynski and ACO, and The Ribbon Queen #5 by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows.
RED LIGHT #1 (of 4)
ON SALE: NOVEMBER 1
MATURE READERS 32 PAGES $3.99
Written by Sarah Cho
Illustrated by Priscilla Petraites
Colored by Miroslav Mrva
Get prepared for a red-hot futuristic erotic thriller that sits on the intersection of intercourse and tech by thrilling new author Sarah Cho and artist Priscilla Petraites (CHARIOT, HIT ME). Lacy is an A.I. intercourse employee in a futuristic Red Light District. And Lacy is aware of precisely what her shoppers need — higher than they realize it themselves. Housed in a high-tech brothel below the watchful eye of the mysterious Mister, Lacy has little in her manufactured life in addition to work. All that modifications when she befriends Natalie, an orphaned youngster who comes into her care. Now Lacy and Natalie are on a mission to flee the Red Light District, solely to search out themselves flung headlong into the thriller behind Lacy’s creation.
Written by AWA and comedian guide newcomer Sarah Cho—a playwright/ filmmaker/author recognized for her L.A.-based sketch comedy workforce Thunderdog—with artwork by Priscilla Petraites (CHARIOT, HIT ME) and Miroslav Mrva (YEAR ZERO VOL. 0), RED LIGHT posits a basic girl-escapes-bad guys-and-goes-on-the-run survival story, however with a decidedly futuristic sci-fi twist. Cho admits to “reading a ton of manga” whereas rising up, and “that evolved into reading comics and graphic novels…however, [RED LIGHT] is the first graphic novel project I’ve tackled.” The transition to writing graphic fiction should not be too difficult for Cho—she’s already a working screenwriter, playwright, and comic. “Though it was a new experience, I dove in headfirst, and it was like a fish to water. It felt natural and it felt right,” Cho says. “I knew I wanted to write something in the erotic thriller space,” proclaims Cho when requested how the concept for RED LIGHT developed. “I wanted to focus on a protagonist we haven’t really seen before – the most unlikely hero in a sense. I’ve always been a writer who explored the interiorities of unlikely protagonists.” Illustrated by Priscilla Petraites Colored by Miroslav Mrva “I wanted to focus on themes of female agency and the importance of empathy. Once I had a character and themes in mind, the idea wrote itself.” — SARAH CHO
Cover by Jeff Dekal
Cover B: Frank Cho & Sabine Rich
Cover C (erotic movie homage): Chris Ferguson (w/Priscilla Petraites)
Cover D (b&w 1:15 incentive): Frank Cho
RUMPUS ROOM #3 (of 5)
Written by Mark Russell
Illustrated by Ramon Rosanas
Colored by Ive Svorcina
Eisner and ‘Ringo Award-winning author Mark Russell’s
satirical thriller continues! Erica concocts a plan to flee
billionaire Bob Schrunk’s nightmarish Rumpus Room…
although it takes plenty of convincing to get the opposite prisoners
to go together with it. Meanwhile, Schrunk takes his lawyer on
a weird artwork buying spree, all whereas dodging questions
from the press regarding the unusual rumors about his
disappearing staff.
MATURE $3.99 READERS 32 PAGES NOVEMBER 15
Cover by Tony Harris
Cover B: Kevin Maguire & Rosemary Cheetham
Cover D (b&w 1:15 incentive): Tony Harris
Cover C: Mark Russell
THE MADNESS #4 (of 6)
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Penciled by ACO
Inked by David Lorenzo
Cover by ACO
Colored by Marcelo Maiolo
Learn what Sarah misplaced—and why she’s out for revenge! In this pivotal difficulty, we get a glimpse of happier instances as we see Sarah’s previous as a thief who falls in love with the agent who has been pursuing her. Her targets on this epic story: Astraea, a godlike being from one other realm; and Miss Victory, an avatar of every thing nice about America — with not one of the braveness or conviction to again it up.
MATURE $3.99 READERS 32 PAGES NOVEMBER 8
Cover B: Butch Guice & Lee Loughridge
Cover C (punk rock homage): Danielle Otrakji
Cover D (b&w 1:15 incentive): Butch Guice
THE RIBBON QUEEN #5 (of 8)
Written by Garth Ennis
Penciled by Jacen Burrows
Inked by Guillermo Ortego
Colored by Dan Brown
Cover by Declan Shalvey
Modern masters of horror Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows crank up the chills! Somehow, Detective Amy Sun has channeled a imaginative and prescient from the distant previous. Barbarian raiders sack a village and chase two girls into the wilderness, solely to come across the avenging spirit of The Ribbon Queen. Is this merely a dream? Or is that this haunting message from throughout the centuries meant to point out Amy the ability of the being she’s been looking?
Cover B: Scott Hampton
Cover D (b&w 1:15 incentive): Declan Shalvey
Cover C (horror homage): Chris Ferguson (w/Jacen Burrows)
MATURE $3.99 READERS 32 PAGES NOVEMBER 22
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