Pop Art & Words

VIZ Media releases the romantic-comedy series KENKA BANCHO OTOME: LOVE’S BATTLE ROYALE on April 3rd. KENKA BANCHO OTOME is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will be published under the Shojo Beat imprint. It features story and artwork by creator Chie Shimada and is based on an original concept by Spike …

New York Times bestselling writer Rick Remender (DEADLY CLASS, SEVEN TO ETERNITY, LOW, BLACK SCIENCE, FEAR AGENT) and legendary superstar artist Bengal’s DEATH OR GLORY—will be flooring it into stores this May. Remender said: “It’s very grounded. There’s a little bit of a heightened reality in that Glory is going …

The steampunk adventure begins in THE FAMILY TRADE, VOL. 1 by Justin Jordan (LUTHER STRODE), Nikki Ryan, and Morgan Beem this April from Image Comics. THE FAMILY TRADE introduces readers to an island city in a world where history didn’t quite turn out like ours… Here a hidden family of …

Writer Joseph Keatinge (GLORY, SHUTTER) and legendary artist Bret Blevins (New Mutants, Sleepwalker) team up for the spacefaring series STELLAR—created by Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri—this June from Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment. Stellar was taken as a child and transformed into the ultimate weapon, one that would end an intergalactic war. …

Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back), artist Joshua Hixson (The Black Woods), and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Felix & Macabber) team up for the all-new revenge thriller SHANGHAI RED, coming this June from Image Comics. “Moving to Portland, Oregon was the thing that jump-started my comics career, so …

Lovingly redrawn, relettered, and redesigned by creator Rich Tommaso (SPY SEAL, DRY COUNTY), the CLOVER HONEY SPECIAL EDITION hits stores this April from Image Comics. “Inspired by Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise, Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, and Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest, this new print is the definitive edition of CLOVER …

Writer Miles Gunter (B.P.R.D.) and artist Kelsey Shannon (BASTARD SAMURAI) will release DARK FANG, VOL. 1: EARTH CALLING, collecting the first five issues of the eco-thriller, this May from Image Comics. Valla has a vested interest in the survival of humankind. After all, humans are her primary food source. When …

Writer Ram V (Grafity’s Wall, Black Mumba), artist Dev Pramanik (Nightbloom, Black Mumba), colorist Dearbhla Kelly (James Bond: Moneypenny), and letterer Aditya Bidikar (MOTOR CRUSH, Black Mumba) will release PARADISO, VOL. 1: ESSENTIAL SINGULARITY, collecting the first four issues of the psychedelic sci-fi series, this May from Image Comics. Centuries …

Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist turned New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins and artist Marco Finnegan (Last Fair Deal Gone Down) team up for CROSSROAD BLUES: A NICK TRAVERS GRAPHIC NOVEL this April. Adapted from the beloved first novel of the Nick Travers series, CROSSROAD BLUES is a thrilling tale of …

VIZ Media announces the expansion of THE ART OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING catalog with THE ART OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING—DOMINARIA. The book is the sixth installment in VIZ Media’s continuing series of hardcover books celebrating the incredible artwork and imagery of Magic: The Gathering™ and is scheduled for release in Summer 2018. Step aboard …