THE BATTLE OF UNIVERSAL CITY set to hit this summer

Indie writer Black Mask Studios not too long ago introduced a brand new sequence set to debut this July at Comic-Con International—Calexit: The Battle of Universal City. Writer Matteo Pizzolo and artist C. Granda are teaming up for the e book.

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Theme parks have already change into political battlegrounds, however what in the event that they turned precise battlegrounds? What if the tradition wars turned precise wars? As mass demonstrations eat Hollywood, the comedian e book CALEXIT considers the query: What if California refused to be dominated?

This is the world of CALEXIT: THE BATTLE OF UNIVERSAL CITY, the brand new comedian e book sequence launching this July from Black Mask Studios, the Los Angeles-based indie writer of acclaimed titles together with BLACK, SPACE RIDERS, DESTINY NY, ALICE IN LEATHERLAND and 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK. Together author Matteo Pizzolo and artist C. Granda, the creators of ROGUE STATE, have created a well timed title about younger rebels keen to threat all of it for freedom of thought.

“This is a special moment in the history of comics. Passionate creators from all storytelling spheres are being drawn to the freedom of thought offered by the indie comic market like never before, and they’re racing to tell their authentic, provocative, most personal, and just plain coolest stories in comic books and graphic novels,” stated Pizzolo, who can be co-founder of Black Mask Studios. “It’s not by accident that iconic talents from Chuck D to Keanu Reeves are choosing comics as the medium to tell the stories they’re most excited about, or that new audiences are supporting indie comics in stores, on Kickstarter, and across the web to an unprecedented scale. As politics and finance have created headwinds for independent expression in other media, indie comics are engaging with bigger and more passionate audiences than ever before.”

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In CALEXIT: THE BATTLE OF UNIVERSAL CITY, it’s whole battle on the streets of Los Angeles as insurgent chief Zora rallies her Mulholland Resistance to seize freedom or die attempting. The battle rages all the way in which to the enduring Hollywood theme park in Universal City the place Zora’s Resistance fighters make a final stand towards Homeland Security’s Occupying Forces. Warzone courier Jamil has been employed to spirit Zora away from the firefight to a Resistance stronghold, however Zora received’t be dragged to security and not using a combat.

“Pizzolo and Granda have crafted a high-octane war story in Calexit: The Battle of Universal City that focuses on character and wild action but also rhymes with our historical moment of culture battles being waged through intellectual property, from DeSantis v. Disneyworld to J.K. Rowling to the WGA strike,” stated Brian Giberson, head of publishing improvement for Black Mask. “Black Mask Studios has always focused on stories that are adventurous and also have a real message driving them. Starting with OCCUPY COMICS, we published stories about inequity and the struggle for financial justice. Since then, we published stories about gentrification (THE DREGS), LGBTQIA+ self-discovery and found family (ALICE IN LEATHERLAND) and empowered Black superheroes fighting racist plutocrats (BLACK). The fact that the comic market continues to support and provide a platform for such authentic voices is a striking reminder that comics play a crucial and important role in our cultural dialogue.”

Calexit: The Battle of Universal City is the most recent mini-series within the Calexit comedian e book universe created by Pizzolo and illustrator Amancay Nahuelpan, which launched in 2017 as one of the vital extensively acclaimed comedian e book sequence of the last decade and spawned spinoffs equivalent to Calexit: All Systems San Diego and Calexit: Our Last Night in America. Both books have been illustrated by Granda.

In 2019, the universe’s character Emmie-X was the poster picture for one in every of INDIVISIBLE CALIFORNIA’s Voter Outreach Campaigns that helped flip a number of House seats within the midterm elections. Blurring the road between fiction and political commentary, each challenge options non-fiction backmatter devoted to real-world functions of the topical concepts within the story world.

The first challenge of Calexit: The Battle of Universal City is set for launch at Comic-Con International in July.