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Cyberpunk 2077, the upcoming open-world, action-adventure story from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, will release April 16th, 2020 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The game’s Collector’s Edition is also available for pre-order and comes packed with a number of high-quality collectibles. These include a 25 cm / 10 inch statue depicting the game’s protagonist — V — in action, a steelbook case, a hardcover art book, and more. The Collector’s Edition comes in an impressive box made to look like one of the megabuildings towering over Night City.
Seeing this news today has sent me into a tizzy. This was one of my favorites games way back. As a third person single player action adventure fanatic, the chance to replay this modernized graphics a slightly tweaked gameplay is extremely exciting.
THQ Nordic High Command advises all citizens to stay calm and stop resisting – just watch the announcement trailer:
Destroy All Humans! is in development for PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One. It’s a complete remake of the 2005 cult-classic, using the mighty Unreal Engine 4 to give new and old fans the best-looking invasion of Earth ever.
What are we keeping just the way it was and should be? The unique 50s alien invasion story and legendary dialogues full of quirky humor.
What are we carefully updating? Crypto is more agile than ever, his aerial combat skills improved, his psychic skills can now be used in glorious unison with his guns. And the new Psychokinesis… ever wondered what’d happen if a Jedi had a love child with the Goat Simulator? You’re welcome for that mental image.
Destroy All Humans! is developed by THQ Nordic’s internal studio Black Forest Games in Germany and is scheduled to release in 2020, marking the 15th anniversary of the Destroy All Humans!-Series.
About Destroy All Humans!
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950s Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest DNA and bring down the US government in the remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities. Reduce their cities to rubble with your Flying Saucer! One giant step on mankind!
Discover a Deeply Personal Story About the Magic of Learning to Accept and Love Yourself in April 2020
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 6, 2019) – BOOM! Studios today announced a brand new original graphic novel, based on the successful Kickstarter campaign, from the creative duo of cartoonist Sweeney Boo (Love Is Love) and co-writer Lylian (Ellana),EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF, about a young woman who struggles with society’s image of her body and personhood then finds a magical item that takes her on an incredible journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance, available in stores April 2020.
Mindy is a young woman living with an eating disorder and trapped in a battle for her own self-worth. When she accidentally discovers something that will give her a chance to revisit her past—the relationships she’s lost, the mistakes she’s made, all of it— she thinks she has a chance to undo every wrong turn, to put her life back on track. But will she be able to find a way back to her present, and just as important, a way to treat herself with love and kindness, at any size?
Sweeney Boo is a comic artist and illustrator living in Montreal, Canada. She started working as a comic letterer and colorist for French publishers right after graduation, while pursuing her dream of being a comic artist. She made her comic debut during the summer 2016 when she created a cover and a short story for Image Comics’Rat Queens. In 2017, she worked on the costume designs of America Chavez, Inferno, and Patriot for the show “Marvel Rising,” combining two of her favorite things, fashion and superheroes. Boo now does work for various publishers including BOOM! Studios, Archie Comics, IDW, Marvel, and Image Comics.
“Working on EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF is a true healing experience for me. I suffered from an eating disorder in my early twenties, and while I was working on myself and getting better, I discovered how taboo and difficult of a subject it was to talk about.” said writer and artist, Sweeney Boo. “This book is for everyone who has a difficult relationship with their body, or just themselves… I want to show everyone that they’re beautiful the way they are.”
Lylian is a comic book writer from France. In 2004, Les Humanoids Associés published his first book, L’Éveil du Kurran, designed by Dune and co-written by Nori. In 2010, Lylian adapted novelist Pierre Bottero’s The Quest of Ewilan whose first book is published in the Éditions Glénat in 2013. Passionate about comic books, literature, and cinema, Lylian currently writes several comic book series, adaptations, and original stories that highlight his interest in psychology.
“Working on EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF is first and foremost a human, sincere, profound encounter with Sweeney Boo, who has been carrying this story for years.” said artist, Lylian. “I am honored to be a part of this book that holds such personal meaning for Sweeney.”
EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such asLumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn Allen, and Noelle Stevenson; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Misfit City by Kiwi Smith, Kurt Lustgarten, and Naomi Franquiz; Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad; and Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams.
“EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF is a timely and deeply personal story about battling society’s expectations and learning to unpack all the toxicity of impossible standards,” said Shannon Watters, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Sweeney and Lylian bring Sweeney’s own experiences to life in a story that’s magical, moving, and a triumph for people everywhere who fight every day to love who they are.”
Print copies of EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF will be available for sale in April 2020 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), bookstores or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
For more on EAT, AND LOVE YOURSELF and other projects from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
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Also Joining ComiXology Originals is The Pride Season One and The Pride Adventures Season One Available Digitally June 5th
The Pride is the first Submit series comiXology has invested in to continue through comiXology Originals
All of The Pride will be available in print via Amazon.com upon release of The Pride Season Two collected edition
ComiXology Originals titles are available exclusively on Kindle and comiXology and are included in Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited and comiXology Unlimited
June 3, 2019 – New York, NY – Today, comiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service and Queer Comix announced that The Pride Season Two – an all-new, six issue comic book series spinning out of writer Joe Glass’ acclaimed LGBTQ+ super hero series The Pride – will debut as part of the comiXology Originals program, June 5th, just in time for Pride month. Additionally, the acclaimed indie hits, The Pride Season One and The Pride Adventures Season One, also join comiXology Originals. The Pride is the first Submit series comiXology has invested in to continue through comiXology Originals, making these amazing stories available to a new worldwide audience.
The Pride Season Two #1, written by Joe Glass and illustrated by Cem Iroz with colors by Mark Dale and letters by Mike Stock, as well as The Pride Season One and The Pride Adventures Season One will be digitally available to read for members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and available for purchase on Kindle and comiXology upon release, June 5th. All of The Pride will be available in print via Amazon.com at the same time as The Pride Season Two collected edition release.
In The Pride Season Two you’ll join an amazing cast of heroes who united to form a team comprised entirely of LGBTQ+ crime fighters in bright and fun action-packed adventures that any super hero fan can enjoy. The team returns with exciting new adventures where they must stop a nuclear meltdown, welcome new heroes, and investigate a spate of mysterious attacks on the world’s biggest pop star.
“I began The Pride because I want to tell stories where queer characters and stories are not only told through metaphor, analogy and subtext, but are open, accessible and show a diversity of life not usually seen in the medium,” says writer Joe Glass.
“We’ve been big fans of The Pride since it debuted through comiXology Submit in 2014,” said Chip Mosher, comiXology’s Head of Content. “We are excited about the future of The Pride and so have taken steps to invest in it and have it continue as a comiXology Originals title. It’s fantastic to be able to pick up a series that debuted on Submit and help extend its reach to a broader worldwide audience.”
In a world populated by people with superpowers, FabMan (Tomorrow’s Fabulous Man, Today) feels a deep schism in the representation of his community and his own heroic exploits, which are often presented as fluff pieces in the news. Wanting to fight for change, he forms The Pride, the world’s premier LGBTQ+ supergroup – featuring a diverse range of characters representative of the broad LGBTQ+ spectrum, from gay, lesbian, bi and trans superheroes to non-binary, drag queen, HIV+, children of gay parents, and more. Together they fight to protect the world from prejudice, misrepresentation, and injustice, not to mention a pesky supervillain or two!
The Pride was one of the best-selling comiXology Submit releases of 2014, garnering acclaim from noted comic book writers:
“I highly recommend this smart, charming, wonderful book to anyone who likes good comics. It’s absolutely a pleasure to read and a clear labor of love.” – Gail Simone, Batgirl, Leaving Megalopolis, Clean Room
“Old-school and progressive at the same time. Classic, high-energy superhero action that gives the queer community the heroes they’ve always deserved.” – Steve Orlando, Midnighter, Virgil
The Pride Season Two #1, The Pride Season One and The Pride Adventures Season One will all debut as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content, making these series available to a greater worldwide audience, starting June 5th. The Pride Season One, collectsThe Pride #1-6, with bonus content including art from Gavin Mitchell (Stiffs, Santa vs. The Nazis) and Samir Barrett, with The Pride Adventures Season One collecting The Pride Adventures #1-4. These debuting series will be available to read digitally for members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited and will also be available for sale on comiXology and Kindle. And for the first time since its successful Kickstarter campaign, The Pride Season One and The Pride Adventures Season One will be available in print, via Amazon.com, joiningThe Pride Season Two in print once all six issues are collected.
ComiXology Originals offers new, exclusive comic book content across Amazon’s subscription services of Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, and for sale on comiXology and Kindle. Prime Reading offers Amazon Prime members a rotating selection of over a thousand top Kindle books, magazines, short works, comic books, children’s books, and more – all at no additional cost. Kindle Unlimited offers over 1 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and select current issues of popular magazines for just $9.99 a month with a 30-day free trial for new members at amazon.com/kindleunlimited. ComiXology Unlimited offers over 20,000 comics, graphic novels and manga for just $5.99 a month with a 30-day free trial for new members at comixology.com/unlimited.
For more updates on comiXology Originals, check out http://comixologyoriginals.com and follow comiXology on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
About the Writer:
Joe Glass is a comics writer and creator of LGBTQ+ superhero series, The Pride. Joe has been a critic and reporter on comics and the industry, while making his own comics and fighting for accessibility and representation for the LGBTQ+ community in comics. Joe lives in the valleys of South Wales, UK.
About comiXology
ComiXology, an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is a revolutionary, cloud-based digital comics service. With content from over 125 publishers as well as thousands of independent creators from around the world, comiXology provides an unrivaled library of comic books, graphic novels, manga and bandes dessinées. The company’s first-in-class innovations include the exclusive Guided View technology which provides an immersive and cinematic reading experience and a new monthly subscription service. ComiXology is based in New York City, with operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. For more information, visit comixology.com and follow the company on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
Follows is a list of the 80 books I acquired at BEA/Book Con. They are listed by title, author, date of release, publisher and then an accompanying link. A video haul post, as well instagram/bookstagram photos are to follow during the week.
Middle Grade/YA
JINXED by Amy McCulloch. 1/2020. Sourcebooks
https://twitter.com/amymcculloch
The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao. 10/15/19, Bloomsbury
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-dragon-warrior-9781547602018/
HOPE: Project Middle School by Alyssa Milano, Debbie Rigaud. Illustrations Eric S. Keyes. 10/1/19. Scholastic.
https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/book/project-middle-school-by-alyssa-milano/
Zeus The Mighty:The Quest for the Golden Fleas by Crispin Boyer. Illustations by Andy Elkerton. 10/22/19. National Geographic.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/books/zeus-the-mighty/
The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy. 10/8/19. Harper Collins.
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062866417/the-best-at-it/
COG by Greg Van Eekhout. 10/1/19. Harper Collins
Moonlight Travellers by Quentin Blake with Will Self. 9/19. Thames & Hudson/WW Norton.
https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/moonlight-travellers-hardcover
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle. 9/9. WW Norton.
https://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=4294998842&LangType=1033
https://tapas.io/series/BLINKComic
The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer. 11/5/19. Disney Hyperion
https://www.eoincolfer.com/books/title/the-fowl-twins/
ADULT FICTION
MacTrump by Ian Doescher and Jacopo Della Quercia. 10/1/19. Quirk Books.
https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/mactrump
The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman. 10/8/19. Quirk Books.
https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/remaking
Who Are You Calvin Bledsoe? By Brock Clarke. 8/27/19.Algonquin/Workman books.
https://www.workman.com/products/who-are-you-calvin-bledsoe
The Deserter by Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille. 10/22/19. Simon & Schuster.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Deserter/Nelson-DeMille/9781501101755
Bottle Grove by Daniel Handler. 8/19. Bloomsbury.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/bottle-grove-9781632864277/
Jewish Stories by Alexander Günsberg. Illustrated by Alexander Pavlenko. Out Now. Adelaide Books.
http://www.adelaidebooks.org/A_Gunsberg.html
Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer. 7/9/19. Quirk Books.
https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/hope-rides-again
https://twitter.com/andrewtshaffer
Country Dark by Chris Offutt. Out Now. Grove Press.
https://groveatlantic.com/book/country-dark/
CURSED by Thomas Wheeler. Illustrations by Frank Miller. 10/1/19. Simon & Schuster
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cursed/Frank-Miller/9781534425330
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. Out now. Grove Press
https://groveatlantic.com/book/freshwater/
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson. 10/1/19. Grove Press
https://groveatlantic.com/book/frankissstein/
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky. 10/1/19. Grand Central
https://twitter.com/StephenChbosky/status/1130513627515985932
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 9/24/19. Penguin Randomhouse
https://ta-nehisicoates.com/books/the-water-dancer/
The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason. 6/11/19
https://www.workman.com/products/the-darwin-affair
The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter. 8/20/19. Harper Collins
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062858085/the-last-widow/
NON FICTION/MEMOIR
Fungipedia by Lawrence Millman. 9/19. Princeton University Press
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/30459.html
H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald. Out now. Grove Press
https://groveatlantic.com/book/h-is-for-hawk/
(Definitely) the Best Dogs of All Time by Jadan Carroll. Ilustrations by Molly Dyson. Out now. Scribe
https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/definitely-the-best-dogs-of-all-time
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. 9/10/19. Little, Brown and Company
https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/talking-to-strangers/9780316478526/
Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmes. Out now. Harper Collins
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062803979/comedy-sex-god/
The Women of David Lynch: A Collection of Essays.Out now. IPG/Fayetteville Mafia Press
https:///www.fayettevillemafiapress.com/product/the-women-of-david-lynch/
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan. 11/5/19. Grand Central
https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/susannah-cahalan/the-great-pretender/9781538715260/
Audience of One by James Poniewozik. 9/19. Liveright
https://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=4294998772&LangType=1033
One Hundred Autobiographies by David Lehman. 10/15/19. Cornell University Press
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100798470&fa=author&person_id=2473
Apollo 11: The Inside Story by David Whitehouse. 6/6/19. ICON Books
https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/apollo-11/
For Your Consideration: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson by Tres Dean. 11/5/19. Quirk Books
https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/your-consideration-dwayne-rock-johnson
Hope and History by William J. vandern Heuvel. Out now. Cornell University Press
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140103069320
Fabulous Monsters by Alberto Manguel. 9/24/19. Yale University Press
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300247381/fabulous-monsters
The Last Stone by Mark Bowden. Out now. Grove Press
https://groveatlantic.com/book/the-last-stone/
GRAPHIC NOVELS
DC Zoom/DC Ink
The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid by Kirk Scroggs. 10/1/19
Batman: Nightwalker based on the Marie Lu novel. Adapted by Stuart Moore. Art by Chris Wildgoose.
10/1/19
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/batman-nightwalker-0
Black Canary: Ignite by Meg Cabot. Art by Cara McGee. 11/5/19
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/black-canary-ignite
Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop. Art by Gustavo Duarte. 8/6/19
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/dear-justice-league
Superman of Smallville by Art Baltazar & Franco. 9/3/19
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/superman-of-smallville
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki. Art by Steve Pugh. 9/3/19
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/harley-quinn-breaking-glass-0
Under The Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle. Art by Isaac Goodhart. Out now
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/under-the-moon-a-catwoman-tale
Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia. Art by Gabriel Picolo. 6/26/19
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/teen-titans-raven
Mera-Tidebreaker by Danielle Paige. Art by Stephen Byrne. Out Now.
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/mera-tidebreaker
GRAPHIC UNIVERSE (Lerner)
Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman. 9/19
http://www.melaniegillman.com/
Marie Curie- A Life of Discovery by Alice Milani. 8/19
https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/17904
ONI PRESS
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identites by Mady G and J.R. Zuckerberg. Out Now
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson. Out Now
https://onipress.com/products/a-quick-easy-guide-to-they-them-pronouns
The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neil. 9/19
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Tea-Dragon-Festival/Katie-ONeill/9781620106556
Little Witches: Magic in Concord by Leigh Dragoon. 9/3/19
Black Mage by Daniel Barnes and D.J. Kirland. 10/19
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Black-Mage/Daniel-Barnes/9781620106525
LION FORGE/ROAR
Witchy (chapbook) by Ariel Slamet Ries 9/19
Debian Perl-Digital Detective: The Memory Thief by Lauren Davis, Mel Hilario & Katie Longua. 7/20/19
Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker
https://mooncakescomic.tumblr.com/booknews
No Ivy League by Hazel Newlevant
FIRST SECOND
Stargazing by Jen Wang. 9/10/19
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250183880
InvestiGATORS by John Patrick Green. 3/31/20
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250219954
BOOM!
Just Beyond: The Scare School by R.L. Stine. Art by Kelly & Nichole Matthews. 9/4/19
The Magicians: Alice’s Story by Lev Grossman. Art by Lilah Sturgess & Pius Bak. 7/10/19
https://www.boom-studios.com/2019/01/04/the-magicians-alices-story-first-look/
DESTROYER by Victor LaValle. Art by Dietrich Smith & Joana LaFuente. Out now.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Victor-LaValles-Destroyer/Victor-LaValle/9781684150557
Grand Abyss Hotel by Marcos Prior & David Rubin. Out Now.
GRAPHIX/Scholastic
GUTS by Raina Tegelmerier. 9/7/29
https://goraina.com/blog/2018/10/2/guts
Stanislaw Lem’s The Seventh Voyage by Jon J Muth. 10/1/19
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-seventh-voyage-by-stanislaw-lem/
IMAGE
Moonstruck Vol 1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/moonstruck-vol-1-tp
Monstress Vol 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/monstress-vol-1-tp
Deadly Class Vol 1 by Rick Remender & Wes Craig
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/deadly-class-vol-1-reagan-youth-media-tie-in-tp
OTHER
The Envious Siblings and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes by Landis Blair. 10/19. WW Norton
https://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=4294998797
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner. 9/3/19. Aladdin/Simon and Schuster
http://www.emmasteinkellner.com
Superhero Therapy by Janina Scarlet, PHD. Art by Wellington Alves.
http://www.superhero-therapy.com
ANTHEM. An adaptation of the Ayn Rand novella with art by Dan Parsons. A random giveaway.
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children. Edited by Kath Shackleton. Art by Zane Whittingham 10/19. Sourcebooks.
https://www.sourcebooks.com/uploads/1/1/5/5/115507011/9781492688921.pdf
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
The GAYBCs by ML Webb. 10/8/19. Quirk Books.
https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/gaybcs
Spencer’s New Pet by Jessie Sima. 8/19. Simon & Schuster
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Spencers-New-Pet/Jessie-Sima/9781534418776
The Brain is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk. 10/1/19. Scholastic
https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/book/the-brain-is-kind-of-a-big-deal-by-nick-seluk/
The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird. Art by Dan Santat. 9/3/19. Scholastic
https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/book/the-great-santa-stakeout-by-betsy-bird/
COOK BOOKS
Hack Your Cupboard by Alyssa Wiegand & Carla Deldadillo. 10/1/19. Lerner
https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/19395
Pesto by Leslie Lennox. Out now. Agate Publishing
https://www.agatepublishing.com/titles/pesto-the-modern-mother-sauce
New York Times Bestselling Author Kami Garcia and Fan-Favorite Artist Gabriel Picolo
Expand Their Teen Titans Graphic Novel Series With TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY
TEEN TITANS: RAVEN Trailer Revealed Ahead of Its July 2, 2019, Release
Artists for Spring 2020 YA Titles include Manuel Preitano (THE ORACLE CODE), Thomas Pitilli (GOTHAM HIGH), Nicole Goux (SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL)
and Sas Milledge (THE LOST CARNIVAL: A DICK GRAYSON GRAPHIC NOVEL)
NEW YORK – June 1, 2019 – During the DC Ink panel at BookCon 2019 with authors Kami Garcia (TEEN TITANS: RAVEN), Danielle Paige (MERA: TIDEBREAKER), Lauren Myracle (UNDER THE MOON: A CATWOMAN TALE) and Mariko Tamaki (HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS), DC made several exciting announcements for the publisher’s upcoming YA graphic novels, revealing a new trailer and title for the highly anticipated Teen Titans series, and the artists and covers for the Spring 2020 slate.
In anticipation of its July 2, 2019, release DC debuted an official trailer for TEEN TITANS: RAVEN during the panel. Written by New York Timesbestselling author Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures) and illustrated by fan-favorite artist Gabriel Picolo, TEEN TITANS: RAVEN follows 17-year-old Rachel Roth as she moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother’s family after a tragic accident. Raven’s past and present collide when strange things happen during her final year of high school. Garcia’s debut graphic novel is the first book in her multi-part Teen Titans series with popular artist Gabriel Picolo.
Panel attendees were also treated to the first look at Garcia and Picolo’s next Teen Titans installment, TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY. Ahead of its 2020 release, a sneak preview of the book will be available in TEEN TITANS: RAVEN when the book goes on sale.
To cap off an already exciting panel, DC ended the discussion announcing the artists for previously announced YA graphic novels debuting in Spring 2020 and gave fans a first look at the covers. Full creative teams for the Spring 2020 YA graphic novel lineup are below.
○ Writer: Marieke Nijkamp
○ Artist: Manuel Preitano
○ Writer: Melissa de la Cruz
○ Artist: Thomas Pitilli
○ Writer: Sarah Kuhn
○ Artist: Nicole Goux
○ Writer: Michael Moreci
○ Artist: Sas Milledge
For more news and updates on the World’s Greatest Super Heroes, visit www.dccomics.com, the DC YouTube channel or follow @DCComics on social media.
ABOUT DC INK
DC Ink is a new young adult graphic novel line from DC. The line introduces DC’s most iconic superheroes to a new generation of fans with stories told by some of the most successful authors from the young adult publishing space. DC Ink titles are standalone stories, not part of DC’s ongoing continuity, and completely accessible to new readers who have no previous knowledge of DC characters.
ABOUT DC
Home to iconic brands DC (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, the Flash, etc.), DC Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, DC is the creative unit charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and WarnerMedia. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics in the world.
This Slimm Fabert art is absolutely enticing.
Discover The Future of Your Favorite Vampire Queen & Former Ice King in June 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 29, 2019) – BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network today revealed a first look at ADVENTURE TIME™: MARCY & SIMON #6 (of 6). Writer Olivia Olson (voice of Marceline, Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time™) and artist Slimm Fabert (Adventure Time™ comic series) bring fans the final issue of the exciting official comic book continuation by revealing what’s next for the once immortal Simon and the still immortal Vampire Queen Marceline in comic book form.
Marcy and Simon’s friendship has endured over 900 years and through bouts of insanity and amnesia so there’s no way that friendship ends now, right? Everything comes to a head as Marcy, Simon, Jake, Finn, and BMO venture forth to confront the Golb version of Betty in order to save Simon’s memories and his life, while Marcy’s dad Hunson continues to interfere from the Nightosphere. No matter how tough the going gets, though, Marcy gets tougher and she lays everything on the line for her closest friend in this shocking conclusion to this epic story about the centuries-old connection between Simon Petrikov and Marceline the Vampire Queen.
A modern-day fable, the critically-acclaimed Adventure Time became a global success, attracting adult and kid viewers alike over the course of 10 seasons. It follows unlikely heroes Finn and Jake, buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo and encounter its colorful inhabitants. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of heart-pounding escapades. Finn, a silly kid with an awesome hat and Jake, a brassy dog with a big kind heart, depend on each other through thick and thin. Adventure Time™ was created by Pendleton Ward and produced at Cartoon Network Studios.
BOOM! Studios has been publishing the New York Times bestselling Adventure Time comic books and graphic novels through their KaBOOM! imprint for middle grade readers since 2012 and been honored with Eisner, Harvey, and Diamond Gem Awards for the series.
ADVENTURE TIME™: MARCY & SIMON is Olson’s third writing contribution to the expanded literary world of the eponymous franchise, previously collaborating with her father Martin Olson (the voice of “Hunson Abadeer”) on The Adventure Time™ Encyclopedia. The two also co-authored Adventure Time™: The Enchiridion & Marcy’s Super Secret Scrapbook, written from a first-person perspective through Marceline’s diary entries about when she and Simon first met. Both Adventure Timebooks, published in partnership between Abrams and Cartoon Network, are available now everywhere books are sold.
ADVENTURE TIME™: MARCY & SIMON #6 features a main cover by Brittney Williams (Goldie Vance), along with variant covers by artists Jamie Loughran and Amelia Vidal.
ADVENTURE TIME™: MARCY & SIMON is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, home to comics for middle grade and younger readers including licensed series such as Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Regular Show, Ben 10, and Over The Garden Wall, along with original series like Just Beyond: The Scare School by R.L. Stine and Kelly & Nichole Matthews, Hex Vet by Sam Davies, RuinWorld by Derek Laufman, Hotel Dare by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre, and Pandora’s Legacy by Kara Leopard, Kelly & Nichole Matthews.
Print copies of ADVENTURE TIME™: MARCY & SIMON #6 will be available on June 19, 2019 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
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